Brüno needed a new look to secure an R rating stateside, and now it's undergone another one — this time for the kids.
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Sacha Baron Cohen's raucous comedy has been re-edited in England for younger audiences in an effort to boost revenue, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It marks the first time that two versions of a film are being simultaneously released in theaters in England.
The new "15"-rated version is 110 seconds shorter than the original "18"-rated version. Three scenes featuring heavy sexual content were snipped: a montage of exaggerated sex between Brüno and his boyfriend; Brüno pretending to have ...
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Brüno beat dinosaurs at the box office, but can it beat Borat?
Sacha Baron Cohen's latest cringe-inducing mockumentary reeled in $30.4 million, good enough to win the weekend. But Brüno made half of its total on Friday and took an atypical nosedive over the weekend. Movies usually gross more over the weekend — Saturday especially — but Brüno only made $8.8 million on Saturday and $7.2 million on Sunday.
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Borat opened with $26.5 and finished its theatrical run with $128.5 million.
In second place was Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, with $28.5 million. The animated family film has ...
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A lawyer for Sacha Baron Cohen's Brüno responded to a woman's lawsuit over the forthcoming film, calling it a "demonstrably and ludicrously false complaint" and urging her lawyers to drop the case.
Richelle Olson filed a suit against the movie's star and studio last week claiming that she was injured at...
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Eminem is confirming that his surprise run-in with Brüno at the MTV Movie Awards was a pre-arranged stunt.
"Sacha [Baron Cohen] called me when we were in Europe and he had an idea to do something outrageous at the Movie Awards," he told RapRadar.com. "I'm a big fan of his work so I agreed to get involved with the gag."
In their staged Sunday gag, a thong-clad...
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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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