03Apr07 · 6:06 AM · Being the future Mrs. Borat isss nice, yes? So far for Isla Fisher, yes, it is. The 31-year-old Australian, whose breakthrough role came in 2005's Wedding Crashers, is engaged to comedian Sacha Baron Cohen a.k.a. Borat. She supplements her comedic equity with a turn in the thriller The Lookout, which opened in theatres Friday.

03Apr07 · 6:06 AM · According to reports on both sides of the Atlantic the man behind Borat and Ali G is expecting a baby with his fiancee Isla Fisher.

24Mar07 · 2:37 AM · Some of you may know that your humble editor is also jiu jitsu fanatic. So, when I found one of - if not THE - best jiu jitsu fighters in the world doing a Borat impression, you know I had to post it. Check this out. VERY NICE!

23Mar07 · 9:53 PM · Baron Cohen succeeded in seducing politicians and pornography stars alike, mostly because Ali G's phenomenal stupidity made the character seem harmless.

21Mar07 · 1:12 PM · ome legal claims against the character's creator, Sacha Baron Cohen, have already been struck out. Two fraternity boys from South Carolina University who appear in the film on a road trip boozing it up and making sexist and racist comments as they watch a sex tape of Pamela Anderson lost their bid to have the scenes cut from the DVD. The students had claimed the film damaged their reputations, and tried to sue for fraud and breach of contract. A judge recently threw out the case. Other cases aren't going away quite so quickly.

21Mar07 · 1:12 PM ·

SORRY, the waiter informs our interpreter, there's no fermented mares' milk today. I do my best to look crestfallen. "It's okay," the translator assures me. "He'll bring camel milk – the number-two drink of Kazakhstan." A few sips of this vile brew make the horse sausage, boiled mutton and the rest of the dishes in the banquet that follows almost tasty.

21Mar07 · 1:12 PM · ALONG with hundreds of friends and colleagues, Ellen Davitian watched her excessively fat husband wrestle naked with another man. But far from burying her head in her hands, Ellen was more worried for her husband Ken's new hip.

15Mar07 · 4:24 AM · Apparently, some Bay State crooks think that one of the most popular DVDs on sale is now free. Video stores across the commonwealth say copies of "Borat" are flying off the shelves, but people aren't paying for them.

14Mar07 · 2:13 PM · Another deleted scene from the Borat DVD. Enjoy!

13Mar07 · 3:57 PM · EEEZA nice! SACHA BARON COHEN has sold the US telly rights to his movie Borat for more than £5million. Cable station USA Network won a bidding war to air the film about the crazy Kazakh journalist for five years.

12Mar07 · 6:05 PM · BORAT funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen, in a rare appearance as himself, accepted an outstanding achievement award at the Israeli Film Festival's opening night in Hollywood last week, explaining that his Khazaki alter ego could not be present because he was "receiving an award from the Hezbollah film festival".

12Mar07 · 6:05 PM ·

According to the British arm of online retail giant Amazon, the DVD of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan was the most-ordered product from Kazakhstan.

12Mar07 · 1:13 PM ·

08Mar07 · 6:13 PM · A State Department report on human rights is likely to tarnish the image of Kazakhstan more thoroughly than Sacha Baron Cohen ever did with his Borat movie. The 2006 report issued Tuesday condemned the former Soviet republic for increased censorship, including pulling the plug on Baron Cohen's www.borat.kz web page last year and threatening him with legal retaliation for the movie.

08Mar07 · 6:13 PM ·

BORAT star Sacha Baron Cohen is to be honoured with the first Outstanding Achievement Award from the organisers of Hollywood's Israel Film Festival. The Jewish funnyman will be the guest of honour at the launch of the 2007 festival next week (beg12Mar07).