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<keyword id="31412" type="PERSON" weightage="100" keywordseo="Michael-Clarke">Michael Clarke</keyword> gave a heartfelt tribute to his little brother Phillips Hughes, and this is the most moving eulogy we have heard in ages. Read what he said for the spirit of cricket and why Cricket is the greatest game in the world. 
 
He would definitely be calling me a sook right now, that’s for sure. I am deeply honoured to have been asked by Phillips’s family to speak tonight. I am humbled to be in the presence of Hughes family, his friends, and his community. He was so proud of Macksville and it's easy to see why today. 
 
Taken from the game, his family and loved ones at the age of just 25, he left a mark on our game that leaves no embellishment. 
I don't know about you but I keep looking for him. I know it's crazy, but I expect any minute to take a call from him or to see his face pop around the corner. 
 
Is this what we call the spirit? If so, then his spirit is still with me and I hope it never leaves. 
 
I walked to the middle of the SCG on Thursday night, those same blades of grass beneath my feet, where he and I and so many of his mates here today have built partnerships, taken chances and lived out the dreams we painted in our heads as boys. 
 
The same stands where the crowds rose to their feet to cheer him on, and that same fence he sent the ball to time and time again. 
 
And it's now forever, the place where he fell. I stood at the wicket and knelt down to touch the grass and I swear he was with me, picking me up off my feet to check if I was OK, telling me we just needed to dig in, and get through to tea. Telling me off for that loose shot I'd played, chatting about what movie we might watch that night, and then passing on a useless fact about cows. 
 
I could see him swagger back to the other end, grin at the bowler, then call me through for a run with such a booming voice a bloke in the car park could hear it. 
 
The heart of a man who lived his life for this wonderful game we play, and whose soul enriched not just our sport but all of our lives. 
Is this what indigenous Australians believe about a person's spirit being connected to the land upon which they walk? If so, I know they're right about the SCG. 
 
His spirit has touched it, and it will forever be a sacred ground for me. I can feel his presence there, and I can see how he's touched so many people around the world. 
 
The tributes to him from cricket lovers have kept me going. The photos, the words, the prayers, and the sense of communion in this loss from people across the globe have shown me his spirit is in action. It has sustained me and overwhelmed me in equal measure, and the love of my band of Baggy Green and Gold brothers and sisters have held me upright when I thought I could not proceed. 
 
His spirit has brought us closer together, something I know must be him at work because it's so consistent with how he played and lived. He always wanted to bring people together, and he always wanted to celebrate his love for the game and its people. 
 
Is this what we call the spirit of cricket? From the little girl in Karachi holding a candle-light tribute, to masters of the game like Tendulkar, Warne and Lara, showing their grief to the world, the spirit of cricket binds us all together. 
 
We feel it in the thrill of a coverdrive, or the taking of a screamer in gully, whether by a 12-year-old boy in Worcester or by Brendan McCullum in Dubai. It's in the brilliant 105 wicket haul, just as significant to the players in a western suburbs club game, as it is in a Test match. 
 
The bonds that lead to cricketers from around the world putting their bats out, that saw people who didn't even know Phillip leave flowers at the gates of Lords, and that brought every cricketing nation on earth to make its own heartfelt tribute. The bonds that saw players, old and new, rush to his bedside, from wherever they heard the news, to say their prayers and farewells. 
 
This is what makes our game the greatest game in the world. 
 
Phillip's spirit, which is now part of our game forever, will act as a custodian of the sport we all love. We must listen to it, we must cherish it, we must learn from it, we must dig in ... we must dig in, and get through to tea. And we must play on. 
 
So rest in peace my little brother. I'll see you out in the middle. 
 
