By Dana Sitar | May 7, 2012 at 3:14 pm | No comments
Martin Scorcese surprised Saturday Night Live viewers this weekend with an unannounced appearance on Seth Meyers' Weekend Update segment. The legendary director was revealed from beneath a black hood, playing the tortured captive of Sacha Baron Cohen's latest alter ego Admiral...
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By Laughspin Staff | May 3, 2012 at 5:17 pm | No comments
He’s reportedly banned from most British media outlets, but Dictator Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen’s newest character) successfully infiltrated a morning talk show in Australia yesterday. During the eight-minute discussion, Aladeen offers political advice to Australia’s prime...
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By Laughspin Staff | March 29, 2012 at 11:31 am | No comments
Oh, hey there. A shiny new trailer for Sacha Baron Cohen's latest project The Dictator was released this week-- and you should probably check it out. Unlike the previous trailer, this one pretty much reveals the entire plot of the flick. It hits theaters May 11 and stars Anna...
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By Billy Procida | February 27, 2012 at 3:38 pm | 2 comments
Many of us tuned in last tonight to watch the 84th Annual Academy Awards ceremony (even if only to #TweetRoast it live). Billy Crystal hosted the ceremony for the ninth time, returning after an eight-year hiatus. After recanting Eddie Murphy as host (and Brett Ratner as the...
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By Laughspin Staff | February 27, 2012 at 10:29 am | One comment
Last September Jeffrey Ross showed up to Comedy Central’s Roast of Charlie Sheen costumed as Muammar Gaddafi, walking the red carpet with two, um, lovely ladies. Last night, professional prankster Sacha Baron Cohen arrived to the Oscars red carpet donned as General Aladeen,...
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By Laughspin Staff | December 14, 2011 at 11:14 am | No comments
It's been three years since we last found Sacha Baron Cohen lampooning popular culture and politics in that half scripted, half way-too-real way he's mastered ever since the success of his Ali G. Show on HBO a decade ago. But this summer, Cohen returns with The Dictator, a...
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By Carrie Andersen | July 6, 2011 at 1:30 pm | One comment
I can’t begin to explain how much I love J.B. Smoove in Curb Your Enthusiasm, which starts its eighth season on HBO this Sunday. If this minute-and-a-half clip isn’t enough to make you LOL, we can’t be friends. I mean, come on:
So I’m very happy to see Smoove taking...
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