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April 2024

  • Jennifer Aniston.

    A way to make a livin’: Jennifer Aniston set for 9 to 5 reboot

    Aniston’s production company will reportedly reimagine the hit 1980 Jane Fonda and Dolly Parton comedy about sexism in the workplace – with a script by Diablo Cody

February 2023

  • Rita Moreno plays Maura, Jane Fonda plays Trish, Sally Field plays Betty, and Lily Tomlin plays Lou in 80 For Brady from Paramount Pictures.

    80 for Brady review – screen queens go wild in charming but slight comedy

    Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field and Lily Tomlin make for soothing company in a silly but good-natured film about NFL fans

June 2021

  • Nashville (1975)

    Nashville review – Robert Altman’s country classic still sings

    With its constant soundtrack of country music and political commentary, Altman’s sprawling state-of-the-nation epic reverberates with the troubled zeitgeist of the 70s

September 2020

  • Jane Fonda wearing a red jumper with Outlaw written on it and a coat with the collar turned up

    Jane Fonda: ‘I'm very rarely afraid. Maybe emotional intimacy scares me’

    After 50 years of getting arrested, Jane Fonda is still protesting at 82 - this time over the climate crisis. She talks Hollywood, husbands and activism now

September 2019

  • Team Bartlet … from left, Abbey Bartlet (Stockard Channing), Donna Moss (Janel Moloney), Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe), President Jed Bartlet (Martin Sheen), Leo McGarry (John Spencer), Charlie Young (Dulé Hill), Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford), CJ Cregg (Allison Janney) and Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff).

    We got Obama elected! West Wing stars relive the parties, pranks and power games

    Racist hate mail, late-night booze-ups, 9/11 hysteria and a visit from Prince Andrew … 20 years after its launch, Aaron Sorkin and the team recall the epic TV drama that changed US politics

November 2018

  • Nine To Five - 1980<br>Editorial use only. No book cover usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by 20th Century Fox/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock (5883248v) Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, Dabney Coleman Nine To Five - 1980 Director: Colin Higgins 20th Century Fox USA Scene Still Comedy 9 To 5 Comment se débarrasser de son patron

    9 to 5 review – Dolly Parton's quietly radical office revenge satire

    Thirty-eight years on, this tale of misogyny, kidnap and rattling typewriters is a boldly progressive piece of film-making

August 2018

  • The main entrance to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, N.Y.

    'Coachella for comics': the world's biggest comedy museum opens

    A 40,000 sq ft interactive comedy center filled with cultural artifacts and immersive exhibits opens with a starry lineup

January 2018

  • Leonie Elliott and Jennifer Kirby in Call the Midwife.

    Observer TV reviews
    The week in TV: Call the Midwife; Grace and Frankie; Will and Grace and more – review

    The midwives are more sweet than sharp in their seventh series, while one Grace show roundly trumps another

July 2016

  • Sally Field’s Hello, My Name is Doris is a summer hit

    Box office analysis: US
    Ignored by youth-obsessed Hollywood, older audiences flock to indie films

    In a summer stuffed with blockbusters aimed at young audience, arthouse films appeal to an older demographic because the stars reflect the audiences

April 2016

  • "The First Monday In May" World Premiere - 2016 Tribeca Film Festival - Opening Night<br>NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 13: Actress Jane Fonda at "The First Monday In May" World Premiere - 2016 Tribeca Film Festival - Opening Night at John Zuccotti Theater at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center on April 13, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

    Jane Fonda at Tribeca: 'Hillary Clinton will be president'

  • ‘Precious little air’: Agyness Deyn toils in Sunset Song.

    Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
    Sunset Song; Grandma; The Forbidden Room; Kill Your Friends; Show Me a Hero; Of Good Report – review

January 2016

  • ‘The Revenant’ film - 2015<br>Mandatory credit: TM &amp; copyright 20th Century Fox No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only No Book or TV usage without prior permission from Rex. Mandatory Credit: Photo by 20th Century Fox Film/Evere/REX/Shutterstock (5494171p) Leonardo DiCaprio ‘The Revenant’ film - 2015

    Oscars 2016: what will lead the nominations and who will surprise?

  • Composite of film still from The Martian, Carol, Spotlight, Mad Max and The Big Short

    Golden Globe awards 2016: who will win, and who should win

December 2015

  • ‘Terrific’: Lily Tomlin with screen granddaughter Julia Garner in Grandma.

    Mark Kermode's film of the week
    Grandma review – there’s no one quite like Lily Tomlin

  • Lily Tomlin and Julia Garner in Grandma

    Grandma review – Lily Tomlin makes cranky look cool

November 2015

  • ‘It’s surprising it’s taken Hollywood so long to graft the Manic Pixie Dream Girl stereotype on to the Irascible Old Bat stereotype’ … clockwise from top left, Blythe Danner, Sally Field, Susan Sarandon and Lily Tomlin

    Getting on: how the Manic Pixie Dream Grans conquered Hollywood

  • Actress Tomlin poses at the 7th Annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood<br>Actress Lily Tomlin poses at the 7th Annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Governors Awards at The Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood, California November 14, 2015. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

    Lily Tomlin: ‘I don’t relate to any of my life, except the stories I’m telling you’

June 2007

  • Is this it?

    Lily Tomlin on losing her head, the Arctic Monkeys' poor use of language and the horror of hypnotists. Think twice before you tell her a joke ...

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