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Jane Fonda made the biggest headlines in the past few days with a striking Paris Fashion Week appearance. On September 28, at age 88, she walked in L’Oreal Paris’s Express Your Worth show at Place Joffre, beneath the illuminated Eiffel Tower. According to L’Oreal coverage reported by Just Jared and The Times of India, Fonda wore a dramatic red sequined gown, shared a moment with Kristen Bell, and joined a lineup that included Kendall Jenner, Eva Longoria, Viola Davis, Andie MacDowell, Heidi Klum, and Aishwarya Rai. Celine Dion reportedly performed during the finale. The appearance is significant because it reinforced Fonda’s continuing influence not only as an actor and activist, but also as a fashion and beauty figure well into her late eighties.
The New York Times reported on September 23 that Fonda used the Climate Forward conference in New York to attack both major American political parties for failing to confront climate change. She described climate and democracy as two interconnected existential crises and argued that fossil fuel money has prevented lawmakers from passing legislation matching the scientific threat. That appearance is likely to carry greater long term biographical weight than the fashion headlines, extending a public activism record that has defined Fonda for decades.
Another story circulating this week revisited Fonda’s environmental legacy. The Times of India reported that conservation work connected to her New Mexico ranch helped protect a 2018 easement covering 2,229 acres of habitat and farmland, along with nearly four miles of the Pecos River. The report adds context to her environmental commitments, although the recent coverage concerns a past conservation action rather than a newly announced business deal.
On social media, an X post claimed Fonda attended a United Nations Free Palestine rally and was later refused entry to Katz’s Delicatessen. That allegation has not been independently verified by the reliable sources reviewed, so it should be treated as unconfirmed rather than news.
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