Barbra Streisand paid tribute to her late The Way We Were costar Robert Redford with a moving speech and performance at the 2026 Oscars. Streisand, 83, appeared on stage at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday, March 15, to honor Redford's life and enduring Hollywood legacy during the 98th Academy Awards. "After I read the first script of The Way We Were, I could only imagine one man in the role and that was Robert Redford. But he turned it down because he said the character had no backbone," she recalled about Redford, who died at age 89 in September 2025.