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…
Jon Stewart Doesn't Like Being Asked About Louis C.K.'s Alleged Sexual Harassment of Female Comics
Participating in a University of Chicago live taping of David Axelrod’s podcast The Axe Files, former Daily Show host Jon Stewart got a bit rankled when an audience member asked about frequent Daily Show guest Louis C.K. and what thought goes into booking someone with an alleged history of sexual harassment.
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.
Kristen Stewart on Working with Alleged Abuser Woody Allen: 'We Don’t Know Any of These People Involved'
Kristen Stewart, who stars in Woody Allen’s upcoming Café Society, tells Variety that she initially had some reservations about working with the director due to his history of alleged sexual abuse towards young women, but ultimately decided to put those reservations aside because SHE DOESN’T KNOW HIS LIFE.
Woody Allen Boasts About Saving and Educating His Wife in Tremendously Creepy New Interview
You’ll be glad to hear that Woody Allen sleeps great. “Like a dead person,” he told the Hollywood Reporter, in a recent interview out today. He also shared some thoughts about how he Pygmalion-ed his wife into a sophisticated lady, and a few ominous hints about a new TV show he’s making with Miley Cyrus, who once…
Why Are You Going to Be in a Woody Allen Movie, Kristen Stewart?
Guess what? Actresses are still accepting roles in Woody Allen movies. This time, it’s Kristen Stewart who will be seen in Allen’s next project. She’ll be joining a cast that includes Blake Lively, Parker Posey, Jeannie Berlin, Corey Stoll, Ken Stott, Bruce Willis and Jesse Eisenberg, Stewart’s co-star from 2009’s …
Emma Stone Read Woody Allen a Joyce Carol Oates Tweet That Was 'His'
On Tuesday’s night’s Conan, Emma Stone dropped by, and ended up discussing her now-regular collaborator Woody Allen, a very relevant force in the entertainment industry who needed her to explain what Twitter was to him.
Woody Allen, Lover of Young New Things, Regrets His Deal With Amazon
Considering how much Woody Allen loves new things that are only blooming into their potential, it’s a huge surprise that the director is remorseful about signing on to do a deal with Amazon. His six-episode series hasn’t brought him any pleasure and he claims he doesn’t even know what a “streaming service” is.
Garbage Human Woody Allen Tried to Seduce Teenage Mariel Hemingway
In her upcoming memoir Out Came the Sun, actress Mariel Hemingway, who played Woody Allen's 17-year-old girlfriend Tracy in 1979's Manhattan, states that Allen—known for his inappropriate and often predatory relationships with younger women (and girls)—tried to seduce her when she was a teenager. How sadly unshocking
Lena Dunham: Woody Allen Is a 'Real Perv'
During the Power of Story: Serious Ladies panel at this year's Sundance, Lena Dunham discussed reproductive rights, campus sexual assault and, separately, the way that female auteurs are constantly compared to their characters while men like, say, Woody Allen, can sexualize teenagers in their movies for years and…
Here's What to Expect From That Woody Allen Series Coming to Amazon
Showbiz news! Legendary and incredibly predictable director Woody Allen has signed on with Amazon to produce a TV series. While we don't know who it will star or what it's called (for now, Untitled Woody Allen Project), there are a few things that we think might be in the pipeline.
A Screenplay for a Short Film About a Woody Allen Pitch Meeting
The plot of the latest untitled Woody Allen film—"On a small college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student"—was recently brought to our attention. Here's how we imagine that pitch meeting going down.
