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Sacha Baron Cohen’s groundbreaking Showtime series Who is America got three big Emmy nominations this morning, and while he was busy writing, Baron Cohen took a moment on twitter to issue a lot of thank you missives. That included Sarah Palin — who took part in a segment and got cut out — and Dick Cheney, whose…

In the seven episodes of his Showtime series Who is America? Sacha Baron Cohen played a series of characters thrown into meeting real people, and served up some of the year's finest laughs, even as he charged into dealing with chilling alt-right subjects who were all too quick to demonstrate their racism, homophobia…

Showtime brass had been hopeful about a second installment of Sacha Baron Cohen’s Who Is America? "I'm dying to bring it back," the network’s CEO David Nevins said in August. But Baron Cohen, who earned a Golden Globe nominations for the six characters he played in the gotcha series, does not think a second season is…

Golden Globe nominee Sacha Baron Cohen was all smiles at Showtime's holiday party on Sunset Boulevard last night. But the Who Is America? creator can't be cheered about Roy Moore's contention today in his $95 million defamation suit that he was "fraudulently induced" to appear on the satire series earlier this…

Sacha Baron Cohen has been nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV series Musical or Comedy for the coterie of characters he played in the satirical interview series Who Is America? While some will read into this that his inclusion in the series and not limited series category means that…

Showtime has fired back — legally speaking — at Judge Roy Moore’s lawsuit over his appearance its Sacha Baron Cohen series Who Is America? The premium cabler filed a motion today for a change of venue from U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to the Southern District of New York, which covers Manhattan. In its…

This will be worth keeping an eye on. Roy Moore, the former Senate hopeful from Alabama who lost his race while embroiled in a pedophile scandal, has sued Sacha Baron Cohen and Showtime for an uncool $95 million over his appearance — along with a claimed “pedophile detector” — on the premium cabler’s series Who Is Amer…

Sacha Baron Cohen ended his grand experiment seven-episode Showtime series Who Is America tonight with a disturbing segment in which Baron Cohen’s Italian photographer alter ego Gio Monaldo sat with O.J. Simpson and tried unsuccessfully for three minutes to get the former football great to admit he murdered his…

On Sunday, pro-gun advocate Dan Roberts was the latest victim of Who Is America? During the episode, Sacha Baron Cohen impersonated an anti-terror expert and at one point, he taught Roberts how to survive a beheading which ended with a cringe-worthy moment that involved a Roberts handling a sex toy with his mouth. In…

Now in its fifth episode, Sacha Baron Cohen continues his crusade to dupe unsuspecting victims on his Showtime series Who Is America?  This week’s episode didn’t include the much-anticipated interview with Sarah Palin, but it did feature interviews with former Donald Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski…

After being duped on Sacha Baron Cohen’s Showtime series Who Is America?, former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio has come forward to address the skewering Cohen gave him. “I made a bad mistake security-wise,” Arpaio said in an interview with the Washington Examiner about his appearance on the show. “They said, ‘we're doing…

Just over halfway into its first season, there is no formal decision from Showtime about whether Sacha Baron Cohen's controversial Who Is America? will be coming back. But the network’s CEO wants more. “I’m dying to bring it back,” premium cabler boss David Nevins said Monday at TCA of the gotcha series from the Borat…