Carla Bruni won’t be lending her fame/tentative acting chops to the Woody Allen Summer Project. Eternally awkward Allen opted for the Edith Piaf portrayer Marian Cotillard, because first lady duties would make Bruni unreliable, despite her excitement and Sarkozy’s permission. Bruni, who was hoping to up her rep as an “artist” has more time to taunt NYC art students with ambiguous Parisian exchange programs and make Sarkozy look all smug. |Telegraph, NYer|
Ha! Woody Allen made more more off his $5 million settlement with American Apparel than he did at the box office in the opening weekend of his last film: Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Still, the pint-sized filmmaker insists that he preferred to settle instead of going to trial, proclaiming, “[T]his is not how I make my living.” |NYP|
Earlier this morning, American Apparel settled a $5 million lawsuit with Woody Allen for a series of billboards that depicted the pint-sized filmmaker without his permission. This comes after months spent preparing a holey defense that the Allen’s scandalous marriage had sullied his image too much to be worth the damages he sued for. More recently, Dov Charney chimed in to remind people this was really a first amendment issue. Read more »
After months of silence, American Apparel’s Dov Charney is speaking out about the $10 million lawsuit that Woody Allen brought against the clothing company. In addition to correcting false perceptions about their legal defense focusing on Woody’s personal life or planning to make Mia Farrow and Soon-Yi Previn testify, the sleazy CEO wants the public to focus on the the “key issue”: whether the First Amendment protects American Apparel using Woody Allen’s face on billboard adssocial statements without permission. Read the entire statement after the jump. Read more »
Woody Allen is hoping to block American Apparel from forcing former girlfriend Mia Farrow and her adopted daughter turned Woody’s wife, Soon-Yi Previn, to testify as part of their legal strategy. The L.A. clothing company hopes to prove the actor-director’s scandalous image is not worth the $10 million he wants for its unauthorized use on billboards. |AP|
Yesterday, a judge rules that Woody Allen’s opinion that American Apparel’s ads are “sleazy” needs no further explanation. Earlier, the Los Angeles-based clothing company had requested the film director identify which specific ads he found “sexually gross, in a witless and infantile way.” The request was likely part of their strategy to prove that Allen is as sleazy as they are, and not worth the $10 million he’s suing for over their unauthorized use of his image on billboards. |NYP|
Despite the fact he’s suing them for millions of dollars, American Apparel loves Woody Allen. After all, that is why they put him on their billboards without permission in the first place. Still, the LA clothing manufacturer remains firm, claiming that Allen’s image isn’t worth all the money he’s asking for, especially not after his scandalous marriage to Soon-Yi Previn, the adopted daughter of his former girlfriend, Mia Farrow. Read more »
After American Apparel used Woody Allen’s image on billboards without permission, the director filed a lawsuit seeking $10 million, claiming the false-endorsement was damaging his reputation. In order to prove Woody’s reputation was already soiled and not worth much, lawyers for American Apparel are gathering material on his scandalous marriage to Soon-Yi Previn, the adopted daughter of former girlfriend, Mia Farrow. “Among their demands were documents concerning any endorsement requests that were withdrawn after the sex scandal with Farrow and Previn became public.” However, lawyers are complaining that Allen won’t turn over anything they asked for, including nude photos of his wife, Soon-Yi Previn. |CBS|
Photo of Woody Allen, Mia Farrow and her adopted daughter turned Woody’s wife, Soon-Yi Previn via People
“Low-end,” “sleazy,” “adolescent” and “infantile” were the words Woody Allen used to describe American Apparel in his $10 million suit against the clothing company. To counter claims that using Allen without permission on NYC and L.A. billboards was “egregious and damaging” to his image, American Apparel “fired back yesterday by demanding records showing whether his ‘highly publicized sex scandal and custody battle’ involving ex-girlfriend Mia Farrow and her adopted daughter Soon-Yi — Woody’s wife — had affected his earnings.” |NY Post|
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