Sacha Baron Cohen

Sacha Baron Cohen's preceding caper in the guise of a preposterous foreigner, Borat, was a hoot. Bruno isn't. The format of both mockumentaries is the same: we follow Baron Cohen as, in character, he dupes and outrages people. This time instead of a Kazakh reporter he's a squealing Austrian fashion expert, but too many of the jokes are puerile.

Sacha Baron Cohen joins 'Les Misérables' movie

Sacha Baron Cohen will join Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman and Helena Bonham Carter on the cast of the adaptation of the classic musical Les Misérables.

After years of being the butt of jokes as the home of Sacha Baron Cohen's excruciatlingly naff wannabe rapper Ali G, Staines has had enough. The Daily Telegraph reports that Spelthorne borough council has voted to change the name of the town to Staines-on-Thames in a bid to boost its image by focusing on its "Thamesness" like Richmond and Kingston do. "There's no doubt Ali G put Staines on the map - but for all the wrong reasons," said Alex Tribeck, chairman of Spelthorne Business Forum, which initiated the name change. "He put the stain in Staines."

'Genius' Sacha Baron Cohen makes Gaddafi: the movie

Sacha Baron Cohen, the star of Borat, based his character in The Dictator on Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, says his co-star Sir Ben Kingsley.

The Jewish youth group that made Sacha Baron Cohen

Mike Leigh was a member - and so were David Baddiel and Sacha Baron Cohen. How did a club for 'hippy Jewish scouts' become a hothouse for the entertainment industry?

Brian May: Sacha Baron Cohen is perfect to play Freddie

Queen guitarist Brian May says Sacha Baron Cohen is the best choice to play the band's legendary singer, Freddie Mercury, in the biopic due to begin filming this year.

Sacha Baron Cohen to star in film by Saddam Hussein

Borat and Brüno star takes on film of Zabibah and the King, a romantic novel reputedly written by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

Sacha Baron Cohen could play racist cop Torrente

Seinfeld writers' update of Spanish action-comedy Torrente could be next movie for Sacha Baron Cohen, creator of Borat and Brüno.

Kazakhstan director shoots Borat sequel

A film director in Kazakhstan has shot a sequel to Sacha Baron Cohen's famous comedy Borat in a bid to improve the country's image.

Sacha Baron Cohen is a brave man. In this insensitive, vulgar and hilarious comedy, in which he meets real Americans while in the guise of a crude Kazakh reporter, he enrages a crowd of rednecks, insults the guests at a fine dining society and stalks Pamela Anderson. It's remarkable nobody throttles him.