‘Bruno’ banned in Ukraine on grounds of morality

October 5th, 2009 Back of the Internet: TV blackout for England gameLONDON — England fans will only be able to watch Saturday's World Cup qualifier in Ukraine on the Internet because TV networks wouldn't pay for the broadcast rights. England is already guaranteed a place in South Africa next year, which means interest back home has taken away the game's importance as far as TV companies are concerned.

September 15th, 2009 LONDON - Sir Elton John cannot adopt the 14-month-old Ukranian boy he wishes to adopt, the Family, Youth and Sports Minister of Ukraine has said. Yuriy Pavlenko has mentioned that the legendary singer cannot take home Lev with his partner David Furnish, as same-sex unions do not have legal status in the country.

September 14th, 2009 LONDON - Elton john may need to overcome legal hurdles before he gets to adopt the Ukranian child he recently said he wishes to take home. According to the national laws of the country, the 'Candle in the Wind' hitmaker and his partner David Furnish are too old to adopt 14-month-old Lev, as the law does not allow parents 45 years older than the child to adopt.

July 25th, 2009 LONDON - British tourists are flocking to Austria since the release of the controversial movie Bruno. Tourism chiefs say that hotel bookings in the capital Vienna are up 120 percent since the release of the film that stars comedian Sacha Baron Cohen as a gay Austrian fashionista, reported mirror.co.uk.

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 LONDON - A new version of film Bruno, with a scene featuring Michael Jackson's sister cut out from it, has been approved by the British Board of Film Classification. The scene, which showed fashionista Bruno forcing La Toya Jackson to eat sushi off the naked bodies of workmen, was cut after her brother's death on June 25.

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 30th, 2009 MOSCOW - A lawmaker in eastern Ukraine has put forward a proposal to re-name a village after pop icon Michael Jackson, a media report said. According to Zaporozhye Region's Reporter newspaper, one of the factions in the legislature has already discussed the proposal, and it could be put to a vote soon.

June 29th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is 'uber-cute' - and even hotter than US President Barack Obama, according to gay fashionista Bruno. Bruno, the alter ego of British satirist Sacha Baron Cohen, declared his admiration for the Australian leader while on a visit to promote his self-titled film.

June 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Sacha Baron Cohen and his fiancee/actress Isla Fisher have put their wedding plans on hold, for the Brit comedian is busy promoting his new film 'Bruno', where he plays a gay fashion designer. The couple have been together for seven years and originally intended to get hitched in August 2006, reports the Daily Star.

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.

May 22nd, 2009 LONDON - A promotional ad for rapper Eminem's forthcoming album 'Relapse' has been banned from TV for being "too gory". The advert featured bloody scenes depicting a maniacal-looking Eminem submerged in a bathtub full of blood interspersed with shots of severed limbs, reports the Daily Star.