Bruno scoops Best Film nomination at British Comedy Awards

November 18th, 2009 SACHA BARON COHEN's controversial movie BRUNO is leading the nominations at the British Comedy Awards, scooping a nod in the coveted Best Film category. The picture, which features the funnyman as an outlandish Austrian TV presenter, will compete against bachelor party film The Hangover and In the Loop, a spin-off from TV series The Thick of It.

November 5th, 2009 more images more imagesLONDON - La Toya Jackson's scrapped cameo role in British funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy Bruno has been restored for the flick's DVD release. A skit in the movie shows Cohen disguised as an Austrian fashion reporter named Bruno, interviewing La Toya.

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 British Royal Family has reportedly requested a private screening of the film "Bruno", featuring Sacha Baron Cohen as a gay Austrian fashion reporter. Universal Studios was said to have received an official email from Buckingham Palace, requesting a copy of the mockumentary comedy although which members of the Windsor family will be seeing it remains unknown.

July 16th, 2009 Gentler 'Bruno' to play in UK for younger teens LOS ANGELES — "Bruno" is getting a makeover in Great Britain so younger teens can see the movie. Universal Pictures UK is releasing an edited version of Sacha (SAH'-shuh) Baron Cohen's comedy that will tone down the racy moments so it can earn a 15 certification from the British Board of Film Classification.

July 16th, 2009 LONDON - British comedian Sasha Baron Cohen's new movie Bruno has been banned by authorities in Ukraine because they feared the comedy will damage the morality of locals. Bruno stars Cohen as gay Austrian fashionista Bruno and has been a success in the US and Britain.

July 16th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Ukraine has banned Sasha Baron Cohen's new comedy film 'Bruno' claiming that it will "damage the morality" of locals. The movie that has been a huge hit in both US and UK has come under fire in the eastern European country for apparently "unjustified" shots of genitals and homosexual sex scenes.

July 14th, 2009 LONDON - Brit comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's film 'Bruno' will now also have a special 15-certificate version, after many under 18 youngsters thronged movie theatres to view it. The move was announced by studio chiefs on July 13, after hordes of young fans had to be turned away from cinemas that were showing the above 18 version, reports the Sun.

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 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 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 1st, 2009 Bare-butt 'Bruno' lands on Eminem at Movie AwardsLOS ANGELES — Eminem apparently has flown the coop from the MTV Movie Awards after a close encounter with Sacha Baron Cohen. In character as flamboyant fashion reporter "Bruno," Baron Cohen flew in above Sunday's award show audience on a wire — and in a pair of feathery white wings and his rear end mostly exposed.