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Jane Fonda Puts Her Activist Hat Back On

The Committee for the First Amendment was backed by her father during the Cold War

(Newser) - Drawing upon her personal and political past, Jane Fonda has revived an activist group from the Cold War era that was backed by her father and fellow Oscar winner, Henry Fonda, the AP reports. Jane Fonda announced she had launched a 21st century incarnation of the Committee for the First...

What Meryl Streep, Others Are Saying About Redford

Hollywood honors the cinematic giant: 'One of the lions has passed'

(Newser) - Robert Redford died Tuesday at the age of 89, with an indomitable, varied, and decades-long legacy in Hollywood already sealed. A look at the tributes being paid to the actor, director, founder of the Sundance Film Festival, and activist:
  • Sundance: Per the Guardian , the Utah-based film festival Redford founded in
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5 Lines From Jane Fonda's Political SAG Speech

Woke, she says, 'just means you give a damn about other people'

(Newser) - Jane Fonda received a lifetime achievement award at the Screen Actors Guild awards Sunday night, and the longtime political activist, now 87, didn't shy away from politics in her speech. Some snippets, via CNN , Variety , and USA Today :
  • She lauded actors for creating "empathy" in their work. "
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Billionaire Known for A-List Celeb Dates Dies at 91

Austrian businessman Richard Lugner dies just months after he married his 6th wife

(Newser) - Richard Lugner, the Austrian billionaire best known for his A-list dates to the Vienna Opera Ball, has died at the age of 91, reports People . His death comes just months after he tied the knot on June 1 with his sixth wife, 42-year-old Simone Reiländer. At the time, he...

Tycoon's Date With Jane Fonda Did Not Go How He Planned

90-year-old Richard Lugner invited her to Vienna Opera Ball, she 'went rogue'

(Newser) - For more than three decades, Richard Lugner has been cajoling famous women—Pamela Anderson, Ivana Trump, Goldie Hawn—to accompany him to the Vienna Opera Ball, and he's still going strong in this tradition at age 90. This year, however, the building contractor managed to recruit what Euronews calls...

Jane Fonda Shares Diagnosis: 'Cancer Is a Teacher'
Jane Fonda Shares
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Dec 16, 2022 12:39 AM CST

Jane Fonda Shares Huge News With Fans

Actress and activist says her cancer is in remission

(Newser) - Jane Fonda received an amazing gift for the holidays and her upcoming 85th birthday: Her cancer is in remission. "I am feeling so blessed, so fortunate. I thank all of you who prayed and sent good thoughts my way. I am confident that it played a role in the...

Jane Fonda's Pick for President: the 'Climate Candidate'

Actress throws her weight behind Bernie Sanders

(Newser) - Jane Fonda has been making headlines in recent months for her Fire Drill Fridays protests against climate change, where she's often accompanied by other celebrity activists. But on Friday, during her latest demonstration in California, she made the news for another reason: her endorsement of Bernie Sanders. "We...

Joaquin Phoenix, Martin Sheen Take One for Climate Change

Stars arrested during DC climate change protest organized by Jane Fonda

(Newser) - Two new stars have joined the likes of Sally Field , Sam Waterston , Rosanna Arquette , and Ted Danson, among others, in being detained by police for attending Jane Fonda's climate change protests in Washington, DC. Deadline reports Martin Sheen and Joker star Joaquin Phoenix were among the nearly 150 activists...

Sally Field Arrested: 'The Time Is Now'

'Norma Rae' actress latest to get hauled away by cops in Jane Fonda's DC climate change protests

(Newser) - In Norma Rae, Sally Field's character inspires her fellow workers to get behind the cause of unionizing. In real life on Friday, Sally Field helped fellow protesters to get behind the cause of climate change—and got arrested for it, the latest celebrity to join Jane Fonda in being...

She Was Let Go After the First 3 Arrests. Not So for the 4th

Jane Fonda spent night in jail after her latest climate change protest in DC

(Newser) - Jane Fonda has spent the past four Fridays getting arrested in the nation's capital, as per her plan , but this time around, she faced a more serious consequence. The 81-year-old actress has been protesting climate change on Capitol Hill, inspired by Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg , and her first...

