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How Brutal Is “Bruno”? A Rundown of the Movie’s Most Outrageous Sequences.

celebrityimpersonators — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:00:42 +0000

June 18th, 2009

By: Ben

Bruno premiered last night in London, and some early reviews are in. Using the reviews, I’ve put together a list of the outrageous scenes you’ll see in the movie. It has…

An attempted seduction of former presidential candidate Ron Paul, which finds him and Bruno in a hotel room and only one of them wearing pants.
A romp through the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem in Hasidic-style hotpants that ends with an angry mob chase.
Bruno complimenting an evangelist preacher on his “blowjob lips.”
Stage moms consenting to let Bruno dress their children as Nazis.

And then there’s “one of the most horrific incidents ever committed to celluloid”…

That would be a sex scene between Bruno and his midget ex-boyfriend, enlivened by “fire extinguishers, champagne bottles and mechanically adapted fitness equipment.”
More: A very insulting charity musical number, sung with Chris Martin, Elton John, Bono, and Snoop Dogg.
Paula Abdul and LaToya Jackson eating sushi off a naked Mexican gardener.
Bruno on a Springer-style show getting his adopted African baby

(dressed in a shirt that says “Gayby”) taken from him.
Fellatio of the ghost of a dead member of Milli Vanilli in front of a psychic at a seance.
A cage fight in red Arkansas that ends with the wrestlers kissing and the audience hostile.

“The biggest Austrian superstar since Hitler” got arrested in three different continents while making the film. The reviews also agree that the film is more shocking that Borat.

Sacha Baron Cohen Film Gets 18 Rating

celebrityimpersonators — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:45:07 +0000

By Marion McMullen on Jun 18, 09 12:32 PM

SACHA Baron Cohen’s latest film Bruno will not be seen by a large portion of its likely target audience after it was given an 18 rating. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) decided that strong sexual content in certain scenes meant the movie was only suitable for adult audiences and not for a 15 certificate. The surprise ruling means huge numbers of teenagers will not be able to see the gay Austrian fashion journalist’s outrageous escapades at the cinema when the movie is released on July 10. Baron Cohen’s two previous films, Ali G Indahouse and Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, were both given 15 ratings.

Like Borat, Bruno is a mock documentary in which the lead character, played by Baron Cohen, exposes the prejudices and bigotries of people he interviews while pushing boundaries of good taste to their limit. 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 in which Bruno attends a real swingers’ party. A spokeswoman for the BBFC said they had suggested cuts that could be made to Bruno to get a 15 rating, but the film-makers had declined.

Milli Vanilli

Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli

celebrityimpersonators — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:19:57 +0000

Fab Morvan of Milli Vanilli

Fab, who entertained millions around the world as a member of Milli Vanilli, is about to do it again, this time on the motion picture screen with Universal Pictures to be executive produced by Kim Marlowe, written by Jeff Nathanson (The Terminal, Catch Me If You Can), with Kathleen Kennedy (Jurassic Park, Benjamin Button) as producer. The film takes place against the backdrop of his return to the music world as not just the singer, but a writer and performer, working with some of the finest young producers and writers in the R&B and Urban world. Entertainment Tonight dubbed him a modern-day cross between Marvin Gaye and Usher. ”It was time for me to develop, to step up and write the songs – the stories – that were living in me and fighting to get out,” says Morvan of the music he’s been working on for the past year. “I can’t say that this was a return to music for me, because I never really left, but writing and recording these new songs has put me back in touch with the special energy that can only be found in creating new music. This is very personal material, drawn from all my experiences, both the positive and the difficult. It is my way of working through what’s happened to me.”

Born in Paris, the son of an architect/builder and pharmacist, as a teen, he gravitated to British and American sounds: the Beatles, Queen, the Jackson 5 and Bob Marley. His musical roots got a boost from his grandfather, a fisherman/baker who played the accordion and took a young Fab on his musical travels throughout the Caribbean. Upon his move to Germany at 18, Morvan was exposed to the funk, rap and soul of Run DMC, Prince, the Gap Band, Parliament-Funkadelic and Sly & the Family Stone.

It was in Munich where Fab met Rob Pilatus in a local club and the two started a rock and soul band together. The two penniless and homeless kids jumped at the chance to sign a contract, and within months they had created a captivating stage show that would prove to enthrall millions as Milli Vanilli. Selling over 7 million copies of their debut album, Milli Vanilli – Girl You Know It’s True, the duo went on to MTV stardom, becoming one of the biggest musical acts of the ’90s, with worldwide sales of more than 30 million singles and 14 million albums. The popular VH1 series Behind the Music premiered with an episode spotlighting the duo, which was one of the highest-rated segments of the series.

Fab Morvan has proven a man of multiple talents, hosting his own midday show on L.A. radio bastion KIIS-FM, and performing at the station’s sold-out Wango Tango festival concert before 50,000 people at Dodger Stadium. He’s been featured on countless radio and television outlets, including BBC’s documentary It Takes Two: The Story of the Pop Duo. After completing a successful summer tour sponsored by Malibu Rum, Morvan was the inaugural performer at the brand-new Velvet Lounge at the Hard Rock Café Hotel in Orlando, Fla., headlining the venue’s gala opening. Fab Morvan has also performed during the Megablast radio programmers’ convention in Las Vegas, and presented at the U.S. concert industry’s prestigious Pollstar awards. He has spoken at universities, conventions and industry events throughout the U.S. and Europe, and performed on several television shows.