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Today's New York Times ran an interesting article about the man who issues all of the jury summonses for Manhattan. Apparently, he receives very interesting excuses, and occasionally, they come from celebrities:

Woody Allen sent a note, in cramped printing, protesting that he had been so traumatized by his experience in court during a child-custody dispute with Mia Farrow that returning to sit on a jury was out of the question.