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Here it is – the full presentation paying tribute to Woody Allen from the Golden Globes, on the event of him being given the Cecil B DeMille Award. We have Emma Stone (who stars in the upcoming Magic In the Moonlight) up first to present the award. Then the montage, which was put together by […]
Blue Jasmine, the 2013 film from Woody Allen, has picked up three nominations for Academy Awards. The big story is the actresses – Cate Blanchett and Sally Hawkins – with Allen himself picking up a nod. As widely expected, Cate Blanchett has been nominated for Best Actress. This is her third nomination for Best Actress, […]
News bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen news from around the web! We started last year, and looks like we will every year, by wishing Diane Keaton a happy birthday for 5th January. Will McCrabb always posts great, unseen pics, and posted two great ones of Keaton. As good a way as […]
The Golden Globes are over for another year. Here’s the awards from the Woody Allen perspective. Allen was given the highest honour by the Globes with the Cecil B DeMille Award. Despite speculation, Allen surprised no one by not attending. Diane Keaton accepted the award on his behalf, making a short speech paying tribute to […]
We are deep into the Awards season, and Blue Jasmine, and Cate Blanchett in particular, are looking to pick up significant awards. Here’s our round-up of various award bits. Deadline has a fresh interview with Letty Aronson, Woody Allen’s long time producer and sister. They discuss awards, and plenty of insights into how Allen works. […]
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has honoured Woody Allen at a special reception at the London Hotel in New York City. The HFPA, the body behind the Golden Globes, are also honouring Woody Allen by presenting him the Cecil B. DeMille Award. As previously announced, Diane Keaton will be accepting the award on his […]
Earlier this year, the Golden Globes announced that they were presenting the Cecil B DeMille Award to Woody Allen. Despite the prestige of the award, we all know Allen is famously wary of award ceremonies, and has never attended a Golden Globes ceremony. We now know that his longtime friend Diane Keaton will accept the […]
Cate Blanchett has won another award for her acclaimed role in Blue Jasmine. Today, she was crowned Best Actress by the New York Film Critics Circle. Hollywood Reporter has the full list of winners. This bodes well for Blanchett’s Oscar chances. She is almost certainly in line for a nomination at the Academy Awards. Blanchett’s […]
Allen returns to London for something a lot more light hearted and silly. Scoop is a murder mystery caper done for farce, and one of Allen’s rare comedies in his later career. Woody Allen stars as Sid Waterman, also known as The Great Splendini. An American magician on tour in London, he meets a young […]
We are a little over a week away from the US release of Woody Allen’s 2013 film Blue Jasmine. Today we have a couple of new images, an Italian release date, a great new piece in the New York Times and more positive press reactions. Firstly the new images. These come from Finnish film site […]
Sony Pictures Classics just held a press screening for Blue Jasmine, the new film from Woody Allen. As a result, reactions and reviews are coming in through twitter – and they are overwhelmingly positive. Most of the postivity is around Cate Blanchett‘s performance. But the overall film seems to be a winner, with Sally Hawkins […]
As teased earlier, Woody Allen graces the cover of the Wall Street Journal Magazine, out today. The extensive cover feature written by Charles McGrath features new quotes from friend and writing partner Marshall Brickman, star of Blue Jasmine Cate Blanchett, casting director Juliet Taylor and Allen himself. You can find the full, wonderful article at […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Diane Keaton has stayed in the press these last couple of weeks, whilst doing press for ‘The Big Wedding‘. An interview with Saga magazine caught her reflecting on her career with Woody Allen. Anything I’ve done is based on Annie […]
Woody Allen returns to contemporary New York for Small Time Crooks, one of those tales that could be by no one else. A pleasant light hearted comedy with broad cartoonish characters, it’s a bit of silliness that might not mean much, but Allen does so well. Woody Allen stars as Ray, a small time crook […]
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits around the web. ‘Scrubs‘ star Zach Braff has been in the news, thanks to a conversation he had with Woody Allen. Braff (who had a small role in Manhattan Murder Mystery) has been using Kickstarter to raise funds for a new film. In an interview on […]
We’ve been searching out old Celebrity-era interviews since we reviewed it, and came across this – a 45 minute, full show interview between Allen and Michael Parkinson. Parkinson is one of the most revered TV hosts in the UK, and was granted very special access to Allen. The fascinating interview is highlighted by Parkinson’s brave […]
Blue Jasmine, Woody Allen’s 2014 film, has not even got a trailer or a poster, but at least one source has reported on the buzz around Cate Blanchett‘s performance. And that buzz has spread to the film itself. It’s our first opinion about the new film. Roger Friedman from Showbiz411 has this to say: The […]
Woody Allen Bits: Our twice monthly round up of bits from around the web. Judy Davis is one of the great Woody Allen actresses. She has helped to define Allen’s legacy with some of the most electrifying performances in any of his films – in particular Husbands And Wives and Deconstructing Harry. She sat down […]
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen news bits from around the web. Wallace Shawn has appeared in over 150 films, and his latest is ‘Admission‘ with Tina Fey. He has also appeared in many of Allen’s films, but none more famous than in Manhattan, where he made a cameo as Diane Keaton‘s ex […]
This year was a great Oscars, with so many great films getting the spotlight. We covered Woody Allen’s only appearance at the awards in our previous video of the week, and we continue to look at Allen at the Oscars this week. His best year was 1978, the 50th Academy Awards ceremony, and the film […]