In an interview with The Guardian, improbably prolific writer/director Woody Allen talked “exclusively about sex, antisemitism, the impact of that abuse allegation – and his dream of racing Usain Bolt.” Sounds fun, doesn’t it? I love a subhead that refers to an accusation of child abuse as “that abuse allegation”…

Today is the day when the word “empowering” officially lost any remaining meaning, crawled into a corner and died. In an interview with Hamptons Magazine (which we saw via Vanity Fair), Blake Lively said that working with Woody Allen was “very empowering.”

While at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, Susan Sarandon deferred talking about Woody Allen, but her reason wasn’t a mealy-mouthed excuse.

On Wednesday, The Hollywood Reporter published a searing op-ed by Woody Allen’s son Ronan Farrow, in which Farrow discussed but did not name the “powerful publicist” who helps his father continue making movies. On Thursday, “in retaliation for publishing Farrow’s essay,” THR was banned from covering a Cannes lunch for…

In a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter, Ronan Farrow writes about the thick wall of protection surrounding his father Woody Allen, whose alleged history of sexual abuse has been systematically glossed over.

In today’s Tweet Beat, Rita Ora exists, Erykah Badu is sick of Bing and enjoy this painting of two wax figures.

In today’s Tweet Beat, Tom Hanks is maybe going to fall in love in a park, Andy Cohen correct Jeopardy and I hope Ronan Farrow is kidding.

In today’s Tweet Beat, it’s Aubrey Plaza’s birthday, gay marriage is legal and Ronan, what?

Azealia Banks is on the cover of this month’s Billboard and—wouldn’t you know it—she’s got some pretty out there stuff to say. Mainly that she wants to boff Barack Obama, commander-in-chief.

After more than 20 years of dormancy, the dirty laundry of the Allen-Farrow-Previn family has gained renewed interest, with accusations of molestation, abuse, and lying being volleyed among members of the clan. The only major change in the situation from when it first made headlines in 1992 is that Farrow's 14 kids…

At the Golden Globes last night, Woody Allen received an honorary award; because he wasn't there, Diane Keaton accepted it on his behalf while waxing rhapsodic about his ability to work with actresses.