Overview
- Barbra Streisand honored Robert Redford during the 98th Academy Awards In Memoriam with a spoken remembrance and a brief performance of The Way We Were.
- Speaking to Entertainment Tonight at the Vanity Fair party, Jane Fonda asked why she was not chosen, noting she made four films with Redford to Streisand’s one.
- Fonda said she had “more to say,” described Redford as the most gorgeous with strong values, and credited him with lifting up independent movies.
- Coverage characterized the moment as playful rather than a serious dispute, and the Academy has not provided a public rationale for its presenter choices.
- Redford died on Sept. 16, 2025 at age 89, and the expanded In Memoriam also featured tributes led by Rachel McAdams for Diane Keaton and Billy Crystal for Rob Reiner.