i left the business for 15 years, ten of them with ted turner.eeds to have a job when you are with ted turner? there is too much going on. and then five years writing my memoir, and then i decided i could maybe find joy in acting again. what drew you back? what gave you that belief that you could still enjoy it? the process of living with ted for ten years and writing my memoir! he taught me ever so much. and he gave me a lot of confidence and then writing my memoir taught me a lot also about myself and about life. and ijust wanted to take on the challenge of acting again. do you think you had forgotten some of the frustrations that had perhaps encouraged you to stop acting in, i guess, it was around 1990? it was all from inside me. it had nothing to do with what was going on in hollywood. when you have been in the business as long as i have, you get used to it. including the sexism and all that. well, i want to get to the sexism but let's start with ageism, actually, because you have also said that the movie business does not cater for the agein

ted turner came to the newsroom and includes the coverage, ted turner works hard to stay factual at the time. sinclair at the top of the conservative who does interfere with the program. a great deal of interference doing with these stories. another independent program that doesn't try to shape the news or put out narratives, these are legitimate questions to be asked. i don't claim people to say it is owned by conservative guy, what does that mean for your news. and also send out, analysts on the affiliates conceived by many people in the sinclair statement. and one station owner getting all this press on comedy talkshows and others exist in that same belly worked for so long. >> host: who is the owner of sinclair? >> david smith, just the one i dealt with being hired, we discussed my program being independent, in the business necessarily and when they proposed, the reporting at cbs which is original in nature, cannot be conservative, no more conservative, you don't worry about that, that they are conservative. less interfere -- at cbs the last few years working from billionaires. >> y

ted turner. they still remain great friends.e never needed a relationship to define you. >> this thing about not needing men. i needed a man to define me until i was about 70. i'm a late bloomer. >> what have you learned about love then? >> nothing. i'm not cut out for it. >> reporter: the birthday event benefited gcapp. an organization jane founded that focuses on preventing teen pregnancy. >> it's not good for a state for young girls to be having babies too son. soon. i decided to do something. the rates have fallen 66% in 22 years. >> reporter: as glamorous as ever, i shared with her a "e.t." flashback when she shared her feelings about turning 50. >> it's not like i can't wait to turn 50. that would be a falsehood. >> reporter: what's your reaction to seeing that? >> i wouldn't want to go back to 50 for anything. >> she's amazing. she was asked what she thought she would be doing when she was 80. she told "vanity fair" i thought i could maybe take up gardening. yeah. but she's not at all. she's going! >> whatever she's doing

and i was very lucky when ted turner called me up and asked would i come on his board?as in my late 20's or early 30's, the youngest person on the board. and i saw him literally change the world with cnn. and literally change the world by putting nfl games on a new network, tnt, and taking the mgm library and bringing it to cable television and building new channels -- cartoon network. so i always thought someday, it would be nice if comcast could help do that as we continue to evolve more and more niches in television. so how do i have the time? well, i don't see everything we do. i try to see some of, a lot of it. david: if you see something you don't like, do you call them up? brian: no. i have a point of view, but i also know what i can do and what i shouldn't do. and i try to have some discipline on that. but i sometimes just share opinions, but we have some of the best professionals. david: on technology, right now, you have to be at the forefront of all kinds of technologies. do you personally review all the new technology inventions? brian: we are building a new

when you are married to ted turner, who needs to have a job? it is too interesting. had five years writing my memoir and then decided i may find joy in act again. what gave you that believe? the process of living with ted for ten years and writing a memoir. he gave me a lot of confidence and writing my memoir taught me a lot also about myself and about life. i wanted to take on the challenges of act thing again. had you forgotten some of the frustrations? you stop acting in a 1990. it had nothing to do with what was going on in hollywood. when you are in the business as long as i have you get used to things. you have you get used to things. you have also said that the movie business does not cater for the ageing demographic. your face business does not cater for the ageing demographic. yourface and the faces of people growing older is simply not properly represented. i think it is changing but it is very slow. older women are the fastest demographics in the world. i think that the growth of television has been very helpful. it is a much more forgiving medium. it is a

