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Sacha Baron Cohen covers Ryan Seacrest in Kim Jong-Il’s ‘ashes’ on Oscars red carpet
He promised controversy at this year’s Oscars and Sacha Baron Cohen certainly didn’t disappoint, providing one of the night’s greatest moments a full hour before the show even started.

Sporting full faux strongman regalia in a publicity stunt for his new film, “The Dictator” — the British comic actor created a huge red carpet stir after dumping what he jokingly called the ashes of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il from an urn onto TV presenter Ryan Seacrest. (Photos: E!/screengrab;Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)