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Robert Redford, whodied todayat the age of 89, created a body of work that often intersected his passion foractivism with storytelling and filmmaking. Jane Fonda, who co-starred alongside Redford in several films including the 1967 comedy Barefoot in the Park, shared a moving tribute to the actor and celebrated how …

Francis Ford Coppola shared a chaotic, yet touching memory from early in his storied career of Robert Redford, who died Tuesday at the age of 89. Coppola posted photos of Redford on Instagram from the 1962 film War Hunt and The Great Gatsby in 1974. In the caption, Coppola recalled …

Now a legend in his own right, Judd Hirsch wasn’t an expected choice to star in a Best Picture winner in 1980. But he was tapped to play Dr. Tyrone Berger in the directorial debut of the biggest movie star in the world. Robert Redford’s Ordinary People, the story of …

As a kid, Woody Harrelson says that Robert Redford, along with “his buddy Paul Newman,” would make him say, “That’s what I want to do.” Following the death of Redford at his Utah home Tuesday morning, tributes from across Hollywood have poured in, celebrating his work as an Oscar-winning actor, …

Robert Redford, an Oscar-winning actor and director whose passion for activism led to the formation of the Sundance Institute and its formidable film festival, died this morning at his Utah home. He was 89. Redford’s publicist, Cindi Berger, confirmed his death to Rolling Stone, but did not specify a cause. …

Over the course of his nearly seven decades in Hollywood, Robert Redford extended his multigenerational influence across various sectors of the entertainment industry. The actor, who died today at the age of 89, appeared in more than 50 films, racked up an extensive list of television appearances in the Sixties, …

He was a Hollywood golden boy and the Sundance kid, the missing link between The Twilight Zone (check out the towheaded 25-year-old playing the Prince of Darkness) and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. An actor-turned-director who helped everybody from Scarlett Johansson to Brad Pitt become household names. A film festival founder …

Veteran journalist Bob Woodward remembered Robert Redford as “a noble and principled force for good” in a tribute to the late actor who portrayed him in the 1976 film about the Watergate scandal, All the President’s Men. “His impact and influence on my life cannot be overstated,” Woodward wrote of …

When Scarlett Johansson was 11 years old, Robert Redford cast her in the neo-Western drama The Horse Whisperer. In a statement shared with Rolling Stone in light of Redford’s death, the actress shared the formative memories of working with the actor so young. Redford directed and starred in the film, …

Barbra Streisand said working with Robert Redford on the 1973 romance The Way We Were was “exciting, intense, and pure joy” in a tribute to the late actor. Like the characters they played in Sydney Pollack’s film, Streisand said she and Redford were “such opposites.” Though rather than being divided …