Vassup! It's Brüno!

So the star-studded premiere of "Brüno" was held at the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood last night, just hours after the world learned the news of Michael Jackson's death. MJ's star on the Walk of Fame was covered up by the premiere decorations, and I'm told a lot of fans were not pleased. The show must go on, people! Today, the star is unobstructed and fans are paying their respects.

Brüno is a character sprung from the brilliant comedic mind of Sacha Baron Cohen (of "Borat" and "Da Ali G" fame) -- an overtly homosexual Austrian fashion reporter. The columned building behind the banner is where the Jimmy Kimmel show is filmed during the week.
As one would expect from this character, Brüno had an elaborate, flamboyant, over-the-top entrance planned. He came in riding on a rhinestone-studded and mirrored military tank, followed by a troop of hot women in quasi-military attire, holding gold grenade launchers or rifles emblazoned with the label "Chanel". In place of the usual red carpet was a black carpet with a logo of interlocking gold "Bs" (think: Gucci). The crowd of Sacha Baron Cohen fans went wild. Brüno told them that this was the most important film about a gay Austrian since "The Terminator".

Being interviewed by Access Hollywood:

At the party after the movie, gigantic canvases of Brüno portraits lined the walls. Austrian food like bratwurst was served to honor the Austrian main character.

While the film will undoubtedly offend a number of people, we found it to be hysterical. The entire audience was laughing almost the entire time. We sat with a Christian theological student who said that while he was disturbed by a lot of it, he found it to be extremely funny and would recommend it. Sorry for the poor image quality -- I was only able to use a point and shoot and a blackberry -- large cameras are not allowed inside. (6/25/09 ~ City of Angels).