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Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Barbra Streisand regrets rejecting Brando, reveals Elvis was nearly cast in 'A Star is Born' The follow-up to her 2014 duets album "Partners,

Hozier has said that it was a "huge honour" to record a duet of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face with Barbra Streisand for her new album.