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Watching "Brüno" Make You Gay? NFL Star Shawne Merriman Tweets His "Brüno"-Inspired Nightmare

Shawne "Lights Out" Merriman, the most feared defender in the NFL, is afraid of one thing: Brüno's pelvis.

Despite some homophobic teasing from fans, the 6-foot-four and 272 pound San Diego Chargers' linebaker saw Brüno last night and has been Tweeting nervously before and after the movie. "i want to see bruno but i might feel a certain kind of way you know?"

Brüno's homo subtext must still be on Merriman's mind. The footballer has been teasing Terrell Owens because "his shirt is off all the time." Which of course makes Merriman upload a TwitPic of his own shirtless workout. WHEN YOU JUMP, that pic plus Merriman's very memorable 2007 shirtless photo in GQ. You don't get gay just from watching Brüno. Maybe some other movies might give a brotha some ideas though ...

Will Twitter Make "Brüno" A One-Day Wonder at the Box Office?

Video killed the radio star and apparently Twitter is killing Brüno. TIME critic Richard Corliss contends the instant-messaging social network "can make or break a film within 24 hours" and the dismal buzz on Twitter is responsible for huge drop-off in attendance for Bruno, which opened to a studio-estimated $30.4 million in the U.S. and Canada. "Brüno could be the first movie defeated by the Twitter effect."

Yet Universal had high hopes for Brüno's opening weekend. Buoyed by the film's robust $1.6 million at Thursday midnight screenings and impressive pre-buys of tickets on Fandango and other sites, a studio insider told industry blogger Nikki Finke on Friday morning, "If it holds up, we'll do $50 million." The Friday figures supported that optimism: Brüno amassed a sensational $14.4 million. But the movie plummeted nearly 40% its second day, to $8.8 million. Meanwhile, the next five movies on the chart — Ice Age 3, Transformers 2, Public Enemies, The Proposal and The Hangover — all saw substantial increases from Friday to Saturday. (Ice Age actually did better business than Brüno on Saturday.) Worse yet, Brüno's rating by CinemaScore, which polls moviegoers just after they've seen a film, was a C. That pretty much stands for Calamitous.

Further proof: Brüno opening weekend made $30 million and at 2,756 theaters. Borat's opening weekend made $26 millions BUT it was seen in only 837 theaters. In other words, it took three times as many theaters to make only a little more than Borat. Not very cost-efficient.

Box-Office Weekend: Brüno a One-Day Wonder? [TIME]
'Bruno' Starts Off Strong, The Stumbles [LAT]

Beef is on the Menu at Brüno's "Pink Light" Brothel in Amsterdam

Sacha Baron Cohen continues the antics as "Brüno," the flamboyant fashion reporter. The comedian and fauxmosexual jetskied through a canal in Amsterdam's Red Light District to announce the grand opening of the "Pink Light" brothel.

" 'For too long, guys coming here from around the world have been forced to have sex with women,' Cohen said, standing in front of a pink-lit brothel building in the Dutch capital as surprised tourists and stag party goers looked on. 'It gives me great pleasure to declare Amsterdam's pink light district officially open for business,' he said, as about a dozen men emerged from behind curtains at the windows of a three-story brothel."

Brüno's fashion sense may be extreme, but his taste in beefcake is impeccable. Oh and the "fashion reporter" slash madam says the young man on the right "has been booked for the entire week."

AFTER THE JUMP, video and a few more pictures from the event. Two weeks ago at the MTV Movie Awards, the campy character gave rapper Eminem a taste of his jock. Looks like the thong and jockstrap theme continues ...

Eminem Gets a Taste of Bruno's Jock at MTV Movie Awards

The only ROFL moment in an otherwise boring telecast. At last night's MTV Movie Awards, Sacha Baron Cohen was in character as flamboyant fashion reporter "Bruno" and flew above the award show audience on a wire—wearing only a pair of feathery white wings and a jock strap with his rear end exposed.

Bruno was lowered into the lap of pouty-homophobic rapper Eminem in the "69" position—azz up and and bare buttocks in the rapper's face.  The rapper's bodyguards pulled Cohen off the rapper, and Eminem and his entourage stormed out.

AFTER THE JUMP, watch the clip. Not sure if Eminem was in on the joke 'cuz he didn't do too much to fight away Bruno's balls and jockstrap. Judge for yourself.