National Post
Popcorn Panel: The Dictator
Finally, an answer to the question of whether Sacha Baron Cohen is as funny in a scripted scene as he is when he’s making unsuspecting civilians uncomfortable
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The Jerusalem Post
The Weekly Schmooze: Newsflash- Bar Refaeli is hot
JPost on hottest Jewish news: Bollywood goes Jewish in "Great Gatsby;" Sacha Baron Cohen on why Jews are funny.
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Entertainment Online
Why Can Johnny Depp Play Tonto, but Ashton Kutcher and Sacha Baron Cohen Get Slammed?
Why does Johnny Depp get adopted by the Comanche for his Tonto role while Ashton Kutcher and Sacha Baron Cohen get ripped for their racially charged characters?
—Hella Johnny, via...
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NEWS.au.com
Ali G town changes name
THE English town made infamous by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G character has changed its name.
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FOCUS
Kinocharts - "Der Diktator" unterdrückt die Konkurrenz
Sacha Baron Cohens jüngster Streich "Der Diktator" hat sich an die Spitze der deutschen Kinocharts gesetzt. In Nordamerika sind ihm "The Avengers" jedoch deutlich überlegen.
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omg
English town made infamous by Ali G changes name
The town made infamous by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's Ali G character has changed its name.
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DerSpiegel
Box Office: "Der Diktator" regiert Deutschland, "Battleship" säuft ab
Droht der zweite Megaflop des Kinojahres? In den USA muss sich der Actionquatsch "Battleship" chancenlos den "Avengers" ergeben. Auch Sacha Baron Cohen kommt dort nicht an die Superhelden-Riege heran. Immerhin reicht es für seinen "Diktator" für Platz 1 in den deutschen Kinocharts.
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Daily Mail
Staines-upon-Thames: Staines turns its back on Ali G with upmarket name change
The residents of Staines have decided enough is enough and have gone upmarket in a bid to distance the town from the comic creation of Hollywood star Sacha Baron Cohen.
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The New Yorker
David Denby: “The Dictator,” “The Intouchables” reviews.
Sacha Baron Cohen could be the Groucho Marx, Sid Caesar, and Lenny Bruce of his generation, if he would define and discipline his art as they did. He has a long and lanky clown’s body. He’s fearless and dangerously knowing. His comedy is as broad as . . . (Subscription required.)
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Huffington Post
'Battleship' Reviews, Pauly D And More: The Week In Ouch
"Battleship" hit theaters this weekend, and the film -- directed by Peter Berg and starring Rihanna, as the unlikely face behind the gun, and Taylor Kitsch, as the even more unlikely man in charge -- appears to be yet another critical shipwreck. While HuffPost Entertainment's own Mike Ryan loved the would-be blockbuster enough to compose a (sincere, we think) love letter in tribute to its charm...
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DieZeit
Film: Sacha Baron Cohen «fand Gaddafi immer komisch»
<img style="float:left; margin-right:5px" src="http://images.zeit.de/news/../publishedPictures/jpeg-14814E0030DA15FB-20120507-img_36618514_onlineBild.jpg-148x84.jpg"/>London (dpa) - Normalerweise tritt er öffentlich nie als er selbst, sondern immer nur als Filmfigur auf: Bei den Filmfestspielen in Cannes hat der britische Schauspieler Sacha Baron Cohen («Borat», «...
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Telegraph
Tajikistan refuses to screen The Dictator
Former Soviet Tajikistan has refused to show a new film by the British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen called The Dictator.
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BBC
Am I Sacha Baron Cohen's next target?
Am I Sacha Baron Cohen's next target?
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CNN
Review: Sacha Baron Cohen takes no prisoners as 'The Dictator'
That which does not kill us only makes us laugh.
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Daily Telegraph
'I was chased by a bunch of nutcases'
SACHA Baron Cohen ran for his life when he was chased by a rock-wielding gang of "Hasidic nutcases".
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BBC
VIDEO: No X Factor for Dannii and more news
X Factor producers confirm that Dannii Minogue will not return and Sacha Baron Cohen gives a rare interview out of character plus the rest of the day's entertainment headlines.
