As some of you may be well aware by now, Michael Jackson’s death even touched the Hollywood premiere of Brüno yesterday. Not only was MJ’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame covered up by the red carpet set up for the premiere (which barred fans from being able to pay tribute to the late singer until after the premiere was over) but a scene in the film was removed out of respect for the late singer. La Toya Jackson, MJ’s older sister, was punk’d in the film and both she and MJ were mocked in the final cut of the film. The offending scene was taken out completely from the film before the movie premiered here in LA out of respect for Michael Jackson. I understand that the rest of the premiere went off without a hitch, tho. Brüno opens in theaters on July 10 so there may still be more of these over-the-top premieres to come. Next up, NYC?

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Altho the genitals that were on display at the Berlin premiere of Brüno were not real, I thought it best to cover-up the naughty bits for those of you who may be reading the goss from work … church … or some other place that might frown upon the sight of knitted penises and testicles. After the jump, check out the uncensored photos from the Brüno Berlin premiere along with some deets about the event itself …

Sacha Baron Cohen’s rather unconventional tour of Europe has seen him dress as a bull in Madrid, reinvent the soldier with hotpants in London, squeeze into yellow braces in Paris and show off his red thong in Amsterdam. But in what is arguably his most outlandish outfit yet his alter ego Bruno squeezed into a pink bodysuit for the Berlin premiere yesterday. The knitted suit left nothing to the imagination – with anatomically correct knitted genitals. Baron Cohen was accompanied by a group of models, whose suits conveyed a range of different sexualities and genitals – including a transgender male. Each of the comedian’s Bruno premiere outfits has reflected an aspect of the national culture. It’s hard to see what part of the German nationality Baron Cohen was attempting to illustrate, unless it was nudism. His mock documentary certainly doesn’t shy away from the human body, leading British censors to give it an 18 certificate. lar The BBFC said three scenes in particular made the film unsuitable for a younger audience: one involving Bruno’s pygmy flight attendant boyfriend, one in which Bruno mimes oral sex with a dead member of German dance act Milli Vanilli and one in which Bruno attends a real swingers’ party.

LOL. Well, you gotta hand it to Sacha Baron Cohen … at least he knows how to market a film. All in all, the promo that he’s been doing for his new film Brüno has thus far been entertaining. He might have outdone himself with the knitted nekkid suits … but, then again, he has yet to bring his film to the US for any premieres here. Could he have something even more interesting in store for the NYC and/or the LA premieres? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see. What do y’all think … what else could he possibly wear to out do these outfits?

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Hey, Brüno, I recently started collecting unemployment. Any style tips for someone on a tight budget?
Times are hard, but if you shop around und are prepared to vear some things twice before throwing zem avay, it is still possible to look good on a clothing budget of about $20,000 a veek. Ich mean, obwiously you vill need a bit more zan zat if you are planning on leaving ze house.

Dear Brüno, the United States military is constantly trying to update its battle gear in the field. Are there ways you would modify the current uniform?
In mein country it’s verboten for ze soldiers to shtup each other—as ein result, to keep ze cravings at bay, over 80 percent of ze Austrian army vear Dickorette patches as part of zeir uniform. Army uniforms have to change; camo zese days ist ein total nicht nicht. I mean come on, it hasn’t been on ze runvays for over fourteen seasons now! For spring-summer 2010, ich vould put ze U.S. Army in bright pastels und slogan T-shirts, stuff like “Soldier Boy” or “Shoot Me from Behind.”

Yes, yes … cute. Cohen, in character, giving men style tips in GQ magazine is kinda cute but — in my honest opinion — not terribly funny. He does give a few zingers but … meh, I’ve read funnier. After the jump, check out a whole slew of photos from Brüno’s GQ photospread — including a few snaps with the Birmingham High School football team (from Van Nuys, CA) …

Again … cute but not terribly funny. In addition to his regular “fashion” photoshoot, Brüno ventured out to Van Nuys, CA to pose for a few photos with the Birmingham High School football team there … behold:

I’m told that the actual Brüno movie is riotously funny. I must admit, I laughed at the trailer but I’m absolutely reserving judgment until I can see the damn thing for myself. I have no doubt it’ll be funny … but the funniest movie ever? We’ll see. Are any of y’all really looking forward to seeing Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Male or are you already over it already?

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Three days ago at the MTV Movie Awards, Sacha Baron Cohen caused a firestorm as “Bruno” when he landed ass first on Eminem. Many speculated for the days whether the stunt was staged or real, with everyone speaking except the man himself. Breaking his silence, Em spoke exclusively to Rap Radar about the entire “ordeal”.

After you left the ceremony, where did you go?
After the ceremony I went back to my hotel and laughed uncontrollably for about 3 hours. Especially after I saw it on air.

And that, folks, should settle matters. I am very glad to know that Eminem is a good sport and that he can take a joke, especially being the prankster that he is. The producers of the 2009 MTV Movie Awards (headed by Mark Burnett Productions) should deffo be commended on pulling off a great awards show this year. They managed to put on an entertaining show and pulled off a gag that got a lot of buzz for days to come after it was all said and done. Staged or not, you’ve got to admit that the gag was pretty funny. Well done, MTV, Eminem and Sacha Baron Cohen.

