Tonight Barbra Streisand will be awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York. In advance of the honor, Babs answered a bunch of reader questions for the New York Times. Here’s what we learned:

The six people, living or dead, she’d want at a dinner party? “George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein, Edward Hopper, Gustav Klimt and Fanny Brice.”

“At the moment,” she says, “I’m not that interested in myself.”

And, most importantly, this:

Q. How do you feel about Duck Sauce naming that disco hit after you? Appalled? Flattered? Indifferent? MARY, New York

A. Flattered!!

While this is probably the first time a song has been referred to as a ‘disco hit’ in at least a few decades, it’s nice to know that Babs has a sense of humor about the catchy house track bearing her name.

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• Move over Jason Schwartzman, Jenny Slate is heading to Parks and Recreation as Jean-Ralphio’s twin sister, Mona Lisa Saperstein. [EW]

• Rachel Shukert counts down 10 things we loved about 2012. [Tablet]

• Judd Apatow interviews celebrated spiritual teacher Ram Dass over Skype. [GQ]

• Why are Barbra Streisand and Bette Midler’s latest movie characters not Jewish even though they’re so, so Jewish? [Hollywood Reporter]

• Relatedly, we really hope this a very bad photo and not what Babs looks like these days. [LA Times]

• Who’s on first? Jerry Seinfeld has a guess:

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• Meet Israel’s first female pimp, currently serving a 30-month prison sentence. [Tablet]

• Gawker is here to help you figure out which New York Times Hanukkah story your mom will send you this year. [Gawker]

• Bar Refaeli posted a picture of herself in a Santa suit, and people got pretty pissed. [Jerusalem Post]

• An eerily in-depth look at Judd Apatow’s entire life. [BroBible]

• Just so we’re clear, Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogen do not make out in their new movie, The Guilt Trip. [NYT]

• Meanwhile, Time columnist Joel Stein tried to recreate the movie’s plot by driving Babs from her home in Malibu to Beverly Hills. [Time]

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