News bits! Our twice monthly wrap up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Rosemary Murphy has passed away. The actress worked on many films from the 1962 classic ‘To Kill A Mockingbird‘ to 2007’s ‘Synecdoche, New York‘. She also worked with Allen three times – September, Don’t Drink the Water and Mighty Aphrodite. […]
Jun News Bits 2: Paul Rudd, Marie-Christine Barrault, Ed Begley Jr, Hollywood Reporter, Sophie Monk and more
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 […]
Jun News Bits 1: Anna Berger, David Krumholtz, Melissa McCarthy, Billy Graham, Oviedo Statue and more
News bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Anna Berger has died, aged 91. Her 60 year acting career included plenty of great films (such as the ‘Taking Of Pehlam One Two Three‘) and TV shows (‘The Sopranos‘), including one Woody Allen credit – Crimes And Misdemeanors. You […]
May News Bits 2: Arthur Gelb, Daris Khondji, Sony Pictures Classics, Mr Sloane, Ashley Benson, Village Voice and more
News bits! Our twice monthly round-up of Allen bits from around the world (wide web). Arthur Gelb has passed away. He was a longtime critic and editor at The New York Times. He was the first to cover many future superstars, from Lenny Bruce, Barbara Streisand and Woody Allen. The New York Times has a […]
May News Bits 1: Diane Keaton, Barbara Walters, Nicholas Stoller, Mad Magazine and more
News Bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Not much this time, probably due to all the actual film and theatre activity! But here’s what we have. We’ve covered some of Diane Keaton‘s recent interviews promoting her book ‘Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty‘. The Guardian has published […]
Apr News Bits 2: Diane Keaton, Chris Messina, Alan Cumming, Richard E Grant, Star Wars And More
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 […]
Apr News Bits 1: Richard Brick, William Friedkin, Stanley Kubrick, Lewis Black, Dostoevsky, Derek Jeter and more
News bits – our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Richard Brick has passed away, aged 68. He was an official of the Director’s Guild of America and a former New York film Comissioner. In his time, he also served as producer on three Woody Allen films – Deconstructing […]
March News Bits 1: James Rebhorn, Wendy Girard, Scarlett Johansson, Liam Neeson, Marshall McLuhan and More
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 […]
Bullets Over Broadway News Bits – Karen Ziemba & Trixie, Box Office, Susan Stroman And More
In lieu of our regular March News Bits, this time around we are wrapping up bits of news surrounding the Bullets Over Broadway Musical. ‘Bullets Over Broadway‘ wrapped up it’s first week of previews. It earned a respectable $655,710 over six performances. Word of mouth has so far been fantastic, so lets see how this […]
Feb News Bits 2: Philip Glass, Mayim Bialik, House Of Cards, Princeton, Jack Rollins, Quiz Up, Smirnoff, Famous Directors, Wallace Shawn and more
News bits. Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Legendary composer Philip Glass are one of the very few people who have created an original score for a Woody Allen film. Famous for his use of jazz, Glass was comissioned to write the score for Cassandra’s Dream. In a […]
Feb News Bits 1: Kevin Spacey, Felicity Jones, Conal Fowkes, Rhapsody In Blue, Le Cirque and more.
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. […]
Jan News Bits 2: Elizabeth Banks, Ashley Benson, Conal Fowkes, Sleeper Houses, Toronto, Knicks and more
New bits! Our twice monthly round up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Elizabeth Banks is out promoting ‘Man On A Ledge‘, but in an interview with Starpulse, she let a juicy Woody Allen tidbit drop. You’ve worked with a lot of people like Kevin Smith, Judd Apatow, Ed Burns, is there someone […]
Jan News Bits 1: Diane Keaton, Genome, Where’s Woody, Uber, Carl Quintanilla and more
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 […]
Dec News Bits 2: Louise Lasser, Typewriters, Comic Strips, Golden Sisters, Christmas Auteurs
News bits! Our twice monthly roundup of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Not much this time around, but hey, it’s the holidays! We hope you are having a good one and see you in 2014! Louise Lasser was Woody Allen’s second wife and starred with Allen in some of his earliest films such […]
Dec News Bits 1: Christopher Evan Welch, Anjelica Huston, The Michael J Fox Show, Disney, Jim Broadbent, Jeff Goldblum, Julie Walters, Alamo 100, The Observer and more
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 […]
Nov News Bits 2: Knicks, Jennifer Lawrence, Kevin Spacey, Laura Carmichael, Mike Birbiglia, Henri Bendel and more
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 […]
Nov News Bits 1: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long, Anne Reid, Las Vegas, Spiderman and more
November News Bits! Our twice-monthly round-up of Woody Allen bits from around the web. Jonathan Rhys Meyers has been out on promo, and has talked a little about working with Woody Allen on Match Point. In particular, the sex scenes. From the Independent. Woody Allen is a disaster when it comes to doing sex scenes. […]
Oct News Bits 2: Stephen Merchant, Paul McGann, Thierry Henry, Tim Cahill and more.
Our twice monthly wrap up of Woody Allen bits from around web. Happy Halloween! There was actually a Woody Allen related pumpkin carving this year – for the ‘Bullets Over Broadway Musical‘. Check out all the photos. We are very much enjoying the new Stephen Merchant series ‘Hello Ladies’ on HBO. The transplanted brit spoke […]
Oct News Bits 1: Jennifer Tilly, Ashley Benson, Quentin Tarantino, Olga Kurylenko, Great Showdowns and more…
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 […]
Sep News Bits 2: Sam Rockwell, Blue Moon, Sandwiches, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, T-Shirts and more
News Bits: Our twice monthly round up of Allen news bits from around the web. Sam Rockwell was recently interviewed at the AV Club about ‘Random Roles’ in his career. One of the roles they asked him about was his small role in Celebrity. He reveals some great stuff about that role, and that film. […]