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November 25, 2006 (Press Release) --
Kazakh writer likes 'Borat'
Novelist Sapabek Asip-uly, a leading Kazakh writer, has nominated British actor Sasha Baron Cohen for a national award for popularizing Kazakhstan. She called on the Kazakh Club of Art Patrons to give Cohen its annual award, according to a letter published Thursday by the Vremya newspaper. Cohen's fictional Kazakh character Borat ''has managed to spark an immense interest of the whole world in Kazakhstan -- something our authorities could not do during the years of independence,'' she said. Authorities in the former Soviet republic were enraged by Cohen's unflattering portrayal of Kazakh life in his film spoof ''Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit of Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.'' ''If state officials completely lack a sense of humor, their country becomes a laughingstock,'' said Asip-uly, known for novels describing the Russian colonization of the Kazakhs and Stalinist purges in the 1930s.
Here's looking at you, Ingrid
A Swedish town is searching for a bride-to-be who looks like Ingrid Bergman to re-enact the actress' first wedding in 1937. The search was initiated by the folklore society in Stode, 235 miles north of Stockholm, to mark the 70th anniversary of Bergman's wedding to Petter Aron Lindstrom in the town church. ''We're looking for a Swedish look-alike, and it's going to be a real wedding -- and we'll pay for the wedding dress and dinner,'' said Gertrud Svensson, a deputy member of the folkore society. The wedding is planned for summer 2007. Bergman, whose films included ''Casablanca,'' died in 1982 at 67.
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Novelist Sapabek Asip-uly, a leading Kazakh writer, has nominated British actor Sasha Baron Cohen for a national award for popularizing Kazakhstan. She called on the Kazakh Club of Art Patrons to give Cohen its annual award, according to a letter published Thursday by the Vremya newspaper. Cohen's fictional Kazakh character Borat ''has managed to spark an immense interest of the whole world in Kazakhstan -- something our authorities could not do during the years of independence,'' she said. Authorities in the former Soviet republic were enraged by Cohen's unflattering portrayal of Kazakh life in his film spoof ''Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit of Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.'' ''If state officials completely lack a sense of humor, their country becomes a laughingstock,'' said Asip-uly, known for novels describing the Russian colonization of the Kazakhs and Stalinist purges in the 1930s.
Here's looking at you, Ingrid
A Swedish town is searching for a bride-to-be who looks like Ingrid Bergman to re-enact the actress' first wedding in 1937. The search was initiated by the folklore society in Stode, 235 miles north of Stockholm, to mark the 70th anniversary of Bergman's wedding to Petter Aron Lindstrom in the town church. ''We're looking for a Swedish look-alike, and it's going to be a real wedding -- and we'll pay for the wedding dress and dinner,'' said Gertrud Svensson, a deputy member of the folkore society. The wedding is planned for summer 2007. Bergman, whose films included ''Casablanca,'' died in 1982 at 67.
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