Sacha Baron Cohen Gets BRUNO Busted
9/27/2008
Posted by Nicole
Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen was busy this past week: the "Borat" star caused two high-profile melees during Milan's fashion week as he attempted to snag more of that precious "Gothcha!" footage that he is justifiably famous for.
On Wednesday Baron Cohen crashed the runways of a show by someone named "Iceberg" leading to chaos as models screamed and security guards struggled to get him off of the catwalk. The next day he showed up backstage at a show by Agata Luiz della Prada (??) and proceeded to, once again, work that runway.
The comedian was arrested and taken to a Milan police station where he was described as being "very funny" after asking to make a phone cal "just like they do on TV." I know - expecting the police to respect your rights is pretty funny, isn't it?
After sending someone to retrieve his passport for identification purposes, Baron Cohen was released from custody.
These "Bruno" inspired incidents have included reports that the title of the film will be "Bruno: Delicious Journeys Through America For the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Male" but that title doesn't really make any sense. As far as I can tell, it is just a shorter version of the title that was given by The Hollywood Reporter awhile back: "Journeys Through America For the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt." I put in a quick call to my Hollywood source (I call him 'Wikipedia') and he assures me that this title is incorrect. Apparently the final title will begin with "Bruno" followed by a colon and some long-ass subtitle. I'm so glad I have this source at my disposal because that is quite a scoop!
More Bruno shenanigans here.

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