Sacha Baron Cohen Banned From Oscars

The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has pulled actor Sacha Baron Cohen‘s tickets from the 84th Academy Awards. This means he is banned from attending the Oscars even though he is one of the stars from Hugo, Paramount’s 11 nominated Best Picture contenders. “Unless they’re assured that nothing entertaining is going to happen on the Red Carpet, the Academy is not admitting Sacha Baron Cohen to the show,” an insider just told me. The reason is that rumors reached the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences that Baron Cohen would be strolling the Red Carpet in full costume as his character in the upcoming Paramount film The Dictator as a publicity stunt.