The LA Times makes some alarmingly stupid points to “prove” that Eminem was in on the joke last night when Bruno dropped into his lap at the MTV Movie Awards. Namely…
1. “It can’t be a coincidence that the two forces met and cameras were poised to catch it perfectly on TV.” No it’s not a coincidence. It’s a TV show. That’s how they work. They point cameras at events as they happen to “catch” them.
2. “Furthermore, it seemed like Eminem was wearing a live microphone…” Well Brunos would have been about 12 inches away. That should be close enough. You don’t have to swallow the things.
3. “And can it be another coincidence that a camera just so happened to be positioned in the aisle to catch sight of Eminem stomping out?” Are we starting over? Go read Point 1 again.
But they clearly feel it was staged, and Drudge links to a Daily Mail story with a link titled “STAGED”. The Daily Mail doesn’t actually go that far, but it’s possible the story has changed since the link went up. Radar Online seems to be the only one with any new news at all:
We don’t know if Eminem was in on the joke, but Sasha Baron Cohen and a group of pals were laughing and drinking after the MTV Movie Awards Sunday.
The caper, however, was not well-received by all … partying at a West Hollywood celebrity hive, the Chateau Marmont hotel, the Borat funnyman boozed it up with pals, according to an on-scene source. As a girl walked by Cohen, she loudly told him, “You’re disgusting,” before walking away.
So at least Sacha is still alive, or was last night for a few hours. The reason I’m so alarmingly slow today is because I’ve been calling all my friends to figure out the truth here. Unfortunately I don’t have a really huge circle of friends. There’s that pretty black girl at Starbucks who calls me “baby” when I order, but I don’t think she knows anyone in Hollywood. And then there’s my friend Essence. “Friend”. “Girlfriend”, practically. I know those girls act like they like you because you’re buying dances, but I don’t think this is that. I really get the feeling this is different. When I brought her flowers she even kissed me on the cheek.
Unless he magically learned how to act overnight, it would seem Eminem was not in on this joke. But it shouldn’t be a problem. If there’s one thing I know about the rap community, it’s that they love a good joke. They love to laugh, those guys. Especially if the joke is at their expense, in front of lots of lots of people. It’s cool. “Live and let live” is a saying you hear a lot in the rap world.
UPDATE - The new pictures don’t prove much, except that this chick with the big jugs should be my backup girlfriend. Unless she’s there with that black guy. I assume most minorities could beat me up, so I try to avoid confrontation if possible. I’m sensible.
If Eminem wasn’t in on this joke, the next time we see Sacha Cohen he’ll probably have lost a lot of weight. Running for your life is pretty good exercise, I bet.
Bruno is already funnier than Andy Samberg and he’s not even really doing anything. It’s about 30 minutes in right now, and all of Sambergs jokes have sucked, but to be fair, he only had like 6 months to come up with anything. He’s not a miracle worker.
Note - they just gave Breakthrough Male to the Twilight guy, and Andy should be very grateful that Jonah Hill was there to out unfunny him. Things That Are Funnier So Far Tonight Than Andy Samberg: 1- Bruno in these pictures. 2- JJ Abrahms playing the keyboard. 3- Just knowing that Zach Galifianakis is in “the Hangover”. 4- The stairs. 5- Anything on earth, living or dead.
2nd Note - Bruno. Eminem. No fucking way.
SEXY UPDATE - now even hotter thx to more pics. I bet one of the photographers dropped their phone on purpose so Bruno would have to bend over and pick it up. Another good trick is to drop some money. You just drop it by their feet. And then you’re all like, Oh no, baby, it would seem I’ve dropped that money. Why don’t you be a little angel and pick it up for me?
Very obviously when Sacha Baron Cohen commits to a bit, he commits completely, even in ways - oh dear God please - never make it to the screen. The Sun UK says…
SACHA BARON COHEN couldn’t sit down for THREE DAYS after a bid to bleach ALL his body hair went badly wrong.
“He’d heard that all-over hairlessness is a popular trend in the gay community, so he thought he’d bleach all his hair so it looked invisible.
“Shortly after having the procedure done he felt a burning sensation and it grew steadily worse.
“He had to make an emergency appointment with the doctors, who gave him some medication to counter the irritation.”
Gay guys must have the courage of a lion to get this done. Of course he ended up in the ER. How could he not? It’s not DaVinici doing this stuff to people, a master of both anatomy and brush stroke, it’s some angry raver with a bone through her nose, smacking her nicotine gum as she rubs deadly chemicals into your anus. It’s true she’s wearing sterile protective gloves, but unfortunately your colon isn’t.
Paula Abduls idiocy stopped being entertaining at least two years ago, now it’s just annoying, but it may swing back to entertaining once it’s placed in the hands of a professional. In this case Sacha Baron Cohen, who interviewed her as Bruno for his new movie, opening July 10th. Oh and brace yourself because you’ll be shocked to hear she that she never figured out the joke. The NY Post says…
“Paula was totally fooled. She bought into his character and to this day isn’t aware she was fooled,” the insider said. Abdul’s rep had no immediate comment.
This is awesome of course, but it wasn’t exactly a fair fight. It’s hard to even comprehend Cohens genius, whereas Paula has been buried on two separate occasions after someone asked her a math question.
