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Bruno Pranks Latoya Jackson... Shes Nuttier Then Bruno

6 November 2009 8:00 PM, PST | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »

Seriously I think Latoya Jackson is a bigger nut then Bruno and Bruno isnt even a real person. Below is a deleted scene from the DVD where Latoya Jackson decides to sit on the Mexican Furniture and have some sushi off a naked Mexican piece of Furniture. I thought Paula Abdul was a nut but Latoya takes the cake. The deleted scene is actually quite funny watch it below.

Bruno will be on DVD & November 17th. 

The inimitable prankster Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan) launches another inspired comedy offensive in the boisterous Brüno, coming to Blu-Rayâ„¢ Hi-Def and DVD on November 17, 2009 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

 

As in the hugely popular Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen once again creates improvised pandemonium, this time as an Austrian TV host searching for fame and fortune in America, ensnaring everyone he meets in hilariously unpredictable, »

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Sacha Baron Cohen to Play an Ambulance-Chaser Fighting for Justice

6 November 2009 3:35 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

We wouldn't call Borat and Bruno full-fledged documentaries, since the title characters were fictional extensions of Sacha Baron Cohen's twisted psyche. Nevertheless, the movies' antics were steeped in reality, creating a kind of pseudo-vérité.

But now, it appears that Cohen has decided to abandon the candid-camera shtick altogether. Variety writes that the 38-year-old British comedian has founded his own production company, Four By Two Films, and will go to work producing a new fictional project scripted by Peter Baynham.

Accidentes will tell the story of an "ambulance-chasing personal injury attorney of Latin descent" (played by Cohen) who helps a poor immigrant with a case against his wealthy employer. Ambulance-chasing, huh? We'll be interested to see what that means.

Cohen struck a deal with Universal for Accidentes and also got Columbia to commit to another starring vehicle. Cohen will script that project, as yet untitled, with Baynham, Anthony Hines, and Dan Mazer, »

- Rich Z Zwelling

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Bruno Pranks Pete Rose

5 November 2009 8:00 PM, PST | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »

Below you can checkout a deleted scene from the upcoming Bruno DVD & Bluray release on November 17th. This scene Borat decides to interview Legendary baseball player Pete Rose as they sit on Mexicans. Seriously who in their right mind sits down on a person and conducts an interview? You have to be some kind of off your rocker. Those who saw the film will recall this skit as he pulled it on Paula Abdul as well. Watch below.

The inimitable prankster Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan) launches another inspired comedy offensive in the boisterous Brüno, coming to Blu-Rayâ„¢ Hi-Def and DVD on November 17, 2009 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

 

As in the hugely popular Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen once again creates improvised pandemonium, this time as an Austrian TV host searching for fame and fortune in America, ensnaring everyone he meets in hilariously unpredictable, »

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Bruno Bluray & DVD Specs

5 November 2009 8:00 PM, PST | MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news »

I loved Borat but for me Bruno was a huge dissapointment. Regardless I am sure there are alot of you who are fans and the studio has sent over dvd and bluray specs for its release on November 17th.

The inimitable prankster Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan) launches another inspired comedy offensive in the boisterous Brüno, coming to Blu-Rayâ„¢ Hi-Def and DVD on November 17, 2009 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

 

As in the hugely popular Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen once again creates improvised pandemonium, this time as an Austrian TV host searching for fame and fortune in America, ensnaring everyone he meets in hilariously unpredictable, unscripted and unsuspecting ways.  

 

Featuring an hour of exclusive footage of deleted scenes not shown in theaters and a revealing commentary by Sasha Baron Cohen & director Larry Charles about how some of the film’s unbelievably funny pranks were achieved, »

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Bruno Deleted Scene: Pete Rose

5 November 2009 3:00 PM, PST | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »

Universal Pictures has released a deleted scene from Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno, which will be included in the DVD/Blu-ray which debuts November 17th 2009. The sequence features Baseball legend Pete Rose, in the same situation that you see Paula Abdul in the released film -- having to do an interview while sitting on a mexican gardener. Rose was a lot nicer about the situation, which explains why they probably reshot the sequence with Abdul. Watch the clip after the jump. Press release below: The Uproarious New Comedy from the Creator and Star of Borat Brüno “A no-holds-barred comedy! — Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times Available to Own on Blu-ray™ Hi-Def and DVD on November 17, 2009 from Universal Studios Home Entertainment Overview: The inimitable prankster Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan) launches another inspired comedy offensive in the boisterous Brüno, coming to Blu-Ray »

- Peter Sciretta

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Best Movie Title Punctuation Marks: Go!