Jane Fonda's Arrest Plan Seems to Be Right on Schedule

81-year-old actress is detained for 2nd time in a week, says she wants to do this 'every Friday'

(Newser) - When Jane Fonda has her mind set on something, she means it—and she's punctual. A week ago, Fonda was arrested at a climate change protest in Washington, DC, and the 81-year-old promised to "engage in civil disobedience and ... get arrested every Friday." She got her wish...

Jane Fonda Is Arrested. She Hopes It Happens Again

81-year-old plans weekly climate protests at Capitol in DC

(Newser) - Jane Fonda got arrested Friday, and she hopes to make it a regular occurrence. The 81-year-old actress was arrested at a climate change protest in DC, reports Entertainment Tonight , just as she planned it. Fonda has moved to DC for four months to take part in protests every Friday at...

Honored Women Address Legacies, Issue Challenges

Women's Hall of Fame inducts Class of 2019

(Newser) - Angela Davis says her "consciousness has been enabled always by shared endeavors and collective consciousness." At critical points in her life, the former Black Panther Party leader said, "I’ve always been one of many," the AP reports. Davis made the point Saturday when she was...

Jane Fonda Just Made It In. So Did Sonia Sotomayor

Check out who else is about to be inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame

(Newser) - Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, actress Jane Fonda, and attorney Gloria Allred are being inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. They're among 10 members of the Class of 2019, announced Friday, per the AP . The other honorees include civil rights activist Angela Davis; Native American lawyer...

Jane Fonda: 'I Will Go to My Grave Regretting' That Photo

Actress talks to Stephen Colbert about image from Vietnam during the war

(Newser) - The image was so volatile that it still comes up more than four decades later: Jane Fonda sitting on an anti-aircraft gun used by North Vietnamese soldiers against American planes. On Wednesday night, the 80-year-old actress talked to Stephen Colbert about "the bad thing I did," and said...

Ann Curry on Megyn Kelly: 'This Is Not Journalism'

She was referencing the Monday segment on Jane Fonda

(Newser) - A former Today show anchor had some tough words for a current Today host. In a Tuesday appearance on the View, Ann Curry addressed Megyn Kelly's Monday segment blasting Jane Fonda . By way of background, Fonda shut down a question Kelly asked about plastic surgery in September, then when...

Megyn Kelly Brings Up Jane Fonda, Tears Into Her

Says it's time to talk about the 'poor me routine'

(Newser) - Back in September, less than one week into Megyn Kelly's tenure as a Today host, she asked Jane Fonda a question about plastic surgery and got shut down. But the subject apparently isn't dead. Over the weekend, Fonda was asked by Variety if she'd ever be a...

Jane Fonda Shuts Down Megyn Kelly's 'Weird' Question

Today host asked about plastic surgery

(Newser) - Megyn Kelly is less than a week into her tenure as Today host but she's already getting a reputation for asking inappropriate questions. On Wednesday's show , Jane Fonda appeared with Robert Redford to discuss new movie Our Souls at Night, but Kelly wanted to discuss plastic surgery instead,...

You May Want to Leave This Is Where I Leave You
 You May Want to Leave 
 This Is Where I Leave You 
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Sep 19, 2014 10:02 AM CDT

You May Want to Leave This Is Where I Leave You

Despite a strong cast, critics say this flick falls flat

(Newser) - Tina Fey, Jason Bateman, and Jane Fonda team up in This Is Where I Leave You, a film about siblings brought together by their father's death. Though audiences are somewhat pleased, according to Rotten Tomatoes , critics are instead ready to throw tomatoes. Here's what they're saying:
  • Director
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Theater Refuses to Screen The Butler Over Jane Fonda

Owner thinks her Vietnam War views make her a traitor

(Newser) - A central Kentucky theater owner who trained pilots during the Vietnam War is refusing to show the nation's top movie , The Butler, because Jane Fonda, who plays Nancy Reagan in the film, was an outspoken opponent of the conflict. Ike Boutwell, owner of MoviePalace and Showtime Cinemas in Elizabethtown,...

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