We can almost hear the signature witty banter and neurotic, navel-gazing chatter and charm now: Freida Pinto and Josh Brolin filmed a scene for an as-yet unnamed Woody Allen film earlier today in London.
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PHOTOS: Freida Pinto & Josh Brolin Get the Woody Allen Treatment
August 25th, 2009 / Author: Mary Beth Quirk
PHOTOS: Naomi Watts Gets a Woody in London
August 13th, 2009 / Author: Chris Morran
Naomi Watts became the latest in a long line of blonde leading ladies, including Scarlett Johansson and Mia Farrow, to star in a Woody Allen film when she began work on the director’s latest project. On Thursday, Naomi and Anthony Hopkins shot scenes for the yet-untitled flick on the streets of London, which has become Woody’s city of choice in recent years.
Could Freida Be The Next ScarJo?
March 18th, 2009
Move over ScarJo — there’s a new muse in town!
A pal of Woody Allen has told OK! that Slumdog star Freida Pinto would be perfect to replace Scarlet Johansson as the veteran director’s semi-official inspiration du jour.
The Annie Hall director — who has for decades picked a young woman from the Hollywood scene to help shape his creative vision — has made a string of movies with Scarlett, including Match Point, Scoop and Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
But he has just cast Freida to star with Josh Brolin and Naomi Watts in a movie that will begin shooting in the summer.
And Marshall Brickman, who wrote some of Woody’s biggest movies, thinks that she could easily fill the Lost In Translation star’s shoes — and join the ranks of past muses including Mia Farrow and Diane Keaton.
Speaking at at Guild Hall Academy of the Arts 24th Annual Lifetime Achievement Awards, Brickman says that his friend looks for "high intelligence, sexual attraction, mystery and box office potential" from his muses.
And does the Slumdog star fit the bill?
Well, duh! (Actually, we’re paraphrasing).
What Marshall acutally said was: "Oh God — she’s spectacular, she really is."
By Oliver Coleman
Mickey Rourke is King of Independent Spirit Awards Ring
February 21st, 2009 / Author: OK! Staff
Even if Mickey Rourke doesn’t win the Oscar on Sunday night, he has earned a little bit of loving this weekend from the Hollywood community, as he took home the Best Male Lead trophy at the Independent Spirit Awards for his work in The Wrestler.
In a hilarious, profanity-filled acceptance speech, the controversial actor dedicated his award to his recently deceased dog, Loki, and singled at his pal Eric Roberts as the next actor deserving of a comeback vehicle.
"Eric Roberts is the f***ing man and he deserves, like i got, a second chance," Mickey told the audience.
The year’s comeback kid also made a joking (we hope) threat to The Office’s Rainn Wilson, who had donned Mickey’s Wrestler gear earlier in the ceremony to perform a song parody of the film. "I’m gonna beat your ass when I get outta here," he hollered toward the backstage area.
Mickey’s speech inspired the night’s final presenter, Alec Baldwin, to say, "I want back into the movie business so bad… I gotta get dog, start working out, drop a lotta f-bombs on live TV."
Additionally, The Wrestler won the night’s big prize, Best Feature, and Best Cinematography for Maryse Alberti.
One of the night’s other notable winners was Milk, which was honored with wins for James Franco in the Best Supporting Male category and Dustin Lance Black for First Screenplay.
In his acceptance speech, Black said he hopes the success of the film will help bring the issue of gay rights to the forefront, saying, "It’s time to achieve [Harvey Milk's] dream and have full and equal rights for gay people across America."
On a lighter note, Best Supporting Female winner Penélope Cruz regaled the audience with an amusing tale of how it was more important for Vicky Cristina Barcelona director Woody Allen to deal with the sudden appearance of a mole on his hand than it was to be on-set for the day she shot her much-hyped makeout scene with Scarlett Johansson.
Speaking of Penélope, when her fellow Supporting Female nominee Rosie Perez took the stage later to announce the Best Foreign Film winner, she declared, "I just wanna say that I hate Penélope Cruz… Congratulations, you fly bitch!"
