Baron Cohen in Time 100 list
Sacha Baron Cohen, the creator of Ali G and Borat has been included in Time Magazine's list of the top 100 most influential people of 2007.
In the article about him, American comedienne Roseanne Barr says: "At only 35, Baron Cohen has already invented a new archetype, as original as Chaplin's Little Tramp. It's one thing to portray a vaguely Eastern European, naively anti-Semitic, sexist, insensitive but somehow lovable lout. It's another to risk your life at a rodeo to sing the fictional national anthem of Kazakhstan to the tune of The Star-Spangled Banner. Trust me, I know a little something about the consequences of messing up The Star-Spangled Banner."
Other people in the list include the Queen, the Pope, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Osama Bin Laden, Opera Winfrey, Al Gore, Justin Timberlake and footballer Thierry Henry.