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The MTV Movie Awards were a blood bath Sunday night with “Twilight” taking five trophies, including best movie. But it was Sacha Baron Cohen who gave the show its trademark bizarro moment when he landed upside-down on the lap of Eminem, who may or may not have been deeply offended. “Twilight,” the popular vampire drama starring Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, sucked up golden popcorn trophies for best movie, best fight, best kiss, breakthrough male performance and female performance during Sunday’s freewheeling and often-bleeped ceremony at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, Calif. “The fans are the ultimate driving force,” Stewart said while accepting her best female performance trophy (which she promptly dropped on the floor, breaking off a chunk of the golden popcorn). Awards were decided by fan votes. Other winners included “High School Musical 3: Senior Year” star Zac Efron for male performance and his co-star Ashley Tisdale for female breakthrough performance. Miley Cyrus accepted the best song from a movie prize for “The Climb” from “Hannah Montana: The Movie,” preventing “Twilight” from sweeping all six nominated categories. An award new to this year, the “WTF moment,” went to Amy Poehler’s scene in “Baby Mama” where she urinates in a sink. But even that was upstaged by Baron Cohen, who flew in on a wire, hanging above the audience. Dressed as flamboyant character “Bruno” in a pair of feathery white wings and his rear end mostly exposed, the comedian crashed into an overhead obstacle and was lowered headfirst into the lap of Eminem, his bare hindquarters in the rapper’s face. “Is the real Slim Shady about to stand up?” chirped Baron Cohen. Eminem seemed visibly upset by the encounter, and members of his entourage roughly removed Baron Cohen as the rapper struggled to get out. But had the rapper’s self-styled homophobic character been punked by Baron Cohen and MTV, or was he in on the elaborate stunt? Free of the scene, Eminem stormed out with his entourage in tow — and cameras rolling — and hit the exits. Baron Cohen’s descent to the audience was included in rehearsals, but Eminem — who performed Sunday night — didn’t take part in that piece of the run-through. As the rapper stormed off, it sounded as though he was wearing a microphone, and cameras were in position to record his fast exit, but he was not seen or heard from again. Baron Cohen’s publicist, Matthew Labov, had no comment when reached after the show. A spokeswoman for MTV would not confirm whether Eminem was caught by surprise, and representatives for the rapper did not immediately return requests for comment Sunday night … Besides handing out awards for movies from the past year, MTV debuted new footage from the upcoming films “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” “Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince” and “New Moon.” The highlight of the “Twilight” sequel clip: A newly buff Taylor Lautner transformed instantly into a giant, menacing canine, fans’ first look at one of the storyline’s werewolves.

LOL. I was surprised that Twilight only won 5 awards … from watching the show, it seemed like the movie won every category announced. It’s very clear that the Twilighters have spoken … and they love their vamps! They also love their awkwardly, fidgety starlet Kristen Stewart … who fumbled and itched her head thruout her acceptance speech for Best Female Performance (she looked like a crack addict pheenin’ for a hit) — and then dropped her award trophy onto the ground. In case you missed it the first time or just wanna watch it again, you can watch the full video of her onstage acceptance speech (and fumble) after the jump …

Eminem apparently has flown the coop from the MTV Movie Awards after a close encounter with Sacha Baron Cohen. In character as flamboyant fashion reporter “Bruno,” Baron Cohen flew in above Sunday’s award show audience on a wire — and in a pair of feathery white wings and his rear end mostly exposed. But the comedian crashed into an overhead obstacle, and he was lowered into the audience — right into Eminem’s lap, his bare hindquarters in the rapper’s face. Eminem seemed visibly upset at the mishap. Or was it a joke he was in on?

See … Eminem is such a prankster, he made a career of lampooning other celebrities … but he does have a pretty solid track record for not being able to take a joke himself. My guess is that he agreed to be part of a gag but prolly was not let in on the full extent of the final punchline. It’s hard to be sure but he really did look pissed off. After the jump, check out video of the gag and judge for yourself …

… and then of him storming the Prada catwalk, which resulted in his arrest:

Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was taken to a police station yesterday after he brought chaos to the Milan fashion show for the second day running. Despite the increased security after he evaded guards and burst backstage to changing rooms he again managed to get in. Cohen, best known for his bizarre character Borat, caused havoc after storming the catwalk during the Agata Luiz della Prada show. Dressed in a velcro suit he was bundled away by security guards and taken to a nearby police station where he was formally identified. A police officer at Milan Sempione police station said: “A British national by the name of Sacha Baron Cohen was brought here and identified. He did not have any ID documents on him so someone was sent to his hotel when he got here to fetch his passport. He was actually very funny and the first thing he said was ‘Can I make a phone call’ like they do on TV.” Cohen was released without charge and was last night still thought to be in Milan. Earlier this week scantily clad models screamed and security guards dived on him when he burst into a show by Italian designer Iceberg. TV footage screened on Italian TV showed Cohen dressed as his creation Bruno a flamboyant Austrian fashionista. Cohen is in Milan working on a new film called Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Male. The movie is being shot in the same documentary style as 2006’s smash hit Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Wearing fake passes, Cohen and his film crew managed to get past security to the backstage area of Italian label Iceberg’s show. The footage showed an actor dressed in head-to-toe velcro and wearing a blonde wig running about, screaming and hurling himself at the clothes racks. Iceberg’s flustered stylist, Paolo Gerani, managed to stop the man and have the crew removed. Fashion houses have since tightened up security, and Baron Cohen and his crew were blocked while attempting to enter the Dsquared. Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Male is due out next spring.

I hate to admit it but I kinda think these Sacha Baron Cohen movies are funny. I mean, the first time you hear the jokes they are riotously funny … by the time every dork you run into tries to impress you with their Borat impersonation saying “Sexy time” it’s no longer even remotely funny … but that first time, comedy genius. I have no doubt that this new Bruno movie will be a fun to watch the first time around.

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