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Daily Mail
The Dictator review: The Mail's critic salutes Sacha Baron Cohen's latest comic creation
The Dictator is Sacha Baron Cohen's funniest film. It tells the story of a North African dictator who tortures and executes his people and is building weapons of mass destruction with which he hopes to obliterate Israel.
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perez hilton
Anchorman: The Legend Continues Stays Classy In Theaters!
Audiences might've show up to theaters to catch Sacha Baron Cohen's The Dictator, but they were in for a whole OTHER Scotch-flavored treat…before the flick even started!!!!
Even though Anchorman 2 Anchorman: The Legend Continues has yet to have a script written and hasn't even begun filming, you can check out the trailer at screenings of [...]
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Telegraph
Sacha Baron Cohen 'banned from filming at UN for fear of upsetting dictators'
Dictator film 'might have offended real life despots', comic claims.
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lesoir
Le démocrate, un dictateur et la révolution arabe
Sacha Baron Cohen n'a pas de film au programme mais il est là et a créé le premier buzz. Moretti a bien précisé qu'il présiderait de manière démocratiqu...lire la suite
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Rolling Stone
Peter Travers: 'The Dictator' Is Inconsistent, But Funny
Peter Travers says that Sacha Baron Cohen's latest movie The Dictator is not consistently funny but when it's good it's absolutely hilarious One joke in which Cohen's ruthless despot extols the virtues of dictatorship in way that closely mirrors the One Percent versus the Ninenty-Nine Percent rhetoric of the Occupy...
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FOCUS
„Der Tatortreiniger“ - Der Tod - und noch mehr purer Sex
Der Austausch von Körperflüssigkeiten ist das zentrale Thema der Auftaktfolge von "Der Tatortreiniger". Vorsicht Lebensgefahr. Es besteht Gefahr, sich für kleines Geld tot zu lachen. Von FOCUS-Redakteur Josef SeitzMehr zum ThemaChuck Brown - US-Funk-Legende mit 75 Jahren gestorbenVerfassungslehre mit Sacha Baron CohenBestseller von Saint-Exupéry - Entwurf zum „Kleinen Prinz“ für 385 600 Euro ve...
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Huffington Post
Munira Syeda: The Dictator Misses the Point
Isn't it possible to be entertaining, humorous and intelligent all at the same time? We appreciate thought-provoking, envelope-pushing entertainment; Muslim and Arab communities are not above that.
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Los Angeles Times
Fashion News: Isla Fisher prefers a cleanshaven Sacha Baron Cohen
Isla Fisher says husband Sacha Baron Cohen's beard in "The Dictator" didn't bother her at all, especially compared with the handlebar mustache he wore in "Borat." Why? The beard is fake, the mustache was real. She was "saddled with [it] for months and months," she said in an interview with the BBC. Indeed, though many of the comic actor's characters are hirsute, we agree he looks better cleansh...
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Zeit
Film "The Dictator": Saddam trifft Harpo Marx
Der Königsweg zur Macht: In Sacha Baron Cohens Komödie "The Dictator" findet ein Tyrann in New York zurück zu sich. Den Resonanzboden bildet der "Krieg gegen den Terror".
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sueddeutsche
"Der Diktator" im Kino: Tyrann und Tourist
Triumphzug auf einem Kamel: Sacha Baron Cohens Realsatire "Der Diktator" wagt den Exkurs in die Glamourpolitik und schickt Admiral Aladeen zur UN. Dort verbreitet der Bartträger Angst und Schrecken - und formuliert eine absurde Liebeserklärung an Amerika.
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Entertainment Online
Sacha Baron Cohen glisse de son dromadaire à Cannes
Qui aurait cru qu'il était possible de voler la vedette à Sacha Baron Cohen ?
C'est pourtant ce qui s'est passé à l'ouverture du festival de Cannes,...
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La Voix du Nord
Wes Anderson et Sacha Baron Cohen maîtres ès fantaisie : le festival de Cannes s´ouvre dans la joie et la bonne humeur
Il était une fois un festival de Cannes inauguré sous le soleil, par une comédie éblouissante et un casting de stars américaines,Articles en rapportÀ Lille, la succession à Martine Aubry attendraMoscovici, social-démocrate à l´ÉconomieFabius, l´homme du « non » au référendum« Mer » et Transports pour le maire de BoulogneGilles Pargneaux n´est pas déçu
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USA Today
The method behind Sacha Baron Cohen's madness
The Dictator gives the comedian yet another chance to gleefully prance down the line between satire and offensiveness.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: 'The Dictator' dominates Cannes
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen took over the Cannes Film Festival with machine gun-toting female bodyguards and his alter ego General Aldeen.
