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Sacha Baron Cohen dropped from Oscars for fear of angering James Cameron.

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Ripclawe

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Photo: Charley Gallay/Getty Images for PCA

Just a week ago, Sacha Baron Cohen — the alter ego of Borat and Brüno — was announced as an Oscar presenter by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Now, suddenly, Baron Cohen has vanished from that list. Why is he gone from the show? Because one of the broadcast's producers was scared he might offend gazillionaire Best Director nominee James Cameron.

An insider familiar with the Oscar telecast tells Vulture that an Avatar sketch planned by Baron Cohen and Ben Stiller was nixed yesterday by show producer Bill Mechanic, who worried that Cameron would be so offended by it that he might even walk out of the Oscar broadcast on live TV.

So what skit could possibly so incense the HMFIC?

Our insider informs us that Baron Cohen planned to appear onstage as a blue-skinned, female Na’vi, with Stiller translating “her” interplanetary speech. As the skit went on, though, it would become clear that Stiller wasn’t translating properly, because Cohen would grow ever more upset. At its climax, an infuriated Baron Cohen would pull open “her” evening gown to reveal that s/he was pregnant, knocked up with Cameron’s love child, and would go on to confront her baby daddy as if s/he were on Jerry Springer.

Mechanic, now both a producer of motion pictures and of this year’s Oscar telecast, was head of Twentieth Century Fox when Cameron’s Titanic famously went massively over budget and over schedule, so he’s well acquainted with Cameron’s sense of humor — or lack of it. “Let’s just say that Cameron isn’t known to be, shall we say, ‘self-deprecating,’” explained one insider familiar with the decision to cut the sketch.

Academy spokesperson Toni Thompson would only confirm that Baron Cohen was no longer presenting, but Baron Cohen’s spokesman, Matt Labov, tells Vulture that “I hate to use the term, because it's so ubiquitous, but there were ‘creative differences.’ Nothing acrimonious, but both sides felt that since they couldn’t agree, [Cohen] might as well remain in London.” (Calls to Mechanic's office were not returned at deadline.)

So in case you’re ranking celebrity senses of humor at home, you can now safely put Cameron below Eminem.
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Gospel

Parmesan et Romano
I expect suitable shops to this:

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i.e thumbs down, sad face, he put rubber penis into my anus quote, etc.
 
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mattiewheels

And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Branduil said:
Cameron thinks too highly of himself.
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i'd think i was God too if my movie just made billions of dollars.
 
LabouredSubterfuge

LabouredSubterfuge

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I think he'd have every right to walk out. I mean how dare anybody make fun of such a ground-breaking movie with such an incredibly mind-blowing plot.
 
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Sullen

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Actually Cameron has been pretty humorous in mostly everything Avatar related, prior and post release. So I'm not sure where that is coming from. :lol
 
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Discotheque

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Honestly this skit sounds like shit though, I would drop it regardless of how pissed Cameron would get.

I used to love Sacha Baron Cohen but his shtick has outworn it's welcome I think. And also crap humor like this is more fit for the MTV awards.
 
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gdt

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A) Cameron thinks too highly of himself? Really? Is that even possible?

B) I don't get it, Cameron's always been up for a good joke as far as I can tell...
 
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demon

I don't mean to alarm you but you have dogs on your face
Our insider informs us that Baron Cohen planned to appear onstage as a blue-skinned, female Na’vi, with Stiller translating “her” interplanetary speech. As the skit went on, though, it would become clear that Stiller wasn’t translating properly, because Cohen would grow ever more upset. At its climax, an infuriated Baron Cohen would pull open “her” evening gown to reveal that s/he was pregnant, knocked up with Cameron’s love child, and would go on to confront her baby daddy as if s/he were on Jerry Springer.
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That just sounds fucking retarded.
 
