Oy vey!

Poor Woody. He's just working away on his film-per-year ouevre (only Spike Lee is as prolific) and minding his own business... when Dov Charney goes and plasters his image from Annie Hall, promoting American Apparel, all over NY and LA, without his consent. Since the billboards' brief showing 2 years ago, Woody has filed a $10 million suit against Americal Apparel for using the image without his permission. And since then, the gloves have really come off. American Apparel's attorneys are arguing that Woody's image certainly cannot be worth $10M, as "[they] believe that Mr. Allen's popularity has decreased significantly, especially in light of the scandals he's been associated with. [They] believe that he greatly overvalues the worth of his endorsement -- if he can get one." Diiiiisssssss.













Of course the scandal that they're referring to is Woody's breakup with Mia Farrow and relationship with former step-daughter, and later wife Soon-Yi Previn. Woody returns the blow by claiming that American Apparel is engaged in a "despicable effort to intimidate" him. The trial starts May 18th in NY.
And did you know that Woody has a statue erected in his honor in Oviedo, Spain? Neither did I.