How weird is it that, out of Sacha Baron Cohen’s three trademark characters, Ali G is now the least famous of them all? With this past weekend’s strong “Brüno” opening, the UK-born and raised funnyman has once again fooled the world into believing that he is someone else. Where he goes from here is anyone’s guess, but as we play Monday-morning quarterback there is an even more pressing question: is Cohen the greatest cinematic "chameleon" of all time?

There are few things I love more in a movie than when an actor fully immerses himself in another persona. Sometimes it’s for comedy, sometimes it’s for drama... but whatever the performance is in the name of, when done right it can make that performer a legend. Below are my favorite "chameleon" actors of all time. Post your thoughts in the comments section and tell us where SBC ranks among these greats or any others. Read more...

If you had a few hours alone with the most famous actor in the world, what would you ask him? That was the thought process driving director/actor Eli Roth when he appeared alongside Brad Pitt in the upcoming Quentin Tarantino flick, "Inglourious Basterds." Naturally, Roth asked something we all might want to know: how does the dude go to the bathroom?

“I was wondering: ‘You’re at a baseball game and you have to take a p-ss,” Roth said with a laugh, remembering his query on the set of “Inglourious Basterds.” “What do you do?”’ Read more...

You might know Thomas Lennon as one of the founding members of the hilarious sketch-comedy troupe The State. You might know him as a scene-stealing co-star in movies like “Balls of Fury” and “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” or as the writer of “Herbie Fully Loaded” and the “Night at the Museum” movies. Oh, who are we kidding? You know him as the shorty-shorts clad Lieutenant Dangle from “Reno 911!”

Recently, we caught up with one of Hollywood’s most versatile funnymen – and Lennon told us that with the “Night at the Museum” sequel on the way, the chaotic writing schedule of himself and partner-in-crime Robert Ben Garant is only getting busier, and there are robots on the horizon. Read more...

The talent, the moves, the hot girlfriends: A generation of kids want to grow up to be Justin Timberlake. But who does Justin Timberlake emulate?

Would you believe The Dude? (Or el Duderino if you’re not into the whole brevity thing).

"I looked at him and said ‘I want to be you when I grow up!’" the former N*Sync star (and future Oscar host?) told MTV News about his "Open Road" co-star Jeff Bridges. "Just to work with someone who’s been [acting] that well for so long and still to be so collaborative and into it as much as I was [was impressive]. He is, without a doubt, my favorite actor I’ve ever worked with. He’s the best." Read more...

A new offering from Quentin Tarantino is still a special event for me. They're few and far between but I can count on one hand the number of filmmakers with the confidence and talent to back it up like QT. The guy doesn't make a wrong move (okay, maybe "Death Proof"?) but I have to say, with each passing casting announcement on "Inglorious Bastards" I shake my head in confusion a little more vigorously.

Variety is reporting that Mike Myers, the Love Guru himself, will be joining Tarantino's WWII ensemble. "Myers will play British Gen. Ed Fenech, a military mastermind who takes part in hatching a plot to wipe out Nazi leaders," writes the trade. Um...okay. I guess if anyone can reign in the master mugger it's Quentin? Right? RIGHT? Read more...

"The Love Guru" didn't bomb because of Justin Timberlake. It didn't bomb because Mike Myers waited too long after the last installment of "Austin Powers" to become one with the cultural zeitgeist. It didn't bomb because Hindu fundamentalists raised a stink over the film's usage of sacred terms.

It bombed, says Deepak Chopra, because Myers got too mired in gross-out jokes.

"'The Love Guru' didn't work well because Mike Myers addresses a teenage audience, and he was trying to mix it up with metaphysics," Chopra told MTV News. "Humor mixed with spirituality can work, if it's done well. But frankly speaking, this was not a good attempt."

Chopra, who counts Myers as a friend, knew well in advance that the comedian was planning to poke him at him with his character of Guru Maurice Pitka. Read more...

Perhaps my choice of hitting the caps lock key when I did gave away my thoughts on this matter? The truth is I like Austin Powers. I laughed like everyone else when the first one came out and yes I may have quoted the film once or twice (but not since 1999, I swear). But I laughed a little less during "The Spy Who Shagged Me" and by the time of "Goldmember" I felt, I think like most of you, that this series had run its course.

Funny what a huge flop will do though. According to Nikki Finke over at Deadline Hollywood, Mike Myers has begun writing a fourth "Austin Powers" flick and New Line is apparently all excited at the prospect. Here's the thing though, we already all kind of sat through "Austin Powers 4," didn't we? It was called "The Love Guru." Same jokes, different accent, right? I'm only being slightly facetious. Read more...

The last time Mike Myers starred in a comic film creation all his own, the entirely forgettable "Austin Powers in Goldmember," the flick opened to a stellar $73 million weekend at the box office. That was six years ago and as we just learned over the weekend, a lot can change in that kind of time.

"The Love Guru" opened on Friday to the kind of reviews usually reserved for movies starring Larry the Cable Guy, not to mention an embarrassing 4th-place finish. Perhaps no one sunk the knife deeper than A.O. Scott in "The New York Times" who called it, "an experience that makes you wonder if you will ever laugh again." Wonder if Myers turned and mugged for the camera after he read that one.

So this begs a few questions, the key one being...what the hell happened? Did Mike Myers suddenly become unfunny? Did our collective taste change? Is his new comic creation a little too familar (I'm going with this one)? Or is Justin Timberlake to blame? Read more...

It's a blockbuster brawl this weekend as two of the biggest names in laughdom take each other on at the box office...so which of the big-budget comedies will snag your hard-earned dollars?

In one corner you have Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway reviving the classic "Get Smart" franchise, and in the other you have the five-year-in-the-making, live-action return of Mike Myers in "The Love Guru."

Will Myers' first new homegrown non-cartoon character since Austin Powers as the enlightened Guru Pitka draw you in, or are you more apt to check out the explosive shenanigans of Carell and Hathaway going undercover with their whiz-bang gadgetry? We want to know which you plan on seeing, and what you think of the flicks after you do, so be sure to chime in below with all your thoughts. Yuk it up, folks!

Well, this film's street cred just shot way up with me. Sure, you know you're going to get all the Mike Myers and Verne Troyer goodness you can imagine this weekend when "The Love Guru" opens but Stephen Colbert?!? Now you're talking. Check out our exclusive clip below.