77-Year-Old Jane Fonda: Aging Well & Wisely
Hollywood legend Jane Fonda has gone from playing a voluptuous intergalactic agent in Barbarella and winning an Oscar for her role in Klute, to sporting a leotard as a fitness guru, being a breast cancer survivor and an outspoken opponent of the Vietnam War, which she...Turn and Face the Strange
So said David Bowie in “Changes,” a song about reinvention, defying your critics and stepping out on your own. Most people resist change. They fear loss of control, uncertainty and surprise. What if I fail? Will there be more work? Will I have to learn something...Amy Schumer, Her Dad and the Power of Laughter
I came late to the runaway train known as Amy Schumer. I mean, I knew she was famous—or “newly famous” as she hilariously puts it, having done stand-up for years before reaching her current level of acclaim—but having cut my TV cable cord a while ago, I...Iris Apfel: Geriatric Starlet
If you’re feeling anxious about getting older, take a few minutes to watch the documentary film “Iris.” Both the legendary filmmaker Albert Maysles—who directed “Iris” at age 87—and his subject, 93-year-old Iris Apfel—retired businesswoman, former interior designer...The Wondrous Life of Oliver Sacks
The renowned neurologist and writer Oliver Sacks died of cancer yesterday at his home in New York City. The 82-year-old author of “Awakenings” and “The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat” was in the late stages of cancer, a condition he...Scattered
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