Bruno finds Kevin Rudd hotter than Barack Obama

October 10th, 2009 MELBOURNE - American rapper will.i.am of the band Black-Eyed Peas has nothing but praise for Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, saying that he is a source of inspiration. Will.i.am, 34, said at the Melbourne opening of reconciliation-inspired art project Nomad Two Worlds, that Rudd's apology to the stolen generations inspired people around the world, "I salute your prime minister, Prime Minister Rudd, if it wasn't for that I believe there would not have been that wave of conscious shifting happening and I don't think there would be an Obama," the Daily Telegraph quoted him as saying.

July 19th, 2009 NEW YORK - Comedy star Sacha Baron Cohen says he will say goodbye to his Bruno character once he has finished promoting the movie. In his new big screen outing, Cohen plays a gay Austrian fashionista and he has stayed in the character for almost all public appearances and interviews promoting the movie, imdb.com reports.

July 13th, 2009 LONDON - Brit comedian Sacha Baron Cohen gave cinemagoers watching the New York screening of Bruno more than they bargained for, when he gatecrashed the movie. Cohen, 37, stunned fans when he stormed into Times Square's AMC Empire cinema as his gay Austrian fashionista creation, dressed in a silver uniform and revealing red thong.

July 9th, 2009 SYDNEY - Malcolm Turnbull, leader of the opposition in the Australian Parliament, has said that Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's "Rudd Speak" with calls for "detailed programmatic specificity" has left not German translators, but Aussies as well. Turnbull criticised Rudd's statement made while on the Berlin tour, where Rudd said: "it was unlikely any progress would emerge from the Major Economies Forum (MEF) "by way of detailed programmatic specificity." Rudd said this while addressing the German press and Chancellor Angela Merkel, News.com.au reports.

July 2nd, 2009 Obama cites Michael Jackson as entertainment iconWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama called Michael Jackson a brilliant performer whose talents were paired with a tragic personal life. "I'm glad to see that he is being remembered primarily for the great joy that he brought to a lot of people through his extraordinary gifts as an entertainer," Obama said in an AP interview Thursday.

July 1st, 2009 LONDON - Bruno, the alter ego of British satirist Sacha Baron Cohen, has called Madonna a 'transsexual child catcher'. The comedian used his character in the upcoming film 'Bruno' to hit out at the Queen of Pop, once a pal, during an interview, reports the Mirror.

June 29th, 2009 Baron Cohen's Bruno falls for Australian PMSYDNEY — British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's new character has a thing for Australia's wonkish prime minister. Baron Cohen, once better known as the clueless Kazakh journalist Borat, has a new guise as a gay Austrian fashionista, Bruno.

June 29th, 2009 Obama marks Paris milestone: statue in wax museumPARIS — Complete with new gray hairs and two bodyguards, a wax version of President Barack Obama took a trip Monday to the Eiffel Tower. After visiting France's most famous monument, the statue traveled to Paris' Musee Grevin wax museum, where it will stand alongside the likenesses of Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin.

June 26th, 2009 La Toya Jackson scene removed from 'Bruno' movieLOS ANGELES — The filmmakers behind "Bruno" have decided to delete a scene involving La Toya Jackson following her brother's death. Universal Pictures, which is releasing the comedy, said the decision came "out of respect for the Jackson family." The moment was first cut out of the movie's Los Angeles premiere Thursday night, which took place just hours after the Michael Jackson's death at age 50.

June 23rd, 2009 Obama girls get San Francisco cable car treatSAN FRANCISCO — The daughters of President Barack Obama have helped inaugurate something new in San Francisco. While their mom, Michelle Obama, was helping volunteers build a school playground Monday, Malia and Sasha Obama were among the first passengers on a new cable car making its maiden runs in the city.

June 19th, 2009 LONDON - Celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has claimed that she is such a big fan of 'Bruno'-comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's latest alter ego-that she has even named her son after him. Bruno is a fictional gay Austrian fashion reporter portrayed by Baron Cohen, who interviews unsuspecting guests about topics like fashion, entertainment, celebrities and homosexuality The 49-year-old British cook has two children Cosima, 14, and Bruno, 12, from her first marriage to the late journalist John Diamond.

June 18th, 2009 Baron Cohen's Bruno has military flair at premiereLONDON — Sacha Baron Cohen made a grand entrance Wednesday for the British premiere of his new mock documentary "Bruno," turning up in a skimpy variation of the uniforms worn by Buckingham Palace guards. The British comedian came in character as Bruno in a towering bearskin hat, a red military waistcoat and tight black shorts.

June 16th, 2009 Baron Cohen _ as Bruno _ poses nude on cover of GQNEW YORK — Sacha Baron Cohen strips down as his alter ego — Austrian fashionista Bruno — for the July cover of GQ magazine. According to the magazine, Bruno is the first subject to appear fully naked on the cover.

June 15th, 2009 Obama half brother, George Obama, working on bookNEW YORK — Another Obama relative has a book deal. A memoir by George Obama, the president's half brother and a resident of Huruma, Kenya, will be published by Simon & Schuster in January 2010.

June 12th, 2009 Rocker Jon Bon Jovi dines at White HouseWASHINGTON — You never know who might pop up at the Obama White House. Thursday's guest? Jon Bon Jovi.