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There are things about Woody Allen that we don’t like, but we DO love to see his movies. Even his worst films have something redeemable about them. Woody writes stimulating dialog – and he’s prolific. We thoroughly enjoyed his last two features “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” and “Whatever Works.” Above, he’s filming his untitled “Summer Project” in the UK with Naomi Watts. He’s very secretive but the plot is supposedly about London’s high society.

Soon-Yi looks WAY more interested in the merchandise at Cartier than her husband Woody Allen does. The pair also window shopped at Chanel and Van Cleef & Arpels in Paris, but they ended up making purchases in an American bookstore. Woody is considering making his next movie in Paris, and hopes to take advantage of new tax incentives for filmmakers. Little known fact: he speaks French.

Woody Allen took his family, including his wife Soon-Yi, his sister Letty, and his two daughters Bechet and Manzie, for a walk on the Champs-Elysees. They were headed toward the Grand Palais Museum and the Picasso exhibition. It used to be nearly impossible to pry Woody out of his beloved New York City, now he spends half his time in Europe.

Woody Allen is still riding high after his successful “Vicky Cristina >Barcelona.” His next movie, due in 2009, is “Whatever Works” and stars Larry David as a Woody inspired neurotic character. Here he is with Soon-Yi and their adopted daughters Bechet and Manzie – the hapless girls were named after obscure jazz musicians.

Woody Allen and Soon-Yi are staying at the Beverly Wilshire hotel so they decided to walk over to Mr Chow for dinner. Maybe they forgot the place is a paparazzi magnet. It’s interesting how confident Soon-Yi seems in her marriage- she never makes much of an effort to look particularly stylish or wear make up. Woody can fuss over his favorite leading lady Scarlett Johansson all he wants, and Soon-Yi never bats and eye.

Here we go again. Larry David and Evan Rachel Wood are filming Woody Allen’s latest untitled movie and it looks like he’s introducing her to the joy of knishes. This photo reminds us of Woody’s1979 movie Manhattan. In that movie, pretty teenage Mariel Hemingway fell in love with much older man Woody Allen. It was pretty unbelievable, but a typical Woody fantasy. Woody thinks he’s too old to star in his films now – who could be better at playing a Woody inspired character than Larry David? We wonder what Marilyn Manson thinks when his girlfriend Evan has to ditch the black hair dye and pale makeup and look natural.