You can watch the emotional speech here

Clarke Bids An Emotional Farewell To Little Brother Phil

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="59920" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Sacha-Baron-Cohen">Sacha Baron Cohen</keyword> gives a great dramatic performance in Aaron Sorkin's "<keyword id="9987859" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="the-trial-of-the-chicago-7">The Trial of the Chicago 7</keyword>," and could be up for an Oscar.</li><li>Competition in both the lead and supporting actor categories is fierce this year — but his role in "<keyword id="10080250" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="borat-2">Borat 2</keyword>" could give him the extra boost he needs.</li><li>Cohen came close to an Oscar nomination for "<keyword id="984744" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Borat">Borat</keyword>" in 2006, but the Academy is always resistant to nominating comedic performances despite the skill and talent they require.</li><li>Therefore, Oscar voters may love him in the broadly comic "Borat 2," but may nominate for the more high-brow "Chicago 7" as a "sum" nomination.</li></ul>"Borat 2," the sequel to the 2006 film, comes as a surprise — no one really knew it was even in development until August this year when Sacha Baron Cohen was spotted filming in costume as the character.Now the movie, out this Friday, will become his second major production of the year, following his starring role in Aaron Sorkin's Netflix courtroom drama "The Trial of the Chicago 7.""Chicago 7" follows a group of defendants on trial in 1969 and 1970 as they are being charged with inciting riots at anti-Vietnam war protests.It is yet to be determined whether Cohen will be campaigned in lead actor or supporting actor for that movie, but his chances of a first Oscar nomination for acting (he was previously nominated for original screenplay for "Borat") are looking good at the moment.But what will really increase his odds of not only a nomination but actually taking home the Academy Award is his role in "Borat 2."<div type="image" title="The Trial of the Chicago 7 Sacha Baron Cohen oscar" height="1000" width="1600" msid="78813210" hostid="261"></div><h2>Cohen's performance in 'Chicago 7' is great, but competition is fierce</h2><a href="https://www.insider.com/netflix-the-trial-of-the-chicago-7-review-oscars-2020-9">As I wrote in my review of "Chicago 7,"</a> Cohen gives possibly his best ever performance on screen. He plays Abbie Hoffman, one of the activists on trial, and combines his comedic timing with dramatic weight, all wrapped up with a flawless American accent.He brings not only the best comedic relief in the movie, making a great double up act with fellow hippie demonstrater Jerry Rubin (played by Jeremy Strong), but he is actually one of the main dramatic anchors of the film — along with Eddie Redmayne, Mark Rylance, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II.In ensemble movies like this one, it's hard to pick out a singular actor who takes on the "lead role," so it may be wiser to campaign Cohen in supporting actor, where he has more chance of a nomination than he would competing against full-on lead actor contenders such as Anthony Hopkins in "The Father," Gary Oldman in "Mank," and Tom Hanks in "News of the World."<div type="image" title="Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman, Tom Hanks" height="1200" width="1600" msid="78813212" hostid="261"></div>The trouble is, the supporting actor category is set to be pretty stacked this year. He'd not only have to compete with costars Strong, Rylance, and Frank Langella (in his villainous role as the judge), but also David Strathairn in the <a href="https://www.insider.com/nomadland-review-chloe-zhao-director-drifter-movie-immersive-2020-10">critically-acclaimed</a> "Nomadland," every actor in Regina King's "One Night in Miami" (particularly Leslie Odom Jr.), and Chadwick Boseman in "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," who many may want to award a posthumous Oscar.It's gonna be a tough squeeze for Cohen to get into either category, so that's where a little extra help or USP could give Cohen the push he needs. And that's where "Borat 2" comes in.<h2>His performance in 'Borat 2' will likely be just as good as the first movie, where he came close to an Oscar nomination</h2>Cohen's performance in the first "Borat" was, for all its broadly comic and deliberately offensive shenanigans, actually critically acclaimed. He was nominated and won a lot of critics awards in the lead up to the <keyword id="6376611" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="oscars">Oscars</keyword>, and won the Golden Globe for best actor in a comedy or musical.<div type="image" title="Sacha Baron Cohen Borat" height="1200" width="1600" msid="78813215" hostid="261"></div>Peter Travers, writing for <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/borat-cultural-learnings-of-america-for-make-benefit-glorious-nation-of-kazakhstan-188690/">Rolling Stone</a>, called Cohen a "balls out comic revolutionary," while <a href="http://archive.