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Silkwood draws its power from its low-hayed approach to the story, the cast and crow rents the temptation to fabricate ridiculously tragic scenes of blatant corruption, Silkwood is no Chinn Syndrome, where Jane Fonda played an aggressive reporter investigating a neat melt-down at a nuclear reactor. Rather this film goes behind the scenes of life at a nuclear plant and subtly probes the intricacies concerning the operation and life of its employees. This film has no glamour, nor does it gloss over related event; the scene in which Silkwood's home is decontaminated for radiation poisoning is horrifying...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: Uncomplicated Power | 12/15/1983 | See Source »

First, a pop quiz. Ronald Reagan and Jane Fonda both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So, Move Over, Jane Fonda | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

...million), Reagan is both photo subject and author of the 1,800-word cover story, "How to Stay Fit." (The President talked out the basics to a White House speechwriter, then rewrote the article himself.) In the first paragraph he throws down the gauntlet: "So, move over, Jane Fonda, here comes the Ronald Reagan workout plan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: So, Move Over, Jane Fonda | 12/12/1983 | See Source »

Good morning, ladies! And a one, and a two .. . What's that? Too tuckered out to tuck in that tummy? Can't move your feet to the pounding disco beat? Well, if Jane Fonda, Christie Brinkley, Victoria Principal and other celebrity purveyors of fat-fighting exercises haven't helped, try Debbie Reynolds. The awesomely ebullient Reynolds has put together a new video and record for fed-up flabbies. It is called Do It Debbie's Way. Says she: "I'm 51, in fairly good condition, and on the road 42 weeks a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 5, 1983 | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...Jane Fonda or any of those others, how can the women out there?" Set to the strain-free strains of Switched on Swing, Reynolds' entry into the market is geared for the 40-plus cellulite set-"Call them 39 and holding," she says politely. To help illustrate her way of holding, a few of the actress's chums, including Teri Garr, Virginia Mayo, Jaye P. Morgan, Rose Marie and Shelley Winters showed up to film part of the video. For the plumpish Winters, even Reynolds' laid-back style of lard burning prompted a display of distress. "Shelley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 5, 1983 | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

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