VOTW: Woody Allen in Dublin, 1993

RTE recently put up a nice video from their archives. The short clip is a news report from twenty years ago, when Allen visited Dublin. It’s only a couple of minutes long, and reporter Paul Reynolds asks the guests of the Shelbourne Hotel is they’ve seen Allen. It’s pretty interesting how much interest he caused, […]

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Fading Gigolo Trailer, New Pic, TIFF Premiere

We’ve followed the production for almost a year, and today we finally have the trailer to Fading Gigolo, the new film written and directed by John Turturro and starring Woody Allen. The film stars Turturro, Allen, Vanessa Paradis, Liev Schreiber, Sharon Stone and Sophie Vegara. Allen plays a pimp, Turturro is the aging gigolo. Short […]

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2014 Film Update: More Pics, Casting, Menton And More

Another busy couple of days for Woody Allen and his crew in France. They have been there making Allen’s 2014 film. Filming moved to Menton, and we have more behind the scenes pics of the cast, and another call for casting. Once again, Nice Matin has the scoop about Allen’s whereabouts. On Monday, they filmed […]

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Blue Jasmine Week 2 Box Office And Critics Update

Blue Jasmine just wrapped up its second weekend of release. It’s been another good week at the box office and with the critics, giving Allen one of his best US releases. Rolling out to 50 theatres, ‘Blue Jasmine‘ grossed another $2 million since opening weekend, and is so far tracking as a career best for […]

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July News Bits 2: Emmys, Mort Sahl, Vanessa Paradis, Stanley Kubrik, spike Lee, Ellen Page, List Mania and more

The Emmy Award nominations were announced. Congrats the following Woody Allen alumni: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep (Deconstructing Harry) Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock (Alice, To Rome With Love, Blue Jasmine) Louis C.K., Louie (‘Blue Jasmine‘) Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Mayim […]

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New Image Of Woody Allen’s 2014 Film Cast In France – Marcia Gay Harden, Erica Leerhsen, Hamish Linklater, Jeremy Shamos

Woody Allen is currently in France making his 2014 film, a 1920s comedy starring Emma Stone and Colin Firth. We’ve seen the leads – we now have a new image of the supporting cast in France. The image was posted by Marcia Gay Harden (@beloving2). In the pic, l-to-r, is Jeremy Shamos, Hamish Linklater, Erica […]

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Blue Jasmine Tops Specialty Box Office For 2013

Blue Jasmine opened in limited release on Friday in New York and Los Angeles. First figures are in and on the back of fantastic reviews, it has topped the specialty box office this year. On opening weekend in netted $612,767 in just 6 theatres. That gives it a per screen average of $102,128. It beats […]

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