* “Bruno” leads North America, U.K. and Australia * “Transformers” soars to $339 million in North America * “Ice Age” top film overseas (Adds big drop for “Bruno,” foreign sales for “Ice Age” and “Transformers” in paragraphs 3-6) LOS ...

“Bruno” is on track to exceed already sizable expectations for its opening weekend. Universal’s Sacha Baron Cohen comedy sold a studio-estimated $14.2 million worth of tickets Friday, making it likely that the film will gross close to, and possibly even exceed, $40 million by Sunday. Given ...

Waggling his posterior and shot from the waist-up, Elvis-on-Ed Sullivan-style, Bruno delivered a rather randy Top 10 List last night. In case you were wondering why Sacha Baron Cohen agreed to appear on Wednesday night’s Late Show as himself and not, as he usually does on publicity tours, in-character ...

In his various incarnations — Ali G, Borat and now, at feature length, Brüno — Sacha Baron Cohen leads his audience in a two-step of squirming discomfort and smug affirmation. Like “Borat,” “Brüno” (Mr. Baron Cohen’s new vehicle, also directed by Larry Charles) offers both succor and ...

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 ...

.!. Move over, Jennifer Aniston. Brüno wants a piece of your naked magazine turf. In an ode to Ms. Aniston’s legendary nude GQ cover from earlier this year, Brüno, aka Sacha Baron Cohen, appears on the men’s magazine’s July issue in nothing but his nakedness. Inside, however, Cohen’s ...