Overview
- Accepting the Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award in Los Angeles, Curtis called the results a repudiation of an “authoritative regime.”
- She highlighted New Jersey Governor‑elect Mikie Sherrill and Virginia Governor‑elect Abigail Spanberger as notable winners.
- Curtis referenced the revived Committee for the First Amendment, which Jane Fonda relaunched on Oct. 1, noting she is an inaugural member.
- Fonda praised Curtis’s reported $1 million donation to California wildfire relief and cited her long record with charities including Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Project Angel Food, AIDS Walk and My Hand in Yours.
- The Women in Film event also honored Regina King and Mara Brock Akil for TV advocacy, the largely female-led Hedda team for film advocacy, Maude Apatow as Face of the Future and Kristin Wiig with WIF’s first Icon Award.