Woody Allen has written an essay in tribute to his friend and ex-partner, Diane Keaton , in the Free Press . News of Keaton’s death came suddenly on October 11 , and tributes to the actor have been pouring in from people like Goldie Hawn, Steve Martin, and Jane Fonda . In his essay, Allen writes about his amazement that “this beautiful yokel went on to become an award-winning actress and sophisticated fashion icon.” He also calls her “a hick, a rube, a hayseed,” and “If Huckleberry Finn was a gorgeous young woman.”

Allen’s enduring affection for Keaton is as evident on the page as his insistence that Los Angeles (where Keaton was born and raised) is a hick town. The two met when staging his play, Play It Again Sam. At first, the two were too shy to connect, but over one lunch t

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