Streisand sends in the clones — but who’s next?

BARBRA STREISAND cloned her dog, so that she could have new puppies who looked just like her beloved Samantha, who died last year.

Of course she cloned her dog! I can’t think of a more Barbra Streisand thing to do — except to build a private street of shops in the basement of her Malibu home to house her collections of clothes and dolls, and she has already done that.

Samantha (above, with Barbra) was 14 when she died and was a particularly cute member of the fluffy, white-haired Coton de Tulear family.

It is estimated that the cloning process cost the singer around £70,000.

Now, Barbra is hoping that new pups Miss Scarlett and Miss Violet will grow up to have the same eyes and ‘serious nature’ as Samantha.

She has also added Miss Fanny to her puppy collection, a distant relative of her former pet.

However, ahem, the pups are not the only cute, fluffy, white-haired creatures roaming around Casa Streisand.

I wonder if Barbra has similar plans to clone hubby James Brolin when he pops off to that great ol’ film set in the sky? It wouldn’t be a shock if she did.