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‘Good Timing’: Jane Fonda Just Detonated A Bombshell On Trump's 80th Birthday Plans — And Hollywood's Biggest Names Are Lining Up Behind Her

The concert features Julia Roberts, Patti Smith and Bette Midler as Fonda revives her father’s Committee for the First Amendment with advocacy groups.

  • On Sunday, June 14, actress Jane Fonda hosted the star-studded concert "Rise Up, Sing Out" at New York City's Town Hall, offering a pro-democracy alternative to President Donald Trump's UFC birthday celebration on the White House South Lawn.
  • Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin organized the concert to provide an alternative for Americans uninterested in Trump's birthday spectacle, criticizing him for "always looking to make some money on whatever grift he's got going on."
  • Fonda, who revived her late father Henry Fonda's Committee for the First Amendment last year, emphasized the moment's importance: "I don't want to be on the side of people who said, 'Oh my God, things are so bad.'"
  • The Town Hall event featured appearances from Julia Roberts, Lily Gladstone, Patti Smith, and Joy Reid, highlighting competing visions of patriotism and power for the national spotlight.
  • Promoted as part of the nation's 250th anniversary festivities, critics view Trump's UFC celebration at the White House as blending entertainment, politics, and branding into a televised spectacle attracting thousands of guests and Cabinet members.
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Organized the same day as Donald Trump's MMA's birthday gala at the White House, the event brought together many celebrities.

·Paris, France
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While US President Trump wants to celebrate his 80th birthday at a controversial martial arts spectacle in front of the White House, opponents of his politics are protesting nationwide – with celebrities and music.

·Berlin, Germany
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Atlanta Black Star broke the news in Atlanta, United States on Sunday, June 14, 2026.
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