24 September 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »

Today is National Punctuation Day, the most important non-religious nerd holiday that doesn't involve talking like a pirate.  Just think how different our lives would be without the comma, not to mention the semi-colon; we'd be lost without the period. Or the exclamation point! What about the question mark? (Seriously, we'd be screwed: see here.) To celebrate, we've assembled a list of our favorite punctuation marks in movie titles. Call them the Punctuaties (pronounced "Punk-shoe-Ay-shees" [on second thought, don't call them anything]). Best use of a comma in a bad movie by a great director White Hunter, Black Heart Lust, Caution Best use of a comma in a great movie by a great director Sex, Lies, and Videotape One, Two, Three Best use of a comma in the weirdest movie ever: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Best use of a possessive apostrophe: Schindler's List Jacob's LadderAdam's RibPrizzi's Honor Ocean's 11 Best use of a colon: Dr. Strangelove: »

- Darren Franich

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It’s Official: Ukraine Bans Bruno

16 July 2009 1:52 PM, PDT | Studio Briefing - Film News | See recent Studio Briefing - Film News news »

It was not another elaborate publicity stunt after all. The government of Ukraine has indeed banned Sacha Baron-Cohen's Bruno. Rumors that the government was preparing to do so had spread over the Internet earlier in the week, leading some to conclude that it was all part of a PR effort to boost interest in the film, which was to have opened in Ukraine next week. But on Wednesday, a commission of the Ministry of Culture said that it had concluded that the movie presented an "artistically unjustified exhibition of sexual organs and sexual relations, homosexual acts in a blatantly graphic form, obscene language, sadism, anti-social behavior which could damage the moral upbringing of our citizens." In 2006, Baron Cohen's Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan was banned in Kazakhstan. Meanwhile, a message on the ticket-selling phone line of a theater located in the Irish town of Navan in County Meath warns: "Brüno is particularly vile. It leads to a hell of a lot of complaints. It will offend every prejudice [sic] in the book, believe me, so don't come on after and tell us how horrible it was." The message ends, "One or two have enjoyed it, though." »

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Immoral! "Bruno" Banned in Ukraine, Chopped in UK

16 July 2009 12:02 PM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »

Ukraine banned "Bruno" because it is "immoral!"

No, really?

The hit mockumentary starring Sacha Baron Cohen has been banned because of "shots of sexual organs, homosexual intercourse, and bad language." The country deemed all of the above and more obscene and improper.

"Bruno" is supposed to be released in Ukraine next week, but the gay fashionista character won't be saying "Vassup?" for fear of offending deeply religious members of the population.

Meanwhile, back in the U.K., Universal will be releasing a tamer version of "Bruno." The studio is cutting a minute and a half of footage with strong sexual scenes in order to open up the film to a younger audience.

This one's all about money.

Oh, and by the way, Cohen's masterpiece, "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," was banned in, where else, Kazakhstan and Russia!

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- Manny

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Bruno Climbs on Top of the Box Office

13 July 2009 6:30 AM, PDT | Celebuzz.com | See recent Celebuzz news »

Sacha Baron Cohen's gay Austrian fashionista character Bruno might not be everybody's cup of tea, but enough people went to go see his movie over the weekend to make it the top box-office draw. The New York Times reports that Bruno raked in estimated ticket sales of $30.4 over the weekend, beating out Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, among others. While seemingly good news, it still remains to be seen how Bruno will compare commercially to Cohen's last comedic epic, 2006's Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. While, technically,... »

