Austrian fashionista “Bruno” (aka comedian Sacha Baron Cohen) talks to TODAY’s Matt Lauer about his dreams of fame and his new film.

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The death of Michael Jackson shocked the world yesterday, including producers of Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest uncomfortably funny comedy, Brüno: those in charge raced to cut mocking footage of LaToya Jackson just hours before the film debuted in L.A., AFP reported.

The character of Brüno convinces LaToya in the movie that he’s an Austrian fashion journalist while taking a few comedic shots at her (including a scene where she eats sushi off the body of a naked Mexican worker acting as a table )and producers decided those jokes weren’t appropriate in light of her brother’s very recent passing. It’s doubtful that those scenes will remain in the film on July 10 when the novie opens nationwide.

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Brüno did end up causing a small mishap however: mourning fans gathered to lay flowers on Michael Jackson’s star on Hollywood Boulevard, but they were laid on the wrong star. Brüno’s red carpet covered the musician’s star, while the star with the misplaced flowers belonged to radio talk show host Michael Jackson, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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Sasha Baron Cohen hit the red carpet at the MTV Movie Awards in his “Bruno” character, and he had us all dying of laughter. Have you seen the trailer for Bruno yet? Go here!

That’s Frankie from The Hills interviewing him.  Watch the funny video we captured of the interview!

Sacha Baron Cohen and Will Ferrell are reuniting for an as-yet-untitled comedy project about Sherlock Holmes.The movie would feature Cohen as the master detective and Ferrell as his assistant, Dr. Watson. It’s being written by Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder) and produced by Judd Apatow and Jimmy Miller, who previously produced Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, in which the actors costarred. ”Just the idea of Sacha and Will as Sherlock Holmes and Watson makes us laugh,” Columbia Pictures copresident Matt Tolmach said in Variety. There’s no word on when the film is due to go into production; presently, Cohen is at work on Bruno, while Ferrell recently wrapped Land of the Lost and has Step Brothers coming out later this month.

This is the second project featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary sleuth currently in development at a major studio. A drama from director Guy Ritchie is in the works elsewhere.

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Born last month, Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher’s daughter Olive had her first outing in Beverly Hills Wednesday. The comedic couple were spotted leaving the Four Seasons – mother and daughter in matching grey with Olive sporting fashionable pink converse and Borat star Cohen dutifully carrying the child seat. Fisher is set to focus on motherhood and has said she hasn’t “got any plans to jump back into [work],” but fans can look forward to Cohen’s next flick, which features his alter ego Bruno and Universal Pictures won the bidding war to produce.

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New parents Aussie actress Isla Fisher and British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen took their daughter who is reportedly named Olive, with them for a picnic at Malibu Bluffs Park last week. This is the first sighting of Olive who was born on October 17.