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  • December 2007

    • Baron Cohen: Borat Is Dead to Me

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Dec 21, 07 5:46 PM CST

      Baron Cohen: Borat Is Dead to Me

      (Newser) - The man behind unruly Kazakh reporter Borat and gangsta journalist Ali G is abandoning the beloved guises, Sacha Baron Cohen tells the Daily Telegraph . “It is like saying goodbye to a loved one,” he said. But the loss was inevitable: “Every new person who sees the Borat movie is one less person I 'get' with Borat again, so it's a kind of self-defeating form.” More »

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      Tim Burton  • Sweeney Todd  • Sacha Baron Cohen  • Borat

    • Sweeney Todd Is Bloody Good

      Rotten Tomatoes  |  Dec 21, 07 2:14 PM CST

      Sweeney Todd Is Bloody Good

      (Newser) - Sweeney Todd , about a wronged barber-turned-murderer, is so good that watching it will make you "feel sorry for the poor saps in the next theater at the multiplex," writes Kyle Smith of the New York Post . Directed by Tim Burton and starring a "stupendous" Johnny Depp, the big-screen adaptation of the 1979 Broadway musical is "scary, monstrously funny, and melodically thrilling," writes Peter Travers of Rolling Stone . More »

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      movie review  • Johnny Depp  • musical  • Tim Burton  • Sweeney Todd  • Helena Bonham Carter

    • Depp Pipes Up on Singing Role

      Chicago Sun-Times  |  Dec 16, 07 6:58 PM CST

      Depp Pipes Up on Singing Role

      (Newser) - Johnny Depp has more acting chops, hotness, and wealth than anyone could want, but even the superstar's knees buckled when he agreed to make his singing debut in the new silver-screen musical, Sweeney Todd, opening this Friday. "I was scared to death," he told the Chicago Sun-Times . Yet predictably, critics are already fawning over his performance in the gory Tim Burton adaptation.  More »

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      movie  • Johnny Depp  • musical  • Tim Burton  • Sweeney Todd  • Helena Bonham Carter  • premiere

    • Atonement Gets 7 Globe Nods

      Associated Press  |  Dec 13, 07 9:34 AM CST

      Atonement Gets 7 Globe Nods

      (Newser) - The WWII-era romance Atonement leads today's Golden Globe nominations with seven, including best drama, best actor, and best actress. Also among the seven drama contenders—there are typically five—are There Will Be Blood , No Country for Old Men , The Great Debaters , American Gangster , Michael Clayton, and Eastern Promises . No Country filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen were also nominated for directing and for their screenplay. More »

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