JANE FONDA - FONDA RECEIVES AWARD -- BUT SHE'S NOT GUSHING OVER HONOR

FONDA RECEIVES AWARD -- BUT SHE'S NOT GUSHING OVER HONOR

Lifetime achievement awards apparently do not hold the cachet that they once did. On Saturday, German TV personality Marcel Reich-Ranicki stepped to the microphone at the German Television Awards where he was to receive an award, denounced the ceremonies as "rubbish" and "a waste of time," and stalked off. Finland's former president, Martti Ahtisaari, is reportedly undecided about whether to make the short trek to Stockholm to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Jane Fonda was on hand in Abu Dhabi Wednesday to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Middle East International Film Festival. But she was hardly gushing over the honor. In an interview with the English-language Gulf News newspaper, Fonda said, "In all honesty I have received many of these awards and as you'd probably imagine it's not like collecting an Oscar and the trophy just gathers dust in a cabinet. Picking up an award of this nature is not exactly the high point in your career." She then added, "However this one is different and I really mean it."

16/10/2008