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Jane Fonda: I 'was always in love' with Robert Redford on set
Jane Fonda says she "was always in love" with frequent co-star Robert Redford on set.

The 79-year-old actress admitted on Monday's episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show that she "fell" for the 80-year-old actor on every one of their movies.

"The only problem with working with Bob is I just look into his eyes and I kind of fall into his eyes and forget my dialogue," she told DeGeneres.

Fonda and Redford have co-starred in three films -- The Chase (1966), Barefoot in the Park (1967) and The Electric Horseman (1979) -- and will reunite in the new movie Our Souls at Night. The actor also had an uncredited role in Fonda's film Tall Story (1960).

"[He's] so good-looking," the actress gushed. "Yeah, [he's a good kisser]."

"I realize that I've grown up because in the three previous movies, I was always in love with him," she said. "I fell in love every time. So, if a day went by and he wouldn't speak to me ... I always took it personally. Now, when he doesn't talk to me, I'm just like, 'Hey Bob, come on.'"

Our Souls at Night is based on the novel of the same name by Kent Haruf, and will premiere on Netflix later this year. The movie is directed by Ritesh Batra, and co-stars Matthias Schoenaerts and Judy Greer.

"It's about two neighbors who were married and had families in small-town America," Redford told the Daily Express in 2016. "[Their respective spouses] die, so they are living alone separately."

"One day she knocks on his door and says, 'I know this is going to sound weird but would you like to come and sleep with me and just talk?'" he shared. "My character says, 'Let me think about it. Can I get back to you?' But that is what happens ... I think a lot of people will understand that story."


Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern work together decades after quitting 'Benny & Joon'
Woody Harrelson and Laura Dern are finally sharing the screen in the comedy Wilson -- more than 20 years after they backed out of the lead roles in Benny & Joon.

The pair were set to play brother and sister in the 1993 romantic comedy, but they both quit, leaving the roles to ultimately be played by Aidan Quinn and Mary Stuart Masterson. The movie also co-starred Julianne Moore and Johnny Depp as the title characters' love interests.

Asked about the missed opportunity to work together in the past during a round-table interview with reporters in New York Sunday, Harrelson turned to Dern and -- pouring her a cup of tea -- said, "Once I knew you weren't in [Benny & Joon,] that was that."

The pair said they collaborated on a play in Los Angeles not long after the Benny & Joon saga, but had always hoped they would some day share the screen and were happy when Wilson allowed them to do just that.

"If we had just met it would have been a much different thing," Harrelson emphasized about the intensity of their Wilson characters' romance. "I just loved every minute of working with this lady here. I think she is one of the great actresses that we have. I was very, very lucky."

"Woody is the bravest, most beautifully open actor I could have ever dreamed up," Dern returned the compliment. "He's in my dream of... You know, if I got to be Ginger Rogers, who my Fred Astaire would be. But, beyond all of that, the physical comedy is mind-blowing and the fact that we both got to play out these very physical characters and how they use their bodies and to find the humanity within that, not just the joke. That is like the most delicious gift ever."

Co-starring Judy Greer and Cheryl Hines, Wilson opens in U.S. theaters on Friday. The comedy follows a lonely, brutally honest man as he tries to re-connect with his ex-wife and the young-adult daughter he never knew he had.


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"The next morning after the proposal, it felt very normal. It didn't feel like we were starting this new crazy thing, everything just felt normal."
--Vanessa Grimaldi, on how she felt after wrapping The Bachelor, to PEOPLE



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Which country music superstars will release joint album this year?


Ellen DeGeneres shares how she dislocated her finger on 'Ellen'
Ellen DeGeneres told on her show Ellen on Tuesday how she landed in the emergency room after dislocating her finger.

"I have something to show you - it's that right here," the daytime host said to her audience as she pointed at her splint before introducing her guest, actress Claire Danes.

"Can you see it? I broke my finger. I know what you're thinking: 'How can you host a show without the tip of your ring finger?!' I'm not going to let this thing beat me. I am not!" she joked.

According to DeGeneres, she injured her finger after returning home with her wife Portia De Rossi from a dinner party when she tripped into her front door while carrying two glasses of wine.

"My first thought was: 'No big deal, Obamacare will cover this,'" the 59-year-old said."So, Portia drove me to the hospital, to the emergency room. When I got there, of course the receptionist had so many things for me to sign - a picture for her nephew, a t-shirt for her ... No, they were wonderful. UCLA, thank you so much. There were a lot of people that were helpful, but Tammy, thank you so much. Tammy was my nurse that was taking care of me."

DeGeneres then shared with her audience and on Twitter an x-ray of her finger.

"But anyways, turns out I didn't break it: I dislocated my finger," she continued. "That's what they call it, which is an incorrect term because I knew where it was located. It was just wrongly located is what it was."

"Do you know what they do when you dislocate your finger?" she asked. "It's very technical. What they do is they take the part that's dislocated and then they just snap it right back into place. You can see why they have to go to eight years of medical school."

DeGeneres concluded by promising to be more careful in the future. "I'm going to watch my steps very carefully as I dance."


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Which country music superstars will release joint album this year?

Country star couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill will release an album together this year.

The pair announced plans for their first-ever joint album this week ahead of the release of their new single "Speak to a Girl," according to Entertainment Weekly.

McGraw and Hill will debut "Speak to a Girl" on Thursday, and perform the song at the Academy of Country Music Awards on April 2. The couple appeared to tease lyrics from the track Tuesday on Twitter.

"She wants you to say what you mean #speaktoagirl," a clip reads.

McGraw and Hill married in 1996, and share three daughters, 19-year-old Gracie, 18-year-old Maggie and 15-year-old Audrey. They will kick off their third Soul2Soul tour April 7 in New Orleans.

"For me -- it's been 10 years since we actually did a proper tour together -- to be on stage with her and hear her sing every night, it's pretty special," McGraw told Entertainment Tonight in February.

"We don't get to hear her sing very often, especially live. Every night I really just look forward to hearing her and trying to keep up with her, which is the biggest problem for me!" he added.

McGraw and Hill have previously collaborated on a number of singles, including the Grammy-winning songs "Let's Make Love" and "Like We Never Loved at All." McGraw last released the album Damn Country Music in 2015, while Hill released the compilation album Deep Tracks in November.