Part of Ted Turner’s legacy will live on through film preservation with Turner Classic Movies

Ted Turner built a media empire in Atlanta that included Turner Classic Movies. Turner’s favorite classic movie was “Gone with the Wind.” He loved the movie so much that he bought the entire catalogue of movies from MGM Studios and pre-1948 Warner Brothers so he could air them and preserve them. “My favorite ex-husband created Turner Classic Movies,” ex-wife and close friend Jane Fonda said last week at the 2026 TCM Film Festival in Los Angeles. Fonda talked about Turner’s love of classic movies and how he wanted to preserve them for future generations. “On our very first date, he...