Woody Allen

Debra Messing, actress, activist and Will's flatmate (photography and makeup Gita Bass)

March 25, 2026, 5:26 pm

Debra Messing on Will & Grace, Jewish identity and finding her voice after October 7

Sitcom icon and outspoken advocate, Life cover star talks faith, fractured politics and exploring dual citizenship in Israel

By Brigit Grant

December 8, 2025, 11:30 am

Still raising hell at 99: Mel Brooks on Hitchcock, Hoffman and surviving history

From shoving Hitchcock through a studio doorway to warning a young Dustin Hoffman not to flirt with Anne Bancroft, the comic giant tells Jewish News about a century of mischief

By Hadley Freeman

November 20, 2025, 10:41 am

Patrick Marber says he feels a responsibility to his people

Director of current run of The Producers 'likes the feeling of community' when working with Jewish actors

By Darren Richman

An AI-generated version of Adam Sandler appears in a celebrity-studded AI video rejecting Kanye West's antisemitism. (Screenshot)

February 12, 2025, 2:43 pm

In AI video, Jewish celebrities from Scarlett Johansson to Adam Sandler give Kanye the middle finger

The video, made by an Israeli entrepreneur, shows the celebrities wearing a shirt that echoes the swastika one Kanye West sold this week

By Philissa Cramer (JTA)

Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as Brian Epstein with Emily Watson and Eddie Marsan in Midas Man, gala opening film at the New York Jewish Film Festival

January 23, 2025, 3:25 pm

New York welcomes back Brian Epstein and The Beatles

A dream came true for the writer of biopic Midas Man when it opened the New York Jewish Film Festival

By Brigit Grant

Ben Gazzara, Lara Flynn Boyle, Jane Adams, Louise Lasser, Cynthia Stevenson in Happiness

October 14, 2024, 7:11 pm

Todd Solondz’s controversial black comedy gets a new lease of life

The general consensus seems to be that you could never make a film like Happiness now but, in truth, you couldn’t really make it back then

By Darren Richman

February 12, 2021, 6:07 pm

The Lighter Side! Mrs Angry tries reading to calm down

Brigit Grant includes Keren David's new book and a special appearance by actress Jamie Lee Curtis on JLGB Virtual last week!

By Brigit Grant

February 11, 2021, 3:24 pm

Woody Allen allegations explored in explosive HBO documentary

New four-part HBO documentary, Allen v Farrow, looks at 1992 allegations involving Dylan, the Hollywood director's seven-year-old adopted daughter with his then partner Mia Farrow

By Francine Wolfisz

Carl Reiner with daughter Annie and Mel Brooks

July 2, 2020, 10:51 am

The Lighter Side! This week: Carl Reiner, Alec Baldwin and Barbra Streisand

Our little bit of this, and little bit of that, this week also includes 18-year-old model Ellie Goldstein and a new heartfelt book by Debra Barnes about her Shoah survivor mother

By Brigit Grant

June 18, 2020, 11:40 am

Woody Allen: ‘I’m not as neurotic as my characters’

Brigit Grant has her life wish come true in a virtual chat with Woody Allen, who can still recite his barmitzvah portion and reveals why social distancing is a blessing

By Brigit Grant

Woody Allen has hit back at Hollywood stars who denounce him,(Photo credit: Ian West/PA Wire)

May 29, 2020, 1:33 pm

Woody Allen criticises Hollywood stars who denounce him

Oscar-winning film-maker accused of sexually assaulting adoptive daughter said critics 'have no idea of the facts and they latch on to some self-serving, public, safe position'

By Jewish News Reporter

March 25, 2020, 11:57 am

Woody Allen’s memoir published two weeks after being dropped

Hachette Book Group had announced earlier in the month it would cancel the publication, before Arcade Publishing took up the title instead

By JTA

March 7, 2020, 4:51 pm

Woody Allen’s publisher cancels release of memoir

The announcement by Hachette Book Group follows days of criticism focused on allegations that the US film director sexually abused his daughter Dylan Farrow

By Jewish News Reporter

December 16, 2019, 10:02 am

Meet the other Mrs Maisel!

We speak to Midge's mother-in-law about the joy of Amazon's most popular 'Jewish' TV show and the magic of Chanukah

By Brigit Grant

November 13, 2019, 4:27 pm

Woody Allen ends £52m lawsuit against Amazon over cancelled film deal

Director and the company announce the case would be voluntarily dismissed in New York

By JTA

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