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Actress Jane Fonda will be the recipient of the 2021 Cecil B. DeMille Award at this year s Golden Globe Awards.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Tuesday that Fonda, 83, would be the recipient of its award, named for film pioneer DeMille and given annually to a talented individual who has made a lasting impact on the film industry.
“For more than five decades, Jane’s breadth of work has been anchored in her unrelenting activism, using her platform to address some of the most important social issues of our time, said HFPA President Ali Sar in a statement. Her undeniable talent has gained her the highest level of recognition, and while her professional life has taken many turns, her unwavering commitment to evoking change has remained.
is the host of an award-winning podcast called which features curated conversations with well-known people, from Jane Fonda and Katie Hill.
During the pandemic, those conversations have moved online, leading to intimate chats from famous living rooms all around the country and lessons about how to handle adversity during challenging times.
Here, she shares parts of her discussions with Jane Fonda, Julie Taymor, Ken Burns, Ann Patchett, Katie Hill, and Oliver Stone.
The pandemic has turned our lives upside down, bringing many unwanted consequences along with it. It s limited our travel plans, eliminated our dinner parties, and left us missing a warm hug and a friendly kiss. But there is one positive aspect: Many of us now have more time. This has turned out to be a boon for my award-winning Now What? podcast. With less to do, many people I ve always wanted to talk to now agree to a conversation, especially if all they have to do to connect is walk into their living room and c