All Choked Up Over Woody

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By Jean Seligmann

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He had to be desperate for some good press. Smarm and scandal have oozed around Woody Allen since August--and his heavily hyped movie, "Husbands and Wives," sank like a matzo ball in a bowl of soup. (It's earned only $8.7 million so far.) Last week, in a break from shooting his next film, starring former sweetheart Diane Keaton, Allen got an unexpected chance to rescue a damsel in distress. While Bush quailed and Clinton gored, Woody's heroism somehow landed on the front page of the New York Post. At a Manhattan restaurant, said the story, his companion, former " Saturday Night Live" producer Jean Doumanian, choked on a chunk of bread. Instantly, Woody grabbed her around the midriff and did the Heimlich maneuver. What a mensch.

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