Malaysians have a beef with Bruno…. Sacha Baron Cohen’s summer box office hit, Bruno, has been banned in Malaysia because the comedy mockumentary highlights gay life and has gay sex scenes, an government official said Tuesday.
Bruno centers around the adventures of a flamboyant gay fashion journalist from Austria.
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The man behind the comic alter egos Borat and Bruno is heading to Springfield.
Sacha Baron Cohen will lend his voice to a character on an upcoming episode of The Simpsons, series executive producer Al Jean told Entertainment Weekly on Friday.
Sacha Baron Cohen will spoof a European pop star in his next movie.
The British comic will portray a singer who enters the Eurovision Song Contest – an annual singing competition previously won by ’70s Swedish pop-rock act ABBA. The still-untitled movie is expected to be another fake documentary, in the style of Cohen’s previous hit Bruno and Borat.
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Sacha Baron Cohen is reportedly in fear for his life after receiving death threats from a suspected terrorist group.
The funnyman has sparked controversy worldwide with the release of his movie Bruno, based on an outrageous Austrian fashionista.
According to Britain’s Star, lawyers for Cohen have confirmed that the star is being targeted by a group “that has claimed responsibility for recent terrorist attacks” thanks to his recent antics on the big screen.
In the film, Bruno is kidnapped by the armed Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade and is seen ridiculing the Islamic group’s leader Ayman Abu Aita.
In a statement, the Martyrs’ Brigade says, “This was a dirty use of our brother Ayman and we don’t accept that the name of the Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade is part of the movie. We reserve the right to respond in the way that we feel suitable.”
Sacha Baron Cohen is retiring his gay alter ego, Bruno.
The British prankster, 37, has decided it is time to send Bruno to bed after figuring out he that can no longer get away with his outrageous set-ups because too many people recognize the Austrian fashionista.
Cohen will officially bid farewell to the controversial character once he has finished promoting the movie.
He says, “It’s wonderful that the films are successful, but every new person who sees the movie is one less person I can be Borat or Bruno with again, so finishing a movie means having to say goodbye. Admitting that you’re never going to play the character again is like saying goodbye to a loved one. And that’s hard.”
Babs Walters isn’t the only person who hates Bruno….
Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen’s controversial comedy, has been banned in the Ukraine. The film about a gay Austrian fashion reporter will not be shown int he conservative former Soviet nation due to its scenes of nudity and homosexual sex, the culture ministry said on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, culture ministry commission concluded Bruno included an “artistically unjustified exhibition of sexual organs and sexual relations, homosexual acts in a blatantly graphic form, obscene language, sadism, anti-social behaviour which could damage the moral upbringing of our citizens.”
In 2006, Ukraine banned Borat, Cohen’s satire aimed at demasking bigotry and anti-Semitism in the United States.
Bruno, which opened in North American theaters Friday, was the No. 1 movie in America last weekend.
Barbara Walters has a bone to pick with Bruno. Babs claims she was left disgusted and outraged by Sacha Baron Cohen’s box office hit — and wants the world to know it.
During a heated debate during The Hot Topics segment of The View Tuesday, the veteran newswoman complained that she found movie boring and “very pornographic” for its R rating. Apparently, BW didn’t enjoy seeing close-ups of penises and anal sex. Barbara also discussed her concerns over parents bringing their children to see the comedy.
A woman who filed a lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen for allegedly leaving her permanently disabled her during filming for outrageous new comedy Bruno is changing her story. Read the rest of this entry »
Austria’s international man of fashion got good news and bad news at the box office this weekend.
Sacha Baron Cohen’s mock documentary Bruno landed the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, starting big on opening day Friday but suffered a huge drop the rest of the weekend, finishing with $30.4 million, according to early studio estimates. Read the rest of this entry »
Strike a pose and enjoy the Late Show’s “Top Ten Reasons To See The New Movie ‘Bruno.’”
Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno — the follow-up to 2006’s Borat — is in theaters today.