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The Nation
The Dictator’s Baron Cohen storms Cannes
CANNES (AFP) - Flamboyant British comic Sacha Baron Cohen sent in his camel-riding alter ego General Aladeen to capture Cannes on Wednesday as the French Riviera resort launched its annual movie frenzy.
The fictional Middle Eastern dictator already saw military glory at this year’s Oscars and was in town to hijack media attention before the festival got officially under way with a gala ...
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Bild
Cohen und Clooney-Ex - Guck mal Elisabetta, was ich in der Hose habe!
Sie hat ein Faible für berühmte Männer: Nach George Clooney und Jackass-Star Steve-O turtelt Elisabetta Canalis nun mit Komiker Sacha Baron Cohen.Mehr zum ThemaFinanztest - Diese Kassen zahlen den HeilpraktikerHNO-Studie in Mainz - Dieser Arzt sicher: Oral-Sex fördert Krebs!Nikolaus Blome - Merkel hat das Richtige getanLinken-Machtkampf - Rebellion gegen Lafo und seine schöne SarahKnop & H...
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Entertainment Online
Cannes 2012: Sacha Baron Cohen fällt fast vom Kamel
Wer hätte gedacht, dass Sacha Baron Cohen mal von jemandem in den Schatten gestellt werden würde?
Genau das passierte jedoch zu Beginn des Cannes Film Festivals am Mittwoch,...
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Rolling Stone
The Dictator
Say it isn't so Is Sacha Baron Cohen aka Ali G Borat and Bruno actually starring in a movie with a semi-coherent plot? Seems like it There's not a mock-doc improvised caught-on-the-fly "gotcha!" moment in all of The Dictator Baron Cohen wrote the linear script with Alec Berg David Mandel...
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el universal
Un #34;dictador#34; pasea en dromedario por Cannes
Sacha Baron Cohen, en su papel del general Aladeen, sorprendió durante un recorrido que hizo
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Gala
Sacha Baron Cohen: PR-Gag sorgt für Aufsehen
Schauspieler Sacha Baron Cohen spannte Elisabetta Canalis ein, um für seinen Film "Der Diktator" in Cannes zu werben
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Le Figaro
Sacha Baron Cohen en dictateur sur la Croisette
Le fantasque acteur britannique a débarqué à dromadaire à Cannes dans le cadre de la promotion de The Dictator , en salles le 20 juin.
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The Guardian
The Dictator: are we right to laugh?
Sacha Baron Cohen's film joins Team America and The Producers in depicting despots as one-dimensional buffoons. But why are we obsessed with satirising tyrants – and is it right to find them funny?Ever since His Excellency Admiral General Shabazz Aladeen, self-styled beloved oppressor and chief ophthalmologist of the People's Republic of Wadiya, inadvertently spilled Kim Jong-il's ashes over R...
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New York Times
Movie Review: ‘The Dictator,’ With Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Baron Cohen’s newest creation, Admiral General Aladeen, is the star of the new comedy “The Dictator.”
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FAZ
Video-Filmkritik: Sacha Baron Cohens „Der Diktator“
Sacha Baron Cohens grell-braver Filmjux „Der Diktator“ gibt sich alle böse Mühe. Als Satire funktioniert er nicht, als Humor-Wellness-Sitzung jedoch durchaus.
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Times LIVE
Trailer: Will Ferrell in 'The Campaign'
The first trailer for 'The Campaign' starring Will Ferrell was released online this weekend as the teaser trailer for the recently announced sequel to 2004's 'Anchorman 2', also starring Ferrell, hit screenings of Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy 'The Dictator in cinemas.
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news.com.au
Goodness me, it's SBC - a salute to The Dictator
YES, you will be offended. But Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest creation's affronting antics mostly make for good bad-taste comedy.
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FTD
Filmpremiere von "Der Diktator": Cohens nächste filmische Zumutung
Es ist der Film zum Arabischen Frühling: Nach "Borat" und "Brüno" überschreitet Sacha Baron Cohen nun als "Der Diktator" die Grenzen des guten Geschmacks.
