More Summer Films I Am Looking Forward to... BRUNO

I really dig the subversive & outrageous work of Sacha Baron Cohen. He is an original & truly funny actor with a chameleon, Peter Sellers-ish technique. His turn in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby was inspired total immersion in character as Will Ferrells' rival- race car driver Jean Girard. I was stunned at his transformation as Signor Adolfo Pirelli in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. I laughed myself sick during my two viewings of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. I have seen several trailers for Bruno & it looks to be even more out there than Borat or Ali-G Show. Will it outrage? I would hope so! Amuse? I am certain. Now Baron Cohen is more insane than ever as he becomes GQ's fist nude cover. Baron Cohen has been nominated for 4 Emmy awards, an Oscar Nomination, a BAFTA Award win for Best Actor & a Golden Globe for Best Actor in Borat. He is smart (with honors from Cambridge, where he played Tevya in Fiddler On The Roof), super talented, very subversive & extremely brave.

From the GQ "interview" with Bruno:

Dear Brüno, where should I be putting my iPhone? The wife says the belt clip is totally out, But it looks like a tuna sandwich in my pocket. Anyplace else?

B:Vhat ein stupid question. Keep it in your assistant’s pocket, obwiously.

Dear Brüno, I am all in favor of protecting the animals, but what is reasonable? I won’t wear fur, but do I need to give up my leather jackets or shoes?

B: Ich vant to make it clear: Brüno ist totally against vearing fur—it’s too expensive und high-maintenance. I mean, vhy don’t giant pandas have a label on zem saying zey’re not machine vashable? Regarding shoes und jackets, if you vant to be ein Leatherboy, zat’s fine.

Dear Brüno, if forced to choose: Dolce or Gabbana?

B: Gabbana. Dolce is bald, so zere’s no hair to grab hold of.

Dear Brüno, can men wear heels? When & why?

B: Of course. Some guys look great in heels—ze singer Pink, for example. Alzo, mein last boyfreund, Diesel, vas a genuine Pygmy only three eight, so ich made him vear heels so he could give me plow jops mitout me having to bend mein knees.

Meryl Streep has B.O. Clout

This is a first peek at the new film JULIE & JULIA with Meryl Streep playing Julia Child.
OMG! I am so looking forward to this film starring four of my most favorite actors:
Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Jane Lynch & Stanley Tucci. Since working in films starting in 1979, she has been a steady, consistent, & amazing actress whose films got nominated for awards but didn't make a lot of money. Now she's a box office star. Starting with The Devil Wears Prada & cemented with Mamma Mia!, Streep (weeks away from her 60th birthday) is now the summer box office champ & is considered to be one of the few actors who can "open" a movie. Instead of competing with Susan Sarandon or Annette Bening to play the latest eccentric mom, Streep is going head to head with Angelina Jolie & Julia Roberts for the title of Most Bankable Actress On Earth. She's bigger than she's ever been. There is a poetic justice to the fact that Streep's career has a eclipsed her male contemporaries: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, & even Jack Nicholson for box office clout. Can't wait!