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There are 260 million reasons why Sacha Baron Cohen makes this year's list, starting with the worldwide box-office gross of his satirical smash, Borat. British TV audiences were already well-versed with Cohen's outrageous and often-offensive alter-ego, but the success of the film made Borat a worldwide phenomenon and established Baron Cohen as a comedic force of nature.
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· Sacha Baron Cohen is "firming plans" to star in Bruno (but aren't they already shooting that one? Sneaky!), then will move on to Dinner for Schmucks, a remake of Francis Veber's Le Diner de Cons, a comedy about a dinner guest whose manners would shame even the tableside-feces-proferring Borat. [Variety]
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Following Borat's collection of nearly $70 million in receipts in its first two weeks at the box office, Sacha Baron Cohen has been threatened by lawsuits from a couple of groups who found themselves surprised by their depiction in the film. Two of the drunken frat brothers (but not the third apparently), humiliated by having their racism and sexism exposed in the mockumentary, and the Romanian villagers (portrayed as Kazakhs), who say the film mocks their poverty and isolation, want to make lawsuit!
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Sacha Baron Cohen, the brilliant/crazy Brit behind Borat, is up for the part of Abbie Hoffman in The Trial of the Chicago Seven. The biopic about the Vietnam protesters arrested at the 1968 Democratic Convention, which was scripted byAaron Sorkin, will be directed by Steven Spielberg.
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Baron Cohen rose to fame as the racy (and racist) faux reporter Borat in last year's surprise comedy hit "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan." The flick won Baron Cohen a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical (see "Knowles, Baron Cohen React To Golden Globe Noms With Surprise, Laughs").
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Synopsis: Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen stars in this remake of director Francis Veber's César award-winning 1998 comedy concerning a renowned publisher who encourages his friends to find the most pathetic guests possible for their weekly dinner party. In addition to assuming the personas of a variety ofRead More
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