. >> james taylor and carole king helped jane blow out the candles, and jane's ex-husband, ted turner >> i love the icon part of your love life where you've never needed a relationship to define you. >> this thing about not needing men, i needed a man to define me until i was about 70. >> oh, okay. >> i mean, i'm a late bloomer. >> what have you learned about love, then? >> nothing. i'm not cut out for it. >> the birthday event benefited the georgia campaign for adolescent power and potential. jane founded the organization that focuses on preventing teen pregnancy. >> it's not good for a state to videotape young kids having babies too soon. so i decided to start the organization to do something about it. and rates have fallen 66% in 22 years. >> as glamorous as ever, i shared with jane an "e.t." flashback when she told us her feelings about turning 50. >> it's not like i can't wait to turn 50. no, that would be a falsehood. >> what's your reaction to seeing that? >> i wouldn't want to go back to 50 for anything. >> get this, jane was also asked what she thought she would be doing when

ted turner started cnn, people laufd at that time thought it was crazy watching all news station on cable, it turned out to be the precursor of all that's come since. so i think it's tough because of the media fragmentation. >> i'm going to venture that, yes, there will be a time. because i was read something anal sees. i work that the company that people vote on things, favorite moves vis and tv shows. ways doing some analysis of red states and blue states and what the analysis showed there was more agreement between red states and blue states than amongst men and women than amongst young people and old people than there is against americans and people across the world. and it's -- and largely it's -- there's agreement about things that are not, you know, part of the partisanship. so we all agree that clayton occur schau a good pitcher 'or or christipy cream makes hot donuts that are good for me -- they taste good but they are not good for me. stlr things that human beings agree on. and it's just when they become controversial and they become part of this partisanship that it all breaks

that rarn inn into ted turner's.nse and would still make sense. >> i was thinking about you. that's all you've got. you and wright back then it's like the world is passing us by so we'll start this from scratch, consumer news and business, we're squeezing grapefruits. >> we tried to do a deal with turner to own a major chunk of turner and we scrapped that plan and started our own thing but we were chasing the likes of turner and viacom. >> the future looked daunting but as an old salt, you're not up to this, are you? are you the guy that could do this now >> remember what disney has in front of it, it has netflix and amazon running at 100 miles an hour this deal probably won't close for a year then the issues andrew is talking about in terms of hulu and a bunch of other things that have to be sorted out. in the meantime, the amount of growth you're going to see, netflix has gone from 32 million subs to 50 million subs. this is a daunting task. they've paid a premium for a bunch of assets that are in structural declin

king, james taylor, they serenaded fonda with a selection of their greatest hits and, yes, her ex ted turnerr imagined she'd live this long, but she feels better than ever. i love that. >> she looks amazing. >> i mean. >> fantastic. [ applause ] >> benjamin button. she looks fantastic. there were many toasts and an eight-course meal to represent jane's eight decades of life, followed by a silent auction that raised, i love this, a birthday party that raised $1.3 million for her charity. [ applause ] the gift that keeps on giving. i think it's a great idea. >>> and oprah winfrey personally giving $100,000 in a very heartfelt video to the birthday girl. happy birthday, jane fonda. >> happy 80th. [ applause ] >>> it was the iheartradio jingle ball this weekend. it happened at madison square garden right here in new york. a lot of lucky people got to go see some great music including demi lovato, sam smith and many many others. but one of the highlights that we're hearing about is when two special guests walked out onto the stage to introduce the final act, there they are, katie holmes and her l

because if mr ware wins along with you well ted the former wife of charges that are supporters of mr turner were numerous in liberia would still ask question what is happening to our money after all a cost leaders they promised mr taylor that he would not be extradited after all and they didn't respect that and last question in the case of liberia you have the ethnic and not give foreign dividend do ok vision didn't exist between the former african americans and the liberian born within the country mr all i think i see a democracy is good but you know as well as the real question that should be addressed with an african or given an opportunity mr vine's a smooth transition to democracy in liberia is it likely to further consolidate democratic gains in africa and put and and to the chaos and disorder that we've seen in many countries. look. africa is diverging there are different types of democracy emerging what i'm hopeful for is that the part of africa that liberia sits in is called the manna reveal union so i think a syria leone think a quote think of guinea the neighbors of liberia now t