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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Jane Fonda

Jane Fonda stories: 7 news summaries

 Sometimes, 
 Celeb Tweets 
 Bring Real News 

But not usually.

Aug 10, 09 11:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Surprise! Celebrities do, occasionally, use Twitter to break actual news. Don’t believe it? USA Today lists some examples:
  • Paula Abdul: Bid adieu to American Idol before an official statement was released.
  • Ryan Seacrest: Told the world Ben Silverman was out at NBC before
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entertainment • American Idol • Ben Silverman • Jane Fonda • celebrity • Ivanka Trump • Lance Armstrong • Elizabeth Taylor • Kimora Lee Simmons • Ryan Seacrest • Twitter • Paula Abdul

 Born In The Spotlight 

Actor kids take up family biz

Feb 12, 09 1:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Some strive for the spotlight. Others are simply born into it. From Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell’s brood of young actors (daughter Kate Hudson and sons Oliver Hudson and Wyatt Russell) to Jane and Peter Fonda (spawn of Henry), the second-generation stars in this Vanity Fair collection were all... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Jane Fonda • Kate Hudson • Peter Fonda • Gwyneth Paltrow • Will Smith • actor • Demi Moore • Bruce Willis • Rumer Willis • actress

 Fonda Heads Back to Broadway 

Starring role marks return after 46 years

Dec 5, 08 11:12 AM CST
(Newser) - Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress Jane Fonda will have another chance to add a Tony to her collection when she returns to Broadway after a 46-year absence, Playbill reports. Fonda, who made her Broadway debut in 1960, will star in Moisés Kaufman's 33 Variations as Katherine Brandt, a musicologist working... More »

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music • theater • Broadway • Jane Fonda • celebrity • play • Beethoven

MSNBC Slaps Tape Delay on Scarborough

Parenting groups applaud response to Morning Joe's F-bomb

Nov 12, 08 10:06 AM CST
(Newser) - MSNBC is putting a 7-second muzzle on Joe Scarborough, after the Morning Joe host accidentally uttered the F-word during Monday’s show. Though cable networks are immune from FCC decency rules, MSNBC confirmed that it was instituting the delay to prevent a repeat incident and noted it had done... More »

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FCC • MSNBC • Jane Fonda • profanity • Tiki Barber • Joe Scarborough

Hollywood Women Work on Senate Majority

Deep-pocketed stars are raising money for Dem candidates

Jun 18, 08 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Powerful Hollywood women are reorganizing after Hillary Clinton's failed presidential bid, turning their attention toward increasing the Democratic majority in the Senate. A fundraiser Sept. 27 could raise more than $1 million for candidates, and is being put together by the likes of Jane Fonda, Kate Capshaw, Penny Marshall, Daryl... More »

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Hollywood • Senate • Jane Fonda • fund raising • Al Franken • Sarah Jessica Parker • Jeanne Shaheen • Laura Dern • Tom Udall • Mark Begich • Penny Marshall • Tom Allen • Mark Udall

Fonda Swears She's Sorry
for Obscenity

Today show apologizes for on-air slip, decency watchdogs want delay

Feb 15, 08 6:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Today host Meredith Vieira got an unpleasant  shock yesterday when Jane Fonda let the C-word slip while discussing the Vagina Monologues, the New York Daily News reports. "It was a slip, and obviously she apologizes, and so do we," Vieira told viewers. Fonda's blooper came when she... More »

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Vagina Monologues • Meredith Vieira • Jane Fonda • profanity • obscenity • Parents Television Council • Today show

CIA Set to Let Skeletons
Out of Closet

Agency prepares to declassify docs showing decades of abuses

Jun 22, 07 2:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The CIA is about to release secret records of its illegal activities from the '50s to the '70s, reports the Washington Post. Known as the "family jewels," the long-sought documents detail assassination attempts, kidnappings, wiretaps, drug tests on civilians, monitoring of journalists (including muckraking columnist Jack Anderson), and... More »

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CIA • Jane Fonda • Michael Hayden • family jewels • illegal activity • James Schlesinger • National Security Archive

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