Sacha Baron Cohen and Eminem scripted and rehearsed the butt-baring prank heard around the world at Sunday’s MTV Movie Awards that nearly left the rapper’s face buried in the Bruno star’s crotch.
After a lively debate across the web that lasted much of the day, MTV’s head writer came forward late Monday to confess that both stars were in on the gag all along.
Writing on his blog, Scott Aukerman confessed: “Yes, the Eminem-Bruno incident was staged. They rehearsed it at dress (rehearsal) and yes, it went as far as it did on the live show….”
Eminem stormed out of the 2009 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night after Bruno star Sacha Baron Cohen’s ass landed in his lap — literally! Read the rest of this entry »
Looks like Eminem still has plenty of fans. Relapse, Em’s first LP in five years, has sold more copies in its first week of release than any other album this year. Relapse sold 608,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Eminem shamelessly plugged the release of his first album in four years — Relapse in stores Tuesday — in a series of brief commercial promos with Family Guy’s Stewie over the weekend.
Eminem opened up about the release of his new album Relapse — in stores Tuesday — his relationship with hip-hop legend Dr. Dre, and the perils of fatherhood in an interview with Jimmy Kimmel Live on Friday.
Em will appear on Kimmel two more times in the next week — once this Tuesday, May 19, and again next Friday, May 23.
Eminem and ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel will fly about 200 jobless auto workers to Los Angeles for Friday’s taping of the Motor City-born rapper’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Eminem is in the middle of a fierce promo tour for the May 19 release of Relapse, his first studio album in four years. The media blitz will include two more appearances on Kimmel, on Tuesday, May 19 and Friday, May 22.
Em says he’s eager to show support for the community where he grew up, particularly in light of what he perceives as the media’s lack of focus on the massive layoffs in the American auto industry.
“In all the media coverage Detroit is getting, everyone forgets about the people that have lost their jobs without getting big cash payouts after dedicating themselves to the auto industry,” Eminem said in a statement to The Detroit Free Press on Monday night. “Jimmy Kimmel and I got to talking, and we wanted to remind everyone that there are real people affected by what’s going on in Detroit, and try to show some of them a good time while we’re at it.”
