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Sacha Baron Cohen wanted to become a chef
Sacha Baron Cohen isn't afraid of breaking a few eggs to create a memorable moment on screen, but it's hard to imagine him in chef's attire unless perhaps he was satirising TV chefs. But the comedy auteur says his childhood dream of becoming a chef was turned to toast by culinary legend Raymond Blanc.
Patrick McLennan, Radio Times, 19th October 2020Sacha Baron Cohen: how he snuck into speech as Trump
Sacha Baron Cohen has detailed how he managed to sneak into a speech being made by Mike Pence while dressed as Donald Trump.
Sam Warner, NME, 19th October 2020Borat sequel hit with lawsuit before release
The estate of a Holocaust survivor has filed a lawsuit against the creators of Borat 2 after the team allegedly informed her what they were filming was for a documentary, not a comedy movie.
Rudi Kinsella, JOE, 18th October 2020Borat sequel lands on Amazon. Debuts before US election
Baron Cohen rushed to have the film ready to open before Election Day in the USA.
Mike Fleming Jr., Deadline, 29th September 2020Borat 2: sequel has an obscenely long title
According to a filing with the Writer's Guild of America (which has since been removed from its website), the sequel will be titled: Borat: Gift Of Pornographic Monkey To Vice Premiere Mikhael Pence To Make Benefit Recently Diminished Nation Of Kazakhstan.
Louis Chilton, The Independent, 27th September 2020Sacha Baron Cohen to return in Borat 2
Sacha Baron Cohen has reportedly filmed a brand new movie as Kazakhstani journalist Borat, which could be released as soon as next month.
British Comedy Guide, 9th September 2020Sacha Baron Cohen spotted filming as Borat
Is a Borat revival on the cards? That certainly seems to be the case after Sacha Baron Cohen was spotted filming while dressed as his iconic comedy creation in Long Beach, Los Angeles.
Tom Butler, Yahoo, 19th August 2020No joke: ironic racism in comedy is just not funny
From Matt Lucas and David Walliams's Little Britain to Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat, the idea that it's OK to be racist to mock racism is naive and dangerous
Jason Okundaye, The Guardian, 24th July 2020Sacha Baron Cohen crashes far-right event
Sacha Baron Cohen crashed a far-right event in Washington this weekend disguised as a bluegrass singer.
Will Lavin, NME, 28th June 2020Sacha Baron Cohen is wrong about social media
There's too much censorship online, not too little.
Fraser Myers, Spiked, 25th November 2019