Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda Says Her Cancer Is in Remission: “Best Birthday Present Ever”
Jane Fonda is celebrating the “best birthday present ever” after learning that her cancer is in remission. The iconic actor will turn 85 on December 21st. She shared her lymphoma diagnosis in September and underwent several rounds of chemotherapy, but in a new Instagram post, she was able to add a happy update to the story. “Last week I was told by my oncologist that my cancer is in remission and I can discontinue chemo,” she wrote. “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 good news. I’m especially happy because while my first 4 chemo treatments were rather easy for me, only a few days of being tired, the last chemo session was rough and lasted 2 weeks making it hard to accompl...
Jane Fonda Diagnosed with Lymphoma
Jane Fonda has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. The 84-year-old actress revealed the news in a note posted to Instagram on Friday (September 2nd). Fonda was quick to point out that non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma is a “very treatable cancer” with an 80% survival rate. (Fellow actor Jeff Bridges was diagnosed with the same illness in 2020 and is currently in remission.) Related Video The longtime activist also used her diagnosis as an opportunity to stress the need for affordable healthcare, as well as discuss the environmental factors that may have contributed to her cancer. “We also need to be talking much more not just about cures but about causes so we can eliminate them. For example, people need to know that fossil fuels cause cancer. So ...
SXSW Review: Dolly Parton Doc Still Working 9 to 5 Chokes on Its Own Ambition
This review is part of our coverage of the 2022 SXSW Film Festival. The Pitch: More than 40 years ago, 9 to 5 burst onto movie screens with a deceptively winning formula for 1980: Take three women at the top of their game — actress/producer/activist Jane Fonda, top-tier comedienne Lily Tomlin, and country music superstar Dolly Parton — and throw them together in the dreary workplaces of Carter-era America with a chauvinistic boss (Dabney Coleman) you’d just love to see tied up and tortured. It may have played like a lark, thanks in no small part to a whip-smart script from Patricia Resnick (3 Women) and fanciful direction from Colin Higgins (Harold and Maude), but it had feminist teeth underneath the laughs, which led it to box-office success and decades of appreciation. Decades ...
World’s Greatest Football Player to Star in Road Trip Comedy with World’s Greatest Actresses
What do you do after you’ve retired from a record-breaking football career? You make a movie about your own life, of course. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Tom Brady is producing and appearing in a road trip comedy that unites iconic actresses Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, and Sally Field. 80 for Brady sees Tomlin, Fonda, Moreno, and Field portray a group of best friends who travel to Super Bowl LI in 2017 to see Brady lead the New England Patriots to the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history. According to THR, the film was inspired by a true story, so it must have a pretty juicy plotline to get its leading ladies to agree to take part. The film was written by director Kyle Marvin and Michael Covino, who are both executive producing alongside Jeff Stott. Brady developed the...
