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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 533

Borat

Jewish comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, left, arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., March 4, 2018; Kanye West attends the WSJ. Magazine Innovator Awards in New York on Nov. 6, 2019. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
December 6, 2022, 4:00 am
Baron Cohen brings back Borat to take on Kanye West: ‘Too antisemitic, even for us’
Comedian says while in character that he’s upset about Jew-hatred in US, because Kazakhstan is ‘No. 1 Jew-crushing nation’
By ToI Staff
Rudy Giuliani, personal lawyer of US President Donald Trump, looks on during an appearance before the Michigan House Oversight Committee in Lansing, Michigan, on December 2, 2020 (JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)
April 24, 2021, 6:22 pm
Guiliani wins two Razzies for infamous ‘Borat’ bedroom scene
Annual tongue-in-cheek Razzies, or Golden Raspberry Awards, ‘honor’ the worst in film; Trump lawyer wins worst supporting actor
By AFP
This image released shows Sacha Baron Cohen in a scene from "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm." (Amazon Studios)
March 22, 2021, 5:12 am
Improvised ‘Borat’ sequel wins top honors at Writers Guild Awards
Sacha Baron Cohen jokes that the only person who acted according to plan in the ‘Subsequent Moviefilm’ was Rudy Giuliani
By Jake Coyle
Sacha Baron Cohen speaks after the Golden Globe Awards, March 1, 2021. (Screen capture/YouTube)
March 2, 2021, 12:18 am
Golden Globes: Sacha Baron Cohen wins big, and other Jewish moments
‘Borat’ star takes home several awards, going out on top after recently announcing his disguise days were over
By Gabe Friedman
Sacha Baron Cohen speaks after the Golden Globe Awards, March 1, 2021. (Screen capture/YouTube)
March 1, 2021, 2:10 pm
‘Why is this election different to all others?’ jokes Baron Cohen
‘You’re voting again?!’ says Jewish star as Israel heads to polls. ‘It’s like Passover,’ the actor teases in interview with Israeli outlet after Golden Globes wins
By ToI Staff
Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 4, 2018, in Beverly Hills, California. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
March 1, 2021, 11:12 am
Golden Globes glory for Baron Cohen, an outrageous comedian with a serious point
Jewish actor wins awards for best comedy movie and best comedy movie actor for ‘Borat’; his Hebrew-speaking character uncovers others’ homophobia, anti-Semitism, and sexism
By Anna MALPAS
Illustrative: Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
March 1, 2021, 5:42 am
‘Borat,’ ‘Schitt’s Creek’ win at socially distanced Golden Globes
Streaming services dominate in the year of the pandemic; online ceremony hosted from both New York and Los Angeles amid controversy over lack of diversity
By Jake Coyle
A still of Sacha Baron Cohen and actress Maria Bakalova, who plays his daughter, from 'Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.' (Courtesy Amazon)
February 27, 2021, 11:05 am
Breakout ‘Borat’ star Maria Bakalova conquers Hollywood
The 24-year-old Bulgarian actress is up for a Golden Globe, a SAG award and a Critics Choice award, and is generating some Oscar buzz
By Jocelyn Noveck
Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, California. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
February 27, 2021, 10:50 am
Sacha Baron Cohen: An outrageous comic with a serious point, and 2 Globes nods
The Jewish comedian has received two nominations for Sunday’s awards — for his roles as Kazakh reporter Borat and as a US political activist in ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’
By Anna MALPAS
Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
February 24, 2021, 4:44 am
Sacha Baron Cohen says he’s done with disguise pranks
‘At some point, your luck runs out,’ says the Jewish actor, who has been sued and nearly arrested while filming his movies and shows
By Gabe Friedman
From left: Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Dan Levy and Annie Murphy in the series premier of 'Schitt's Creek' (Screenshot/YouTube)
February 3, 2021, 11:26 pm
2021 Golden Globes: All the Jewish nominees, from ‘Borat’ to ‘Unorthodox’
‘Schitt’s Creek’ vies for 5 awards; ‘Unorthodox’ nominated for best limited series and its Israeli star Shira Haas for best actress
By Emily Burack
A RATP bus with a billboard of Sacha Baron Cohen wearing a ring with the word "Allah" on it moves through Paris, France on November 2, 2020. (Courtesy of @firehairedreamr/Twitter via JTA)
November 7, 2020, 3:22 am
Ads showing ‘Borat’ wearing ‘Allah’ ring (and little else) anger Paris Muslims
Bus drivers in French capital fume over posters for Sacha Baron Cohen’s new movie, which have been put up amid series of jihadist attacks in country
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Sacha Baron Cohen as Abbie Hoffman left) in 'Chicago 7' and the title character in 'Borat 2.' courtesy)
November 4, 2020, 1:09 pm
LISTEN: Borat 2 and Chicago 7 — good for the Jews? ToI’s film critic weighs in
Jordan Hoffman looks at Sacha Baron Cohen’s performances in two currently streaming counter-culture movies, timed for US election season
By ToI Staff
Jeanise Jones, right, and actress Maria Bakalova, left, in the new "Borat" film. (Screenshot/YouTube)
October 31, 2020, 6:17 am
Baron Cohen gives church $100K after member duped into appearing in new ‘Borat’
Oklahoma churchgoer Jeanise Jones, described as film’s moral compass, also receives call from actor following film’s release
By AP
Actor Sacha Baron Cohen speaks on stage during the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Annual Grants Banquet at The Beverly Wilshire, in Beverly Hills on July 31, 2019 (VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)
October 27, 2020, 10:54 pm
‘Borat’ lawsuit from Holocaust survivor’s daughter thrown out
Judge in Georgia rejects appeal to cut the late Judith Dim Evans from the film; daughter said she was ‘horrified and upset’ to learn movie was a comedy
By JTA
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