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Infamous comedian ambusher Sacha Baron Cohen recently revealed that there will not be an encore season to his scathing Showtime satire Who Is America? Conservatives everywhere—from Sarah Palin to Dick Cheney—can breathe a sigh of relief. The reason for the truncated show? Cohen says people are wise to the act and he would need to create new characters; no small feat given that those characters require him to spend five
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Martin Scorcese surprised Saturday Night Live viewers this weekend with an unannounced appearance on Seth Meyers’ Weekend Update segment. The legendary director was revealed from beneath a black hood, playing the tortured captive of Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest alter ego Admiral General Aladeen. Cohen stopped by Weekend Update in character (does he do it any other way?) to promote his latest film The Dictator, which comes out in theaters next
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He’s reportedly banned from most British media outlets, but Dictator Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen’s newest character) successfully infiltrated a morning talk show in Australia yesterday. During the eight-minute discussion, Aladeen offers political advice to Australia’s prime minister, makes advances on the lone female host and a lot of other horrible things. Of course, it was all to promote The Dictator, which hits theaters here on May 16. He even reveals
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Oh, hey there. A shiny new trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest project The Dictator was released this week– and you should probably check it out. Unlike the previous trailer, this one pretty much reveals the entire plot of the flick. It hits theaters May 11 and stars Anna Faris, Megan Fox, John C. Reilly, Ben Kingsley and 3,289 other people. Enjoy!
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Many of us tuned in last tonight to watch the 84th Annual Academy Awards ceremony (even if only to #TweetRoast it live). Billy Crystal hosted the ceremony for the ninth time, returning after an eight-year hiatus. After recanting Eddie Murphy as host (and Brett Ratner as the show’s producer), the award show’s brass went with a safe choice in Crystal, who had hosted spectacularly in the past. Although an improvement
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Last September Jeffrey Ross showed up to Comedy Central’s Roast of Charlie Sheen costumed as Muammar Gaddafi, walking the red carpet with two, um, lovely ladies. Last night, professional prankster Sacha Baron Cohen arrived to the Oscars red carpet donned as General Aladeen, the fictitious composite from his upcoming flick The Dictator — out May 11 – also with two gals in tow. So, we need to know what you
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It’s been three years since we last found Sacha Baron Cohen lampooning popular culture and politics in that half scripted, half way-too-real way he’s mastered ever since the success of his Ali G. Show on HBO a decade ago. But this summer, Cohen returns with The Dictator, a comedy centered around — you guessed it — a fictitious dictator who tries his best to keep democracy far away from the
Read moreI can’t begin to explain how much I love J.B. Smoove in Curb Your Enthusiasm, which starts its eighth season on HBO this Sunday. If this minute-and-a-half clip isn’t enough to make you LOL, we can’t be friends. I mean, come on: So I’m very happy to see Smoove taking on some new projects so he can do his dizzle. The comedian will be joining the cast of Sacha Baron
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