'Bruno' scene cut after Michael Jackson's death
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The filmmakers behind "Bruno" have decided to delete a scene involving La Toya Jackson following her brother's death. Universal Pictures, which is releasing the comedy, said the decision came "out of respect for the Jackson family." The moment was first cut out of the movie's Los Angeles premiere Thursday night, which took place just hours after the Michael Jackson's death at age 50. "Bruno," starring British comic Sacha Baron Cohen as a flamboyantly gay Austrian fashion...

Paying Respect to Michael Jackson, La Toya Jackson's Scene in 'Bruno' Cut Out
In the wake of Michael Jackson's sudden death, last-minute edit eliminating a scene featuring his older sister has been done to 'Bruno' prior to the film's June 25's Los Angeles premiere.

Scene Mocking Michael Jackson's Family Cut From Bruno
Following the death of Michael Jackson , footage in the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy Bruno , in which sister Latoya Jackson is mocked, has been cut. In the scene, LaToya is tricked into doing an interview with the fake Austrian fashion journalist. Bruno then asks to see her phone, finds Michael's number and starts saying his number in Austrian to his assistant. Though the scene was featured in a screening Wednesday and at European premieres, it did not appear in the comedy's Los Angeles screening...

Scene Mocking Michael Jackson's Family Cut From Bruno
Bruno has a scene where Latoya Jackson is mocked but the scene has been edited out since the death of Michael Jackson. Good move! If Bruno offended MJ fans, that would really hurt the film's potential for success.

Michael Jackson scene cut from Bruno movie by Sacha Baron Cohen
LaToya Jackson chat cut just minutes before premiere as deemed to be in 'poor taste'

Michael Jackson bit cut from 'Bruno'
By Steven Zeitchik and Matthew Belloni The sudden death of Michael Jackson on Thursday prompted a series of discussions at Universal Pictures that resulted in the studio cutting a Jackson-related sketch from "Bruno" only hours before its Los Angeles premiere. Uni removed a scene in which Bruno, the flamboyant Austrian journalist played by Sacha Baron Cohen, interviews an unsuspecting LaToya Jackson about a number of topics, including her brother. Among the gags is a joke about...

Scene Featuring LaToya Jackson Cut From 'Brüno'
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La Toya Jackson scene removed from `Bruno' movie - Yahoo! News
LOS ANGELES – The filmmakers behind " Bruno " have decided to delete a scene involving La Toya Jackson following her brother's death. Universal Pictures, which is releasing the comedy, said the decision came "out of respect for the Jackson family." The moment was first cut out of the movie's Los Angeles premiere Thursday night, which took place just hours after the Michael Jackson's death at age 50. "Bruno," starring British comic Sacha Baron Cohen as a flamboyantly gay Austrian fashion...

SENSITIVE CUT
June 27, 2009 -- NO one ever accused Sacha Baron Cohen (above) of good taste, but Universal Pictures exercised caution Thursday night before screening "Bruno" at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood by deleting a scene with La Toya Jackson . Since her brother Michael had died just hours before, the suits cut the scene -- shown at screenings in London, Paris and Madrid -- which features gay fashion journalist Bruno trying to get Michael's phone number from La Toya's...

Michael Jackson, King of Pop, dead at 50
Michael Jackson has just died. According to TMZ, Michael Jackson, age 50, has suffered a cardiac arrest, and paramedics were unable to revive him. Michael was at his Holmby Hills home when he suffered the cardiac arrest. TMZ is reporting that when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back. When Jackson arrived at hospital, he was pronounced dead on arrival. Apparently one of the staff members at Jackson's home called 911, and that La Toya Jackson arrived at the hos

Will Michael Jackson Remain a Brüno Punchline?
I guess it's not a spoiler if the scene doesn't make the final cut, but be warned anyway: Universal lifted a Michael Jackson-related sequence from Brüno just hours before the film's premiere Thursday night -- which happened to be just...

Borat Cockblocked Michael Jackson Fans
Any Michael Jackson fans who showed up to Grauman's Chinese Theatre last night to pay tribute to Michael Jackson's star on the walk of fame were met with Sacha Baron Cohen's preemptive strike in the war against America's theater-going public at the Los Angeles premiere of Bruno . In fact, the star itself was buried under scaffolding which wasn't removed until early Friday morning. You know there had to be a moment of confusion though, when fans saw a big sparkly float helmed by a guy who sort of...

LaToya Jackson Scenes Cut from Brüno
The death of Michael Jackson shocked the world yesterday, including producers of Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest uncomfortably funny comedy, Brüno: those in charge raced to cut mocking footage of LaToya Jackson just hours before the film debuted in L.A., AFP reported. The character of Brüno convinces LaToya in the movie that he’s an Austrian fashion journalist while taking a few comedic shots at her (including a scene where she eats sushi off the body of a naked Mexican worker acting...

