<i> Arts and entertainment reports from The Times, national and international news services and the nation's press</i> Woody Allen has filed a $10-million suit against a New

York menswear firm and its advertising agency for placing newspaper ads in which a look-alike of the comedian peddles suits he claims made him a “sex symbol.” The federal suit filed in

Manhattan federal court last week asks $10 million in punitive damages against Men’s World Outlet Inc., and its ad agency, Ribaudo & Schaefer, for an ad that ran in New York newspapers

April 5, 1986. The suit also asks that a jury assess the amount of compensatory damages to which Allen is entitled. MORE TO READ