All posts tagged "Fonda"

Beverly Hills (United States) (AFP) - She is 85, has a glittering film career behind her, and recently battled cancer, but Jane Fonda doesn't intend to slow down her activism on climate change -- the "greatest crisis ever to confront humanity" -- anytime soon. "My cancer is in remission. I've got a lot of energy. I'm ready to kick some more ass," she told AFP on Thursday, backstage at the ongoing Hollywood Climate Summit. "I'm part of the Hollywood community. I don't think the Hollywood community has done enough to confront this crisis. So I'm here to encourage that," said the double Oscar-win......

Los Angeles (AFP) - US actress and activist Jane Fonda announced Friday that she has cancer, and has begun chemotherapy. The 84-year-old Oscar winner, a prominent supporter of the Democratic Party vowed to fight the "very treatable" illness. "I’ve been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and have started chemo treatments," she wrote on her verified Instagram account. "This is a very treatable cancer. 80 percent of people survive, so I feel very lucky.  "I'm also lucky because I have health insurance and access to the best doctors and treatments." Fonda, an avowed environmentalist and social ......