Sacha Baron Cohen to Play Freddie Mercury

Sacha Baron Cohen (aka Borat) has scored the role of Freddie Mercury in an upcoming biopic. The film is being slated for 2011 and currently still being penned by Peter Morgan.

Via Deadline:

“The untitled film will be financed by GK Films partners Graham King and Tim Headington, who’ll produce in partnership with Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal’s Tribeca Productions, and Queen Films. Morgan is already working on a script focused on the band’s formative years, leading up to Queen’s appearance at Live Aid in 1985.”

Cohen just closed the deal on role. The big question is whether or not he will be singing or if Freddie’s vocals will be used. A firmer answer will come as a director is chosen.

Surviving members of Queen will also be on hand during the process. Roger Taylor, Brian May and John Deacon have licensed songs to be used in the film and even started Queen films to have a place on the production team.

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher Wed

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher have finally wed.

Isla Fisher

The couple, engaged for nearly six years, made it official last week in a low-key tradional Jewish ceremony in Paris.

Via Popeater:

“We did it — we’re married!” Fisher, best known for her role in ‘Wedding Crashers,’ wrote in an e-mail to friends.

“It was the absolute best day of my life and in so many beautiful moments I missed you all so much.”

Following the reception the happy couple, who have a two year old daughter, Olive, commemorated the occasion by ‘putting a camera in the lady toilet.’

OK. So not really, but Borat is too funny for me not to throw that in.

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MTV Movie Awards Winner’s List and Photos

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The MTV Movie Awards were held last night, and to no one’s surprise, “Twilight” was the big winner. The night started with the vampire franchise winning the Best Fight award for Robert Pattinson’sEdward’ vs. Cam Giganet’sJames’ showdown in the ballet studio.

Sparklepants also picked up the award for Best Breakout Performance-male, Kristen Stewart took home the Best Female Performance award, and the two shared the coveted Best Kiss popcorn statuette beating out Sean Penn and James Franco’s man-on-man lip lock from the film “Milk”. “Twilight” also won Best Movie.

For those of you who joined us on the LiveChat over at Bumpshack.com, we hoped you enjoyed yourself and made it through our online screeching and screaming during the “New Moon” trailer. (See it by clicking here.)

The highlight of the evening in my opinion was the arrival of Bruno aka Sasha Baron Cohen. He came floating down from the sky, dressed like a nude angel, and planted his man parts right on the chin of rapper Eminem. Then all hell broke loose. A clearly upset Em began to drop F bombs faster than the censors could hit their little black button, and well, the rest is MTV History.

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Via US Weekly:

“It is not yet known if the rapper was in on the joke. But once Cohen was off Eminem, the rapper jumped up and stormed out of the theater with his bodyguards, as Zac Efron was named the winner of the category.”

Zac Efron tried to use his hair to distract the crowd as Eminem stormed out of the amphitheater. It didn’t work. Your hair is so last year Efron.

2009 MTV Movie Awards Full Winners List After the Cut. Click “Read More…” to see it.

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