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BoingBoing
Dean Obeidallah: "Sacha Cohen's movie is a modern-day minstrel show"
Comedian and former attorney Dean Obeidallah, co-director of the previously-Boinged documentary project, "The Muslims Are Coming!," is not a fan of Sacha Baron Cohen's new movie, "The Dictator." Regarding Cohen as "Gen. Shabazz Aladeen," the leader of a fictitious Arab country, Obeidallah writes: "Cohen, who is not of Arab heritage, plays this Arab character while [...]
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AP
Review: Baron Cohen's `Dictator' least-focused yet
In analyzing Sacha Baron Cohen and the array of offbeat characters he's created, it's clear that it's become a matter of diminishing returns....
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Reuters
"The Dictator" film launches in offensive style
LONDON (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel and News Corp head Rupert Murdoch were among the targets of British comic Sacha Baron Cohen's satirical humor late on Thursday at the world premiere of his political spoof "The Dictator".
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ElPais
¿Conocen a este hombre?
Sacha Baron Cohen apareció anoche en Londres de esta guisa en la presentación mundial de su última película, 'El dictador'.
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The Sun
Sacha Baron Towin’
BUT Admiral General Aladeen couldn’t escape the traffic wardens in the capital
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USA Today
Sacha Baron Cohen waves pistol at UK premiere
Plus his co-star, Anna Faris, had a bit of a wardrobe malfunction, thanks to the breeze.
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Zeit
Film: Sacha Baron Cohens großer Auftritt: Weltpremiere von «Der Diktator»
London (dpa) - Er liebt den großen und schrägen Auftritt, und für die Weltpremiere seines neuen Films «Der Diktator» fuhr der Komiker Sacha Baron Cohen dementsprechend schwere Geschütze auf: Mit gold...
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politico
'The Dictator' endorses Mitchell Romney
(Photo Credit: AP)
In character as Gen. Shabazz Aladeen of fictional Republic of Wadiya, Sacha Baron Cohen offered his take on the U.S. presidential election at a press conference promoting his new film “The Dictator” in New York on Monday.
Here’s what he had to say, via the Wall Street Journal, when asked which candidate he’d endorse:
Well, I would say Santorum, despite his liberal views, b...
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Washington Post
Sacha Baron Cohen tries to punk Washington
Invitations have been arriving in mailboxes around Washington for an event that might raise eyebrows even in this invite-overloaded town.
Below an image of the flag of Zimbabwe, the script on the thick-stock paper reads: “President Robert Mugabe and the Ministry of Education, Sport, Art, and Culture invite you to the Premiere of The Dictator.”
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TMZ
Isla Fisher Keeps 'The Dictator' Close to Her Chest
"Wedding Crashers" babe Isla Fisher showed she has her husband Sacha Baron Cohen's back ... by wearing a t-shirt of his new movie on her front.The 36-year-old rocked "The Dictator" swag while in Central Park with her daughter on Monday.Isla proves…
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AllThingsDigital
Viral Video: "The Dictator" Kills
We all need a non-Yahoo laugh today! (Trust me on this.)
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Hoy
Un dictador en la Quinta Avenida
El mejor gag de la pasada gala de los Oscar ocurrió fuera del escenario. Sacha Baron Cohen desfiló por la alfombra roja caracterizado como su último personaje, el tiránico general Aladeen. En sus manos portaba una urna con las cenizas de Kim Jong-il, el fallecido déspota de Corea del Norte. Cohen las volcó por accidente sobre el reportero que le entrevistaba a las puertas del teatro Kodak. El r...
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Daily Telegraph
'My advice Julia - get a sex change'
YESTERDAY he was looking for Slippery Pete; today Sacha Baron Cohen was offering tips to Australia's politicians.
