Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes" to Star... *Drum Roll*... Robert Downey Jr.!
While the Judd Apatow-produced Sacha Baron Cohen/Will Ferrell comedic revisiting of Sherlock Holmes gets underway, Guy Ritchie's more serious adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective series will beat them to the punch, with none other than Robert Downey Jr. backing it. Yes, that is correct. Robert Downey Jr. will play Sherlock Holmes. No more than a week ago, when I was geeking out about the prospects of Cohen's hilarious portrayal, I assumed nothing could elevate my interest in Ritchie's project

AfterElton Briefs: More "Chuck & Larry" fallout, new "Charlie & Marcus" dish, and more!
Gay fashionista Bruno (Sacha Baron Cohen) crashes the Agatha Ruiz De La Prada show in Milan Following this assortment of carefully-selected news items, interested readers can find a refreshing pic...

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...

Michael Jackson Scene Cut From Brüno Shortly Before Premiere
It appears that even the irreverent humor of cultural satirist Sacha Baron Cohen has its limits. In the wake of pop star Michael Jackson ’s death on Thursday, the decision was made — rightly, I think — to remove from a scene from Cohen’s “ Brüno ” featuring La Toya Jackson. The timing of the cut was apparently very tight, as the film’s L.A. premiere at Mann’s Chinese Theater was scheduled for the same night. Universal issued a terse statement...

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 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...

'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...

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...

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...

"Bruno" Appears In Stella McCartney’s Paris Fashion Show
Paris, France (CNS) - Bruno is at it again! Sacha Baron Cohen’s alter ego has invaded another fashion show, this time, he has taken his flair at designer Stella McCartney’s Paris catwalk show. The British comedian appeared on the second row of McCartney’s show on Thursday as his character, Bruno, the flamboyant gay Austrian fashion reporter. Not breaking from his character, Cohen wore his red thong clearly visible above his jeans while he sucked Tampax and clapped along to the music. He

Jackson death forces cuts to 'Bruno' comedy: report
Michael Jackson 's death has sent studio bosses scrambling to make a last-minute edit of upcoming comedy "Bruno," the latest creation of British comic Sacha Baron Cohen, report says. According to the Wall Street Journal, a scene which lampoons Jackson's sister LaToya was cut from the Los Angeles premiere of the film. The Journal said the scene -- in which LaToya Jackson eats sushi from the body of a naked Mexican worker acting as a table -- was unlikely to be restored when the film opens in the...

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...

Naked Ambitions [Mag Hag]
Hudson News, which operates more than 500 newsstands in major cities, has decided that GQ's July issue — the Brüno cover— is "pornographic." The bottom half will be covered when displayed — as was Aniston's January cover. Porn? Really? [Folio]

Bruno's Billboard & A Bulgarian Folklore Festival: HuffPost's Caption Contest!
Workmen in pink shorts and hardhats install an advertising banner for Bruno, the latest altered ego of British comic Sasha Baron Cohen, on a building in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, June 23, 2009. TUESDAY'S FAVORITES: Quick Poll What's the best caption?

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'

'Bruno' Film Edited Due to Jackson Death
Sacha Baron Cohen's latest satire film, 'Bruno,' is being edited as a result of Michael Jackson's shocking death.

Razzi Snap: DiCaprio’s Home Filming Comes In Handy Again
Seems like Hollywood has taken to shooting videos on DiCaprio property. Last year, the actor admitted that all of the interviews in his environmental doc, The 11th Hour, were shot in his mother’s garage. Last week on Ellen, he said that the new “Go Vote” PSA for Declare Yourself was filmed entirely at his home in LA. These days, who really needs a professional studio to churn these clips out? A Saturn EV1 — the ill-fated star of the doc Who Killed The Electric Car — recently s

Bruno Rolls Into LA On Glitterball Tank (PHOTOS)
On the last leg of his premiere tour, Sacha Baron Cohen's 'Bruno' bowed at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles Thursday night. Dressed in army gear and straddling a mirrored discoball army tank, he marched in with Chanel weaponry. PHOTOS:

Jackson Death Causes Bruno Cut
The death of Michael Jackson "forced a last-minute cut to Sacha Baron Cohen 's Bruno ," according to the Guardian 's Xan Brooks . As the news of Jackson's passing broke, a scene in which Cohen interviews the singer's sister, LaToya "was hastily removed from the film" for last night's premiere screening, he reports . "Sources at Universal, Bruno 's distributor, said the decision had been made 'out of respect for Jackson's family.'" Ten minutes ago I asked Universal publicity if the LaToya footage...

Sherlock films 'not in competition'
The producer of Guy Ritchie's forthcoming Sherlock Holmes movie has dismissed talk of competition with a rival offering starring Sacha Baron Cohen.

Sacha Baron Cohen Sucks Tampons @ Stella McCartney
Sacha Baron Cohen made an appearance at Paris Fashion Week yesterday. Specifically, the actor was at Stella McCartney, causing a ruckus as Bruno, the lead character in his upcoming flick. As British Vogue put it: “With his red thong clearly visible above his jeans, the comedian -- who was virtually unrecognizable in a flamboyant leather gilet, with his slicked-down hair dyed blonde and brown -- sucked Tampax, clapped along to the music and generally disgruntled the front row by continually pushing tho

Bruno Strips For Conan (VIDEO)
Sacha Baron Cohen, as Bruno, sat down for an interview on "The Tonight Show" and ended up dropping his pants for a Conan O'Brien lap dance. After Conan asks him if he will dance, Bruno started grinding to Lady GaGa's "Lets' Dance," hopped on the desk, dropped his pants and ripped of his shirt. Also Thursday night was the LA premiere of "Bruno," absurd photos here . WATCH THE STRIPTEASE: (LAST MINUTE OF BELOW) Follow HuffPo Entertainment On Twitter!

True believers - in comedy
The world of comedy being as cozy and as incestuous as it is, you might readily assume that two giants by the name of Bill Maher and Larry Charles would have been rubbing shoulders - and cracking each other up - for years. Not so. Like a French farce, Maher was always just coming in the door when Charles was leaving. Or vice versa. So it wasn't until Maher, the wickedly politically incorrect American stand-up comic/talk-show host, began looking a few years ago for someone to direct a documentary film satiri

DreamWorks, Paramount settle split
As part of the separation agreement, DreamWorks will take the lead on 15-20 projects, with Paramount retaining an option to co-finance and co-distribute the films. Deal was worked on throughout the weekend by Viacom general counsel Michael Fricklas and Par vice chairman Rob Moore (for Paramount) and David Geffen and attorney Skip Brittenham (on behalf of DreamWorks). Geffen will not be joining the new DreamWorks. Though the two companies declined to list the projects affected because filmmakers are still