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Sacha Baron Cohen Will Face Either a Suicide Bomber or a Lawsuit, or Both

28 Jul 2009 15:18:51 PDT

Written by John Cook
But Aita, who claims he's no longer affiliated with the Brigades and doesn't like the idea of being seen paling around with an Austrian gay man in a feature film, is threatening a lawsuit: Islamist nutjobs complaining to right-wing nutjobs about a Jewish comedian.

Original story at Gawker .

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Culture Warrior: The Politics of ‘Bruno’

13 Jul 2009 09:14:35 PDT

Written by Landon Palmer
Cohen’s third character, Bruno, served two distinct purposes. On the one hand, he revealed a narrow-minded ludicrous sense of self-seriousness within the fashion industry, a dense vapidity ripe for mocking. On the other, Bruno explored both casual and overt forms of homophobia within...

Original story at Film School Rejects .

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Sacha Baron Cohen Crashes 'Bruno' Screening

12 Jul 2009 06:38:29 PDT

Cinemagoers watching a late night New York screening of outrageous new comedy Bruno got more than they bargained for - when the character's mastermind Sacha Baron Cohen gate crashed the movie. Cinemagoers watching a late night New York screening of outrageous new comedy Bruno got more t...

Original story at Starpulse.com .

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Bruno's First Big Lawsuit Dropping Assault And Battery Claims

11 Jul 2009 11:29:23 PDT

Written by Foster Kamer
During the release of Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen and Fox faced a bunch of lawsuits, most of them claiming the film's irreversible damage to reputations, none of which were even moderately successful. Now, Bruno's first litigation failures have arrived.

Original story at Gawker .

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Review: Bruno

09 Jul 2009 13:48:37 PDT

Written by Landon Palmer
Sacha Baron Cohen is, without doubt, a comedian with balls. In Bruno, his latest feature-length adaptation of one of his three characters from The Ali G Show, the Peter Sellers of the 21st century puts himself in such absurd and sometimes unbelievably real situations that result in him, a...

Original story at Film School Rejects .

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Why Wasn't Sacha Baron Cohen In Character on Letterman Last Night?

08 Jul 2009 10:41:31 PDT

Written by Richard Lawson
Though he'd previously done his shtick for Conan O'Brien and arrived at the show as Bruno, Cohen trotted out to the couches as himself. Maybe the story he told—about meeting a real-life terrorist while preening as the outrageously gay Austrian fashion reporter Bruno—was just too good an...

Original story at Gawker .

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Sacha Baron Cohen news and blogs - November 11, 2009

11 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Sacha Baron Cohen news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Justin Timberlake Lands Role of His Lifetime: Yogi's Sidekick Boo Boo [Trade Round Up] -- by Richard Rushfield from Gawker
• Baron Cohen faces threats over Bruno -- from RTÉ Entertainment
• 20 Questions with ‘It’s Always Sunny’ Star Kaitlin Olson -- by Dr. Cole Abaius from Film School Rejects
• G-Force Downs Harry Potter With $32 Million Weekend -- by John Cairns from Film School Rejects
• 'Bruno' Thanked For Boosting Tourism To Austria -- from Starpulse Entertainment News
• Sacha Baron Cohen To Hang Up Bruno Character -- from Starpulse Entertainment News
• The Kings Of Squirm Inducing Comedy -- by David Baxter from Film School Rejects
• The Reject Report Takes on the Half-Blood Prince -- by John Cairns from Film School Rejects
• Woman Changes Charges In 'Bruno' Lawsuit -- from Starpulse Entertainment News
• Box Office: Bruno Wins the Weekend, Opens to $30 million -- by John Cairns from Film School Rejects

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California High School In Trouble For Letting Football Team Pose With Bruno

30 Jun 2009 20:10:07 PDT

Funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen has landed teachers at a California high school in big trouble after a sexy photoshoot with teenage football players appeared in the new issue of men's magazine GQ. Funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen has landed teachers at a California high school in big trouble after a...

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Eminem Storms Out of MTV Movie Awards Over Cohen

01 Jun 2009 01:56:46 PDT

Written by sponkit
Sacha Baron Cohen (as his alter ego Brüno, the Austrian fashion journalist) has angered another celebrity - Eminem. Related Entries: Eminem: Finalized The Terms of His Divorce Eminem Sets His Record Straight Eminem’s Death Hoax Hit Online Robert Pattinson Won At 2009 MTV Movie Awards L...

Original story at Sponkit Celebrity .

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Eminem Walks Out Of MTV Awards After Bruno Prank

31 May 2009 20:17:38 PDT

Eminem stormed out of the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night after outrageous funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen literally landed in his lap. The rapper had just performed a medley Eminem stormed out of the MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night after outrageous funnyman Sach...

Original story at Starpulse.com .

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People in the news

09 May 2009 03:37:21 PDT

OH Prank-loving actor Sacha Baron Cohen apparently decided to see whether blonds really do have more fun. He learned -- the hard way -- that they don't. For his role as the flamboyant Austrian fashion journalist Bruno, Cohen bleached his body hair, ...

Original story at Columbus Dispatch .

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Watch This: Golden Globes Most Controversial

12 Jan 2009 15:20:00 PST

Written by Erik Davis
The two, Ricky Gervais and Sacha Baron Cohen, are known for taking risks with their comedy, and for making fun of Hollywood ... like, a lot. But on such an important night for the entertainment industry, and on a show broadcast around the world, were their jokes all in good fun or absolutely tast...

Original story at Cinematical .

