None of the film’s male cast members were there.  Allen joked to the audience, according to Entertainment Weekly, “I would have played Jesse’s role if I was 50 years younger, but there’s nothing I can do about that.” “To Rome with Love” opens in the U.S

(CBS News) A premiere of  Woody Allen’s latest film, “To Rome With Love,”opened the Los Angeles Film Festival in Los Angeles Thursday night.

Pictures: “To Rome with Love” L.A. premiere

The ensemble comedy is Allen’s follow-up to his highly successful film “Midnight in Paris” for which he won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

“To Rome with Love” opened to mixed reviews in Europe, according to Reuters, but Sony Pictures Classics is hoping Americans will embrace Allen’s latest ode to the Italian city.

While introducing the film at the festival, Allen told the audience, “If you like the picture, I’m thrilled. If you hate it and think it was a waste of time coming, don’t let me know ’cause I get depressed easily.”

He also paid tribute to the film’s ensemble cast, which includes Penelope Cruz, Alec Baldwin, Jesse Eisenberg, 부산출장안마 Ellen Page and Alison Pill. Cruz and Pill, who have both worked with the director before in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” and “Midnight in Paris” respectively, were at the premiere.

None of the film’s male cast members were there.  Allen joked to the audience, according to Entertainment Weekly, “I would have played Jesse’s role if I was 50 years younger, but there’s nothing I can do about that.”

“To Rome with Love” opens in the U.S. theaters for a limited release June 22.

Related Posts

TIMELINE: “Dancing” Through the Seasons “Some viewers reported experiencing difficulties registering their votes for the Dancing with the Stars finale, which affected each finalist equally,” show producers said in a statement. “The issue was promptly addressed” and voting times were not extended. The finalists performed their last dances for viewer votes on Monday’s episode, which count for half of their overall scores toward the title. The judges’ scores for each competitor’s two dances Tuesday will be added to their overall Monday totals. The dancer with the highest combined total of judges’ points and viewer votes will become the new “Dancing” champ. Grey comes into Tuesday’s season finale in first place. The 50-year-old actress and her professional partner, Derek Hough, earned a perfect score of 60 for their two dances on Monday’s show. Massey finished in second place with 56 points, while Palin landed in third with 52 points. “Dancing” executive producer Conrad Green said it would be fair game if Palin’s voters send her to victory Tuesday. Palin said on Monday’s episode that “there’s lots of haters out there that are waiting for me to fail,” but added after the show that she feels she and Ballas deserve to win. “We’ve been working our butts off,” the 20-year-old single mom said. Grey said she won’t consider the mirrorball trophy until Tuesday’s dances are done. “I think it’s bad juju,” she said after earning a perfect score Monday. Massey and his partner, Lacey Schwimmer, said they’ve been having so much fun dancing together, they can hardly believe they actually have a chance at the title. “We have a one-in-three shot,” Schwimmer said. “It’ll be crazy if we win,” Massey said. “I’ll be excited. I’ll probably do the worm again.” (The 19-year-old Disney Channel star did the retro dance move during his freestyle routine on Monday’s show.)
For Major Garrett’s full report, watch the video above.
The Department of Justice is keeping the charges against the suspect, Libyan militia leader Ahmed Abu Khattalah, under seal, but CBS News’ Margaret Brennan reports that the suspect has been living openly in Benghazi since the September, 2012 attack. Khattalah admitted to CBS News last fall that he was at the scene on the night of the attack, but denied a personal role in the violence. “I went to help four men who were trapped inside,” Boukhatala told CBS News correspondent Elizabeth Palmer. When he arrived, though, the men were gone, according to the Islamist militant. At the time, Libya’s government had told CBS News that Boukhatala was a “prime suspect” in the attack on the U.S. offices, but asked about that accusation by Palmer, the militant smiled and said, “if that’s what the President is saying, then he should come to my house and arrest me.” But that’s something Libya’s government security forces wouldn’t have dared to do. Khattalah is the chief of a ferocious militia in Benghazi, the Abu Ubaidah Brigades – a sub-group of the larger Ansar al Shariah militia. Palmer reported that the militia — armed to the teeth with weapons looted from deposed dictator Muammar Qaddafi’s arsenals — acted at the time of the attack as both military and police in parts of Benghazi. The government’s security forces, the official police and army, are simply too weak to push them out. Khattalah told Palmer that the attackers were merely ordinary people armed with rocket-propelled grenades and added that he expected a fight should the government move to arrest Islamist militia members suspected in the attack. It remains unclear whether the U.S. has now asked Libyan authorities to arrest Khattalah or whether the FBI has identified the other suspects, pictured alongside Khattalah in a series of photos taken from the security cameras at the consulate. The other men are thought to be members of Khattalah’s militia. Neither the militia nor Khattalah have been specifically identified by the U.S. government as terrorists, according to Brennan. “The investigation is ongoing. It has been and remains, a top priority,” Justice Department spokesman Andrew C. Ames said Tuesday. However, the FBI has not made any arrests in the 11 months since the attack and the Obama Administration faces mounting pressure to take action. Last week, a small but vocal group of eight Republican congressmen sent a message to the newly-confirmed FBI Director James Comey, pressing him to take action. In the letter, initiated by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-U.T.), the legislators called the administration’s investigation thus far “unacceptable” and called for an “aggressive” investigation.”

No comments

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *