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Kristen Bell set to return as host of Screen Actors Guild Awards next year
Read full article: Kristen Bell set to return as host of Screen Actors Guild Awards next yearKristen Bell will return as host of next yearās Screen Actors Guild Awards, streaming live on Netflix for a second consecutive year.
Dabney Coleman, actor who specialized in curmudgeons, dies at 92
Read full article: Dabney Coleman, actor who specialized in curmudgeons, dies at 92Dabney Coleman, the mustachioed character actor who specialized in smarmy villains like the chauvinist boss in ā9 to 5ā and the nasty TV director in āTootsie,ā has died.
Ben Affleck inspired J.Lo's first album in a decade. She's using it to poke fun at her romantic past
Read full article: Ben Affleck inspired J.Lo's first album in a decade. She's using it to poke fun at her romantic pastThroughout her career, Jennifer Lopez has been praised as an epochal, prolific and hard-working artist.
What to stream this weekend: Taylor Swift, 'Lincoln Lawyer,' 'Biosphere' and 'Wham!'
Read full article: What to stream this weekend: Taylor Swift, 'Lincoln Lawyer,' 'Biosphere' and 'Wham!'This weekās new entertainment releases include Taylor Swift's rerecording of her āSpeak Now,ā a documentary on Wham.
'Guardians Vol. 3' and 'Super Mario Bros.' top box office again
Read full article: 'Guardians Vol. 3' and 'Super Mario Bros.' top box office againSeveral new movies infiltrated theaters nationwide this weekend, from a lighthearted trip to Italy with Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Diane Keaton and Mary Steenburgen to a Ben Affleck-fronted detective thriller.
Jane Fonda campaigns to save 'our brethren in the ocean'
Read full article: Jane Fonda campaigns to save 'our brethren in the ocean'Actress and activist Jane Fonda is campaigning for a treaty to save marine creatures that are hunted for food including sharks, swordfish, octopus and tuna, saying they feel joy, feel sadness when they lose their offspring, and āare our brethren in the ocean.ā.
Jane Fonda to attend Vienna Opera Ball with 90-year-old date
Read full article: Jane Fonda to attend Vienna Opera Ball with 90-year-old dateAmerican actor Jane Fonda says she accepted an Austrian building tycoonās invitation to attend the Vienna Opera Ball because he offered to āpay me quite a bit of money.ā.
Jane Fonda: Nonprofitās work āfar more importantā after Roe
Read full article: Jane Fonda: Nonprofitās work āfar more importantā after RoeJane Fonda says the work of the Georgia-based nonprofit organization she founded to prevent teenage pregnancies has become āfar more importantā in the months since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
Protesters maintain blockade at Minnesota oil pipeline site
Read full article: Protesters maintain blockade at Minnesota oil pipeline siteProtesters fighting Canadian-based Enbridge Energy's push to replace an aging oil pipeline across northern Minnesota are pressing ahead with their summer drive to stop the project before it can go into service later this year.
Oil pipeline foes protest Enbridge's Line 3 in Minnesota
Read full article: Oil pipeline foes protest Enbridge's Line 3 in MinnesotaHundreds of protesters vowing to do whatever it takes to stop a Canadian-based companyās push to replace an aging pipeline blocked a pump station Monday in northern Minnesota.
Pipeline foes gear up for large northern Minnesota protests
Read full article: Pipeline foes gear up for large northern Minnesota protestsEnvironmental and tribal groups opposed to Enbridge Energyās ongoing effort to replace its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline are planning large protests in northern Minnesota as the Canadian-based company gears up for a final construction push.
DiCaprio, Fonda urge US not to sign climate deal with Brazil
Read full article: DiCaprio, Fonda urge US not to sign climate deal with BrazilDozens of celebrities including actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Jane Fonda and Joaquin Phoenix are calling on U.S. President Joe Biden to refrain from signing any environmental agreement with his Brazilian counterpart, Jair Bolsonaro.
