Bruno
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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Bruno
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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Sacha Baron Cohen
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, Sacha Baron Cohen
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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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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Paula Abdul, Bruno
If you think Simon Cowell mistreats Paula Abdul on American Idol, wait until you see her meet Bruno.
Posing as the flamboyant Austrian fashionista, Sacha Baron Cohen pranked Abdul for a bit in Bruno and it took her a year to realize it, the Idol judge said on the Johnjay and Rich radio show.
After being told she was named "Artist of the Year" in Germany (Hey, it's possible. They love the Hoff.), Abdul went in for an interview that was approved by her publicist.
"I'm greeted by this futuristic, Captain Nemo—looking dude with ...
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Sacha Baron Cohen, Bruno
Brüno is safe for your viewing pleasure.
Sacha Baron Cohen's newest film, in which he plays a gay Austrian fashionista, has received an R rating from the Motion Picture Association of America after a final review, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Brüno was slapped ...
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Sacha Baron Cohen as Bruno
There's apparently too much sexy time for audiences to handle in Bruno, at least in the Motion Picture Association of America's eyes. Sacha Baron Cohen's newest mockumentary has been hit with an NC-17 rating upon initial submission, The Wrap reports.
"On its first submission the film did not receive an R but it is far too early to say that there is any struggle to get there as the process is only at its inception," a Universal spokesperson said.
Chief among the MPAA's complaints are scenes where Bruno ...
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