Overview
- Speaking to Entertainment Tonight after the ceremony, Fonda asked why Streisand delivered the homage to Robert Redford, noting Streisand made one film with him while she made four, and Streisand has not responded publicly.
- Fonda emphasized her decades-long professional history with Redford, highlighting four collaborations across different eras of their careers.
- Onstage, Streisand sang a fragment of The Way We Were and recalled Redford as a brilliant, subtle actor she once dubbed a “cowboy intellectual,” saying she misses him.
- The In Memoriam segment drew broader pushback for omitting several names, including Brigitte Bardot, James Van Der Beek, Eric Dane, Bud Cort and Malcolm-Jamal Warner, prompting online and international criticism.
- Television executive Rob Mills defended the Academy’s editorial choices, calling this year’s In Memoriam the best in the awards’ history.