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NEW YORK (AP) — The head of Hachette Book Group, Michael Pietsch, is retiring as CEO and will be succeeded by Hachette UK CEO David Shelley. Pietsch, who has worked with authors ranging from Keith Richards to Donna Tartt, will serve as chairman of the U.S. publisher starting Jan. 1 of next year. “I’m proud of everything that all of us at Hachette Book Group have accomplished in the past decade, in close partnership with our authors — thriving, growing, and reinventing ourselves through complex and challenging times," Pietsch, 67, said in a statement Tuesday. Shelley, who will also remain as UK CEO, said in a statement that “Hachette Book Group publishes some of my favorite authors of all time and it’s hugely exciting to be able to get to know them and work on their books with the talented team in the U.S. I’d like to pay special tribute to Michael as he has been a key figure for me over the years.”Richard Kitson, deputy CEO of Hachette UK, will also take on the same role for Hachette Book Group. Along with publishing Richards' “Life,” Tartt's “The Goldfinch” and James Patterson's many blockbusters, Pietsch also was involved with a book Hachette didn't release.

Persons: Michael Pietsch, David Shelley, Pietsch, Keith Richards, Donna Tartt, “ I’m, Shelley, Michael, ” Richard Kitson, Brown, Richards, ”, James Patterson's, Woody Allen's, Ronan Farrow, Allen's, Allen, Dylan Farrow Organizations: Hachette Book, Hachette UK, Hachette, Hachette Livre, Little, Company, Workman Publishing, Hyperion Books, Skyhorse Publishing Locations: U.S

☆ Woody Allen Finds a Decidedly Mixed Reception at the Venice Film Festival
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Kyle Buchanan | More About Kyle Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It has been six years since Woody Allen had a film released in the United States, but the Venice Film Festival was still eager to roll out the red carpet for the 87-year-old director’s latest effort. However, not everyone there welcomed the filmmaker with open arms. On Monday, his new film, “Coup de Chance,” debuted in Venice and earned the several-minute standing ovation that’s customary at most festival premieres. “Coup de Chance” is Allen’s 50th film and his first French-language effort. Starring Lou de Laâge and Melvil Poupaud, it’s a Paris-set dramatic thriller about a married woman who reconnects with an old flame, which drives her possessive husband to thoughts of murder.

Persons: Woody Allen, Chance, ”, ” Allen, Dylan Farrow, Luc Besson, Polanski, Lou de Laâge, Melvil Locations: United States, Venice, U.S, it’s, Paris

☆ Woody Allen says he’s had a ‘very, very lucky life’ at premiere of 50th film
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Reuters —US director Woody Allen presented his 50th film to the Venice Film Festival on Monday, telling reporters he had had a “very, very lucky life,” making no reference to the scandals that have dogged his latter years. Allen and Previn, who have a 35-year age difference, are still married and have two adopted daughters. In a separate interview with Variety on the sidelines of the film festival, Allen said he supported the #MeToo movement, which has brought intense focus on sexual misconduct in the entertainment industry. Allen has previously suggested “Coup de Chance” might be his final movie. “If some foolish person agrees to that, then I will make the film in New York,” he said.

Persons: Woody Allen, “, ”, Chance, ” “, Oscar, Annie Hall ”, Yi Previn, Mia Farrow, Dylan Farrow, Allen, Previn, it’s, Chance ” Organizations: Reuters, Venice, Hollywood, Variety Locations: Venice, European, New York

☆ Woody Allen hails 'very lucky life' as he presents 50th film
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-04 | by ( Crispian Balmer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

VENICE, Sept 4 (Reuters) - U.S. director Woody Allen presented his 50th film to the Venice Film Festival on Monday, telling reporters he had had a "very, very lucky life", making no reference to the scandals that have dogged his latter years. "I had two loving parents, I have good friends, I have a wonderful wife and marriage, two children. In a separate interview to Variety on the sidelines of the film festival, Allen said he supported the #MeToo movement, which has brought intense focus to sexual misconduct in the entertainment industry. If you watch a Japanese film, you can tell if the acting is good, realistic and natural, or if it dramatic and silly and too exaggerated. "If some foolish person agrees to that, then I will make the film in New York," he said.

Persons: Woody Allen, Oscar, Annie Hall, Yi Previn, Mia Farrow, Dylan Farrow, Allen, it's, DEATH Allen, Crispian Balmer, Alison Williams Organizations: Venice, Hollywood, Variety, DEATH, Thomson Locations: VENICE, Venice, European, New York

☆ Jeffrey Epstein had dinner scheduled with legendary talk show host Dick Cavett, email records show
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dick Cavett was scheduled to dine with Jeffrey Epstein in February 2012. Their mutual friend Woody Allen, Soon-Yi Previn, and a Bill Gates advisor were also listed as attendees. Woody Allen, his wife Soon-Yi Previn, and Bill Gates advisor Boris Nikolic were also scheduled to be present, according to the email. At the time of the scheduled dinner, Epstein had registered as a sex offender following his guilty plea, in 2007, on prostitution solicitation charges in Florida. Nikolic had numerous scheduled meetings with Epstein between 2012 and 2015, the email records show.

Persons: Dick Cavett, Jeffrey Epstein, Woody Allen, Yi Previn, Bill Gates, Epstein, —, Lesley Groff, Boris Nikolic, Groff, Morgan Chase, It's, Cavett, Allen, Epstein's, Annie Hall, Dylan Farrow, Allen's, lowlifes, Nikolic, JP Morgan Organizations: Service, Virgin Islands, Virgin, ABC, Twitter, Hachette Book Locations: Virgin, Manhattan, Florida

☆ Woody Allen announces his retirement
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Woody Allen has announced his retirement from filmmaking. While in Europe to work on his 50th film, Woody Allen told Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia that he intended to retire from making movies and to dedicate more time to writing during his twilight years. What is now set to be his final film is set in Paris and will be shot entirely in French in a couple of weeks. Allen has been shooting more often in Europe as his support in the U.S. has plunged given the abuse accusations against him. In 2020, he opened the San Sebastian Film Festival with “Rifkin’s Festival,” shot in and around the tony city of San Sebastian.

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