Streisand laughs off 'Boob'

Barbra Streisand appears to have forsaken her diva ways - she laughs off the bizarre nickname she’s picked up on the set of her latest movie (the sequel to Meet The Parents) from actress Teri Polo.

Streisand stars as Ben Stiller’s mother and Dustin Hoffman’s wife in Meet The Fockers, which also stars Robert De Niro, Blythe Danner and Polo.

Polo is having fun with her legendary co-stars and says: "It's crazy. Dustin Hoffman is a five-year-old kid trapped in a grown man's body. And Barbra Streisand has an amazing sense of humour.

"The director (Jay Roach) thought that I called her a boob, and Barbra laughed. So from then on, I decided that my nickname for her was going to be Boob. She answers to it too - just ask her."