{"id":81547,"date":"2025-12-04T17:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T17:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/81547\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T17:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T17:31:08","slug":"jane-fonda-and-jamie-lee-curtis-get-political-at-wif-honors-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/81547\/","title":{"rendered":"Jane Fonda and Jamie Lee Curtis Get Political at WIF Honors Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plus, honoree Bruce Springsteen serenades guests at the Academy Museum event \u2014\u00a0where Kim Kardashian hides her face (in Maison Margiela)<\/p>\n

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BEFORE HONORING Jamie Lee Curtis with the Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award at the WIF Honors gala presented by Max Mara on Nov. 6, Jane Fonda spoke of the importance of the First Amendment.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur profession, like all art forms, can\u2019t exist without freedom of expression,\u201d Fonda said. \u201cIt\u2019s the bedrock of democracy, and it\u2019s being taken away from us. And that\u2019s why, on Oct. 1, we [re]launched the Committee for the First Amendment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The collective of artists and leaders first formed during the McCarthy Era \u2014 when Fonda\u2019s father, famed actor Henry Fonda, was a member. \u201cThat was about one small part of government robbing us of our First Amendment. Right now, it\u2019s the entire federal government,\u201d Fonda said. \u201cIt is far, far worse than what existed back in the \u201940s and \u201950s.\u201d<\/p>\n

Upon accepting her award, Curtis was equally political \u2014 praising Nancy Pelosi in the wake of her retirement news and responding to the Nov. 4 elections, in which the Democratic Party won key races across the country. \u201cI am most excited to stand here two days after the repudiation of the authoritative regime,\u201d Curtis said. Referencing the victories of New Jersey Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill and Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger, she added, \u201c[And] the election of these two beautiful women to governorships.\u201d<\/p>\n

CENTER STAGE<\/p>\n

DESIGNER Tory Burch brought out an impressive group of friends to her Rodeo Drive store in celebration of Kristina O\u2019Neill and Laura Brown\u2019s new book, All the Cool Girls Get Fired. Actors including Uzo Aduba, Kiernan Shipka and Jurnee Smollett recited passages \u2014 but no one got a bigger reception than Monica Lewinsky. \u201cI don\u2019t want to show anybody up,\u201d she said, \u201cbut I was fired from the White House.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Zoey\"ZoeyZoey Deutch, Jurnee Smollett and Monica LewinskyCredit: Cody Marquez\/BFA.com<\/p>\n

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Doja Cat closed out the night at LACMA\u2019s Art + Film Gala presented by Gucci with a sultry performance of hits like \u201cPaint the Town Red,\u201d for attendees including co-chairs Leonardo DiCaprio and Eva Chow, honorees Ryan Coogler and Mary Corse and fashionistas Salma Hayek, Demi Moore, Kaia Gerber and Cindy Crawford.<\/p>\n

And after being introduced by George Clooney and honored by Martin Scorsese, Bruce Springsteen serenaded guests at the Academy Museum\u2019s glitzy annual gala. However, Kim Kardashian (below) caused even more commotion when she arrived in a face-covering nude look by Maison Margiela.<\/p>\n

\"Kim\"KimKim Kardashian attends the Academy Museum 5th Annual GalaCredit: Photo by Emma McIntyre\/Oscars\/Getty Images for Academy Museum of Motion Pictures<\/p>\n

SEEN AROUND TOWN<\/p>\n

\u25cf The first Dior restaurant in the U.S. \u2014 Monsieur Dior by three-Michelin-starred chef Dominique Crenn made its fashionable debut atop the new Beverly Hills store, to stylish guests including LaKeith Stanfield, Maude Apatow and Adrien Brody.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Glen Powell, star of new dystopian thriller The Running Man reunited with the film\u2019s director Edgar Wright and cast members Katy O\u2019Brian and Karl Glusman at AOC Wine Bar in West Hollywood.<\/p>\n

\u25cf Max Greenfield has been doing double duty as an emcee. After the former New Girl star hosted the Chrysalis Butterfly Ball, he served as auctioneer at UCLA Health\u2019s annual brunch benefiting The Rape Treatment Center and Stuart House.<\/p>\n

\u25cf And Steven Spielberg, Jon Bon Jovi and Shari Redstone joined guests from the entertainment, philanthropy and Jewish communities at The Simon Wiesenthal Center\u2019s Humanitarian dinner, which honored Warner Bros. Discovery President and CEO David Zaslav, CNN Chief Political Correspondent Dana Bash and Oct. 7 survivors Aya Meydan and Omer Shem Tov.<\/p>\n

\"Serena\"SerenaPrince Harry and Meghan Markle flank honoree Serena Williams at the 2025 Baby2Baby Gala Presented By Paul Mitchell.Credit: Photo by Emma McIntyre\/Getty Images for Baby2Baby<\/p>\n

COUPLED UP<\/p>\n

Baby2Baby\u2019s 2025 gala at the Pacific Design Center \u2014 which raised a record $18 million for the nonprofit that provides children in need with essential items \u2014 proved a date night for famous supporters. Among the philanthropic duos were Nicole Richie and Joel Madden, Jessica Alba and Danny Ramirez and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle (above, flanking the night\u2019s honoree Serena Williams).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Plus, honoree Bruce Springsteen serenades guests at the Academy Museum event \u2014\u00a0where Kim Kardashian hides her face (in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[24914,46570,46571,48,52,51,47,50,49,46572,8669,46573],"class_list":{"0":"post-81547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-demi-moore","9":"tag-jamie-lee-curtis","10":"tag-jane-fonda","11":"tag-la","12":"tag-la-headlines","13":"tag-la-news","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-headlines","16":"tag-los-angeles-news","17":"tag-monica-lewinsky","18":"tag-nancy-pelosi","19":"tag-page-28"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}