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Rickman Joins Sweeney Todd Cast

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...

Veiled Muslim Gives C4 Christmas Speech

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

Black Desperate To See Borat

Funnyman JACK BLACK fears he'll have to wait until pal SACHA BARON COHEN's hit film BORAT comes out on DVD because the British star won't send him a screener copy. Black has been desperate to...

Cohen's Sweeney Todd Role Not Confirmed

Director TIM BURTON has slammed reports SACHA BARON COHEN has signed up to star in upcoming film SWEENEY TODD, insisting talks with the BORAT funnyman are far from concluded. Earlier this month (NOV06), media outlets...

Borat: A One-time Wonder?

Although Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan passed the $100-million mark at the box office over the weekend, Universal Pictures may already be "feeling buyer's remorse" over its agreement...

Borat Star Cohen Saddened By Film Backlash

BORAT star SACHA BARON COHEN is deeply upset about the backlash he has received about the hit comedy - because it's clear many people simply didn't get the joke. The British comedian portrays a fictitious...

Baron Cohen Eyed Breakdance Career

British comedian SACHA BARON COHEN aspired to become a professional breakdancer before hitting the big time as a TV funnyman. The ALI G star was a die hard hip-hop fan as a youngster, and even...

Kazakh President Applauds Borat Movie

Kazakh President NURSULTAN NAZARBAYEV has made a dramatic u-turn over SACHA BARON COHEN's depiction of Kazakhstan, insisting he's now a huge fan of the British funnyman's comic creation BORAT. BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR...

Penguins Beats Bond To The Top Of The Us Box Office

The animated penguins of HAPPY FEET have stunned America by beating the new JAMES BOND to the top of the weekend box office. Both films topped $40 million (GBP22.2 million) in their opening weekends but...

Cohen Defends Alter-ego Borat

Comedian SACHA BARON COHEN has defended his controversial alter-ego BORAT SAGDIYEV, insisting the character was designed to expose small-minded prejudice. Cohen's latest movie, BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN,...

Romanian Borat Extras Taking Legal Action

British funnyman SACHA BARON COHEN has been threatened with legal action by the Romanian village which stood in for his comic creation BORAT's native Kazakhstan in his hit movie. Gypsy citizens of Glod are outraged...

Borat Stays At Top Of Us Box Office

SACHA BARON COHEN's comedy BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNING OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN took in $29 million (GBP16 million) at the US box office this weekend (ends12NOV06) to hold on to the...

Borat Banned In Russia?

BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN may be banned in Russia, over fears of upsetting the country's neighbour Kazakhstan. The ban, which would be the first of its kind...

Borat Make Benefit For Box Office

Theater owners and 20th Century Fox discovered over the weekend that Santa Claus doesn't come from the North Pole but from Kazakhstan, that he doesn't wear a beard but a mustache, and that his name...