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First in “Borat” and now with “Bruno,” Sacha Baron Cohen has created his own genre. It’s a zany and outrageous hybrid of scripted and improvisational humor that could be called “Imposterisational Comedy.” In the formula, the lead actor purports to be someone else, a real-life filmmaker and visitor from another land who recruits unsuspecting folks to play along.
The actor best known as "Borat" tricked the Alabama National Guard into allowing him onto a post, giving him a military uniform and briefly letting him train — all, supposedly, for a German TV documentary.
Even a make-believe psychic couldn't spot the scam when an actor disrupted a scene for "Medium" involving Patricia Arquette, who stars as psychic Allison DuBois in the NBC drama.
A New York judge has tossed out lawsuits brought by a driving instructor and two etiquette school teachers who said the makers of the movie "Borat" deceived them.
A driving instructor has sued the makers of the movie "Borat," accusing them of lying to him about the nature of the crass comedy by telling him he'd be in a documentary about the integration of immigrants into U.S. life.
A businessman seen fleeing from a hug from British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen in the hit movie "Borat" has sued filmmaker 20th Century Fox, saying his civil rights were violated.
Fictional gay cowboys and a faux reporter from Kazakhstan suffered human rights abuses in 2006 as crackdowns on flesh and blood victims were extended to the Internet, award-winning films and noted plays worldwide, the State Department says.
Wa wa wee wa, is Borat in trouble again? Following lawsuits from Southern conservatives, frat boys, Romanian villagers and seemingly every other group in the "U.S. and A.," Sacha Baron Cohen could be facing even more legal difficulties over his wacky comedic creation, Borat Sagdiyev. This time his accuser is an Israeli comedian who claims that Borat's signature exclamation of excitement — "Wa wa wee wa" — belongs to him.
Like moviegoing masses around the world, Israelis have crowded theaters to watch the hit spoof "Borat." But they are laughing for another reason: They actually understand what the anti-Semitic, misogynist Kazakh journalist is saying.
A man claims he was "accosted" by the star of the spoof documentary "Borat" while using a restroom at an upscale restaurant last year, according to a lawsuit.
A judge weighing whether to halt the DVD release of "Borat" viewed a scene from the hit film in which a group of South Carolina fraternity brothers converse with the raucous Kazakh journalist played by British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
Residents of a remote Romanian village filed a $30 million lawsuit Monday over their depiction in the hit movie "Borat," accusing the filmmakers of misleading them into thinking the project was a documentary about poverty.
The owner of an etiquette business who was handed a plastic bag supposedly containing feces in the hit movie "Borat" says she was told the filming would be used for a documentary in Belarus.
The name of this remote Romanian village means "mud," and that's exactly what angry locals are throwing back at comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
While teaching American humor to a gregarious and absurdly out-of-touch foreign journalist, Pat Haggerty realized something was off — who WAS this guy?
Two fraternity boys from a South Carolina university want to make lawsuit against "Borat" over their drunken appearance in the hit movie.
A government agency said it would refuse to grant permission for Sacha Baron Cohen's controversial comedy "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" to be shown in theaters in neighboring Russia, its distributor here said Thursday.
A Turkish Internet celebrity is so convinced he was the inspiration for Sacha Baron Cohen's "Borat" character, he's traveling to London seeking an apology and a way to get paid from the film's surprise success.
I went to see the movie Bruno last night. I fully expected perhaps a few antics, something a lot like Borat--which I actually found quite funny, despite a lot of toilet humor. Well...
I haven't seen the movie, nor do I plan to. I thought "Borat" was humorous in places, but that it mostly took advantage of simple, unaware people, many who had no chance to even understand the crude joke Sacha Cohen was playing in them.
Sacha Baron Cohen sued for crippling woman with offensive humorSacha Baron Cohen, whom we all saw doing a nasty Bruno buttdance on Eminem's face at the MTV Movie Awards, is being sued by a woman who says he literally crippled her with his vulgar antics.
Da-links ... It's Just S-o-o-o-o Borat, S-o-o-o-o SachaA video trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen's lstest flick, "Bruno"
(Video) 'Midgets Vs. Mascots - Gary Coleman Rants, Says Mortgage Forced Him To Take RoleIn what appears to be a viral video designed to promote his new film "Midgets vs. Mascots," Gary Coleman says he would rather not have starred in the movie, which producers describe as a "'Borat' meets 'Jackass' shockumentary."
