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News bits! Our round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Diane Keaton is out promoting her new book ‘Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty’, just released yesterday. It’s a memoir focussed on “beauty, aging, and the importance of staying true to yourself—no matter what anyone else thinks”. Of course, she’s being asked […]
Emma Stone has been out on the promo circuit, talking about her new film ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2‘. Her next film after that is Woody Allen’s Magic In The Moonlight, and a new article in The Guardian features a quote from her about Allen. Working with Woody was very different from what I expected. I […]
News bits – usually a twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. However, we have a whole month wrap up this time around. James Rebhorn has died, aged 65. His decades long career includes ‘Homeland‘, ‘Independence Day‘ and one Woody Allen film, Shadows And Fog. We liked him a lot […]
Directed by Martin Ritt, and released between Love And Death and Annie Hall, The Front is a wonderful drama with comedic elements. As Allen was ending his run of slapstick films before embarking on something more thoughtful, he starred in this film that explored the Hollywood Blacklist. It’s an all round great film, and one […]
Allow us to join the chorus of people paying tribute to Harold Ramis. Being of a certain age, he is a comedic god. ‘Caddyshack‘, ‘Groundhog Day‘ and ‘Ghostbusters‘ are just some of the many highlights in his career. We particularly love his role in ‘Walk Hard‘. Our video of the week is Ramis talking about […]
News bits! Usually twice a month wrap up of Woody Allen news bits from around the web. Like everyone else, we binged hard on ‘House Of Cards‘ this week. In the press leading up to its release, Kevin Spacey is still campaigning to be in a Woody Allen film, according to the Wall Street Journal. […]
Buenos Aires is hosting a new gallery exhibition called ‘Queremos tanto a Woody’, or ‘We Love Woody’. All the pieces have been inspired by Allen’s work. South America is a big market for Allen’s films. The gallery is at the Centro Cultural Borges. In referencing recent tabloid controversy, artist Hugo Echarri said: These accusations haven’t […]
Play It Again, Sam is the most Woody Allen film that he did not direct. It is perhaps the only must-watch of what we call Allen’s ‘other films‘, as he is the star and he wrote both the film (and the stage play before it). A tender story of (then) modern love, it was Allen’s […]
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 […]
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. […]
Another week and a number of more award nominations for Blue Jasmine. Here’s a wrap up of all the awards coverage and various comments. The Producer’s Guild Of America Awards have announced their nominations. Their key award is The Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. ‘Blue Jasmine’ producers Letty Aronson […]
News bits: our twice monthly collection of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Another bumper edition. We start with sad news. Actor Christopher Evan Welch has passed away. He appeared in many huge films such as ‘Lincoln‘ and ‘The Master‘. He worked with Allen on Vicky Cristina Barcelona as the narrator (and did a […]
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 […]
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. A bumper edition this time around! It was widely reported, but we don’t know how true it is. Knicks owner James Dolan has reportedly banned Woody Allen from the VIP lounge at Madison Square Garden. The move comes after Allen refused to […]
The gang at Official Comedy have once again set their sights on Woody Allen. This time they’ve compiled a ‘supercut’ of every time someone says ‘making love’ in a Woody Allen film. And as you can imagine, there’s a lot of them. The thing about these supercuts and Woody Allen is he’s made forty something […]
Princeton University are extending their Woody Allen exhibition. Highlighting some of the new papers that Allen has donated to the university, the exhibition will now run until November 17. We also have a small snippet of Allen’s appearance at Princeton last month. Princeton’s own blog announced the news, and the exhibition can be found at […]
Princeton University in New Jersey has officially announced a new collection of Woody Allen’s papers on display. It coincides with an appearance by Allen on October 27. The papers will be displayed at the Firestone Library. According to the Princeton Blog, the papers are on display from 21-28 October, but they will live on their […]
News bits: our twice monthly update of Woody Allen bits from around the web… Jennifer Tilly spoke to Mark Thompson on The Edge recently. The podcast features clips from Bullets Over Broadway, and Tilly speaks about Allen and her experience making the film. Starts at about 2:53. Interestingly, she reveals that the part of Olive […]