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2006/11/03/kazakh_it_to_me/">The Boston Globe</a> wrote: "What makes the film lift off into the ether, though, is Baron Cohen's skills as a master ironist and physical comedian."The only reason he didn't get more attention is because of a lot of awards groups' snobbish attitude towards comedies, particularly this type of comedy. Indeed, Cohen likely came close to an Oscar nomination for best actor in this movie — the voters clearly liked it as they gave it a nomination for best original screenplay (which Cohen shared with four others including Todd Phillips) despite the movie being unscripted, but the Academy has a real problem when it comes to nominating comedic performances.<h2>The Academy is prejudiced against comedic performances</h2>What is the difference between Cohen's performance in "Borat" and Daniel Day-Lewis' Oscar-winning performance in "Lincoln," or Steve Carell's Oscar-nominated performance in "Foxcatcher?" All three are transformative roles wherein the actor completely disappears in the role via make-up, physicality, and voice.<div type="image" title="Lincoln Foxcatcher" height="1200" width="1600" msid="78813219" hostid="261"></div>In fact, Cohen recently revealed that he <a href="https://www.insider.com/borat-2-sacha-baron-cohen-stayed-in-character-5-days-2020-10">stayed in character as Borat for five days while filming the sequel.</a>"I was waking up, having breakfast, lunch, dinner, going to sleep as Borat when I lived in a house with these conspiracy theorists," Cohen said. "You can't have a moment out of character."This is akin to the sort of method stuff "serious" actors like Day-Lewis and Robert De Niro are famous for. Day-Lewis spent the entire time shooting "My Left Foot" in a wheelchair — and he won an Oscar for his performance. Why shouldn't Cohen for the same style of acting in "Borat 2?"Many actors even argue that <a href="https://www.contactmusic.com/michael-caine/news/michael-caine-comedy-is-hard_5643305">comedy is actually harder than drama.</a><a href="https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/30-years-of-comedic-performances-that-deserved-oscar-noms.html">Vulture</a> ran through a whole list of iconic comedy performances that were snubbed but the Academy but Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day," Hugh Grant in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" (despite winning a BAFTA), and Eddie Murphy in "Dolemite is My Name" are a few highlights.Not even the wonderful Ralph Fiennes could get a nod for "The Grand Budapest Hotel," and that was adored in pretty much every other category at the Oscars, winning four.<div type="image" title="Bill Murray, Hugh Grant, Eddie Murphy" height="1200" width="1600" msid="78813222" hostid="261"></div>Cohen's performance in "Borat" is arguably more memorable today than most of the <a href="https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/2007/1?ref_=ttawd_ev_1">five roles nominated for best actor in 2007,</a> which included Ryan Gosling in "Half Nelson" and Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland" (which he won for).<h2>The Academy might appreciate 'Borat 2', but award him for the more high-brow 'Chicago 7'</h2>His talent and skill as a comic are undeniable, that's why he received a nomination for best original screenplay for the first movie. It would be great if Cohen was nominated for "Borat 2," but even today, from a much-reformed Academy, it's unlikely that he will be. Still, the movie will be a timely reminder for Oscar voters of how talented an actor Cohen is.It's not uncommon for Oscar voters to nominate a star for a different project than the one they truly loved as a reward for that work.<div type="image" title="Alicia Vikander The Danish Girl Ex Machina" height="1200" width="1600" msid="78813224" hostid="261"></div>This thought pattern is actually very common amonst Oscar voters. For instance, Alicia Vikander had both "Ex Machina" and "The Danish Girl" out in the same year. The former was very popular with voters, but they instead nominated Vikander for her much more Oscar-friendly role in "The Danish Girl."That's what could happen here with Cohen. They may not want to nominate a big, brash, bawdy, controversial comedy like "Borat 2," but they will have no problem nominating "Chicago 7," a high-brow court-room drama written and directed by Oscar-winner Aaron Sorkin.So, Borat will help a lot, but the Oscar voters will stick to their tastes, and award Cohen a "sum" nomination for "Chicago 7." It just won't be for "Chicago 7" alone, no matter what the ballot says.Read more:<a href="https://www.insider.com/borat-2-sacha-baron-cohen-stayed-in-character-5-days-2020-10">Sacha Baron Cohen says he spent 5 days in character while living with conspiracy theorists for 'Borat 2'</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/netflix-the-trial-of-the-chicago-7-review-oscars-2020-9">Netflix's 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' is an Oscar-worthy drama with Sacha Baron Cohen's best performance ever</a><a href="https://www.insider.com/sacha-baron-cohen-says-lucky-escape-far-right-rally-borat-2-2020-10">Sacha Baron Cohen said he was 'fortunate to make it out in one piece' after inciting a riot at a far-right rally while making 'Borat 2'</a>

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