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Mechanical Snowman

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Our insider informs us that Baron Cohen planned to appear onstage as a blue-skinned, female Na’vi, with Stiller translating “her” interplanetary speech. As the skit went on, though, it would become clear that Stiller wasn’t translating properly, because Cohen would grow ever more upset. At its climax, an infuriated Baron Cohen would pull open “her” evening gown to reveal that s/he was pregnant, knocked up with Cameron’s love child, and would go on to confront her baby daddy as if s/he were on Jerry Springer.
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Sounds pretty un-funny.
 
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Poimandres said:
Please crash the party and do it anyway Sacha. Please?
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Sacha and Stiller do it for Funny or Die .com with Jim Carrey playing James Cameron. I'd force my family, friends, and co-workers to watch it if it were to happen (plus, that last thing Jim did with the old SNL guys made me want to see him do more stupid shit again)
 
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Salsa

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Id take Aliens and T2 anytime, but Cameron is a douchebag and i hate what he stands for in the film industry. Learn to make a little fun of yourself for christ sake.
 
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BobLoblaw

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Well, Cameron loses points for this, but he gave us Aliens, Terminator, and Terminator 2, so it evens out. It's not a :) or a :-( but rather a :-|
 
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bjork

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Orphan > Avatar.

That skit thing does sound pretty awful, though. On par with some of the RAW skits Vince McMahon loves but the rest of earth groans at.
 
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I should be doing hw

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Discotheque said:
I used to love Sacha Baron Cohen but his shtick has outworn it's welcome I think. And also crap humor like this is more fit for the MTV awards.
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And then some. Ali G and Borat were awesome at the time, Bruno was probably the most boring, try-hard movie I've ever seen. The skit sounds like dogshit.
 
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BobLoblaw said:
Well, Cameron loses points for this, but he gave us Aliens, Terminator, and Terminator 2, so it evens out. It's not a :) or a :-( but rather a :-|
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How can he lose points for this? He had nothing to do with it.
 
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Apoc29

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Cameron participated in that Laser Cats sketch on SNL, where Sigourney Weaver puked up on a guy's face. What lengths wouldn't he go to?
 
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gdt

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DevelopmentArrested said:
Cameron is such a douchebucket. Bigelow better win Best Director. What a smarmy scumfuck.
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He had nothing to do with this :lol !


But yeah, everyone knows Cameron can be a doucher.
 
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Malleymal

You now belong to FMT.
He would get more laughs if he just went up and presente an award dressed as a navi... The extra stuff is extra stupid ....
 
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Siebzehn50

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pablitomm_uy said:
He could at least come out and say he doesnt have a problem with the sketch...
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Uh, I'm sure he has no idea about this at all. I doubt this is a huge story among the Hollywood elite.
 
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GDGF

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Do you guys really think they would have had a sketch involving James Cameron without asking James Cameron first? I know we're dealing with SBC and all, but this is the Oscars not amature night at the improv theater. What if Cameron was in the pisser during this part of the nights events? I think they asked him and he said hell no.
 
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Dead

well not really...yet
"Cameron loses points for this"

lol

I like how people are acting as if Cameron himself had ANYTHING to do with this decision at all.

Also, the skit sounds like total shit
Just like Bruno

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DevelopmentArrested said:
Cameron is such a douchebucket. Bigelow better win Best Director. What a smarmy scumfuck.
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:lol pathetic :lol
 
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Masaki_

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LabouredSubterfuge said:
I think he'd have every right to walk out. I mean how dare anybody make fun of such a ground-breaking movie with such an incredibly mind-blowing plot.
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Yo, man, I went to see Avatar today for the fourth time and had a great time. It's really groundbreaking. Just thought I'd let you know.
 
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Ether_Snake

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Award show humor always fucking sucks anyway. The scene described in the OP sounds retarded. This is an award show for the whole movie industry, you know, the storyboard artists, the lighters, the cameramen, the makeup artists, the directors, actors, writers, marketing staffs, etc. It's not just about the fucking people everybody knows of. But those award shows always end up feeling like they were MTV productions.
 
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