The complete list of Independent Spirit Winners:
Best Feature
The Wrestler
Best Director
Tom McCarthy/The Visitor
Best Male Lead
Mickey Rourke/The Wrestler
Best Female Lead
Melissa Leo/Frozen River
Best Supporting Male
James Franco/Milk
Best Supporting Female
Penelope Cruz/Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Screenplay
Woody Allen/Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best Cinematography
Maryse Alberti/The Wrestler
Best First Feature
Synecdoche, New York
Best First Screenplay
Dustin Lance Black/Milk
Best Documentary
Man on Wire
Best Foreign Film
The Class
John Cassavetes Award
In Search of a Midnight Kiss
Someone to Watch Award
Lynn Shelton/My Effortless Brilliance
Producers Award
Heather Rae/Frozen River & Ibid
Truer Than Fiction Award
Margaret Brown/The Order of Myths
Robert Altman Award
Charlie Kaufman, Jeanne McCarthy, Ensemble Cast of Synecdoche, New York
ScarJo to LiLo: “Who Are You?”
November 17th, 2008
In the new issue of Allure Magazine, Scarlett Johansson speaks frankly about her supposed feud with Lindsay Lohan and her oh-so-quiet wedding to husband Ryan Reynolds.
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Of fighting with Lindsay, Scarlett says, "I really don’t know that person. I only met her, like three times in my life," says the actress, 23, who incidentally lost the lead role in Parent Trap to Lohan when she was 13.
For those who don’t remember, Lohan reportedly scrawled some obscenely descriptive words about Johansson on a NYC bathroom stall two-and-a-half years ago. Of that incident, Scarlett says, "That’s what I heard. I don’t know what the motivation was behind that. I remember it was something really vulgar–I mean, shockingly so, like ‘Whoa, what, who are you?’"
Other than Lindsay, there are actually many Scarlett fans out there. One of them being, of course, acclaimed writer/director Woody Allen who continues to cast the blond bombshell in his movies (most recently Vicky, Cristina Barcelona).
Of being called Allen’s muse, the actress says, "I’m just lucky to fit into the ‘young woman’ category in his movies. But make no mistake, I know that if it wasn’t me, it would be someone else."
Another big fan is singer Katy Perry, who reportedly penned her hit song "I Kissed a Girl" with Johansson in mind.
"I had no idea [about the song] — I should get a cut!" Scarlett says. "That’s flattering, but my lips are kind of taken."
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Taken by none other than hottie Ryan Reynolds! The private couple, who began dating last year and tied the knot at Clayoquot Wilderness Resort near Vancouver, Canada, on Sept. 27, are reportedly now planning a reception for family and friends in the US.
When asked how she and Reynolds, 32, met, Scarlett stays mum: "Nobody knows. It’s private. It’s our story."
She is considerably more open about a new tattoo on her forearm–"It’s kind of personal," she says. "It’s a sunrise, and it makes me happy when I look at it."
Gotham Independent FIlm Awards Noms
October 20th, 2008
The IFP already announced earlier this year that Penélope Cruz would be receiving a tribute at this year’s Gotham Independent Film Awards, and now the rest of the nominees have been announced.
Topping the list with four noms is little-known Ballast, while Rachel Getting Married, Synecdoche, New York and Woody Allen’s Vicky Cristina Barcelona have all received two nominations.
Penélope and her Vicky Cristina Barcelona castmates, Javier Bardem, Rebecca Hall and Scarlett Johansson will be going up against Anne Hathaway and Rosemarie DeWitt in Rachel Getting Married – both are nominated for Best Ensemble Performance.
Hopefully Michelle Williams will be crossing her fingers for new beau Spike Jonze, their film Synecdoche, New York, which he produced, is up for both Best Feature and Best Ensemble Performance.
Details of Jen & Woody’s Dinner Date
August 27th, 2008
Usually when you read about Jen Aniston having a private dinner with an infamous, Oscar-winning ladies’ man, it’s the start of months of romance rumors. But let’s hope that’s not the case with her dinner date Tuesday night — legendary director Woody Allen.
Sneaking in through an underground garage with a couple of security guards, the former Friends star joined the Vicky Cristina Barcelona director and his wife, Soon-Yi Allen, along with her rep, Kevin Huvane, for a dinner meeting at chic L.A. eatery Madeo.
The foursome sat together in a booth at the back of the restaurant while Jen’s security studs stood watch at the bar. Jen dined on Dover sole while chatting with Woody about an upcoming project.