Michael Jackson: No laughing matter in 'Bruno'
From our friends at Company Town: Comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is a fearless, equal-opportunity offender, but when it comes to jokes about Michael Jackson in Cohen's new film "Bruno" (July 10),  there apparently are limits: at the last minute, "Bruno's" filmmakers have cut out a sequence about Jackson and his sister, La Toya. When the film was shown to audiences several weeks ago, "Bruno" included a scene where Cohen's title character -- a...

Bruno's Michael Jackson Problem
Sacha Baron Cohen’s upcoming comedy has many jokes at the expense of Michael and LaToya Jackson. Kim Masters on how the King of Pop’s death will affect the king of outrageous humor.

Michael Jackson's Nanny:"I Had to Pump His Stomach Many Times"
The nanny who cared for Michael Jackson 's three children is providing new insight into the King of Pop's battle with prescription drugs. In an interview with The Times of London , Grace Rwaramba - who worked for Jackson for more than a decade - reveals that she had to pump Jackson's stomach "many times" after he'd taken a dangerous combination of drugs. "He always mixed so much of it," Rwaramba, 42, is quoted as saying. "There was one period that it was so bad that I didn't let the children see...

Michael Jackson's heartbroken kids say: "We miss Daddy"
The heartbroken children of Michael Jackson declared yesterday: "We miss Daddy." Prince Michael, 12, Paris, 11, and seven-year-old "Blanket" have been hidden away from the world since their father died on Thursday. But now for the first time the Jackson family have let it be known that the children are grief-stricken and clinging to their father's relatives for support. They said they "want to stay with Grandma" - family matriarch Katherine Jackson - rather than go to live with biological mum...

Police Find No Clue Of Crime By Michael Jackson Doctor: Report
A second police interview with the doctor caring for pop star Michael Jackson the day he died yielded no information suggesting the physician committed a crime, the Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday. The Times said an unnamed source close to the police investigation told the newspaper the second interview with Dr. Conrad Murray revealed "no red flag" indicating criminal wrongdoing or the cause of death. "Investigators say the doctor is in no way a suspect and remains a witness to this...

Michael Jackson's Family Issues Statement To Fans
Michael Jackson's family issued a statement to his fans on Saturday, two days after the singer's death.

Dr. Conrad Murray Interviewed in Michael Jackson Case; Singer's Family Still Suspicious
It seemed weird when he pulled a Mark Sanford and went off the grid, but Dr. Conrad Murray - who met with police last night - is no more than a witness when it comes to the death of Michael Jackson, according to the physician's attorney. Investigators met with Murray for about three hours Saturday night after he voluntarily contacted authorities. Dr. Conrad Murray (also known as Dr. Conrad Robert Murray) is certain he is in no way responsible for the death of Jackson. The LAPD released this...

Michael Jackson UPDATES
Here’s a couple of pics of Michael Jackson practicing for his “This Is It” tour with his dancers and crew last month:

Diana Ross: My tears flow for Michael Jackson
Distraught Motown queen Diana Ross yesterday paid tribute to Michael, sobbing: "I am unable to imagine this." The 65-year-old diva - a mentor when he was a child star and one of his closest friends - said: "I can't stop crying. This is all too sudden and shocking." The exSupremes singer starred with teen-agMichael in a 1977 Wizard of Oz remake called The Wiz. She played Dorothy alongside his Scarecrow and it was Michael's first collaboration with hit producer Quincy Jones. Diana added: "I am in...

Chopra: Michael Jackson had lupus
Dr. Deepak Chopra says his longtime friend Michael Jackson suffered from lupus and vitiligo and had been known to use strong pain medication, People.com reported.

Feldman Dedicates Eco-Friendly Concert To Michael Jackson
I know we’ve been covering a great deal on Michael Jackson news these past few days, but the news is absolutely saturated with the sad passing of the King Of Pop. Celebrities all over have been sharing their memories — and last night, Corey Feldman dedicated a concert in memory of the late 50-year-old legend. “I want to not only dedicate this performance to him, because without Michael Jackson, I wouldn’t be performing onstage tonight,” Feldman told the crowd....

Michael Jackson's Doctor Treated His Kids, Too
Dr. Conrad Murray wasn't just Michael Jackson's personal physician -- he treated Michael's children as well. Matt Alford, Murray's attorney, tells TMZ Murray met Jackson back in 2006 and treated Jackson for "various illnesses." Alford says Murray cared for Jackson's kids from time to time as well. As for suggestions Murray did not perform CPR correctly on Jackson, Alford said he doesn't know why Murray did it on the bed instead of the floor. See Also