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Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. We are talking Diane Keaton’s birthday, Woody Allen’s hat, Dr Feigen’s passing, Fabio’s praise for Woody and much more. It was the beautiful Diane Keaton‘s birthday on 5th January. She turned 67. What About Bobbed had the best tribute we saw, […]
We had the scoop last week, but it looks like everyone’s picked up on it now. Woody Allen’s 2013 film is called ‘Blue Jasmine’ and the distributor will be Sony Picture Classics for North America. This has been confirmed today in a short press release. Here’s the press release: SONY PICTURES CLASSICS ACQUIRES WOODY ALLEN’S […]
We’ve known for a while that comedian Andrew Dice Clay is starring in the upcoming, 2013 Woody Allen film. However he was one of the least visible in terms of shooting, having only been spotted in New York, and not in San Francisco where most of the film is set. Now Dice Clay has been […]
Woody Allen’s birthday was 1st December. There were plenty of tributes across the blog world. Here’s Art Magenta: Arun Ramkumar: From Twitter user @davidhclowes And Neil Davidson: The Huffington Post has ‘Woody Allen’s 50 Greatest Lines’. Not only from his films but from books like Getting Even and great off-the-cuff comments in interviews, such as […]
Not much in Fading Gigolo land this week. We are wrapping up the last of the filming news we have. A full wrap up of everything we know about the film coming soon. Here’s the news. Westsider Books was transformed last week for the filming. Located on 80th and Broadway in Manhattan, it was turned […]
John Turturro‘s new comedy Fading Gigolo, which stars Woody Allen, continued filming this past week in New York City. This week we got our first glimpse at two stars who have been billed from the start – Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara. Both appeared at the Carlyle Hotel in NYC this week. We know that […]
Woody Allen returns to modern day NYC for the first time since Manhattan with Hannah And Her Sisters is one of Woody Allen’s most loved films. A sprawling, rambling tale of three sisters who live in New York, and the lives they lead. It is little more than that – but the charm and flair […]
Liev Schrieber got a visit from his son Alexander on the set of Fading Gigolo this week. We also got our first glimpse of him in full Hasidic Jew get up. Schrieber brought some of his physicality to the scene, stopping a fight after a car accident, restraining a man with a baseball bat and […]
Stephen Merchant and Olivia Munn were the surprise stars of director Jason Reitman‘s latest ‘live read’, this time of Woody Allen’s Manhattan. These live reads are a regular event where Reitman assembles actors to perform a script of a classic film, live on stage. When Manhattan was announced last week, the two leads were kept […]
Update! It seems a racist, anti-Jewish website has linked to this page because of the image of Liev Schreiber. Can I just say, hi you racists. Fuck you and your small cocks that make you so angry at things you don’t understand. Go die! Bless. Fading Gigolo, the new film from John Turturro, starring Woody […]
Let’s face it – we adore Sally Hawkins. Her starring roles in Mike Leigh‘s ‘Happy-Go-Lucky‘ and Nigel Cole‘s ‘Made In Dagenham‘ were both fantastic, and we can’t wait to see her in the 2013 Woody Allen film. She previously worked with Allen in Cassandra’s Dream. We’ve covered some of her recent press about Woody, as […]
Our twice monthly wrap up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Greta Gerwig, who starred in To Rome With Love, has been talking Woody Allen again. She’s out promoting ‘Lola Versus‘, and told Style.com about working with Allen. Being chosen by Woody Allen, it’s like being chosen by God! She also evoked Allen […]
Sally Hawkins has been in the press promoting her appearance in the West End play ‘Constellations‘. The press have been asking her about Allen, and what it was like to work with him on the upcoming, still untitled 2013 film. She told the Irish Independent, on Allen: I just adore him, he’s lovely. But you […]
Production continues on John Turturro‘s Fading Gigolo in New York. Picking up from last week’s outdoor shooting, we finally see Allen interacting with Turturro, Vanessa Paradis in character and Woody Allen’s name in the film. First is the new teaser poster listing the full cast, with Allen billed second. Also listed are Sharon Stone (Stardust […]
This week’s video of the week was retweeted by Hopscotch Films this week to celebrate the release of To Rome With Love in Australia. It’s the cast of ‘To Rome With Love‘ – Ellen Page, Penélope Cruz, Greta Gerwig, Alec Baldwin – and Woody Allen’s sister and producer, Letty Aronson, on the PBS show ‘Charlie […]
This week saw production begin on ‘Fading Gigolo‘, a film written, directed and starring John Turturro. The film also stars Woody Allen, in a rare acting role in a film he’s not written and directed himself. ‘Fading Gigolo‘ has been described by Turturro as a tender, sweet comedy about an aging gigilo (Turturro) and his […]
The biggest news this week in film is the return of James Bond. Starting in 1962 with ‘Dr No‘ to this year’s ‘Skyfall‘, the Bond franchise celebrates 50 years. There’s been plenty of discussion of who is the greatest of all the film Bonds. Most lists seem to be forgetting one. Woody Allen. Yes, Woody […]
A twice monthly round-up of Woody Allen news bits. Filming has wrapped on Woody Allen’s 2013 film. One actor who we didn’t see much of during filming is Andrew Dice Clay. But after we did our wrap up, this photo of him on set hit the web. We assume Allen is either working on the […]
We talked about Michael Peña in our last news bits. The ‘Tower Heist‘ actor has been talking about how he’d like to work with Woody Allen, and it looks like he’s not just saying it because his publicist told him to. NPR’s All Things Considered has been running a great series called ‘Movies I’ve Seen […]
Woody Allen is one of a number of stars set to appear in a new documentary ‘Casting By‘. ‘Casting By‘ investigates the work and artistry of Casting Directors, focusing on casting legend Marion Dougherty. The film has been acquired by HBO to broadcast within the year. It premièred earlier this month at TIFF, and will […]