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NBC host Megyn Kelly fired back at Jane Fonda during her daytime talk show Monday, saying the actress has no business lecturing anyone on what is and isnt appropriate in the public eye. Ms. Kelly had an uncomfortable moment with Ms. Fonda in September on her talk show Megyn Kelly Today after she asked the actress about her past plastic surgeries, which Ms. Fonda had been outspoken about while speaking with other outlets. We really want to talk about that now? Ms. Fonda asked at the time, changing the subject. She later complained to ET Canada that the line of...
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This week Colon Kaepernick, the original kneeling football player, was honored with the annual Ho Chi Minh Red Star award for his efforts against capitalist oppression. The gem-encrusted jewel was presented by 1972 award recipient Jane Fonda at the ACLU of Southern Californias annual Bill of Rights Dinner. Fonda hailed Kaepernicks extraordinary courage in the face of the extreme dangers he endured while being forced to risk life and limb for the amusement of unjustly rich team owners and rabidly racist fans of the barbaric sport as a player and the enmity of those who disrespected his right to disrespect...
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Actress and left-wing activist Jane Fonda poured praise on former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick Sunday night at the ACLU of Southern Californias annual Bill of Rights Dinner. ... Kaepernick became the face of what many football fans considered an anti-American demonstration when he began to take a knee during the playing of the National Anthem before the start of NFL games ... Fonda, of course, became the face of opposition to the Vietnam War in 1972 when she visit to North Vietnam at the height of the war, earning the nickname Hanoi Jane and infamously denounced American soldiers...
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On her 70th birthday, Hillary Clinton was an honoree at the Womens Media Awards, becoming the organizations inaugural recipient of their Wonder Woman Awardand who better to fit the bill? As Womens Media Center co-founder Jane Fonda said in her opening remarks, Clinton has for years been changing lives and ensuring that womens rights are human rights and vice versa. Over the years, Ive watched Hillary break glass ceilings and champion women and girls and fight for human rights domestically and internationally by [leading with] compassion and passion and dedication, Fonda said. She has accomplished so much, all in the...
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Hillary Clinton, Ashley Judd, Jane Fonda, Gloria Steinem, and other media powerhouses had a strong message for men and women alike. As the marquee honoree at the annual Womens Media Awards, former Secretary of State Clinton, put it best: I dont intend to be silenced. The Womens Media Center, which aims to support women in the newsroom, honored Clinton, Fonda, and Judd, on Thursday at Capitale in New York City, for their contributions toward womens rights. Fonda and Judd called for women to seize the moment and focus on making lasting change. Judd, one of the first women to publicly...
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Hollywood is one of the greatest cesspools of hypocrisy in America. So of course, hypocrites gonna ..., well, you know. On October 25, Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem were guests on All In With Chris Hayes on MSNBC to discuss sexual predator Harvey Weinstein, as well as their own foundation, the Women's Media Center. But the two geriatric feminists couldn't resist enforcing the race narrative and slamming conservatives and President Donald Trump in the same breath. Fonda, who recently let it be known she "isn't proud of America," told Hayes that she thinks that the Weinstein scandal was so big...
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The Women's Media Center will honor Hillary Rodham Clinton with its first ever WMC Wonder Woman Award at the Women's Media Awards on October 26 at a gala at the Capitale in New York City. Clinton joins 2017 honorees Jane Fonda, Maria Hinojosa, Ashley Judd, April Ryan, Mara Elena Salinas and Gail Tifford. The WMC also will be recognizing the film, "Hidden Figures." Maya L. Harris will host this event for the first time. Clinton is an advocate, attorney, author, First Lady, U.S. Senator, U.S. Secretary of State, and Democratic presidential candidate who has devoted her life to working on...
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Last week on BBC's "Hardtalk," actress Jane Fonda was asked by show host Stephen Sackur if inside her she had a "sense of regret" for her 1972 visit to North Vietnam at the height of the Vietnam War. Fonda denied having any regret about the visit itself and argued she had justifications for the trip. [Snip] The [only] part she said she had regretted was appearing with the anti-aircraft and looking that she was against American soldiers and "siding with the enemy," which she said wasn't the case.
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Jane Fonda regrets not speaking up earlier about Harvey Weinstein. The film star, who is also an active women's rights advocate, told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Thursday that she "found out about Harvey about a year ago." "I'm ashamed that I didn't say anything right then," Fonda said. The Oscar award winning actress said that she was never assaulted by the movie mogul. In the past week, multiple women have come forward accusing Weinstein of rape, assault and other misconduct. The movie producer denies the charges and released a statement earlier this week, through a representative. "Mr. Weinstein obviously can't...
