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WOODY ALLEN STEPPING BACK: After decades of cranking out a movie a year, Woody Allen is taking a break, Page Six reports. He wrapped his 48^th film, A Rainy Day in New York, in November. (It will land on Amazon). Allen, 82, has been hurt by the #MeToo movement. He was first accused of molesting his adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow 26 years ago, but, ironically, it took his son Ronan Farrow‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning articles in the New Yorker about accusations against Harvey Weinstein to make Dylan’s allegations a real issue for him. “Woody always got great actors. Stars would work for scale because it gave them prestige, but with the #MeToo movement, he’s toxic,” one Hollywood producer told Page Six. Indeed, several of his actors, including Timothe Chalamet, Griffin Newman and Rebecca Hall, denounced him and said they’d donate their salaries from Rainy Day to charity. (Page Six)

LOUIS C.K. RETURNS: Louis C.K. returned to the stage for the first time since admitting to sexual misconduct. He appeared at New York’s Comedy Cellar for a surprise set Sunday night, Vulture reports. He did not address the subject of the five women who accused him of misconduct, instead focusing on topics like “racism, waitresses tips, parades.” After admitting to making female coworkers make him masturbate, he lost several lucrative gigs with FX, plus his agent and management. (Vulture)

ALEC BALDWIN TO PLAY BATMAN‘S DAD: Todd Phillip‘s stand-alone Joker movie is becoming a star-studded affair. Alec Baldwin has signed on to play Batman’s dad. Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Marc Maron and Joaquin Phoenix are also starring. Baldwin’s Master Wayne will be in the mold of a “cheesy and tanned business man” a la a “1980s Donald Trump.” (The Hollywood Reporter)

MAGIC JOHNSON’S SON EJ SPEAKS ON LYRIC MCHENRY’S DEATH: EJ Johnson is speaking out about his BFF Lyric McHenry‘s death, nearly two weeks after she died from a suspected drug overdose. “I’m going to make this clear to everyone there will be no mourning post because I’m not going to reduce a 25yr friendship to 1 Instagram post,” the 26-year-old son of Magic Johnson wrote in the comments section of Instagram. “Please respect my privacy and my process,” he continued. McHenry, 26, appeared on E!‘s EJNYC with Johnson. (People)