Woody Allen Intro for January 17, 2018 Dear Gossips, “I am credible and I am telling the truth.” About what Woody Allen did to her – this is what Dylan Farrow says to Gayle King during her first TV interview that will air on CBS This Morning tomorrow. CBS announced the interview yesterday, a few hours after Alec By Lainey • Jan 17, 2018 09:01 am
Top Reads Can I keep loving Timothee Chalamet? My love for Timothee Chalamet started at TIFF after seeing Call Me By Your Name. I think, at the time, I called him my “new obsession”. On that note, have you seen #CMBYN yet? Would you? It’s a gorgeous film. It’ll stay with you for a long time. By Lainey • Jan 16, 2018 11:01 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Greta Gerwig leads the way Greta Gerwig accepted the National Board of Review Award for Best Director last night in New York for Lady Bird. Lady Bird won the Best Film Comedy/Musical Golden Globe on Sunday. It was nominated for 3 BAFTAs yesterday (though not in the best film or directing categories) and, as By Lainey • Jan 10, 2018 10:28 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kate Winslet can’t save Woody Allen’s Wonder Wheel Woody Allen’s latest film, Wonder Wheel, is the sixteenth “wonder” movie of the year, and it has everything you’ve come to expect from a Woody Allen film: New York locations, relationships complicated by suppressed misery, uncomfortable dialogue about an uncomfortable father/daughter relationship, and a legendary actress going By Sarah • Dec 07, 2017 10:35 am
Douchebags It’s not just his wife Oh look. It’s Justin Timberlake on a red carpet. Oh look. It’s Justin Timberlake on a red carpet with Kate Winslet, at the premiere of Wonder Wheel, jumping in front of Kate Winslet like a jackass because….he needs to make sure you see him. CAN YOU SEE By Lainey • Oct 16, 2017 11:18 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg in Café Society Café Society is Woody Allen’s eleven-hundredth movie and it’s the thirty-seventh time he’s made Annie Hall and the second time he’s done Midnight in Paris. It stars Jesse Eisenberg asWoody AllenBobby Dorfman, a New Yorker who goes to Hollywood to find his fortune, and Kristen Stewart By Sarah • Jul 22, 2016 03:20 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Woody Allen Cycle continues Woody Allen makes a movie every year—he’s got Café Society coming out later this month, and a movie due in 2017. There are no details about that movie yet, but Kate Winslet will star, along with Jim Belushi, and The Hollywood Reporter says that Juno Temple and Justin By Sarah • Jul 07, 2016 01:55 pm
Cannes 2016 Intro for May 13, 2016 Dear Gossips, Last week, The Hollywood Reporter published an interview with Woody Allen during which he talked about the impact he’s made on his wife Soon-Yi, how he’s improved her life, and given her all kinds of wonderful opportunities to become the woman she is today. He was By Lainey • May 13, 2016 09:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Being asked about Woody As Sarah wrote in her post about Woody Allen earlier today, Ronan Farrow aimed to criticise the media for not raising the Woody Allen issue in a situation involving Woody Allen, for not addressing the allegations against him so as not to compromise celebrity access and future coverage around other By Lainey • May 12, 2016 12:39 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Woody Allen Problem A reader named Regina emailed me and asked, “Why are we not ready for Mel Gibson to come back but we’ll still embrace Woody Allen’s films?” Turns out Regina has something in common with Ronan Farrow, because he’s asking the same question. The Hollywood Reporter provided Farrow By Sarah • May 12, 2016 10:14 am
Movie Reviews and Previews In Cannes: Kristen Stewart & Blake’s silence Kristen Stewart, Blake Lively, Corey Stoll, and Jesse Eisenberg with Woody Allen at the photo call for Café Society in Cannes today. Let’s begin with an upliftingly gross quote from 80 year old Woody: Woody Allen: "I’m 80. I can’t believe it. I’m so youthful, By Lainey • May 11, 2016 11:14 am
Media Manipulation Kristen Stewart covers Variety before Cannes Late last year, Kristen Stewart made a late campaign push for an Oscar nomination for her work in Clouds Of Sils Maria. As I wrote in January, I liked the move. I liked the strategy. I liked that she was being led by ambition instead of being carried away, airy By Lainey • May 10, 2016 10:10 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Jesse Eisenberg: Woody Allen’s perfect muse As we’ve seen through the decades, Woody Allen has his muses. But now? Forget Diane Keaton, Scarlett Johansson, Emma Stone, forget the actresses, because he’s finally found The One, the one he’s been looking for all this time: Jesse Eisenberg. Jesse stars in Woody’s latest film, By Lainey • Apr 25, 2016 03:45 pm
TV Updates Miley Cyrus: Woody Allen’s new muse Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett, Penelope Cruz, Emma Stone, Kristen Stewart, now Miley Cyrus. It was confirmed yesterday that Woody Allen has written and directed a new TV series for Amazon – 6 half episodes themed in the 1960s starring Elaine May and Miley Cyrus. He and Elaine have worked together before. By Lainey • Jan 26, 2016 12:23 pm
Style Scarjo’s jeans I saw these new photos of Scarlett Johansson. I wanted to post them and just talk about the jeans. But that would take up all of three lines. And she’s been kinda quiet so I don’t really have any work news to write about. I guess I could By Lainey • Sep 24, 2015 01:12 pm
Girly Throw Downs Bruce Willis got “scheduled” by Woody Allen Euphemisms are part of the gossip game. They are the colorful sprinkles tossed over the delicious sundae of smut, and by now we should all know a few key words, like “exhaustion”. We all know what “exhaustion” means. And now it looks like we need to add “scheduling” to our By Sarah • Aug 26, 2015 09:58 am
