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SHOWTIME was honored with six Golden Globe nominations this morning including the new comedy series KIDDING and limited series ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA. The network also received four lead acting nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, including nods for ESCAPE AT DANNEMORA star Patricia Arquette, PATRICK MELROSE star Benedict Cumberbatch, KIDDING's Jim Carrey and WHO IS AMERICA? creator and star Sacha Baron Cohen.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced the nominations for the 2019 Golden Globe Awards on Thursday morning. Terry Crews, Danai Gurira, Leslie Mann and Christian Slater will join HFPA President Meher Tatna, executive producer Barry Adelman and Isan Elba, daughter of Idris Elba and this year's Golden Globe ambassador to make the announcement. 

Sacha Baron Cohen's friend Borat goes door-to-door in a nice LA neighborhood to talk to people about American politics and swing the midterms for Trump on election day.

Actor Eddie Redmayne ('Fantastic Beasts') is in early talks to star in 'The Trial of the Chicago 7,' according to Variety.

Aaron Sorkin is on board to direct “The Trial of the Chicago 7”  with Sacha Baron Cohen in early talks to star, according to Variety.

A video had surfaced on Miley Cyrus auditioning for the Les Miserables film in 2011. The video features the popstar singing On My Own from the hit musical. Watch it below!

An Evening of Classic Broadway returns Monday, August 6th at 8PM (doors 6:30) to Rockwell Table and Stage.

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Showtime Networks Shares Statement On New Sacha Baron Cohen Comedy Series WHO IS AMERICA?

WHO IS AMERICA? is a half-hour series from comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, in his return to series television for the first time in more than a decade in the genre he created first in Da Ali G Show. In the works over the past year, WHO IS AMERICA? explores the diverse individuals who populate our unique nation, and features Baron Cohen experimenting in the playground of 2018 America. The seven-episode series premieres Sunday, July 15 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, and is currently available on demand, only on SHOWTIME.

Today, SHOWTIME announced a brand new satirical half-hour series from comedian Sacha Baron Cohen. Famous for creating a roster of iconic moments and incendiary characters, Baron Cohen returns to series television for the first time in more than a decade, writing and directing WHO IS AMERICA? In the works over the past year, the seven-episode series will explore the diverse individuals, from the infamous to the unknown across the political and cultural spectrum, who populate our unique nation. The first episode will debut on streaming, online and On Demand this Sunday, July 15 at midnight ET (9 p.m. PT July 14) and will premiere on air that same night at 10 p.m. ET/PT, with subsequent episodes airing on Sundays at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The announcement was made today by David Nevins, President and CEO of Showtime Networks Inc.  

Actor and comedian Sacha Baron Cohen has posted a teaser for an upcoming project that appears to center around Donald Trump.

Based on the 1994 movie, adapted to the stage with disco music, PRISCILLA QUEEN OF THE DESERT concludes what has been an amazing season at the Downtown Cabaret Theatre, in Bridgeport, CT.

Noah Emmerich Has Been Cast as 'Dan Peleg' in THE SPY, Coming to Netflix

Sacha Baron Cohen has been cast as Eli Cohen in the upcoming drama The Spy, a six episode limited series exploring Cohen's role as a spy for Israel in Syria in the early 1960s. The limited series will debut globally on Netflix (outside of France), and on OCS in France.

WATCH: Netflix Debuts Trailer For SETH ROGAN'S HILARITY FOR CHARITY

Hot on the heels of Netflix's acquisition of Seth Rogen, the actor and comedian is debuting the trailer to Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity, a comedy special featuring an all-star lineup with can't-miss stand-ups, sketches and musical performances.

Netflix announced today the all-star guest lineup for his upcoming Netflix special, Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity.  Seth Rogen and friends combine stand-up, sketches and music into an outrageous comedy special that could only come from the mind of Seth.

When Shandling passed away in 2016, he was widely remembered as a top stand-up comic and the star of two of the most innovative sitcoms in TV history. But to those who knew him, the “real” Garry Shandling was a far more complex person. Now, Apatow has created a remarkable portrait of this iconic comedian in the four-and-a-half-hour documentary THE ZEN DIARIES OF GARRY SHANDLING, which debuts in two parts MONDAY, MARCH 26 (8:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT) and TUESDAY, MARCH 27 (8:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

HBO Documentary Films has released the first trailer for upcoming documentary THE ZEN DIARIES OF GARRY SHANDLING. The documentary features James L. Brooks, Jim Carrey, Sacha Baron Cohen, David Coulier, Jon Favreau, Jay Leno, Kevin Nealon, Conan O'Brien, Bob Saget, Jerry Seinfeld and Sarah Silverman. The film, directed by Judd Apatow, debuts on HBO March 26th and 27th.