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We are launching our second ever poll. Our first celebrated Cate Blanchett, our second highlights her Blue Jasmine co-star (and Academy Award nominee) Sally Hawkins. The idea of these polls is to help people (and us) explore the films of people in Allen’s filmography. Hawkins’ is not a big name outside of the UK, but […]
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, […]
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. […]
Why didn’t it happen earlier? Woody Allen and Paris are a perfect match. For the first time in a long time, Allen puts his hard cynicism aside and he is actually having fun for 90 odd minutes. Helped by an excellent cast, Midnight In Paris is a perfect Woody Allen film. Owen Wilson stars as […]
Nominations are coming in thick and fast for Cate Blanchett, as award season kicks into high gear. In the last two days, she has been nominated for two major Awards – The Golden Globes and the Screen Actors Guild. Her Blue Jasmine co-star Sally Hawkins was also nominated for a Golden Globe. Blanchett was also […]
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 […]
Woody Allen made his scheduled appearance at Princeton this week. He recently donated a new collection of papers to Princeton – including scripts, essays, drafts and more. As part of the new acquisition, Allen appeared and was interviewed on stage. Allen was interviewed for an hour on stage. We don’t know if the event was […]
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 […]
Allen doesn’t love award ceremonies, but they continue to love him. It was announced earlier today that Allen is adding another award to his long list of achievements. He will be the next recipient of the Cecil B DeMille Award at the 71st Golden Globe Awards. Allen will be the 61st recipient of the award […]
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 […]
News bits – our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits around the web. Kind of a quite two weeks – maybe it was the holiday, maybe it was everything else going on in Allen-land! Jeff Daniels has been on the press circuit, promoting season 2 of ‘The Newsroom‘. But the subject of Woody […]
So lightweight at times it threatens to blow away, The Curse Of the Jade Scorpion continues the run of disposable comedies Allen pumped out in the 00s. A bright, edgeless cartoon, it has many fun moments but the style and grace of the man who brought us Manhattan is nowhere to be found. Woody Allen […]
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 […]
Helen Hanft passed away on 30th May 2013. The 79 year old actress was a particular favourite of Woody Allen’s. She appeared in Manhattan, Stardust Memories, The Purple Rose Of Cairo and ‘Oedipus Wrecks‘ (Allen’s segment in ‘New York Stories‘). She was a character actor, and her mannerism screamed New York. You’ve probably seen her […]
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 […]
Details are beginning to emerge about Woody Allen’s 2014 film, set to be his 43rd as writer and director. New articles gives us an update of the parts of France the film is set, and a juicy detail about the time it’s set. The Riviera Times has the big story Soon the towns of Antibes, […]
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 […]
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen news bits from around the web. Greta Gerwig is on the cover of the new issue of The Village Voice. She is out promoting ‘Frances Ha‘, directed by Noah Baumbach, and has plenty of Woody Allen overtones. Gerwig starred in To Rome With Love last year, and […]