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Jane Fonda, in a new interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour set to air Friday, said she knew of the allegations against Harvey Weinstein a year ago, and is "ashamed" she didn't say anything at the time.
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One day after actress Debra Messing revealed that she regretted going on Megyn Kelly's new NBC morning show, the embattled host managed to draw the ire of an even bigger Hollywood star. Megyn sat down with Oscar-winning screen icon Jane Fonda on Wednesday, and in an ill-advised and poorly convinced move, decided to ask the 79-year-old actress to detail the plastic surgery she has had done over the years. 'You, you've been an example to everyone, on how to age beautifully and with strength. And unapologetically,' began Megyn, nervously drawing out her question.
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Half a century after they simmered with youthful sexuality in "Barefoot in the Park", screen legends Jane Fonda and Robert Redford have teamed up again in a tale of love and sex in later life. "He's a great kisser so it was fun to kiss him in my 20s and it was fun to kiss him against at almost 80," Fonda said Friday of her famously handsome co-star in "Our Souls at Night." The Netflix production had its premiere Friday at the Venice film festival, where the veteran stars were to be presented later with Golden Lions in recognition of...
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A Canadian conservative think tank says Jane Fondas an environmental hypocrite after the left-wing activist and actress protested the Canadian oil sands in northern Alberta. The Manning Centre told The Daily Caller on Sunday that Fonda excoriates the oil sands project because the oil it yields produces greenhouse gasses. But Colin Craig, media manager for the centre, says Fonda has a carbon footprint the size of a small town, referring to her jet-setting lifestyle that includes a lot of world travel. Do You Agree With This Criticism Of Jane Fonda? Yes No
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Liberal celebrities Jane Fonda and Ellen DeGeneres on Tuesday strove to offer the most fawning Hillary Clinton praise. Is she amazing, exciting, or smart? All of these things. Appearing on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Fonda cheered, It's so exciting that she may very well be our president.
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Jane Fonda has warned 'there will be violence' if Hillary Clinton is elected president in November. The actress and social activist warned that the former Secretary of State would face backlash from the nation's 'toxic masculinity' if she were to become the first female President of the United States. [Snip] 'One of the things we have to do is help men understand why they are so threatened, and change the way we view masculinity. We have a toxic masculinity and that's what needs to be addressed.' The two-time Academy Award winner became, who is a prominent supporter of feminist causes,...
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Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is driving young Muslims "closer to the terrorists," said actress and feminist icon Jane Fonda. Ms. Fonda, 78, appeared Sunday night at the Women's Equality and ERA Coalition's "Night of Comedy" in Manhattan, accusing Mr. Trump of "fanning the flames of people's anxieties and racism," the New York Daily News reported. "It's terrible and it's dangerous," Ms. Fonda said. "Even if he doesn't make it, which I don't think he will, the fact that he's said the things he's said about Muslims for example,...
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Glancing at today’s headlines, you would be forgiven for feeling a sense of numbed and weary resignation. British actor Alan Rickman, beloved for his roles in movies like Die Hard and the Harry Potter series, is dead of cancer at the age of 69—mere days after we already suffered another tragic death in David Bowie, also of cancer, also at the age of 69. In fact, these days it seems like you can’t read the morning news without hearing of a celebrity dying. It’s a disturbing trend, and it’s one that shows little sign of reversing. That’s why we at...
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Jane Fonda Writes ‘Note to Self’ on CBS, Praising Herself for Her Anti-War Activism In the latest edition of its Note to Self series, Monday’s CBS This Morning featured left-wing actress Jane Fonda reciting a letter to herself in which she praised her own activism against the Vietnam war: “Your biggest strength will be that you won't shutdown and become cynical. You'll become an activist.” File footage ran of Fonda’s infamous posing on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun used to shoot down American planes, as audio played of her defending the action at the time: “I didn't go to North...
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I have a dream Unpublished Work 2005 Mike Swagerty 1966-67 USMC There was a time I thought Id live forever, I was too damn tough to die But after all these years of abusing myself Im damned if I know why And its looking like my living days will soon be in my past But theres one thing, Lord, that I need from you, before I breathe my last. Ive probably asked for too much while I was taking up my space But, I need to ask for one more thing, before I leave this place. If youll...
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Fondas not in town to revive her fandom or her past betrothals. The 77-year-old actor and activist comes with a solar-fuelled fire in her belly. The climate change problem is the issue of our civilization. It will affect everything about our lives if we dont do something about it, she says. Touching down Friday night from Los Angeles, the two-time Oscar winner is part of a parade of celebrities and distinguished guests who are putting foot to pavement in Sundays March for Jobs, Justice and the Climate. The demonstration, organized by environmental group 350.org two days before Toronto hosts the...
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