Sacha Baron Cohen reprised his beloved characters Borat and Ali G last night on The Tonight Show, pretending to moderate a last-minute debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Host Jimmy Fallon goaded the actor into doing the bit, even though Cohen admitted that he didn’t think Trump would like …
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What if a novel showed up on your doorstep, and you were not only a main character in it, but its villain? And what if copies of the book — which begins by noting that “any resemblance to persons living or dead is not a coincidence” — started appearing in …
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Rebel Wilson said the idea that only straight actors can play straight roles and gay actors can play gay roles is “total nonsense.” In an appearance on BBC Radio 4’s “Desert Island Discs,” the Australian actor responded to host Lauren Laverne when she asked if Wilson felt there was a …
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The U.K. edition of Rebel Wilson‘s memoir, Rebel Rising, will be published today with the passages about her experiences with Sacha Baron Cohen redacted from the text. Wilson discusses working with Baron Cohen on 2016 film The Brothers Grimsby in a chapter titled “Sacha Baron Cohen and Other Assholes.” The …
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Rebel Wilson has been speaking out about the way she felt she was treated while working on the 2016 action-comedy The Brothers Grimsby. In an interview with The Sunday Times, via Variety, the actress said she felt “disrespected on the set” but refrained from speaking out so as not be …
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Rebel Wilson‘s commitment to not being silenced or intimidated while pulling back the curtain on inappropriate behavior she encountered in the film industry continues with new details from her memoir Rebel Rising. Earlier this week, the actress revealed her The Brothers Grimsby co-star Sacha Baron Cohen as the “massive asshole” …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Twenty-three chapters into her forthcoming memoir Rebel Rising, actress Rebel Wilson details an interaction with a mystery industry figure who “was a massive asshole,” she shared on Instagram …
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Sacha Baron Cohen rebuffed Rebel Wilson’s claims in her upcoming memoir that he behaved like a “massive asshole” while filming the 2016 comedy, The Brothers Grimsby. In a statement (via Deadline), a spokesperson for Cohen said, “While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly …
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In a private call Wednesday evening, more than a dozen Jewish celebrities and TikTok creators addressed rising antisemitism on the social media platform. Speaking to TikTok executives, actors Sacha Baron Cohen, Debra Messing, and Amy Schumer were among the 30 people in the meeting led by Adam Presser, TikTok’s head …
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Bob and I started spending more time in Detroit, his hometown. We had our big family wedding there, where Bob Seger and Hank Williams Jr. sang for us. Our life in Detroit was full of music. I took for granted all those nights with Hank, ZZ Top, Uncle Kracker, Eminem, …
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