(JTA) — Filmmaker Woody Allen clarified his remarks about Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein made in an interview with the BBC. “When I said I felt sad for Harvey Weinstein, I thought it was clear the meaning was because he is a sad, sick man,” Allen said in a statement to Variety on Sunday night. “I…
The episode of Hulu’s “Difficult People” in which Julie Klausner betrays her own moral compass by accepting a role in a Woody Allen film came true on Twitter this past weekend. Actor Griffin Newman tweeted that he would be donating the money he earned by acting in an as yet untitled Woody Allen movie to…
Woody Allen has said that the sexual assault allegations about Harvey Weinstein are “very sad for everybody involved,” but warned against a “witch hunt.” The accusations against Weinstein are “tragic for the poor women that were involved, sad for Harvey that his life is so messed up,” Allen told the BBC. “There’s no winners in…
A devastating investigation into the stories of thirteen women who say Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed or assaulted them was published by the New Yorker on Tuesday morning. The report, penned by Ronan Farrow, comes after the New York Times investigation that resulted in the firing of the Hollywood movie mogul from his media company. The…
Society has managed to solve a lot of problems since the Industrial Revolution. We’ve now got luxuries like running water, indoor toilets and apps that keep track of your menstrual cycle. But, for the love of God, we are struggling to figure out how to keep protesters off stages where famous people are performing. After…
Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall” turned forty this week. It is, arguably, Allen’s most influential film, his funniest as well – a masterclass not only in cinematography and screenwriting, but directing and acting as well. Jordan Hoffman over at The Guardian has compiled a list of the films forty funniest moments (how he distilled it down to…
After announcing its closure a couple months ago, Manhattan’s Carnegie Deli will serve up its last pastrami sandwich on December 30. It’s an iconic spot, open for almost eight decades, where Woody Allen filmed scenes for “Broadway Danny Rose,” a monument to New Yorkism. But mostly these days it draws tourists, as the $20 price…
The always-nebbishy, sometimes brilliant, frequently self-involved, occasionally trite Woody Allen turns 81 today. Not all will be celebrating; his son Ronan Farrow, for instance, who spoke out this year on the media’s failure to adequately examine Allen’s alleged sexual abuse of his daughter Dylan, is unlikely to be raising a glass. For those who are…
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