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Emmy Award nominee Sacha Baron Cohen (Showtime's Who Is America?) is taking a break from flaming close-minded political and societal big-wigs for his next project, the upcoming Netflix limited series The Spy Written and directed by Emmy-winner Gideon Raff (Homeland, Tyrant), the project is based on the life of legendary former Mossad agent Eli Cohen[...]

Sacha Baron Cohen (Showtime's Who Is America?) is taking a break from flaming close-minded political and societal big-wigs for his next project, the upcoming Netflix limited series The Spy Written and directed by Emmy-winner Gideon Raff (Homeland, Tyrant) and set to premiere on September 6, the project is based on the life of legendary former[...]

Actor/satirist Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Da Ali G Show) is riding into 2019's Primetime Emmy Awards with three nominations for his groundbreaking Showtime series Who Is America?: Outstanding Variety Sketch Series, as well as nods for directing and editing Cohen and his series made more than a few headlines when the series first aired, with Cohen accused of not playing nice[...]

Actor/satirist Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Da Ali G Show) is riding into 2019 as a Golden Globes nominee for "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV series Musical or Comedy" from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for his groundbreaking Showtime series Who Is America? Cohen and his series have made a few headlines over the last several months, with Cohen accused of[...]

Actor/satirist Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat, Da Ali G Show) picked up a 2019 Golden Globes nomination nod for "Best Performance by an Actor in a TV series Musical or Comedy" from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Thursday morning for his groundbreaking Showtime series Who Is America? And in typical Baron Cohen fashion, he makes it a point[...]

But to prove he wasn't a hypocrite, the Kazakhstan native took to Cohen's Instagram account to share his love of voting (and we're guessing he's doing it on behalf of the person in the ID, too) with the masses: I voted, Great Success. #vote @jimmykimmellive Here's a look at how Borat's day turned out, courtesy of our friends at ABC's[...]

Moore has filed a lawsuit against Cohen, Showtime, and the CBS Corporation alleging "defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and fraud" over his July 29th segment on Who Is America?, Cohen's new series where he interviews public figures about hot-button issues in disguise. With Moore being a public figure, he will have to prove that Cohen, Showtime,[...]

Credit: Showtime So if nothing else, we've learned at least two things from Showtime's 10-minute sneak preview of Sacha Baron Cohen's (Borat, Bruno) new comedy/satire series Who Is America?: GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is going to be very excited to learn that he was right after all; and gun rights advocate Philip Van Cleave needs to seriously reconsider the firm he's[...]

Credit: USAF Whatever Showtime spent to advertise and promote the Sunday night premiere of Sacha Baron Cohen's new comedy/satire series Who Is America?, they need to get some of their money back "Interviewees" Judge Roy Moore, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, former Illinois Rep Joe Walsh, and former vice president Dick Cheney have[...]

With Sacha Baron Cohen staring down the premiere of his new Showtime comedy series Who Is America? in less than four days, you would think he'd have his hands full promoting Sunday night's start But the writer/director of the seven-episode series found time to respond to U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's Facebook accusation that she was[...]