- Celebuzz

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Bruno Review

12 July 2009 9:23 PM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

Bruno Directed by: Larry Charles Written by: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Mazer, Jeff Schaffer Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten In 2006, British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen took America by storm with the release of his feature film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Borat was one of three characters he had been developing over the past 10 or so years, which eventually gained mainstream attention on Da Ali G Show. The movie ended up taking over $260 million worldwide, but was followed with controversy, lawsuits and a backlash, leading many people to wonder if a follow up film would even be feasible, let alone profitable. Cohen's response is an even more outrageous movie based around another one of his alter-egos, the gay Austrian fashion critic Bruno. Drawing from his own experiences working briefly as a model out of university, he simultaneously skewers the fashion »

- Sean

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Brno Becomes Box Office Trend

12 July 2009 1:30 PM, PDT | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »

Sacha Baron Cohen's latest character comedy 'Bruno' landed the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, bringing in $30.4 million, studio estimates show. The film beat out Baron Cohen's first comedy in 2006 'Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan' which made 26.5 million in its first opening weekend. 'Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs' and 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' fall behind 'Bruno' making $25.5 million and $24.2 million. Hayden Panettiere's new movie 'I Love You Beth Cooper' took the No. 7 spot at the weekend box office bring in $5 million.

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- TheInsider

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Review: "Bruno" Isn't Homophobic (But It's No "Borat" Either)

10 July 2009 11:03 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »

Bruno isn't homophobic. But it's also not nearly as funny as Borat either.

Or maybe it is. As in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Sacha Baron Cohen's 2006 movie, the comedian creates outrageous situations — and then films how real people react.

And many of the set-ups are admittedly brilliant. Asking stage-mothers if they'd allow their actor-babies to operate heavy machinery, or lose ten pounds through liposuction, or be photographed dressed up like Nazis, pushing Jewish babies into ovens? And having these over-eager stage mothers readily agree to all this without question?

Now that is some amazing parody of America's celebrity-obsessed culture!

Likewise, plenty of the jokes are laugh-out-loud hilarious. I defy anyone not to laugh when Bruno has a psychic conjure up the spirit of a deceased member of the band Milli Vanilli — so Bruno can proceed to have "spirit" sex with him. »

- Brent Hartinger

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July 10: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings

10 July 2009 10:15 AM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »

Who has time to go to the movies, darling, when there’s all those fashion shows to attend and fabulous celebrities to stalk? But did you know that DVDs are for more than porn? Ich had no idea. So instead of the disgusting multiplex, where it’s all proles and unfabulous people anyway, you can stay in your magnificent Austrian bunker and still sound uber cool on Monday, when the press hounds you with questions about how you spent ihr Wochenende. When they ask, “Did sie see that Bruno movie?” you can tell them to bumsen off, you saw that Fälscher Sacha Baron Cohen in other roles instead. Instead Of: Bruno, in which Sacha Baron Cohen dons gayface in order to send up homophobia... Watch: Well, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, for starters, to see Baron Cohen in fine mocking form as an »

- MaryAnn Johanson

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Bruno: The Puppetmaster Has Lost His Innocence

10 July 2009 9:07 AM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Desson Thomson

When we watched “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” we enjoyed the electricity of illicit subversion, as Sacha Baron Cohen’s fictional Borat led us on a punk’d road trip through Middle America.

 

Cohen offered eloquently serrated commentary on American life, and he did it without back pedaling. His courage was breath-taking, the way he sang the Kazakhstan national anthem in front of a rodeo crowd -- right after rousing up their anti-terrorist sentiments. Or the way he undertook an etiquette lesson ... »

- Rich Robinson

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Gay Panic

10 July 2009 8:09 AM, PDT | ifc.com | See recent IFC news »

Sacha Baron Cohen's improvisational prank film "Brüno" is a conceptual mess that's satisfying as a lowball, turn-your-brain-off snot comedy, but deeply problematic as social commentary. It's this last aspect, unfortunately, that made 2006's "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" (and the character's original TV incarnation) an object of debate. Did Borat's interactions with prototypical dumb-ass Americans, and his stoking of anti-Semitic tendencies, critique the Arab world's cultural prejudice and expose the country's latent prejudice and paranoia, or merely invite smug liberal laughter and an unearned sense of cultural superiority? Was Borat a Rorschach test, or an admittedly mesmerizing comedian's clever way of indulging stereotypes while pretending to challenge them? And in total, was the movie a stinging critique of a fat, happy nation engaged in two distant wars against countries filled with Borat-types, or just a put-on faking relevance, the movie »

