Skater vs. Instigator
SHE BECAME a hero in America when she won a figure skating silver medal at the Olympic Games in Torino. He became persona non grata in Kazakhstan when he created Borat, a fictional journalist whose exploits come to the big screen this week in Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Do Sasha Cohen and Sacha Baron Cohen have more in common than a name?
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| <p>Sasha</p> | <p></p> | <p>Sacha</p> |
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Milk. Reflection in her online journal: "I always wanted to be in a milk advertisement." | MOUSTACHE | Bushy. Wrote on Maxim website: "Ladies like very much big moustache. I wishing mine was more." |
Sequined skirt leaving little to the imagination. | ATHLETIC ATTIRE | Tank top, short shorts leaving little to the imagination. |
Came in 4th in 2002 Olympics. | FAMOUS FOURTH | Borat's sister is "Number 4 prostitute in all of Kazakhstan." |
Silver medal from Turin. | PRIZED POSSESSION | Baywatch book he stole from a yard sale. |
Appeared at Rodeo Drive Walk of Style last March. | RODEO INCIDENT | Butchered national anthem at a rodeo in Massachusetts. |
Was a guest at the White House Easter Egg Roll last April. | MEETING THE PRESIDENT | Showed up outside the White House in September and attempted, unsuccessfully, to deliver invitations to Borat (and a postfilm cocktail party at Hooters) to "George Walter Bush and other American dignitaries." |
Skated to Romeo and Juliet in Turin. | MUSIC | Sang Throw the Jew Down the Well in Tucson. |
Journal entry from Japan: "When I walk the streets of Tokyo I actually feel tall." | OVERSEAS TRAVEL | Arrived in U.S. with a live chicken in his suitcase. |
Snowboarder Shaun (The Flying Tomato) White confessed he had a crush on her. | RED-HEADED ROMANCE | Cohen is engaged to Wedding Crashers star Isla Fisher. |
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JAMES WHITE/AMERICA'S MILK PROCESSORS (SASHA COHEN)
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