DAME HELEN MIRREN became THE QUEEN of Hollywood last night (15JAN07) when her royal roles earned her two big acting prizes at the 64th Golden Globe Awards. The British actress claimed the night's Best Actress...
Gangster film The Departed won best picture at last night's Critics' Choice Awards in the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California.Martin Scorsese also took the award for best director for the film, but two other...
By Contributor on 13 January 2007
Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat film has been nominated for best adapted screenplay by the Writers Guild Awards (WGA) in the US.Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan written by...
By Contributor on 12 January 2007
British funnyman SACHA BARON COHEN has garnered a surprise nomination from the Writers Guild of America (WGA) for his spoof documentary, BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN. Despite losing...
SACHA BARON COHEN insists the burden of playing BORAT took its toll on him, especially during months of filming when he had to constantly stay in character. The 35-year-old then had to continue the charade...
Sacha Baron Cohen has defended himself against claims from people who appeared in his Borat movie that they were duped into making racist comments. "This wasn't Candid Camera," in which people were caught off-guard by...
Hollywood star DREW BARRYMORE is desperate to work with BORAT star SACHA BARON COHEN because she's always been attracted to weird men. The CHARLIE'S ANGELS actress, who has been in a relationship with THE STROKES...
In their annual self-congratulations, the Screen Actors Guild selected Leonardo DiCaprio and Helen Mirren as nominees in two different categories of the 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards. DiCaprio received a best-actor nomination for his...
Borat has been nominated for the best comedy at the South Bank Awards.Sacha Baron Cohen's fictional Kazakh journalist goes head to head with Ricky Gervais' drama Extras and the Royle Family's one-off special The Queen...
By Contributor on 05 January 2007
An unknown Irish actress has landed the dream role of JOHANNA opposite JOHNNY DEPP in TIM BURTON's star-studded musical SWEENEY TODD. Scottish Academy of Music and Drama student JAYNE WISENER will play the ingenue in...
The stars of TV show GREY'S ANATOMY have been honoured as the top entertainers of 2006 by US magazine Entertainment Weekly. The publication praises the hospital drama, which has a cast including ELLEN POMPEO, PATRICK...
British movie THE QUEEN continues to build up Oscar momentum after being named the winner of five awards by the Toronto Film Critics Association yesterday (19DEC06). DAME HELEN MIRREN won Best Female Performance for her...
Despite winning numerous awards and scientists proclaiming that he has the ultimate comedy face, Ricky Gervais believes his talents are far outshone by Borat.Sacha Baron Cohen's faux Kazakh reporter is currently both shocking and entertaining...
By Contributor on 19 December 2006
RICKY GERVAIS is tipping fellow British funnyman SACHA BARON COHEN to follow in his footsteps by triumphing at next year's (07) Golden Globe Awards. Gervais Best won a Best Actor For A Television Series Golden...
PAMELA ANDERSON has confirmed press reports her estranged husband KID ROCK was unhappy about her appearance in BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN. The New York Post reported last...
LATEST: TIM BURTON has hailed SACHA BARON COHEN's singing ability in the face of media reports suggesting his songs have been cut from the forthcoming SWEENEY TODD movie. The BORAT and ALI G creator plays...
DIRTY PRETTY THINGS frontman CARL BARAT has become the subject of relentless teasing by his bandmates, because his surname sounds similar to SACHA BARON COHEN's creation BORAT. The former LIBERTINE, 28, is not amused by...
Among numerous surprises, Babel, the drama by director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu about the worldwide reverberations to families following a shooting in North Africa, dominated the Golden Globes nominations announced today. The film received seven nominations...
Stephen Merchant beat his comic partner Ricky Gervais to be named as the best TV comedy actor for his performance in Extras.Merchant appears as incompetent acting agent Darren Lamb in the BBC2 show.Gervais was nominated...
By Contributor on 14 December 2006
Former soprano CHARLOTTE CHURCH and funnymen SACHA BARON COHEN and STEPHEN MERCHANT were among the winners at the British Comedy Awards in London last night (13DEC06). Cohen and his BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR...
British funnyman SACHA BARON COHEN's singing has reportedly been cut from TIM BURTON's forthcoming SWEENEY TODD movie, because it's so bad. The BORAT and ALI G creator plays SIGNOR ADOLFO PIRELLI - the arch-rival of...
Hollywood director OLIVER STONE shocked the audience at last night's (13DEC06) British Comedy Awards in London by joking about the recent murders of five prostitutes. The Suffolk killings, thought to be the work of a...
Todd Field's Little Children, which has had limited distribution in the U.S., dominated the awards presented by the San Francisco Film Critics circle on Tuesday. The movie won for best film, best adapted screenplay, and...
An outtake from Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan involving an encounter between a man and Borat in a South Carolina restaurant restroom has triggered the latest lawsuit involving...
British stars DAME HELEN MIRREN and SACHA BARON COHEN picked up the top prizes at this year's (06) San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards yesterday (12DEC06). Mirren won the Best Actress gong for her portrayal...
SACHA BARON COHEN has been hit by a new lawsuit from a man who claims he was "accosted" by the British funnyman in character as BORAT in a South Carolina restaurant last year (05). Footage...
Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima, which presents the bloody World War II battle from a Japanese viewpoint (and is the companion film to his Flags of Our Fathers), has been named best picture of...
Beloved British 'bad guy' ALAN RICKMAN is set to play the villain again after signing up for a role in TIM BURTON's movie adaptation of SWEENEY TODD. The thespian will play JUDGE TURPIN in the...
The lawsuit brought by two US students who say they were tricked into making sexist and racist remarks in comedy film Borat has been adjourned until February 27th.Representatives of 20th Century Fox, the producers of...
By Contributor on 08 December 2006
Channel 4's alternative Christmas speech will this year be given by a Muslim woman wearing a full veil.Khadija, a teacher and lecturer in Islamic studies and the Koran, will wear a niqab for the ten-minute...
By Contributor on 05 December 2006