- Matt Zoller Seitz

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Brüno

10 July 2009 5:00 AM, PDT | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

Brüno

Directed by: Larry Charles

Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Gustaf Hammarsten

Running Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Rating: R

Release Date: July 10, 2009

Click Here to read Nick Allen’s take on Bruno

Plot: Gay Austrian fashionista Brüno has a talk show that gets canceled, so he decides to head to Hollywood to become famous. But he soon realizes it’s much more difficult than he originally thought.

Who’s It For? You’ve got to have an open mind although it doesn’t push the homophobic boundaries as much as I thought. You will squirm if you have troubles watching others squirm. And hopefully it goes without saying, but leave the kids at home.

Expectations: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is one of my favorite comedies of the last decade. Those are big shoes to fill.

Scorecard (0-10)

Actors:

Sacha Baron Cohen as Brüno: Cohen’s passion is unmatched. »

- Jeff Bayer

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Cinema release inspirations including Brüno

10 July 2009 3:22 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »

Vassup Boxwishers! Today marks the cinematic return of Sacha Baron Cohen, who has hung up Borat’s mankini and gone all fashionista with Austrian gay reporter Brüno. Like his Kazakhstani predecessor, Brüno is proving controversial with the lawsuits already stacking up, so if you’re in the mood for some outrageous antics including swapping a baby for an iPod catch Brüno new in theatres from today. But if men in see-through suits and bright yellow lederhosen aren’t your thing, there’s mature emotional drama in The Private Lives of Pippa Lee and high school comedy in Fired Up. Click over for more…

If you see… Flamboyant gay style maven Brüno (Baron Cohen) swap his home country of Austria for the Us of A in the comedy mockumentary Brüno.

Why Not Catch up with some of Baron Cohen’s previous big screen alter-egos with Ali G Indahouse: The Movie and »

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‘Brüno’: Must a Movie Like This Be Broadcast Üniversal?

10 July 2009 12:02 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – As a tribute to “Borat,” let’s start with a lesson in “not” jokes.

“Brüno” is everything one would hope for in a Sacha Baron Cohen return. The film is hilarious, unpredictable and worth every dollar it will make… not! There is a great fallacy that has spread in Hollywood and “Brüno” is one of its many victims.

Rating: 2.0/5.0 Some making and marketing comedies believe that shocking their audience is an edgy and guaranteed formula for laughter. For the greater part of films like “Brüno,” however, the audience feels only disgust. Far from amused, several leave before the film has concluded.

Read Elizabeth Oppriecht’s full review of “Brüno” in our reviews section. Attempting to match the cinematic success of 2006’s “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan,” “Brüno” follows much the same format. This time we have an Austrian-import title character traveling with his assistant’s assistant, »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Fashion designers eager to see Brüno

7 July 2009 3:02 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »

Planning on catching new comedy Brüno when it hits cinemas this Friday? You’re far from alone. The latest big screen adventure for comedy chameleon Sacha Baron Cohen follows in the film footsteps of his hugely successful 2006 hit, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan and expectations for more shocking humour are high. But it’s not just the chance to see Baron Cohen outrage more of the American public that has excited some fashion designers, rather the eccentric and flamboyant fashions sported by his titular Austrian fashion reporter.

Questioned on the film, Austrian fashion designer, Lena Horschek revealed to the Associated Press at last week’s Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in Berlin, Germany that she’s looking forward to it. The designer who favours an ‘old Hollywood’ style and has clothed stars like pop princess Katy Perry adds: “I think it’s gonna be a fun film. »

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Four Clips from Bruno

2 July 2009 4:53 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

Cinema Blend has posted four new clips from Bruno, starring Sacha Baron Cohen and directed by Larry Charles (who also directed Borat). Here are a couple of samples to whet your appetite:

Next Showing: Bruno comes out in theaters July 10, 2009

Link | Posted 7/2/2009 by Rich Z

Sacha Baron Cohen | Larry Charles | Bruno | Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan »

- Rich Z Zwelling

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