Overview
- Speaking at post‑Oscars events, Jane Fonda joked that Barbra Streisand made one film with Robert Redford while she made four and said she had more to share about him.
- Fonda also praised Redford, saying she had always been in love with him and calling him a wonderful person who changed cinema and elevated independent film.
- Streisand delivered the tribute during the 98th Academy Awards and performed The Way We Were live, a rare Oscars rendition more than a decade after her last.
- Fonda and Redford co‑starred across five decades in four films, while Streisand’s connection to him centers on the 1973 classic The Way We Were.
- Industry figures defended the In Memoriam choices, with Disney Television executive Rob Mills noting the Academy makes the decisions and lauding this year’s segment.