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‘I Don’t Know What the Hell I’m Doing,’ and 8 Other Epiphanies From Sir Anthony Hopkins

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Holding court for an assembly of journalists yesterday in Los Angeles, Sir Anthony Hopkins gamely talked up his upcoming thriller The Rite , in which he plays a seasoned Jesuit exorcist mentoring a skeptical seminary student (newcomer Colin O’D onoghue) in Rome. Sitting across from the Oscar-winning actor, one thing was clear: At 73, Sir Anthony has, to borrow from Plato, achieved a great sense of calm and freedom. Like, the freedom to do whatever the hell he wants, whether it’s starring last year in Woody Allen’s You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger , getting hairy in the uber flop The Wolfman , making a special appearance in low-budget B-movies about female cage fighters , or playing a Norse god in this summer’s big-budget Marvel adaptation Thor .

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Of Doyennes and Death Threats: Remembering Elaine Kaufman

Posted on December 6, 2010 by | Comments Off on Of Doyennes and Death Threats: Remembering Elaine Kaufman

I moved to New York City in 2004 with two goals: first, to attend and complete journalism school; second, to blow my first freelance paycheck on drinks and dinner at Elaine’s. Because, you know, that’s Where Writers Are (or at least Were) Supposed to Go. I managed the first goal without much difficulty. The second eluded me, alas, after Elaine Kaufman herself threatened to kill me.

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92nd Street Y Blasts Steve Martin Event, Wishes He Played His Old Stuff

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A 92nd Street Y event with Steve Martin was interrupted on Monday night when interviewer Deborah Solomon was handed a note, which she read aloud, asking her to focus more on Martin’s career. Apparently, the note was in response to angry e-mails from viewers watching on closed-circuit TVs who felt that the presentation focused too much on the art world, which is the setting Martin’s latest novel, The Object of Beauty . Besides interrupting the interview, the 92nd Street Y has sent an email apologizing and offering all who were unsatisfied a $50 gift certificate refund. Both Solomon and Martin himself have condemned this move as unnecessary and disrespectful, and frankly, it looks as though they’re right.

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REVIEW: You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger Is Minor Woody Allen, But Still Makes Some Noise

Posted on September 21, 2010 by | Leave a comment

In a recent interview, Woody Allen was asked to explain (or was it defend?) his prodigious output: roughly one movie written and directed a year since 1969. Part of the frustration with Allen, now in the thick of his 70s with no signs of slowing (maybe he could explain his vitamin regimen next time), is the number of filler or half-formed films that he makes, the ones that never ferment into anything memorable, ending up as disappointing interstitials between films like Match Point and Vicky Cristina Barcelona . “I have a lot of ideas,” Allen said. “Some of them are good, some of them are less good, and I just make them.”

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The Verge: Lucy Punch

Posted on September 20, 2010 by | Leave a comment

As gold-digging courtesan Charmaine in the new Woody Allen film, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger , Lucy Punch spends most of her screen time acting alongside one Anthony Hopkins — not too bad for a breakout role. The British actress first gained national exposure here on the CBS series The Class , but left the show before it’s eventual cancellation to pursue other projects. It was a risky but, as it turns out, wise move. I spoke to Punch about her role in Stranger , her… interesting wardrobe for both this film and Dinner for Schmucks , learned about her dead-on Midwestern accent the hard way and realized that watching CSI : Miami is certainly not on her list of leisure activities.

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Josh Brolin Has Some Terrible Ideas To Share With You

Posted on September 19, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Josh Brolin has played a number of eclectic parts in the last few years — grotesque Civil War vet , a homicidal politician and an inept bumbler — but evidently those weren’t weird enough for Brolin. In the press notes for You Will Meet a Tall, Dark Stranger , Brolin revealed he had some terrible suggestions for his character.

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Lovely, Still’s Martin Landau on Acting Style and the Similarities Between Alfred Hitchcock and Woody Allen

Posted on September 17, 2010 by | Leave a comment

An interview with Martin Landau really shouldn’t be called that — more than just a simple Q&A, it’s as though you’re sitting in on an Actor’s Studio session taught by the 82-year-old actor. Though my talk with Landau this week was pegged to the release of Lovely, Still , a new indie film where he finds late-in-life romance with Ellen Burstyn, it took no time before he began discussing the very nature of acting itself using some of his most famous roles as examples — including his Oscar-winning turn as Bela Lugosi in Ed Wood and his characters in Alfred Hitchcock’s North By Northwest and Woody Allen’s Crimes and Misdemeanors . In fact, when it comes to actors, it turns out that Hitchcock and Allen have more in common than you might expect.

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Woody Allen: Religions Are ‘Delusions to Keep Us Going’

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Legendary filmmaker Woody Allen recognizes that religion makes people happier, but still views religious faith as a “delusion” worthy of the same respect afforded a fortune cookie. In an interview  published Sept. 15  to promote his upcoming movie, “You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger,” Allen told The New York Times, “This sounds so bleak when I say it, but we need some delusions to keep us going. And the people who successfully delude themselves seem happier than the people who can’t.”  “To me, there’s no real difference between a fortune teller or a fortune cookie and any of the organized religions,” Allen told reporter David Itzkoff. “They’re all equally valid or invalid, really. And equally helpful.” When asked whether he thought reincarnation was more plausible than the existence of God, Allen said, “Neither seems plausible to me. I have a grim, scientific assessment of it. I just feel, what you see is what you get.”   Like this article? Sign up for “Culture Links,” CMI’s weekly e-mail newsletter, by   clicking   here.

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Woody Allen Didn’t Cut Carla Bruni From His Movie

Posted on September 13, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Perhaps you’ve heard the rumors that Woody Allen spent so much time directing French first lady Carla Bruni for his new Midnight in Paris that he had her replaced with actress Lea Seydoux? “This is a hundred percent untrue,” the director said in Toronto this weekend. “Everything she shot is in the picture. I love her. She’s great. It’s not a big part, but it’s a respectable part. Everything was totally made up. Now, I did hire another actress late in the picture for another part, for a totally different role. They’re both in the picture…I’m used to celebrity journalism, and I’ve had my share of untrue things printed. But this one was really one of the craziest.” [ HuffPo ]

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Lindsay Lohan Might Break Her Silence with Oprah Winfrey

Posted on September 9, 2010 by | Leave a comment

Get your grains of salt out for this one. According to RadarOnline.com , Lindsay Lohan is in talks to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show . “Things are heating up in a good way,” an anonymous source told Radar. “Definitely some good conversations. We’re crossing our fingers it works out for Oprah’s last season.” Yes, because if Oprah doesn’t get an interview with Lindsay Lohan during her final season, the last 24 years will have been for naught. [ Radar ]

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