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"Stars have responded to Sacha Baron Cohen&amp;#039;s Dictator gag on the Oscars red carpet. The actor appeared as the star of his next movie, spilling ashes - contained in a golden urn featuring late dictator Kim Jong-il&amp;#039;s face - on Ryan Seacrest, then pouring the rest of them onto the carpet.  &amp;quot;My mom always told me to pack two jackets for red carpets, always wondered why,&amp;quot; Seacrest tweeted after the incident. &amp;quot;Now I know.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m a little dusty,&amp;quot; he continued later, to which comedian Tina Fey responded, &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re a victim of comedy.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m sorry @RyanSeacrest this was the moment of the night!&amp;quot; added fellow red carpet presenter Kelly Osbourne. Piers Morgan initially appeared unimpressed by Baron Cohen&amp;#039;s antics.  &amp;quot;This is just not funny. At all. Really,&amp;quot; he tweeted. However, he soon added: &amp;quot;I think my last tweet, like Sacha&amp;#039;s stunt, illustrates why British humour often travels awkwardly to California... No, I did find it funny, and those weren&amp;#039;t really Kim Jong-il&amp;#039;s ashes, and...oh, forget it.&amp;quot;      The Bruno and Borat star had reportedly been told not to appear as General Aladeen, the star of his next project, by Academy Awards organisers. Oscars producer Brian Grazer later claimed that they &amp;quot;respect him as an artist&amp;quot; and that Baron Cohen was welcome to attend the awards as his controversial new character. More Oscars coverage: &amp;gt; Oscars 2012: 84th Academy Awards - live blog &amp;gt; Oscars 2012: &amp;#039;The Artist&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Hugo&amp;#039; win five Academy Awards &amp;gt; Oscars: Meryl Streep pays tribute to friends in &amp;#039;Best Actress&amp;#039; speech &amp;gt; Oscars 2012: Jean Dujardin wins &amp;#039;Best Actor&amp;#039; for &amp;#039;The Artist&amp;#039; &amp;gt; Oscars 2012: Academy Awards winners list in full &amp;gt; Oscars: Academy Awards 2012: Red carpet pictures Watch General Aladeen address his Oscars &amp;#039;ban&amp;#039; below:  View a picture gallery of all the red carpet arrivals from the 84th Academy Awards: "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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