Woody Allen

Pharmaceutical Drug Pushers Lead to National Overdose

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 06.27.2009 | Politics


Francesca Biller-Safran

I only hope that some woman is lucky enough to be with a man who becomes afflicted with one side effect Viagra claims, a condition known as priapism, ...

Weapons of Mass Distraction

Lee Schneider | Posted 06.25.2009 | Media


Lee Schneider

Execs put garbage on TV because people watch it -- its more relaxing to watch garbage than to actually take it out.

Just When Did The Quality Of Hollywood Films Start To Drop?

John Farr | Posted 06.24.2009 | Entertainment


John Farr

While Hollywood continues to dominate the global film market, the most original, intelligent, and enduring movies today are being made outside this country.

Woody Allen and Dov Charney: Who's the Mensch?

Michael Wolff | Posted 06.19.2009 | Entertainment


Michael Wolff

The entire tussle, while ostensibly about rights of publicity -- American Apparel used an unauthorized image of Woody Allen in an advertising campaign -- is about who's grosser.

Woody Allen, American Apparel settle suit for $5M

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Woody Allen agreed Monday to a $5 million settlement in his lawsuit accusing American Apparel of using an image parodying him as a ra...

Woody Allen and Berlusconi: Stupid, Dirty Old Men Brigade

Diane Francis | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment


Diane Francis

When a man leaves his wife for a mistress, he leaves a job opening. In other words, a philanderer and cheat never changes and will cheat with his adulteress, or temptress, even once she becomes his wife.

Woody Allen Tries To Block Mia Farrow's NYC Testimony

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 06.04.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Actor-director Woody Allen asked a judge on Monday to stop a clothing company from putting his former longtime companion Mia Farrow a...

Rest in Peace Beatrice Arthur -- and Bernice Frankel Too

David Wild | Posted 05.26.2009 | Entertainment


David Wild

All I remember of my brief meeting with Bea Arthur is this: I told her that she was fantastic, and she said with that famous deep voice, "Thank you, David." Thank you, Bernice.

How Stupid Is American Apparel?

Toby Barlow | Posted 05.17.2009 | Business


Toby Barlow

As far as public relations goes, American Apparel's response to Woody Allen's lawsuit is one of the most absolutely moronic moves I have ever seen anyone make.

Woody Allen says American Apparel is harassing him

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.17.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Actor-director Woody Allen has accused a clothing company of trying to harass and intimidate him with a "scorched earth" approach to ...

Woody Allen's Sex Life SLAMMED By American Apparel

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.16.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — Actor-director Woody Allen has accused a clothing company of trying to harass and intimidate him with a "scorched earth" approach to ...

Evan Rachel Wood In GQ: Bound And Talking Woody & Rourke (PHOTOS)

GQ | Posted 05.15.2009 | Entertainment


Evan Rachel Woods posed for Terry Richardson photos and talked to the May issue of GQ. The 21-year old "Wrestler" costar talked about her rumored hook...

Woody Allen Retakes Manhattan With `Whatever Works'

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.04.2009 | Entertainment


LAS VEGAS — Woody Allen is back on familiar ground with his latest movie, the first shot in his beloved New York City after four made in Europe....

A Wake Up Call

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 04.25.2009 | Living


SaraKay Smullens

Overnight half of my daughter's little face had grown double in size. What was being treated as pink eye had morphed into life threatening orbital cellulites.

Woody Allen's Madoff Revenge Fantasy

The New Yorker | Woody Allen | Posted 04.23.2009 | Comedy


Two weeks ago, Abe Moscowitz dropped dead of a heart attack and was reincarnated as a lobster. Trapped off the coast of Maine, he was shipped to Manha...

Woody Allen Film To Open Tribeca Film Festival

AP | Posted 04.02.2009 | Entertainment


NEW YORK — The Tribeca Film Festival will celebrate Woody Allen's return to making films in New York by showing his new movie on the festival's ...

Freida Pinto Lands Woody Allen Movie

Variety | Posted 03.27.2009 | Entertainment


Freida Pinto will follow up her performance in the Oscar-winning "Slumdog Millionaire" with a role in Woody Allen's latest project. This year's Cinde...

Americans Are Not the Luckiest People on Earth

Stanton Peele | Posted 03.19.2009 | World


Stanton Peele

Spanish social life is an endless round of weddings, baptisms, pub crawls with friends and late dinners with lively conversation into the wee hours over the ruins of a well irrigated, meals.

The NY/LA Dictionary

Emily Bracken | Posted 03.19.2009 | Comedy


Emily Bracken

When an Angeleno says, "Have a nice day," what he really means is, "F-- you," and when a New Yorker says, "F-- you," he really means, "Have a nice day."

Penelope Cruz: Working With Woody Allen "Very Different" (VIDEO)

Nightline | Posted 03.07.2009 | Entertainment


Penelope Cruz opens up to ABC News' "Nightline" on what it was like working with Woody Allen on "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." Cruz, who is nominated fo...

A Hilariously Tasteless Birth of a Notion

Marshall Fine | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

Without films like Carl Reiner's Where's Poppa? we wouldn't have had the Farrelly brothers, the Judd Apatow machine or a lot of other comedy that's fairly commonplace today.

Woody Allen Rocks Poland

AP | Posted 01.28.2009 | Entertainment


WARSAW, Poland — An audience of almost 3,000 clapped and cheered as Woody Allen and his jazz band gave their first ever concert in Poland on Sun...

Menorah Musubi

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 01.24.2009 | Living


Francesca Biller-Safran

Let's just say that I grew up thinking that while Jesus was a suffering member of my tribe I was not supposed to worship; Buddha taught us that "Life as we know it ultimately leads to suffering." You see, I couldn't win.

And they're off! Gotham Independent Film Awards kick off the season!

Ariston Anderson | Posted 01.05.2009 | Entertainment


Ariston Anderson

Michelle Byrd and Melvin Van Peebles via Wireimage Terrence Howard, dressed in a dapper white hat opened the 2008 Gotham Independent Film Awards wit...

Spelling Ted Without Ed

Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler | Posted 01.02.2009 | Media


Kevin Morris and Glenn Altschuler

For such a surprising life, Ted's memoir is exceptionally unsurprising. In Call Me Ted, he is serially and simultaneously a rebel and an establishment figure.