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The Sun
A Dictator Down Under
SACHA Baron Cohen makes an impressive entrance at Sydney airport with a host of beauties in tow
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Mashable
‘The Dictator’ Wants to Know if You Can Survive the Wadiyan Games [EXCLUSIVE]
Fans anxiously waiting for Sacha Baron Cohen’s upcoming parody film The Dictator to hit theaters this summer now have something to keep th…
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Le Figaro
Le tourisme kazakh dit merci à Borat
Six ans après la sortie de Borat , Sacha Baron Cohen est remercié par le Ministre des Affaires étrangères du Kazakhstan pour son impact positif sur le tourisme.Articles en rapportLe Touquet-Paris-Plage a 100 ans
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BBC
Borat 'boosts Kazakhstan tourism'
Kazakhstan thanks Borat for boosting tourism in the country, despite banning the film and trying to take its creator Sacha Baron Cohen to court.
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Daily Mail
Kazakhstan thanks Borat for sparking tourism boom with his spoof documentary
Kazakhstan initially banned Sacha Baron Cohen's 2006 film which mocked the central Asian country. But now it is thanking him, saying the movie has boosted tourism.
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Entertainment Online
Justin Bieber "From the Heart" Tells Debunked Baby Mama, "You Will Never Get This"
You better Belieb it!
Justin Bieber channeled his inner Sacha Baron Cohen on Saturday, taking to Twitter to randomly tweet his baby-mama accuser Mariah Yeater a bit of advice during...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: Anna Faris on working with Sacha Baron Cohen
When it comes to Sacha Baron Cohen, you never quite know what you're gonna get. Just ask actress Anna Faris who co-stars with him in the upcoming film 'The Dictator.' Despite working with him she says she still finds him to be a mystery.
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FOXnews
Donald Trump: Sacha Baron Cohen should have been 'punched in the face' for Oscars stunt
Donald Trump has slammed Sacha Baron Cohen's Oscars stunt in a bitter rant — and said he should have been "punched in the face" for throwing the "ashes" of Kim Jong-il over a presenter.
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euronews
Sacha Baron Cohen en dictateur aux Oscars
no comment : Sacha Baron Cohen en dictateur aux Oscars
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amNY
Ryan Seacrest surprised by Sacha Baron Cohen Oscar prank
We're all wondering: Did Ryan Seacrest know about Sacha Baron Cohen's little red-carpet prank?
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People
Ryan Seacrest: I Didn't Know What Sacha Baron Cohen Had Planned
But the red carpet host did have an extra tuxedo jacket on hand
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taz
Sacha Baron Cohen bei den Oscars: Grenzenlose Komik
Der britische Komiker und Schauspieler Sacha Baron Cohen macht sich vornehmlich über Randgruppen lustig. In Hollywood verteilte er jetzt Kim Jong Ils Asche. mehr...
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Les Echos
Oscars: Sacha Baron Cohen venu en dictateur avec son ami Kim Jong-Il
[[368612]] HOLLYWOOD (Etats-Unis) (AFP) : L'acteur et humoriste britannique Sacha Baron Cohen connu pour ses talents de provocateur, est apparu à la cérémonie des Oscars à Hollywood dimanche en dictateur venu répandre les cendres "de feu son ami Kim Jong-Il", le défunt leader nord-coréen. Le...
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BBC
Baron Cohen pulls Oscars 'stunt'
British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, dressed as a Middle Eastern dictator, spills an urn of ashes over TV host Ryan Seacrest on the Oscars red carpet.
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dlisted
Sacha Baron Cohen Dropped A Load On Ryan Seacrest
I was all ready for my eyeballs to do a new kind of roll over Sacha Baron Cohen stunting through the Oscars red carpet as The Dictator, but seeing Ryan Gaycrest's little girl bitchface changed EVERYTHING! I thoroughly approve of this shit and I don't care if they spent months rehearsing this shit. In case you missed it, The Dictator spilled Kim Jong-Il's ashes (it was Bisquick) all over...
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AP
Oscar stars arrive, with one dressed like statue
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Best actor nominees George Clooney and Jean Dujardin hit the Academy Award red carpet Sunday night to the delight of fans in the bleachers outside the Hollywood & Highland Center, but comedian Sacha Baron Cohen threatened to upset the chic Hollywood tone....
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Los Angeles Times
Oscars 2012: Sacha Baron Cohen not barred -- yet
Word started going around Tuesday, though, that Cohen would walk the red carpet disguised as General Aladeen, his character from "The Dictator."
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insideedition
Ron Paul Punked by Sacha Baron Cohen in Bruno
INSIDE EDITION looks back at Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul being punked by Sacha Baron Cohen in the movie Bruno.
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