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Music Review: Erran Baron Cohen - Songs In The Key Of Hanukkah

20 Dec 2008 23:48:03 PST

Written by Tan The Man
Being the brother to Ali G and Borat creator Sacha Baron Cohen definitely has its advantages. For Erran, it's always having a job working on the musical scores for his brother's movies.Although even then, Erran probably meets people who see these brotherly collaborations as pity project...

Original story at Blogcritics .

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Sacha Baron Cohen Apparently Unaware of Dutch 'Borat' Spin-Off Premiering Next Week [Introductions]

17 Nov 2008 17:40:07 PST

Written by STV
An ad currently running on Variety is promoting something called Carmen Meets Borat, a documentary about a Romanian girl whose life is thrown into upheaval when Sacha Baron Cohen and co. substitute her village for the title character's Kazakh hometown in Borat. We use the term "promoting...

Original story at Defamer .

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Sacha Baron Cohen's "Bruno" Crashes Prop 8 Rally

03 Nov 2008 04:43:16 PST

Written by The Huffington Post News Editors
LOS ANGELES — Sacha Baron Cohen went undercover as his alter ego Bruno on Sunday by crashing a rally in support of a ballot measure that would ban gay marriage in California. Cohen, who has made a career out of filming unwitting victims of his fake identities, also played a journalist in the h...

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Opinion: Everything is Promising

31 Aug 2008 01:56:48 PDT

Written by Zacappa
As mentioned in other reviews, the parallel with the Borat character of Sacha Baron Cohen was hard to ignore (as mentioned in a very subtle, personal review by Bridget). For me, Borat was much funnier. Safran Foer, of course, ...

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Sacha Baron Cohen: Sorry Girls, I'm Gay - Bgay.com

20 Aug 2007 15:02:55 PDT

Sacha Baron Cohen: Sorry Girls, I'm Gay FL - Even though Sacha Baron Cohen is best known for his anti-Jew, homophobic character Borat, the Kazakhstan journalist is just one of Cohen's many characters. ...

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MTV Movie Awards: The Results!

04 Jun 2007 01:02:00 PDT

Written by Scott Weinberg
Best Comedic Performance -- Sacha Baron Cohen in Borat (over Will Ferrell in Blades of Glory, Emily Blunt in The Devil Wears Prada, Ben Stiller in Night at the Museum and Adam Sandler in Click) As if this award could have possibly gone ...

Original story at Cinematical .

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Posh Spice, Rihanna, Sacha Baron Choen & Will Ferrel Suck Face

03 Jun 2007 18:52:14 PDT

Written by Elina Shatkin
5:41 - Sacha Baron Cohen (looking gorgeous as ever) berates Will Ferrell for not calling him after their tender on-set moment. He pulls in Will Ferrell for a long, shameless lip-lock that leaves them both rolling on the floor like teenagers in a meadow.

Original story at LAist .

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Opinion: Borat

11 Apr 2007 12:22:17 PDT

Sacha Baron Cohen Sacha Baron Cohen went home without a high-five from Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, despite having created the funniest freaking comedy in ages. Who cares? Borat will make glorious benefit your DVD collection. Sure, it looks like shit -- it's meant to be a documentar...

Original story at Rolling Stone .

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Sacha Baron Cohen wins Best Speech of 2007 Golden Globes

16 Jan 2007 06:16:25 PST

Written by orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com)
I saw some amazing, beautiful, invigorating parts of America. But I saw some dark parts of America, an ugly side of America. A side of America that rarely sees the ... Thank you.” Golden Globes, Ken Davitian, Sacha Baron Cohen. Share This.

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Borat Crashes Critics Awards

11 Dec 2006 02:07:24 PST

Cohen, the star and instigator behind "Borat," was named Best Actor Sunday by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Cohen shared the honor with Forest Whitaker, likewise named Best Actor for his turn as dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland."

Original story at E! Online .

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Movie Review: Borat!: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

07 Nov 2006 14:48:25 PST

Written by Ray Wong
For those who are not familiar with Sacha Baron Cohen's Da Ali G Show and his character Borat, you're in for a treat. And for those who do know him, you won't be disappointed with this hilarious, raunchy, rowdy comedy.Borat (Cohen) is a TV talk show reporter from Kazakhstan. He's sent to Americ...

Original story at Blogcritics .

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Borat = Mahir 2.0, but ees niiiice.

25 Oct 2006 16:50:39 PDT

Written by noemail@noemail.org (Xeni Jardin)
I am reluctantly, belatedly, but now utterly psyched about "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan". When I first saw the schtick, all I could think was: he's lifting this from Mahir "WELCOME TO MY HOME PAGE! I KISS YOU!" Çağrı, (shaking his ha...

Original story at Boing Boing .

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Kazakhstan Fears Sacha Baron Cohen

12 Oct 2006 23:15:38 PDT

Forbes.com has this whole spiel about how British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's new movie "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" is making a mockery of the little known country of Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan Versus Borat [Forbes.com]

Original story at A Socialite's Life .

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Hollywood PrivacyWatch: Sacha Baron Cohen Fails To Keep It To A Whisper At Local Art Happening

21 Sep 2006 15:21:27 PDT

THEN on Saturday night I was at Il Sole, and some of the New Gay Mafia was in attendance (not together) Ben and Christine, Ali G (SBC him self), with lovely fiance Isla F... . And quirky production (and acting...?) duo David Arquette and Courteney Cox-Arquette. I ate salmon. It was delish.

Original story at Defamer .

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