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  • May 2008

    • Barely Illegal: 16 Jailbait Films

      newser  |  Nerve  |  May 29, 08 1:40 PM CDT

      Barely Illegal: 16 Jailbait Films

      As the recent uproar over Miley Cyrus “back-gate” revealed, the taboo topic of teenage sexuality never strays far from the American psyche. Nerve lists 16 films that walk the fine line between sexual initiation and legal deviation. Lolita : A British professor marries the mother to get to the oh-so-young daughter in this Kubrick flick, remade in 1997 by Adrian Lyne. More »

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      list  • film  • Woody Allen  • Stanley Kubrick  • Lolita  • Taxi Driver  • age of sexual consent

    • Woody Allen Refuses to Quit: Blame Europe

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  May 20, 08 8:17 AM CDT

      Woody Allen Refuses to Quit: Blame Europe

      America may have spawned Woody Allen, but “the perpetuation of Allen's zombie-like career is one atrocity for which we refuse to be held accountable,” Joe Queenan argues in the Guardian . The diminutive director’s recent films have bombed stateside; when eight people showed up for a New York screening of Hollywood Ending , Queenan writes, it signaled that “Allen was finished as a driving force in US cinema.” More »

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      movie  • Europe  • film director  • Scarlett Johansson  • Woody Allen  • movie premiere  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

    • ScarJo Snubs Woody Premiere

      newser  |  Daily Mail (UK)  |  May 19, 08 12:59 PM CDT

      ScarJo Snubs Woody Premiere

      Scarlett Johansson ditched the Cannes premiere of her Woody Allen-directed film Vicky Cristina Barcelona over the weekend after movie execs refused to comply with the 23-year-old actress's over-the-top travel demands, the Daily Mail reports. ScarJo demanded a personal $8,000-a-day make-up artist and a special hotel suite 30 miles from the public events. More »

  • April 2008

    • UK Revives Flagging US Stars

      newser  |  Radar  |  Apr 20, 08 2:04 PM CDT

      UK Revives Flagging US Stars

      Britain is having a Statute of Liberty-esque effect on B-list US celebs, as Hollywood's tired, poor, huddled stars revive their fame across the pond, Tom Teodorczuk writes in Radar . Model Janice Dickinson, director Woody Allen, and music producer David Gest are just a few such celebs soaking in what one Brit calls "a warm bath for American stars." More »

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      celebrity  • Great Britain  • Madonna  • Woody Allen  • Ashlee Simpson

    • Woody Allen Sues Over Rabbi Billboard

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 1, 08 12:37 PM CDT

      Woody Allen Sues Over Rabbi Billboard

      Woody Allen is suing American Apparel for plastering his image on various billboards and advertisements without his permission, the Wall Street Journal reports. The ads showed the director dressed as a rabbi beside Yiddish text that translates to “the Holy Rebbe.” Apparel neglected to ask Allen’s permission, the lawsuit says, and the director wants $10 million to smooth things over. More »

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      lawsuit  • advertising  • Woody Allen  • Jewish  • American Apparel

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Woody's Cassandra Is So-So

      newser  |  Metacritic  |  Jan 18, 08 6:05 PM CST

      Woody's Cassandra Is So-So

      It's pretty good, but Woody Allen's done better. That seems to be the prevailing sentiment of critics reviewing Cassandra's Dream , a tale of two brothers (Colin Farrell and Ewan McGregor) who run into trouble and seek help from their not-so-above-board uncle (Tom Wilkinson). "It's not Allen's weakest work … but its impact is shockingly superficial," the Oregonian 's Shawn Levy writes. More »

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      movie review  • Woody Allen  • Colin Farrell  • Ewan McGregor

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