One Writer's Crusade To Defend Woody Allen

Screenwriter and director of the 2011 PBS film Woody Allen: A Documentary Robert B. Weide published a widely circulated Daily Beast piece “The Woody Allen Allegations: Not So Fast” in 2014. The piece was ostensibly interrogative though some interpreted it as dog whistling sympathy for Allen. In it, Weide responded to…
Meet the PR Mastermind Who's Managed Woody Allen's Image For Years
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…
Ronan Farrow Explains How the Press Has Protected Woody Allen's Reputation
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.
John Mayer Gives Epic Interview, Wants You to Believe He's a Good Guy
"I'm a recovered ego addict," says John Mayer, who sat down with msnbc's Ronan Farrow last week (in a transparent attempt to rid his reputation for being a steaming hot pile of trash). "By day I was this sort of mild mannered kid who nobody really saw. And by night I would be in a room listening to Charlie Parker…
All Mia's Children: The Tangled Branches of the Farrow Family Tree
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…
Fetch the Smelling Salts--Ronan Farrow Gets His Own Show
Lawyer, civil rights activist, Rhodes scholar, regulation hottie, and rumored Young Blue Eyes Ronan Farrow will be joining the MSNBC afternoon lineup early next year. Farrow, 25, will host a daily weekday show that network execs say will be a "game changer."
