Look out Scarlett Johansson ... Woody Allen has a new buxom, young muse in his sights ... and that muse is Lindsay Lohan.

The unlikely duo was spotted out in NYC last night at fancy-schmancy Philippe restaurant -- and we're told this isn't their first spin on the friendship bicycle.

Sources close to Lindsay tell TMZ ... Allen and Lilo have been friends for years now and he's one of her biggest supporters -- never jumping on the judgment bandwagon.

We're told there are no projects officially on the books right now, BUT sources tell us they've been throwing around the idea of Lindsay being in one of Allen's future films -- which would be huge for Lilo, since his last flick, "Midnight in Paris," was nominated for a bunch of Academy Awards.

We're also told Lindsay has nothing but respect for the quadruple Oscar-winning director and would LOVE to work with him.

Um .. duh.

Um, well, he spent it with Soon-Yi.


Let's just leave it at that.

Acclaimed directors Woody Allen, 73, and Martin Scorsese, 66, kibitzed at the same event in NYC on Tuesday.



Question is ...

For each member of Woody Allen's family, Father's Day means something different.



Woody, Soon-Yi, and their two daughters spent the day with friends in Paris.

Sunrise, sunset -- Woody Allen's legal war over a billboard showing him dressed like an orthodox rabbi finally came to a close ... and it only cost $5 mil.



Woody had demanded ten mil from American Apparel for doctoring an image from "Annie Hall" to make him look like a rabbi for the 2007 ad. But today -- literally minutes before jury selection was set to begin for the trial -- the two sides reached a settlement.

Five mil buys a lot of Manischewitz.

While Britney Spears was lookin' hotter than ever, everyone else in Hollywood was acting hot-headed!

Claudia Jordan was a Bitter Betty at Tila Tequila for beating her in a "Who'd You Rather?" poll, a security guard at LAX went psycho protecting Liv Tyler and Woody Allen gave us the silent treatment -- and found solace in his creepy gang of little girls.

Is it just us or does the sight of Woody Allen surrounded by girls give you the heebie-jeebies? It doesn't help that some of them are his adopted children.

Woody Allen is used to walking the streets of NYC unnoticed (old man walking). So imagine his surprise in Bev Hills, on his way to Mr. Chow.

But Woody's publicist had a kinda high-tech way of fending off the pappers with a Blackberry. Pushy New Yorkers!

Evan Rachel Wood is working with two of the biggest studs in Hollywood -- so our question for her was which one would she sleep with?

Oh yeah, did we mention the men in question are Larry David and Woody Allen? At least Woody has experience with younger women.

On Sunday, Woody Allen got a little hot under the collar -- and armpits!

The 71-year-old director was spotted exiting a NYC hotel on Sunday, shvitzing up a storm. Soon-Yi, turn on the air!

He's sweatin' bullets over Broadway!