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And Already The Bruno Lawsuits Begin

No, Eminem’s not suing Sacha Baron Cohen for sexual harassment—but there are lawsuits targeting both Cohen and NBC Universal.  Specifically, Richelle Olson, a woman from Palmdale, CA, is suing because she was allegedly hurt in a Bruno stunt.  She goes so far as to say she was left wheelchair-bound following a fight at a bingo [...]

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Sacha Baron Cohen Makes Splash Landing In Eminem’s Lap

This may be one of the biggest stories to come out of the MTV movie awards, and this will also help serve as some rumor control, because the bigger picture is, as is so often the case, a lot deeper than you may have heard about. Just to recap, while at the MTV movie awards, Eminem [...]

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‘Bruno’ Finally Gets an R Rating

When Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest movie, Bruno, was submitted to the MPAA earlier this year, it got an NC-17 rating. A lot of bloggers thought that was a big deal, but they didn’t understand the process: you can resubmit to the MPAA as much as you want, so naturally you start off with most of your [...]

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Giamatti, Cohen, Witherspoon Join ‘Downsizing’

Paul Giamatti, Sacha Baron Cohen, and Reese Witherspoon have joined Downsizing, a new comedy from writer/director Alexander Payne. It will be the second collaboration of Giamatti and Payne after Sideways, and the second of Witherspoon and Payne after Election. The movie is a social satire with sci-fi elements, following a group of people who decide to literally [...]

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