Golden Globes vows reform amid scrutiny on diversity
Read full article: Golden Globes vows reform amid scrutiny on diversityIn this video grab issued Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, by NBC, hosts Tina Fey, left, from New York, and Amy Poehler, from Beverly Hills, Calif., speak at the Golden Globe Awards. (NBC via AP)Facing heightened scrutiny arounds its membership and practices, the group behind the Golden Globe Awards says that it is committed to immediate ātransformational changeā and reforms. Hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler called for change on the broadcast, as did award winners of the night like Jane Fonda and Dan Levy. Three HFPA members took the stage during the low-rated show to acknowledge the controversy. Timeās Up president and CEO Tina Tchen said that āthe clock is ticking.ā
Even more chaotic than usual, Globes still had their moments
Read full article: Even more chaotic than usual, Globes still had their moments(NBC via AP)In the opening moments of a Golden Globes night even more chaotic and confounding than usual, co-host Tina Fey raised a theoretical question: āCould this whole night have been an email?ā Only the next three hours would tell. Or ChloĆ© Zhao, making history as the first woman of Asian descent to win best director (and the first woman since 1984.) AdOf course, there were the usual confounding results and baffling snubs, compounded here by some epic Zoom fails. ZHAO MAKES HISTORYWhen Zhao won best director for her haunting and elegant āNomadland,ā she was the first woman of Asian descent to win that award. It was updated on March 3, 2021, to correct the nationality of director of āNomadland.ā Chloe Zhao is Chinese, not Asian American.
Fonda says Hollywood needs more diversity after Globes honor
Read full article: Fonda says Hollywood needs more diversity after Globes honorIn this video grab issued Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, by NBC, Jane Fonda accepts the Cecil B. deMille Award at the Golden Globe Awards. (NBC via AP)LOS ANGELES ā Just like in her career, Jane Fonda used the Golden Globesā platform to speak on deeper issues calling for greater diversity in Hollywood while praising the ācommunity of storytellersā as she accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award. While wearing an all-white suit, Fonda raised the Globesā highest honor above her head Sunday before commending storytellers for their vital role in troubled times. She is the daughter of Oscar winner Henry Fonda, who died in 1982, and sister of Peter Fonda, who died in 2019. She launched IndieCollectās Jane Fonda Fund for Women Directors, an organization aimed to support the restoration of films helmed by women from around the world.
The Latest: 'Nomadland' wanders into the Globe winner circle
Read full article: The Latest: 'Nomadland' wanders into the Globe winner circle(Searchlight Pictures via AP)LOS ANGELES ā The Latest on the Golden Globe ceremony (all times local):8:05 p.m.āNomadlandā has come in from the desert to take the Golden Globe for best picture in the drama category. Earlier, Chloe Zhao became the first woman of Asian descent to win the Golden Globe for best director for the film. Itās the first acting Golden Globe for the 36-year-old singer, songwriter and actress Day. Ad___7:40 p.m.Six months after his death at age 43, Chadwick Boseman has won a Golden Globe. ___5:10 p.m.Tina Fey and Amy Poehler began the pandemic-era Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night, delivering a split-screen opening from separate coasts.
'Nomadland,' 'Borat' win at a socially distant Golden Globes
Read full article: 'Nomadland,' 'Borat' win at a socially distant Golden GlobesSheās only the second woman in the history of the Globes to win, and the first since Barbra Streisand won for āYentlā in 1984. Its star, guerilla comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, also won best actor in a comedy. āThe Queen's Gambitā won best limited series, and best actress in the category for Anya Taylor-Joy. āSchitt's Creek,ā the Pop TV series that found a wider audience on Netflix, won best comedy series for its final season. Catherine O'Hara also took best actress in a comedy series.
