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Tag: Woody Allen

Woody Allen memoir shelved by publisher after immediate protests
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Woody Allen memoir shelved by publisher after immediate protests

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMarch 6, 2020March 6, 2020

Earlier this week, Grand Central Publishing surprised the world by announcing a new memoir from Woody Allen that would come out in April. On Tuesday, …

Woody Allen settles $68 million lawsuit with Amazon
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Woody Allen settles $68 million lawsuit with Amazon

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyNovember 11, 2019November 11, 2019

Amazon, the world’s largest retailer that manages to avoid paying any federal taxes, couldn’t avoid paying disgraced filmmaker Woody Allen to stop making movies. Amazon …

Woody Allen may have to self-release his memoirs and his movies from now on
Movies / News

Woody Allen may have to self-release his memoirs and his movies from now on

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 28, 2019May 28, 2019

Woody Allen had a four-picture deal with Amazon Studios. But after releasing two movies through Amazon (Cafe Society, Wonder Wheel) and a TV series that …

The Museum of the Jewish People lists its top 15 moments in Jewish comedy history
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The Museum of the Jewish People lists its top 15 moments in Jewish comedy history

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyDecember 20, 2018December 20, 2018

You’ve perhaps seen plenty of lists ranking the top things, events and people of 2018, but what about the best stuff ever? The Museum of …

Rain check: Amazon shelves Woody Allen’s last (?) movie?
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Rain check: Amazon shelves Woody Allen’s last (?) movie?

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyAugust 29, 2018

Every year since 1982’s A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy, Woody Allen has directed and released a feature film. Until now. Not only is Allen not …

Woody Allen is OK with you joking about his alleged sexual assault of his daughter, but won’t read or talk about it anymore
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Woody Allen is OK with you joking about his alleged sexual assault of his daughter, but won’t read or talk about it anymore

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyMay 12, 2016May 12, 2016

To mark yesterday’s world premiere of Woody Allen’s latest movie, Cafe Society, at the Cannes Film Festival, French comedic actor Laurent Lafitte jokingly compared Allen …

Woody Allen casts Elaine May, Miley Cyrus to star alongside him in six-episode Amazon series
TV

Woody Allen casts Elaine May, Miley Cyrus to star alongside him in six-episode Amazon series

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 26, 2016January 26, 2016

Woody Allen shared the Broadway stage with Elaine May — although not onstage together, technically — as writers in 2011 for “Relatively Speaking,” a collection …

For comedians, fans who idolized Bill Cosby: What now?
TV

For comedians, fans who idolized Bill Cosby: What now?

Jackie Kashianby Jackie KashianJuly 29, 2015July 29, 20151

I feel bad, now, for the comics who grew up idolizing Cosby. It had to affect their decision to begin doing standup and motivate the …

R.I.P. Jack Rollins (1915-2015)
Movies / TV / Uncategorized

R.I.P. Jack Rollins (1915-2015)

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJune 19, 2015

At 100 years old, Jack Rollins survived and thrived through all of the comedy booms, and rightly could take at least partial credit for the …

Comedy and the New York City subway
Movies / TV / Uncategorized / Video

Comedy and the New York City subway

Sean L. McCarthyby Sean L. McCarthyJanuary 19, 2015

The MTA runs New York City’s subway system, for what that’s worth. The funny things you may see or experience on a subway ride are …

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