Woody Allen said Monday he had won five million dollars from American Apparel in the last-minute settlement of a potentially embarrassing court battle with the clothing company. The US director-actor had sued American Apparel, known for its racy advertising campaigns, for allegedly using without permission an image from his movie "Annie Hall" in which he appeared as a Hasidic Jew ...

Woody Allen said Monday he had agreed to a five-million-dollar settlement with American Apparel just minutes ahead of a potentially embarrassing trial against the clothing company. The US director-actor had sued the company, known for its racy advertising campaigns, for allegedly using without permission an image from his movie "Anne Hall" in which he appeared as a Hasidic Jew. The ...

Woody Allen said Monday he settled his case against American Apparel by accepting five million dollars in out-of-court compensation, avoiding a potentially embarrassing trial against the clothing company. The US director-actor Allen had brought a suit against the company known for its racy advertising campaigns, alleging it used the image depicting him as a Hasidic Jew without his permission. He ...

Back in November when Portfolio put American Apparel CEO Dov Charney on its cover instead of a cover that addressed the then-exploding financial world, it left us scratching our heads. If the decision was a cosmetic one--the logic being that a sultry image of Dov Charney lying on a couch would do better on the newsstand than an abstract image ...