Sacha Baron Cohen Banned From Oscars 2012

www.deadline.com:

Later today, faced with all the bad publicity resulting from its action, the Academy tried to parse what it did when questioned by some media outlets. But the fact is that, this morning, the Academy's Director Of Membership Kimberly Rouch phoned Paramont's awards staff to say Baron Cohen's tickets had been pulled unless he gives the Academy assurances ahead of time promising not to show up on the Red Carpet in costume and not to promote the movie on the Red Carpet. The Academy made it clear that, without those assurances, it would not issue him the tickets. So he's banned

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Comments

[lilly hubbard]

04:24 PM on 02/24/2012

Looking forward to Jimmy hosting .. love this Movie: The Movie trailer .. http://bit.ly/xpMWu3

[Sad But True]

05:29 PM on 02/23/2012

Good idea, Academy. Keep it nice and stale.

[VanDoin it]

04:32 PM on 02/23/2012

This movie is going to be awesome! This will only fuel the fire until it is released! I will also throw it out there, he may still try to pull a stunt! It is kind of his style...

[firehorse1200]

11:56 AM on 02/23/2012

Hoping the academy will have the good sense to ban itself for absurdity and intolerance.

[TheIndependenceParty]

11:15 AM on 02/23/2012

The industry makes its living by dressing up and pretending to be someone else, ... and bans an actor who takes that premise beyond their petty level of tolerance.

Amazing.

Perhaps we should ban the Oscars as well, for utter hypocrisy.

[aphextwin07]

11:03 AM on 02/23/2012

nice false sensationalist headline, he isn't even banned. hire some editors, huffpo.

[fredisfred]

09:40 AM on 02/23/2012

Yawn.

Meanwhile, important stuff happened somewhere else.

[DJEhl]

09:10 AM on 02/23/2012

Your loss, Academy. I still crack up at the thought of SBC landing on Eminem with his crotch in his face at the MTV awards.

[Independentproud]

08:54 AM on 02/23/2012

Why the fuss. Many people here are in favor of limiting and eliminating opinions contrary to theirs. The Academy is just doing what you want to do.

[Darren Christman]

04:28 AM on 02/23/2012

Does it not occur to the Old Man's Oligarchy and their sons like Cohen that this could endanger the lives of US soliders? Maybe they just dont care.

[Darren Christman]

04:24 AM on 02/23/2012

Making light of Gadaffi -- a man who was recently torn apart in a street is typical of Cohen and people like him. Destroyers --- not out to make the world better --- just to harm. I wonder what would happen if someone wanted to make a movie about a Rabbi who killed?

[SWilliams3G]

07:30 AM on 02/23/2012

I'm glad Gadaffi was beaten/shot alive like he was; he deserved it and much more.

[Darren Christman]

01:45 PM on 02/23/2012

you are a sicko

[Darren Christman]

01:46 PM on 02/23/2012

your sense of justice is quite profound. I am sure Palestinians would love to place Israelis on sticks for taking their land....should that be permitted as well?

[shirleyA]

02:10 AM on 02/23/2012

It's an award show not a trick or treat party.

[firehorse1200]

11:53 AM on 02/23/2012

It's an award show not an audience with the pope.

[mark3020]

01:42 AM on 02/23/2012

SHOW UP AND BE CLASSY. THATS WHAT THE OSCARS ARE ABOUT. AT LEAST THEY USED TO BE.

[fredisfred]

09:39 AM on 02/23/2012

Nowadays the Oscars are all about signing bonuses for actors. Win an Oscar, you get a bonus. It's in all their contracts.

[Sizzzle]

12:40 AM on 02/23/2012

the hypocrisy of this decision is so thick you could choke on it.

[Kevbo68]

09:38 PM on 02/22/2012

But I thought the whole freaking thing was about promoting movies? Nice one, Academy.