Enough of Bruno, says Cohen

August 3rd, 2009 LONDON - English actor-comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is transforming into a Eurovision singer for his next movie after hit comic creations "Borat" and "Bruno". The funnyman was set to compete as his Austrian fashionista Bruno in a mockumentary about the Eurovision song contest but has decided to put his old alter-egos to rest, reports imdb.com.

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 23rd, 2009 LONDON - The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have requested Universal Studios for a copy of the controversial movie "Bruno" starring Sacha Baron Cohen. "We often get e-mails from important people requesting prints for private screenings.

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 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 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 19th, 2009 LONDON - Comic Sacha Baron Cohen has branded Queen of Pop Madonna 'a total slut'. Sacha, 37, has left a host of celebrities livid with his stunts to promote his movie, where he plays the character of a gay fashion designer Bruno, reports the Daily Star.

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 18th, 2009 LONDON - Brit comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has posed naked as Bruno for the cover of GQ magazine. The picture shows Cohen wearing nothing as he sits posing with a coiffed and highlighted fringe and pout, reports the Mirror.

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 2nd, 2009 MTV Awards writer: Eminem, Bruno stunt was plannedNEW YORK — The head writer for the MTV Movie Awards has settled the debate: the stunt involving Sacha Baron Cohen and Eminem at the MTV Movie Awards was completely planned. Comedy writing veteran Scott Aukerman wrote in a posting on his blog that the incident was staged and rehearsed in advance.

June 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Rapper Eminem walked out of the MTV movie awards after comedian Sacha Baron Cohen landed on his lap with his naked backside. The rapper had just performed a medley of new hits and was sitting in the audience when Cohen, playing his Austrian fashion expert character Bruno, flew overhead in a dove outfit, chanting, "Ich bin Bruno.