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NEWS ABOUT: Woody Allen

Woody Allen stories: 19 news summaries
INTERVIEW

 Penélope Cruz: 
 'I Can Fly and 
 Go Far' 

And no, she's not pregnant it seems—but she does have two major new films

Sep 28, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Penélope Cruz found herself suffering a panic attack after filming the scene in Broken Embraces when her character decides to try acting. “I don’t know what happened to me that day, but before and after we filmed I could not breathe,” she says—perhaps because... More »

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entertainment • Tom Cruise • celebrity • Javier Bardem • Woody Allen • Penelope Cruz • Pedro Almodovar

 Woody's New Muse: Carla 

Director wants French first lady for film

Jun 19, 09 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Woody Allen’s newest leading lady could be France’s first lady. The director thinks Carla Bruni-Sarkozy “would be wonderful” in a film, Reuters reports. The former model has “charisma, she's already acted so she's not unknown to an audience. There are a lot of ways I could... More »

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entertainment • film • celebrity • Carla Bruni • Woody Allen • actress

(Newser) - Woody Allen! Larry David! It sounds like a match made in comedy heaven, but the results are more like purgatory, according to the critics. Here’s what they’re saying:
  • Whatever Works is one of Allen’s worst movies, writes Claudia Puig of USA Today. David’s
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film • Larry David • comedy • movie review • Woody Allen • movies • Whatever Works • Patricia Clarkson

 Seinfeld Curse? Don't Be Absurd: Larry David 

Whatever Works star gets prickly

Jun 4, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - If you ever run into Larry David, don't bring up the Seinfeld curse. Scott Raab, who interviewed David for Esquire, learned the hard way. "It was the most absurd, silliest, stupidest thing to say that there was a curse," said the star of Curb Your Enthusiasm and Woody... More »

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entertainment • Jerry Seinfeld • Larry David • Seinfeld • Julia Louis-Dreyfus • Michael Richards • Woody Allen • Whatever Works • Jason Alexander

Allen, American Apparel Settle Suit for $5M

Filmmaker had sued over the use of his image in advertising

May 18, 09 11:14 AM CDT
(AP) - American Apparel has agreed to settle Woody Allen’s lawsuit for $5 million, a spokeswoman for the filmmaker said. Allen appeared today at a Manhattan courthouse, where he had sued the Los Angeles-based clothing manufacturer over its advertising last year for $10 million. He claimed the company did not have... More »

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advertising • lawsuit • settlement • Woody Allen • Annie Hall • American Apparel • billboards • public image

Woody Seeks to Block Ex, Wife Testimony in Racy Trial

American Apparel wants to prove director's endorsement not worth $10M

May 5, 09 8:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - Woody Allen asked a judge yesterday to stop American Apparel from airing his dirty laundry in court, the AP reports. Allen, who is suing the clothing company for $10 million for using his image on billboards without permission, wants to block American Apparel’s summoning of ex Mia Farrow, his... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • Mia Farrow • civil lawsuits • Woody Allen • American Apparel • Soon-Yi Previn

Allen Lawsuit Over Billboards Turns Racy

Defendant American Apparel uses director's love life against him

Apr 15, 09 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - American Apparel plans to defend a $10 million lawsuit brought by Woody Allen over the unauthorized use of his photo on billboards by arguing that the company hasn't hurt his image—because he got there first. A lawyer for the clothing company tells the AP that the director's checkered romantic... More »

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celebrity • affair • Mia Farrow • civil lawsuits • Woody Allen • American Apparel • Soon-Yi Previn

 Slumdog's 
 Pinto Joins 
 Woody Flick 

Naomi Watts takes part in forthcoming Allen picture

Feb 24, 09 10:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Slumdog Millionaire’s leading lady is set to be Woody Allen’s next muse in his next project, Variety reports. Oscar sweetheart Freida Pinto will play an ingénue in the untitled picture, which will also feature Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin, and Anthony Hopkins; it will be the first post-Slumdog... More »

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Academy Awards • film • Woody Allen • Naomi Watts • Slumdog Millionaire • Oscars • Freida Pinto

