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Woody Allen

It’s hard to decide what seems more unlikely: Woody Allen playing a pimp, or Woody Allen starring in someone else’s film. Believe it or not, in “Fading Gigolo,” the legendary Jewish director does both. John Turturro wrote and directed the film, in which Allen plays a bookseller who picks up some work pimping out Turturro’s […]

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“The birth of modern stand-up comedy begins in the Catskills Mountains,” so says When Comedy Went To School, a new film that traces the evolution of comedy as we know it. Narrated by Robert Klein, it’s peppered with reflections from comedy greats like Larry King, as well as footage of a younger Jerry Seinfeld and Woody Allen, among others. What […]

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It’s no “Wolverine” or anything, but Woody Allen’s “Blue Jasmine” is one of the biggest hits of the summer so far–relatively speaking. According to the Los Angeles Times the movie brought in $612,767 this weekend, which might sound modest for a summer flick, but keep in mind it was only screened in six venues. At $102,128 per […]

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