American actor and director (1936–2025)
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He was the golden-haired leading man who defined American cool in the 1970s — then walked away from easy stardom to build Sundance, the festival that reshaped independent film for everyone who came after.
Charles Robert Redford Jr. started on television in the late 1950s, moving through anthology shows before his Broadway debut in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park in 1963. Hollywood stardom arrived with the 1967 film version, then cemented with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1969 and The Sting in 1973, which earned him an Oscar nomination. Through the mid-1980s he anchored major films — The Way We Were, All the President's Men, Out of Africa — before pivoting behind the camera: his directorial debut, Ordinary People, won Best Picture and Best Director in 1980. He co-founded the Sundance…
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Sound and accurate journalism defends our democracy. It's one of the most effective weapons at our disposal to contain the power-hungry.
There was a time during a period of national crisis when politicians from both sides of the aisle put partisan politics aside to uncover the truth.
The Gulf disaster is worse than a terrible oil leak. It’s the product of a failed energy policy that looked at profits before people and environment.
I've always appreciated diversity. I believe that American culture is founded on diversity and for this reason it is still alive and inspiring.
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