GLOSSIES

Woody Allen: Audience Tastes Are a Matter of Coarse

Director, working again in Big Apple, weighs in on his fair city and US at large

Sep 30, 08 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mention Woody Allen and people think of the Big Apple. In an interview with Adam Moss in New York, the 72-year-old filmmaker talks about movies, psychoanalysis and, most of all, the city for which he's "always had an irrational love." Allen, who's made 39 films, grew up with... More »

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film • New York City • Jews • September 11 • Woody Allen • movies • New York magazine

movie review

 Vicky Cristina Barcelona
 Dazzles, Disappoints 

Allen's latest tragicomedy splits critics

Aug 15, 08 11:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Critics are sharply divided over Woody Allen’s latest flick, Vicky Cristina Barcelona. The story of two women’s romantic adventures in Spain—“as much a tragedy as a comedy,” Mahnola Dargis writes for the New York Times—carries “a sun-drenched splendor that never falters,” David... More »

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film • comedy • movie review • Scarlett Johansson • Woody Allen • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

 Woody's Dark 
 Outlook Still
 Inspires Him

Prolific director has a pretty spare outlook on life, but hey, that's life

Aug 9, 08 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Woody Allen has inspired more than 40 years of laughs, but remains down on life, Newsweek reports. “I don't want to depress you,” he says, “but it's a meaningless little flicker.” Some say his new film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, celebrates the pleasures of the... More »

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film • Woody Allen • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

 Barely Illegal: 16 Jailbait Films 

Nerve looks at the Sweet 16 of young Hollywood sexuality

May 29, 08 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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.
  1. Lolita: A British professor marries the mother to get to the
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film • list • Taxi Driver • Woody Allen • Lolita • Stanley Kubrick • age of sexual consent

OPINION

Woody Allen Refuses to Quit: Blame Europe

US snubs relentless mediocrity, but director is still welcome abroad

May 20, 08 8:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

 ScarJo Snubs
 Woody Premiere 

Johansson ditches Cannes showing after movie execs deny diva demands

May 19, 08 12:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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France • Cannes Film Festival • celebrity • movie premiere • Scarlett Johansson • Woody Allen • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

analysis

 UK Revives Flagging US Stars 

David Gest, Janice Dickinson among celebs reviving fame abroad

Apr 20, 08 2:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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celebrity • Britain • Madonna • Woody Allen • Ashlee Simpson • David Gest • Janice Dickinson

Woody Allen Sues Over
Rabbi Billboard

American Apparel ads didn't have comedian's blessing

Apr 1, 08 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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,... More »

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advertising • lawsuit • Jewish • Woody Allen • American Apparel

Angelina Jolie: Hooked on Kids?

Too many kids too quickly can be sign of depression, experts warn

Feb 28, 08 10:16 AM CST
(Newser) - As actress Angelina Jolie nurtures her latest pregnancy that will boost the number in her brood to 5—all under the age of 7—people are beginning to wonder if it's a bit much. In fact some mental health experts believe the former wild child's rapidly expanding family could be... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • depression • children • Mia Farrow • Woody Allen • celebrity pregnancy • Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt • Maddox Jolie-Pitt • Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt • Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt • large families

10 'Yeah, Right' Movie Couples

These on-screen pairs lack chemistry or are just plain weird

Feb 17, 08 5:01 AM CST
(Newser) - The silver screen has seen countless memorable romances; unfortunately, it has also produced a host of bizarre on-screen hook-ups. Yahoo! Movies runs down the 10 worst:
  1. Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte in I Love Trouble
  2. The original Bennifer in Gigli
  3. Anne Heche and Harrison Ford in Six Days, Seven
... More »

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entertainment • film • Rosie O'Donnell • list • Kelly Clarkson • Julia Roberts • romance • Ben Affleck • Madonna • Harrison Ford • Jennifer Lopez • Eddie Murphy • Natalie Portman • Woody Allen • Hayden Christensen • Nick Nolte • Anne Heche • Kevin Spacey • Kate Bosworth • Adriano Giannini • Justin Guarini • Dan Aykroyd • movies

NEW RELEASE

Woody's Cassandra Is So-So

Critics say Allen's latest is decent, but not up to his usual snuff

Jan 18, 08 6:05 PM CST
(Newser) - 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 …... More »

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film • movie review • Ewan McGregor • Woody Allen • Colin Farrell • Tom Wilkinson

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