Sacha Baron Cohen
A woman has filed a lawsuit against Sacha Baron Cohen and NBC Universal over an incident involving the comedian's new film, Brüno.
Richelle Olson claims she was injured at a charity bingo tournament in a skirmish with Cohen and his film crew, the Associated Press reports. Her suit says that she needs a wheelchair and a cane for mobility, and seeks unspecified damages of more than $25,000.
Olson's lawsuit claims that...
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Bruno the second film from comedian Sacha Baron Cohen will be sashaying its way into theaters on May 15 2009 Universal has announcedThat release date puts Bruno in direct competition with Tom Hanks Angels Demons the Da Vinci Code prequel causing such a stir these days over in my homeland So if the Pope is looking for a more family-friendly film to endorse for the May 15 weekend he should definitely check out Bruno YouTube clips of the characters previous incarnation on Da Ali G Show are available for your perusal Your Eminence[Insert not joke here]Already well known to Ali G fans Bruno is an Austrian gay talk show host whose sexually frank confrontational interview style rivals that of Borats A typical skit begins thusly Whassup Being gay is the new coolest thing so Ive come to the gayest part of America Alabama Just as Borat revealed uncomfortable truths about race and class Bruno seems well-poised to raise issues about sexual identity[Insert s
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Showtime, Lionsgate and Spitfire Pictures have teamed up on an as-yet-untitled documentary offering a behind-the-scenes look at the cutthroat world of high-school musicals at Southern Indiana's Floyd Central, New Albany and Jeffersonville high schools.... Fox is developing Raffik, a Borat-flavored cop show about an Albanian detective who baffles his LAPD partners, says the Reporter.... A Season 2 pickup for AMC's glorious Mad Men is expected imminently, as first teased/buried in Wednesday's Ask Ausiello.
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For my money tonights episode provided some of the most heartfelt emotion weve seen this season emotion that was no doubt underscored by the devastating events of the past week Rarely have the themes of loss and family been more resonant as we all witnessed how in an instant lives can be irrevocably altered by tragic circumstancesRobert Prosky touchingly portrayed the elderly Alzheimers-stricken man facing the unexpected death of his caregiver son played by his real-life son Andy Prosky His reaction in the moments following his sons death was gut-wrenching and the situation became even more heartbreaking as the man had to be reminded of his loss moments later Robert Prosky is one of those actors who has made a career out of small but memorable roles and his turn tonight was no exception The actor has definitely aged in recent years it was hard to believe that this was the same guy who played boss and mentor to Holly Hunters ma
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House scribes Garrett Lerner and Russel Friend have inked new deals that will keep them at the NBC Universal production house through 2009, and elevate them to the title of executive producers on the Fox drama.... FX has ponied up $30 million for cable rights to Night at the Museum, Deck the Halls, Date Movie and The Marine.... Borat topped both the DVD sales and rental charts last week. Placing No. 2 in sales was Disney's for-the-love-of-god-hurry-because-it's-heading-back-into-the-vault Peter Pan.... Jonathan Antin (Blowout), Giulana De Pandi (E! News), Vanessa Manillo (sleeps with Nick) and Jerry Springer are among the judges for the Miss USA Pageant on March 23.
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CBS Paramount Network Television has signed Criminal Minds show runner Ed Bernero to a two-year, seven-figure deal, as part of which he will stick with the hit procedural as well as develop new programming.... Also per Variety, USA Network has coughed up sexy money — $11 million, to be exact — for Borat, to first air in April 2009 after lots and lots of editing.... A bidding war is brewing for cancer survivor Farrah Fawcett's autobiography, tentatively titled Positivity Is a Necessity, Extra reports.... Nick at Nite has acquired reruns of America's Funniest Home Videos (to begin airing April 30 at 8:30 pm/ET) and George Lopez (coming in the fall).... Season 3 of A&E's Flip This House premieres March 31 at 9 pm.
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• Martin Scorsese and The Departed cast member Mark Wahlberg are exec-producing an HBO drama series based on Nelson Johnson's book Boardwalk Empire, about the development of Atlantic City.• Borat director Larry Charles is returning to broadcast television, having inked a two-and-a-half year, mid-seven-figure deal with ABC Television Studio. Charles, whose recent TV credits include Entourage and Curb Your Enthusiasm, will write and direct a range of projects, including scripted and "hybrid" (gas-electric?) comedies, and possibly even animation.
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Say wawaweewhat? News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch tells the Financial Times that 20th Century Fox has signed Sacha Baron Cohen to reprise his role as Kazakhstan reporter Borat Sagdiyev for a follow-up to the popular and controversial Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Though Cohen is currently working on a film based on another of his alter egos — Bruno, a gay Austrian — Murdoch says that once that Universal picture is done, the comedian will "come back and do Borat Two," which entirely unreliable sources say will be subheaded, "Eat This, Naughty, Naughty American Lawyers!"
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Borat and Ugly Betty were honored on Wednesday for brandishing the best publicity campaigns in their fields at the 44th-annual ICG Publicists Awards.... Smallville's Justin Hartley guest-stars as a male model who figures into a murder investigation on the Feb. 14 CSI: NY.... Fueled by Sesame Street (five nods) and Reading Rainbow (three), PBS drew the most nominations, 18 in total, for this year's Children's Programming Emmys. Discovery Kids followed with 15 nods.... Open Season topped the DVD sales charts last week, while The Marine (?) was the most rented.
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The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has picked Clint Eastwood's second WWII-themed release, Letters from Iwo Jima (in theaters Dec. 20), as the best movie of the year, while The Queen took five honors, including best actress for Helen Mirren and best director for Stephen Frears. Also on Sunday, the American Film Institute unveiled its 10 Best list. On it were, natch, Letters, Dreamgirls, United 93 and Borat. (What? No Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny?) Their best-actor prize was shared by Sacha Baron Cohen and Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland).
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