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JANE FONDA TO RECIEVE IN OCTOBER KIRK DOUGLAS AWARD

SANTA BARBARA INTERNATIONAL FILM FEST


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USPA NEWS - Jane FONDA, initially showed little inclination to follow her father's trace (Henry FONDA). Her interest in acting grew after meeting Lee STRASBERG in 1958 and joined the Actors Studio. Her professional success contrasted with her personal life full of controversies and scandals...
Jane FONDA had two Academy Awards for 1971´s “Klute“ and 1978´s “Coming Home,“ and received five other Oscar nominations between 1969 and 1986. Fonda has also won three Golden Globes, an Emmy and the 2014 AFI Life Achievement Award.

Jane FONDA has been selected to recieve the Santa Barbara Film Festival's tenth annual Kirk DOUGLAS Award for Excellence in Film, which will be presented to her at a black-tie gala dinner at Bacara Resort & spa in Santa barbara in October 3.
Jane FONDA will next be seen in Fox Searchingt's "Youth" directed by Paolo Sorentino, which is scheduled for release on December 4. It will be also with Michael CAINE, Harvey KEITEL, Rachel WEISZ... Synopsis : Fred and Mick, two old friends, are on vacation in an elegant hotel at the foot of the Alps. Fred, a composer and conductor, is now retired. Mick, a film director, is still working. They look with curiosity and tenderness on their children confused lives, Micks enthousiastics young writers, and the other hotel guests. While Mick scrambles to finish the screenplay for what he imagines will be his last important film, Fred has no intention of resuming his musical career. But someone wants at all cost to hear him conduct again (IMDb)
We will give you a feed back of journalists' preview in Paris planned for next week...

She also appears in the Netflix comedy series "GRACE and FRANKIE" which is curently filming its second season. This series was created by Marta KAUFFMAN and Howard J. MORRIS, broadcasted since May 8, 2015. With Lily TOMLIN, Martin SHEEN, Sam WATERSTON,... Synospis : A pair of eival find out their husbands want to run off with each other.

Since 2006, the Kirk DOUGLAS Award has been given to a life long contributor to cinema through their work in front of the camera, behind, or both. Past Honories include Jessica LANGE, Forest WHITAKER, Robert DE NIRO, Michael DOUGLAS, Harrison FORD, Quentin TARENTINO, Ed HARRIS, John TRAVOLTA.
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