Borat in Alabama, Fools National Guard Officer TrainingANNISTON -- The actor best known as "Borat" is at it again in Alabama.
Sacha Baron Cohen Attempts to Seduce Ron Paul in Borat Follow-up Movie BrunoThe other room, it turns out, is a bedroom. The lighting is low, and the film is now grainy—not unlike a sex tape—as it cuts to a hidden spy camera. There's a spread of Champagne and strawberries and caviar on a table.
Whatever you do... DON'T VOTE. (Sarcasm, of course.)Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Snoop Dogg, Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts, Ben Stiller, Will Smith, Steven Spielberg, Justin Timberlake, along with Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat, Zach Braff, Colin Farrell, Neil Patrick Harris, Scarlett Johansson, Shia LeBeouf, Tobey Magu …
DumbacracyCollection of funny political videos, including a different perspective of Matt Damon's comments regarding Sarah Palin.
'Borat' Filmmakers Win Legal BattleThe makers of Borat didn't deceive a driving instructor and two etiquette teachers into appearing in the goofy comedy, a federal judge in New York has ruled.
Democracy Now! | Libertarian Presidential Candidate and Ex-Republican Rep. Bob Barr on Impeachment, Opening Up the Debates, and Why He Left the GOPBob Barr is a joke. Even Borat made a dupe out of him!
Bill Maher's Anti-Religion Movie "Religion is detrimental to the progress of society." That's my favorite quote from Bill Maher's often brilliant, but often unfocused "documentary," called "Religulous." It opens in early October right after its debut at the Toronto Film Festival.
How Obama Became Acting President of the United StatesIT almost seems like a gag worthy of "Borat": A smooth-talking rookie senator with an exotic name passes himself off as the incumbent American president to credulous foreigners.
Arkansas fight fans fall for Sacha Baron Cohen stuntCrowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each others' clothes off and kissing — a stunt suspected of being orchestrated by Sacha Baron Cohen of Borat fame.
'What's the difference between Hamas and hummus?Dressed in studs and leather, the 36-year-old duped a former Mossad agent into comparing Islamic group Hamas to the chickpea dip hummus during an embarrassing interview.
Borat's alter ego dupes a former Mossad agentIt's unclear whether his Mossad retirement benefit card will be confiscated, but former spy and current political analyst Yossi Alpher is certainly feeling sheepish after being fooled by actor Sacha Baron Cohen, aka Borat.
Universal sets a date for 'Bruno'Universal will release the film on May 15, 2009. So far, there are no other R-rated comedies near that date. Like Borat, the title character of the 2006 box office hit, Bruno is one of a trio of characters created and played by Cohen in TV skein "Da Ali G Show."
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Judge Dismisses Suit Over 'Borat'Was Sacha Baron Cohen's 2006 film "Borat" a pure slapstick comedy? Does it have a measure of redeeming value as a societal commentary? A federal judge considered these questions before dismissing a lawsuit filed by a man who was randomly accosted — and touched — by Mr.
Ed Norton making Obama documentary Actor Edward Norton is producing a documentary on US presidential hopeful Barack Obama, enlisting the production team behind hits like Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat and Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11, Variety reported Wednesday.
A Wandering Kazakh, Before Borat AND you thought Genghis Khan was just the scourge of nations, the slayer of millions. Little did you know that he was, as a young man, a sensitive, enlightened husband and doting father.
Vilnius Catholics derogatorily portray Jews in holiday paradeCatholics from around the world flock to this yearly Lithuanian festival in which participants mock the local minority Jewish and Gypsie population by dressing up in costumes and behaving stereotypically...all in the name of humour, of course (I dread to think of what would happe …
'Borat' star wins Ala. case over movieThe nine-member court sided with British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen on Friday in a lawsuit filed by etiquette teacher Kathie Martin, who unwittingly appeared in his hit movie
Report: Baron Cohen offing Borat, Ali G excerpt: "Borat is dead. Sacha Baron Cohen tells The Daily Telegraph that he's retiring the clueless Kazakh journalist, as well as his alter ego, aspiring rapper Ali G. "
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