Phoenix, Erivo and āBarb and Starā among Globes presenters
Read full article: Phoenix, Erivo and āBarb and Starā among Globes presentersThis combination photo shows, from left, Awkwafina, Cynthia Erivo, Joaquin Phoenix, Kristen Wiig and Renee Zellweger, who are among the first presenters announced for the Golden Globes awards ceremony. (AP Photo)LOS ANGELES ā āBarb and Starā are headed to the Golden Globes ā actors Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo will be among the presenters at the upcoming ceremony. Wiig and Mumolo's latest film, āBarb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,ā was released last week and some are already calling the campy film a cult classic. Sheās won Golden Globes for her acting āKlute,ā āJuliaā and āComing Home.āNorman Lear will be honored with the Carol Burnett Award, a counterpart to the DeMille Award that focuses on life achievement in television. Netflix dominated the nominations earlier this month, with its film āMankā and its television series āThe Crownā the leading nominees.
Golden Globes to honor legendary TV producer Norman Lear
Read full article: Golden Globes to honor legendary TV producer Norman LearThe Golden Globes will bestow the Carol Burnett Award to Lear during the 78th annual awards ceremony next month. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)LOS ANGELES ā Norman Lear made his mark as a television producer who strived to explore race relation issues through his famed sitcoms āAll in the Familyā and āGood Times.ā And now, the Golden Globes will honor Lear with its TV special achievement trophy. Nominations for the upcoming Golden Globes are scheduled to be announced Feb. 3. As a social activist, Lear founded advocacy organization People for the American Way. He also founded several other non-profits to promote thoughtful citizenship, including the Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern California Annenberg School for Communication.
Jane Fonda to receive Golden Globes' Cecil B. DeMille Award
Read full article: Jane Fonda to receive Golden Globes' Cecil B. DeMille AwardFILE - Actress Jane Fonda appears at the 71st international film festival in Cannes, southern France, on May 12, 2018. The Golden Globes will bestow the Cecil B. DeMille Award to Fonda during the 78th annual awards show next month. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES ā Jane Fonda cemented herself into Hollywood allure as a chameleonlike actor and social activist, and now the Golden Globes will honor her illustrious career with its highest honor. Fonda will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award during the 78th annual awards ceremony on Feb. 28, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Tuesday. She launched IndieCollectās Jane Fonda Fund for Women Directors, an organization aimed to support the restoration of films helmed by women from around the world.
Jane Fonda celebrates 25 years of Georgia-based nonprofit
Read full article: Jane Fonda celebrates 25 years of Georgia-based nonprofitATLANTA ā Jane Fonda is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Georgia-based nonprofit organization she founded to prevent teenage pregnancies. Fonda, 82, founded the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention in 1995, when she lived in Atlanta and when Georgia had the highest teenage birth rate in the United States. āIf you put a map across the United States that showed pockets of poverty and distress, those would correspond with where our teen pregnancy rates are high,ā Fonda said. Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana have the highest teenage birth rates in the United States. Birth rates also remain higher among Native American, Hispanic and Black teenagers.
Pope in TED talk: Earth cannot be squeezed 'like an orangeā
Read full article: Pope in TED talk: Earth cannot be squeezed 'like an orangeāVATICAN CITY ā Pope Francis on Saturday issued an urgent call to action to defend the planet and help the poor in his second TED talk. The pontiff, known for his affinity for social media and technology, said in a videotaped message to a TED conference on climate change that the coronavirus pandemic had put a focus on the social-environmental challenge facing the globe. He called on investors to exclude companies that do not taking into account the environment, as have many faith-based organizations already have. āIn fact, the earth must be taken care of, cultivated and protected; we cannot continue to squeeze it like an orange. And we can say this, taking care of the Earth is a human right,ā Francis said.
History on screen: East Germany through its filmmakers' eyes
Read full article: History on screen: East Germany through its filmmakers' eyesIn this Wednesday, June 17, 2020 photo Gunnar Dedio, German film producer and managing director of PROGRESS Film GmbH poses for a photo between rolls of film in the archive of PROGRESS Film, in Leipzig, Germany. A new project is underway to digitize thousands of East German newsreels, documentaries and feature films 30 years after Germanys reunification. The East German Augenzeuge, or Eyewitness, newsreel on the Kennedy visit trumpeted the prank as a triumph, scoffing that the American president got an āunexpected surprise instead of the great view into the East German capital promised by his Secret Serviceā and allegedly had to cut his visit from ā20 minutes to five." Germany was divided into four occupation zones after World War II, the Soviet-influenced East Germany and West Germany's American, British and French sectors. In 1950, the year after East Germany was established as a country, the authorities formed another company, Progress, as a state monopoly to distribute DEFA films and to import foreign productions.
