Oscar-Nominated ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’s Maria Bakalova On Her New Judd Apatow Comedy ‘The Bubble’: “We Need More Things That Are Going To Make Us Love”

EXCLUSIVE: After earning some of the best reviews of his career that included an Oscar nomination for his performance in A24’s Minari, Steven Yeun has his sights sets on his next project. Sources tell Deadline, Yeun is in negotiations to join Universal’s highly anticipated next project from Oscar-winner Jordan Peele.

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm has set a new Guinness World Record, the records governing body has confirmed.The Borat sequel arrived last year, 14 years after Sacha Baron Cohen’s original mockumentary was released.Earlier this month, the second movie was shortlisted for two Oscars – for Best Actress In A Supporting Role for Maria Bakalova and for Best Adapted Screenplay.Those nominations have now secured another achievement for Borat 2 – the Guinness World Record for the longest title of a film

No matter what happens at the upcoming Academy Awards, the new Sacha Baron Cohen film is already a winner.

Wearing bullet-proof vests, an entire production having to flee from New York City to New Jersey, the challenges of portraying real-life characters and the joys of working with animals — specifically, dogs and an octopus — were among the myriad of topics covered Saturday during a series of nominee panels hosted by the Producers Guild of America.

Another guild award is in the books, ladies and gentlemen. The Writers Guild Awards are in the rearview mirror now, with some definite Oscar implications.

In one of the shortest WGA Award ceremonies in recent memory at 90 minutes, there were a few standout comedic moments, one being when Borat Subsequent Moviefilm actor/producer/co-scribe and Adapted Screenplay WGA winner Sacha Baron Cohen took a jab at his favorite punching bag in the sequel, Donald Trump consigliere Rudy Giuliani.

Also Read: While the Oscars Embrace Diversity, the Golden Globes Scramble for RelevanceThis year’s show was a joint presentation of the Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East, which normally conduct separate but simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Kal Penn hosted the ceremony, with presenters that included Sacha Baron Cohen, Rachel Brosnahan, Jimmy Fallon, Ava DuVernay, Leslie Odom Jr.

Easily the most talked-about scene in “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” comes when Rudy Giuliani, after completing an interview with Tutar (Maria Bakalova) lies back on a bed and thrusts his hand down his pants before being interrupted by her father, Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen), bursting into the room.

Andra Day — correction: Best Actress nominee Andra Day — couldn’t be more excited. ET spoke with the star following news of her Oscar nomination Monday to get the details on how she first learned she was nominated and what this recognition means to her. “When I looked at my phone I saw that it was full of messages,” she shared about first realizing she was nominated.

That’s something we really need now, when so many countries are dealing with manipulative, corrupt and incompetent politicians.”Also Read: 'Collective' Named Top Documentary at Cinema Eye Honors“Collective” follows a team of Romanian journalists in the aftermath of a 2015 nightclub fire that killed 27 people.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterMaria Bakalova was shooting a scene opposite Pedro Pascal for “The Bubble,” an upcoming meta-comedy about actors filming a movie in the middle of a pandemic, when she found out she landed her first Oscar nomination.“We were in the middle of a take,” she says.

Priyanka Chopra cutely pops her heel during a sweet moment with husband Nick Jonas while announcing the 2021 Oscars nominations on Monday morning (March 15).

Clayton Davis The Oscars have unveiled the 2021 nominations, and it was a historic group that closes the chapter of one of the hardest years for cinema.After a year in which the Academy announced its divisive inclusion and representation standards, members stepped up to the plate, recognizing the most people of color in the acting categories in history with nine nods.

In Ireland today, Wolfwalkers directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart are celebrating an Oscar nom for Best Animated Feature.

Awards season is very much underway and the nominations for the 2021 Academy Awards were announced on Monday.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaNetflix must be popping the champagne.The streaming leviathan towered over the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards on Monday.

It’s a diverse year at the 2021 Oscars.

Nomadland filmmaker Chloe Zhao has had made history once again as the first woman of color to be nominated for Best Director at the Oscars. Alongside Promising Young Woman director Emerald Fennell, this marks the first time two women have been nominated for Best Director in the history of the Academy Awards — and this is the 93rd edition of the ceremony.