The National Enquirer reports that 72 year old actor Morgan Freeman is marrying his 27 year old step-granddaughter. I think this makes Woody Allen look like a saint by comparison.

Something else I wanna mention and should develop more thoroughly but here’s just a quick thing on it ….. Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Bruno” opens in the US today. It looks outrageous and funny and of course I want to see it. I’m a huge fan. Cohen has now made feature films with all three of his best known TV characters – Ali G, Borat and now Bruno.

Ali G of course was a completely fictional film set in the UK. But with both Borat and Bruno, Cohen (and director Larry Charles) are out to use a faux documentary format to throw a spotlight onto prejudices that by all rights should no longer exist.

But the thing is, Cohen is British and the characters were originally developed for UK TV. So why are these two films set in America? Is it merely a commercial consideration – by setting the film in the UK it would not do as much box office in the US? Or is there something else, something more? Does he see something in the “character” of Americans that he doesn’t see in Britons?

Just curious.

iPhone just delivered. Gotta go play.

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