A questionable tennis umpire
Sacha Baron Cohen has unveiled a new alter ego - a tennis umpire who knows little about the sport.
The character makes his debut in a new advert for Uber Eats in Australia to mark the ongoing Open championship in Melbourne.
Champion Nick Kygios also appears in the commercial, questioning the umpire’s authority.
The 49-year-old comic - who now lives in Australia with wife Isla Fisher and their three children - donned a blonde wig and a Merv Hughes style handlebar moustache for the role.
In a voiceover the advert announces: ‘Harking from Dandenong East comes an umpire of questionable intentions, not bound by rules, regulations or codes - he’s an anomaly in the sporting community’
Dustin Diamond had recently been diagnosed with lung cancer
Dustin Diamond, who played Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers in 1990s US sitcom Saved by the Bell has died from cancer,.
The 44-year-old actor had only been diagnosed with lung cancer last month and recently completed a first round of chemotherapy. But his agent Roger Paul said the star’s condition had deteriorated fast in the last week.
‘Dustin did not suffer. He did not have to lie submerged in pain. For that, we are grateful,’ he said.
Co-star Mario Lopez, who played AC Slater, said: ‘Dustin, you will be missed my man. The fragility of this life is something never to be taken for granted. Prayers for your family will continue on.’