Twice as nice: Barbra Streisand cloned her beloved dog and has 2 new pups

"If we had the chance to doit all again, tell me would we, could we?" Barbra Streisand hada hit singing this question in The Way We Were,but when itcomes to getting a new pet she does not have to wonder.

The Funny Girl singer and actress had her beloved 14-year-old Coton de Tulear dog Samantha cloned after her death in2017, and now has two new pups.

Streisand told Hollywood trade publication Variety in aninterview published on Tuesday that cells were taken from themouth and stomach of Samantha.

"They have different personalities,"Streisand said. "I'mwaiting for them to get older so I can see if they have herbrown eyes and her seriousness."

Streisand said that when the cloned dogs arrived, shedressed them in red and lavender to tell them apart, which ishow they got their names:Miss Scarlett and Miss Violet.

The Oscar and Tony winning actress, 75, said that whilewaiting for their arrival, she became smitten with another dogwho was a distant relation of Samantha.

The Coton de Tulear dog was called Funny Girl, but Streisandadopted her and gave her the name Miss Fanny, which is how FannyBrice's dresser refers to Streisand's character in the 1968movie musical that launched her career.

Streisand followed up Funny Girl,for which she won anOscar, with Hello Dolly!but said she had never much liked themovie.

"I thought I was totally miscast. I tried to get out of it,"she told Variety. "I think it's so silly. It's so old-timemusical."