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We know Woody Allen loves Spain, and Spain loves Woody Allen right back. They have a statue of him in Oviedo, but that seems to be only the beginning. Plans are afoot to open a Woody Allen museum in Barcelona. TV3 had the scoop. The plans, which calls the museum the Woody Allen Center, seem […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Chris Messina is a wonderful actor, but he’s switching to directing. His debut as a director is ‘Alex Of Venice‘, and he’s out promoting it. He has talked about Woody Allen and his work on Vicky Cristina Barcelona, which Messina […]
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Singer/pianist Diana Krall appeared in a Woody Allen film. Thing is, she doesn’t remember which one. She spoke to the Guardian. Talking of New York, you’re a Woody Allen fan. Have you seen him play the clarinet at the Carlyle? […]
Our (usually) twice monthly wrap up of Woody Allen news bits from around the web. It’s been a light month so we are wrapping up all of November in one go. Writer/Director Joel Schumacher recently paid tribute to Woody Allen. He was speaking at the London Screenwriter’s Festival and was covered by the blog London, […]
Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. It’s unusually quiet period for Allen, so we’ve been taking a break too. We will be back with our regular programming soon. Geoffrey Holder has passed away. Holder starred in stage and screen, winning Tony Awards for his performance in ‘The Wiz‘ […]
We continue with our look at the cast of Magic In the Moonlight, and this time we look at Simon McBurney. The English actor also writes and produces his own works, as well as appearing in supporting roles in many great films. But which is your favourite? Your choices Body Of Lies Bright Young Things […]
Magic In the Moonlight is in theatres all over America, and one of it’s stars is Australian actress Jacki Weaver. She’s been working for many decades and a legend in her homeland. She has seen her international star in recent years. She’s been in many great films – but which is the best? We want […]
We are two weeks into the release of Magic In The Moonlight, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen. It’s had a strong second week at the box office. We also have new interviews with costume designer Sonia Grande and actress Jacki Weaver. Magic In the Moonlight has now earned $1,634,218 in the […]
Publicity for Magic In the Moonlight, the new film written and directed by Woody Allen, continues. Allen was in New York last week doing interviews, and he also sat down for a special podcast-only interview. He was interviewed by Josh Horowitz for the Happy Sad Confused podcast. The 35 minute interview is a lot of […]
News bits! Our twice monthly round-up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler have been out promoting their new film ‘They Came Together‘. They were asked for their favourite rom-coms by Vulture. Here’s Rudd’s choice. Annie Hall is pretty amazing. A lot of the Woody Allen ones are pretty great, but […]
Bullets Over Broadway, sadly, didn’t pick up any awards at the 68th Tony Awards. But the cast and crew were part of the proceedings, including a fantastic live performance. That performance came towards the end of the show, wit Nick Cordero leadings his tap dancing gangsters through ‘Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-ness If I Do‘. We also […]
In a clear sign that Magic In The Moonlight has definitely not been forgotten about, an ad ran in the weekend New York Times. The ad features, typically, almost no additional details – but we do find out a little about the crew. We have a couple of pics from social media: http://instagram.com/p/niZbOCjjku/ .@sonyclassics marketing […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
We are calling it. Almost exactly six months after it was first released in the US, Blue Jasmine has passed $100 million in box office receipts worldwide. It makes it the second highest Woody Allen film. Our source is BoxOffice.com, who are reporting that the new total for ‘Blue Jasmine‘ is $100,526,545. (We were hoping that Box […]
Hot on the heels of several awards for Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen’s 2013 film – is out today in the US on DVD and Blu Ray. It is also available digitally across various services. The physical version actually contains special features – two short featurettes. One a look at the red carpet […]
Woody Allen, as expected, did not turn up in LA to accept his Cecil B DeMille Award from the Golden Globes, but we were treated to three things instead – an introduction by Emma Stone, an acceptance by Diane Keaton and the lovely montage of Allen’s films. The montage was supervised by Robert Weide, the […]
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 […]