Barrymore sets high standard in her models as talk show host
Read full article: Barrymore sets high standard in her models as talk show hostNEW YORK ā Drew Barrymore is setting a high standard for herself as she joins the world of daytime talk show hosts on Monday. āWeāre all human beings on this planet going through our lives and our journeys and thereās a way to connect through that,ā Barrymore said. Iāve never lived in that space.āāThe Drew Barrymore Show,ā retrofitted for the coronavirus era, is being distributed by CBS Television. Bill Carroll, a veteran television consultant and expert in the syndication market, said heās impressed that Barrymore is shooting high. Yes, some may regard Barrymore as slightly loopy and hippie-dippie (āweāre all human beings on this planetā), but itās more endearing than annoying.
New this week: Katy Perry's 'Smile' and 'Love Island' return
Read full article: New this week: Katy Perry's 'Smile' and 'Love Island' returnThis image released by BBC America shows Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in a scene from "Planet Earth: A Celebration." The special debuts at 8 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 31, on BBC America, AMC, SundanceTV and IFC. (BBC Studios/BBC America via AP)
Jane Fonda arrested on fourth Friday in a row
Read full article: Jane Fonda arrested on fourth Friday in a rowJane Fonda said she wants to get arrested every Friday. That's exactly what she plans to do -- all to address the climate crisis. WASHINGTON (CNN) - Jane Fonda said she wants to get arrested every Friday. The actress and activist said she moved to Washington for four months to raise awareness about the devastating challenges that are facing the Earth. "And so I decided to use my celebrity to try to raise the sense of urgency, and I moved to Washington, and I'm going to get arrested every Friday."
Jane Fonda handcuffed at climate event
Read full article: Jane Fonda handcuffed at climate eventWASHINGTON (CNN) - Capitol Police arrested Jane Fonda Friday as she led her weekly climate protest inspired by young Swedish activist Greta Thunberg. Police took Fonda into custody as she led a demonstration in front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Fonda recently moved to Washington and plans to lead protests every Friday for the rest of the year. She said she was inspired to do so by 16-year-old Swedish environmental activist Thunberg. The daughter of Henry Fonda and ex-wife of Ted Turner, Fonda is arguably as well-known for her activism as her acting career and 1980s fitness empire.
'Grace and Frankie' to end with Season 7
Read full article: 'Grace and Frankie' to end with Season 7Lily Tomlin (L) and Jane Fonda in a scene from Season 5 of "Grace and Frankie" on Netflix. "We are both delighted and heartbroken that 'Grace and Frankie' will be back for its seventh, though final, season," Fonda and Tomlin said in a joint statement provided to CNN. They added that "we'll miss these two old gals, Grace and Frankie, as much as many of their fans will, but we'll still be around. Fittingly, given the Emmy-nominated series' subject matter of women being routinely overlooked, the final season will also secure "Grace and Frankie" an important footnote in Netflix history. The sixth season of "Grace and Frankie" completed production this earlier this year and won't air until January 2020.
Hollywood remembers 'sweet-hearted' Peter Fonda
Read full article: Hollywood remembers 'sweet-hearted' Peter FondaHOLLYWOOD, California (CNN) - If his friends, family and co-workers are to be believed, actor and director Peter Fonda, best known for his role in 1969's "Easy Rider," was easy to adore. Fonda, 79, died Friday of respiratory failure due to lung cancer at his Los Angeles home, his family said in an emailed statement. Peter Fonda embodied those values and instilled them in a generation. #RIPCaptainAmerica" - via TwitterWriter/director Edgar Wright"RIP Peter Fonda, counter culture legend, groundbreaking actor and all round real life hero. Peter Fonda was one of the great raconteurs, he could hold a table for 4 hours without a break.