Sacha Baron Cohen’s Admiral General Aladeen character from his upcoming movie ‘The Dictator’ has issued a statement about the death of Kim Jong Il.

In a statement given to Gossip Cop, General Aladeen writes, “I am saddened to learn of the passing of my dear friend Kim Jong-Il. Our thoughts go out to his wife and 813 children.”

“K-Jo,” as General Aladeen calls him, “was a great leader, good friend and average double’s badminton partner.”

Aladeen remembers his pal as a man who “did so much to spread compassion, wisdom and uranium throughout the world.”

Cohen has similarly assumed his characters “Bruno” and “Borat” while promoting their films.

The Dictator is set for a May 2012 release.

It’s a little bit funny, you have to admit.

Sacha Baron Cohen, the comedian who brought us ‘Borat’ and ‘Bruno’ has signed on to play Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Sounds like it won’t be controversial at all!

Cohen is set to star in a comedy inspired by a book thought to be written by Hussein titled ‘Zabibah and the King,’ BBC reports. The book was a best-seller in Iraq back in 2000.

Paramount Pictures joked that the film would “tell the heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.” Writers Alec Berg, Jeff Schaffer and David Mandel, who all work for ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ have been signed on to write the script.

The film, titled ‘The Dictator,’ is scheduled to be released in theaters May 11, 2012. It will be directed by Larry Charles, who has worked with Cohen on both ‘Bruno’ and ‘Borat.’

Cohen married actress Isla Fisher in March 2010. Fisher converted to Judaism so that she and Cohen could raise their child, born in summer of 2010, in the Jewish faith.

Cohen has also been the center of several lawsuits for his over-the-top characters’ real-life interactions.

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Isla Fisher and husband Sacha Baron Cohen were spotted out and about in London over the weekend with their new baby! 2 1/2 year old sister Olive was in tow.

The very private couple haven’t announced when the baby was born, or the name/sex of the baby. According to a rep for Isla, they won’t be commenting about the birth of their second baby.

Love them both, congrats!!

(Yes, that’s him above)

If there was anyone who could fall into the “too racy for the Oscars” category when it came to writing a skit, Sacha Baron Cohen sits at the top of the list. So it’s no surprise that the man behind raunchy-yet-hysterical alter egos like ‘Borat’ and ‘Bruno’ had his skit vetoed from this weekend’s Oscars telecast. Why? Because it apparently contained some jokes directed at ‘Avatar’ director James Cameron, and the show’s producers didn’t want to insult the man behind the biggest movie ever.

In a report broken by New York Magazine’s Vulture blog, the story goes like this: Cohen was announced as an Oscar presenter just last week, so he got going on penning his skit, which would be done along with Ben Stiller. One would think that has the potential to be hysterical, but in the mind of show producer Bill Mechanic, it was too risky.

Vulture reports that Baron Cohen’s skit involved him dressing in a blue ‘Avatar’ female Na’vi costume, unable to speak English. Stiller would be his translator, but as the skit goes on, frustration between the two grows because apparently Stiller isn’t translating properly. It all culminates with Baron Cohen showing everyone that he/she is pregnant … with James Cameron’s baby.

“Let’s just say that Cameron isn’t known to be, shall we say, ‘self-deprecating,’” a Vulture insider explained.

So what now for Sacha? He’s staying put in London and skipping the Oscars altogether. His spokesman explained the situation to Vulture.

“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,” Matt Labov said.

As previously reported, Baron Cohen was also producer’s first choice to host this year’s Oscars, but the Academy similarly balked at the selection of the raunchy comic.

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I don’t know about you – but I would have LOVED to see Sacha Baron Cohen host the Oscars. Might be more interesting if he did!

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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