Sacha Baron Cohen

The Dictator

Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest has moments of solid satire but still feels stale

11 May 2012

From the naked scrotum-in-the-face wrestling of Borat to the manifold outrages of Brüno, Sacha Baron Cohen is not a man overly acquainted with subtlety. His latest, The Dictator, drops the improvisational feel of those earlier films, but doesn’t lower…

Sacha Baron Cohen's bleach burns

Celebrity Gossip

8 May 2009

Sacha Baron Cohen suffered serious burns after trying to bleach his body hair. The comic star - who plays a gay Austrian fashion reporter in his new film 'Bruno' - used strong chemicals to make him look "all-over hairless". But the 37-year-old…

Sacha Baron Cohen's family's fears

Celebrity Gossip

11 Jul 2009

Sacha Baron Cohen's brother is terrified the actor is going to die when filming one of his stunts. Erran Baron Cohen - who has produced the music for his younger sibling's films - admits the funnyman can sometimes get carried away when shooting as…

Sacha Baron Cohen's exposed escape

Celebrity Gossip

15 Jun 2009

Sacha Baron Cohen was threatened by gun-wielding American hunters while filming 'Bruno'. The British comic was shooting a scene on location in America's Deep South with the three men when things took a turn for the worse. Sacha, who was in…

Isla Fisher's celebrity daughter

Celebrity Gossip

20 Oct 2008

Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Kate Beckinsale attended Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher's daughter Olive's first birthday party yesterday (19.10.08). The celebrity couple were joined by their A-list friends to…

Sacha Baron Cohen banned from BBC?

TV Gossip

3 May 2012

Sacha Baron Cohen will not be allowed on the BBC as his 'Dictator' character General Aladeen. The British comic was in negotiations to appear on shows including 'Newsnight' and 'The One Show' but the channel has decided it does not want him in…

Brüno

9 Jul 2009

Poor Brüno! The 19-year-old presenter with the really hot body from Austrian TV fashion show Funkyzeitung has been ‘schwarzlisted’ following an unfortunate incident involving his all-Velcro suit at a Milan catwalk event. Leaving behind his pygmy Asian…

Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa

27 Nov 2008

COMEDY/ANIMATION When Alex the lion (voiced by Ben Stiller), Gloria the hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), Melman the giraffe (David Schwimmer) and Marty the zebra (Chris Rock) escaped from their Manhattan zoo in 2005 hit Madagascar, they were leaders of…

Sacha Baron Cohen's wedding halt

Celebrity Gossip

10 Jul 2008

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher have postponed their wedding. The 'Borat' comedian and his 'Wedding Crashers' star fiancee have put their summer nuptials on hold because the 32-year-old actress has found it hard to convert to Sacha's faith of…

Sherlock Sacha Baron Cohen

Celebrity Gossip

2 Jul 2008

Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell are set to play Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in a new comedy. According to Variety, Sacha will take the role of legendary fictional detective Holmes, while Will portrays his sidekick Watson in the movie inspired…

Cohen lines up less amusing character for new movie

6 Sep 2007

After doing really rather well with Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen has inked to star in the movie version of his ‘not really as good’ character Bruno. Universal will be hoping the fashion reporter schtick will attract the huge audiences that lapped up his…

DVD Round-up

28 Feb 2007

Highlights this fortnight include, of course, the very quick turnaround release of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (Fox, 4 stars). As you may have noticed we try not to focus on the really big releases…