"He didn’t show her a full script," one witness tells OK!. "But he did hand her four or five pages of dialog, which had her laughing hysterically. They were all really enjoying themselves."
If Jen was hoping to take the script home to mull over, she was out of luck. "After she finished reading her pages, Woody took them back," reveals the witness.
At the end of their 90-minute meeting, during which no contracts or paperwork of any sort were involved, Jen and her guards slipped quietly out the back.
Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem Step Out For ‘Vicky’
August 14th, 2008
Penelope Cruz glitzes into the special screening of Vicky Cristina Barcelona held at Cinema 2 in NYC. The 34-year-old stunner is glamorous at every turn, and speaks with a thick accent. She appears in the Woody Allen dramedy about three women – Penelope, Scarlett Johansson and Rebecca Hall – who fall in love with the same man during a vacation in Spain.
“She’s somebody who is very unstable,” Penelope says of her character. “She’s damaged. She wants to create something.”
What does she draw on from her own life when playing such a complicated role?
“You go through verses when you are preparing for your character and during interviews people ask you how you prepared for your character,” she says. “For me, I have my own system and it works every time in every movie. I think you always feel a little bit pretentious when you hear that question.”
She gets flustered when asked if she’s complicated.
Javier Bardem returns to the familiar by acting with Penelope. “Everybody changes I guess. I haven’t acted with her in fifteen years!”
Patricia Clarkson calls Woody “a tremendous talent.”
Here is designer Tara Subkoff to dish on the recent kiss between Danity Kane’s Aubrey O’Day and Lydia Hearst caught on vid.
She tells me it will appear in an ad for her Bebe line, Tara Subkoff for Bebe, which will be in stores September 1. She says the clothes range from “sexy” to “forgiving” and are perfect for everyone from high schoolers to grandmothers.
Tara says Aubrey is not part of the campaign – just Lydia.
“I think they did that to get more paparazzi. I wanted to get the point of view of their point of view.”
Why is Lyd perfect for the line?
“She really looks like the Marlena Dietrich of her time. She’s gorgeous, she’s iconic.”
And, what does she think of Aubrey?
“No comment, I don’t know her but I’m interested to find out.”
The lights dim as Carla Gugino, Zoe Kravitz, Geogina Chapman and Harvey Weinstein and stylist Phillip Bloch enter the theater. On with the show!
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is in theaters Friday.
Scarlett Kisses & Tells
August 11th, 2008 / Author: OK! Staff
It’s safe to say Scarlett Johansson has two leading men in her life these days. The first is her fiance, Ryan Reynolds. The other is Woody Allen. The actress has starred in the last three films Allen has made–Match Point, Scoop and now Vicky, Cristina Barcelona, co-starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem.
In the film, the actress shares a controversial smooch with Cruz–one that Johansson admits was more pleasant than she anticipated.
"Everybody wants to know what it was like," she says in an interview with Parade.com. "Penelope had less facial hair than a guy so it was certainly more pleasant. It was better than kissing Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in Match Point. Kissing him wasn’t that bad, but he did have to stop and shave in the middle of a scene even though he’d shaved that morning. The man has really got some beard on him."
Johansson describes her relationship with Allen as "a young woman, great-uncle…Let’s say a young blossoming woman and a sort of droopy, Jewish kind of yenta" and calls him a "standup comedian who loves an audience."
"Oy, he’s such a diva," she jokes. "He won’t do anything until he gets his muffins in the morning. It’s out of control. Actually, I worship Woody and I’d do anything on one of his movies."
Vicky Cristina Barcelona deals with different kinds of love and relationships. The subject matter is perhaps right up Scarlett’s alley. Earlier this year, she became engaged to fiance Ryan Reynolds.
"I’m so fortunate to be in a very solid and comfortable relationship," she says. "I’m in a good place in my life right now. I’m a really big believer in loving yourself before you can give love to somebody else. The healthiest and most inspiring relationships are the ones where you’re so comfortable with the other person that you actually learn more about yourself that you could never appreciate before."
The actress continues, "I don’t think there’s anything wrong with experimenting with different lifestyles, especially when you’re young, but at any time in your life," she says. "Sometimes you expect something is going to go one way and it doesn’t turn out, or sometimes the unexpected happens and it’s positive. If you’re not open to that, I think you can’t live life to the fullest."
