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"Blades of Glory" in theaters now

Sasha arrives for the premiere of "Blades of Glory" Thursday night in Hollywood. (Gregg DeGuire/WireImage.com )

Sasha poses on the ice blue carpet on her arrival
at the "Blades of Glory" premiere. (Gregg DeGuire/WireImage.com )

Sasha and Evan Lysacek smile for the cameras. (Gregg DeGuire/WireImage.com )

An interview with Sasha about the movie

Chris Yandek, the lead sports editor for Vin Smith's radio program broadcast nationally on CRN Digital Talk and worlwide on the Internet at http://www.crni.net, did in depth interview with Sasha last week during the Blades of Glory media tour. You can find the audio and text below at this link:

http://www.thesportsinterview.com/sashacohen.htm

Yandek's interviews have been featured in the Miami Herald and St. Pete Times online sections, various magazines, and all over the internet.

He has interviewed sports personalities including Randy Moss, Cal Ripken Jr., The Legend Keith Jackson, Evander Holyfield, Antonio Tarver, Dan Marino, Peyton Manning, Emmitt Smith, Tom Brady, 1996 Heisman Trophy Winner Danny Wuerffel, legendary coaches Marv Levy, Pat Summitt, Jerry Tarkanian, Don Nehlen, and entertainers Terrence Howard, Burt Young, John O'Hurley, Anthony Mackie, Wendy Robinson, Robert Randolph, and many others.

'Blades' skates to No. 1 at box office

The Will Ferrell parody takes in $33 million in the U.S. and Canada in its
opening weekend.

By Josh Friedman
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

April 2, 2007

Will Ferrell has played an elf, an anchorman, a NASCAR driver and now an iceskater. What he rarely plays — at least when it comes to silly comedies — is second fiddle at the box office.

DreamWorks Pictures and MTV Films’ “Blades of Glory,” Ferrell's latest high-concept parody, skated off with an estimated $33 million in its opening weekend in the U.S. and Canada. DreamWorks spokesman Marvin Levy said the studio was on a roll with “Dreamgirls,” “Norbit” and now “Blades of Glory.”

“I like to think of this as our own triple axel,” Levy said.

Olympic silver medalist Sasha Cohen played a cameo role in the film.

The comedy bested another solid opener, the animated “Meet the Robinsons,” one of the widest releases of a 3-D movie in recent years.

“Blades of Glory,” distributed by Viacom Inc.’s Paramount Pictures, averaged about $9,800 per theater in more than 3,300 engagements to easily rank No. 1. It also stars cult favorite Jon Heder from “Napoleon Dynamite” as Ferrell’s rival who becomes his unlikely figure-skating partner.

“Blades of Glory” opened below Ferrell’s hit from last summer, “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” which brought in $47 million for his biggest opening. But its launch was on par with the former “Saturday Night Live” star's earlier hits “Elf” and “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy.”

Olympic medalist: Skaters love 'Glory'

April 1, 2007

The Chicago Tribune

As we prepared to talk movies with Sasha Cohen last week, we were thinking "Borat." Then we found out it wasn't Sacha Baron Cohen but Sasha Cohen, the Olympic figure skater. "I get that a lot when I'm making reservations," she tells us.

Cohen, 22, has a cameo in "Blades of Glory" and hits the United Center on May 6 with "Champions on Ice." She says the figure skating community totally supports Will Ferrell's farcical "Glory." "There are a lot of true stories in the movie," Cohen said. "Of course, they make fun of it because skating tries to have this positive, proper image. But we're interesting people and we like to have fun too."

Sasha attends premiere

March 29, 2007

     “Blades of Glory” starring Will Farrell and Jon Heder with a cameo appearance by Sasha Cohen, held its premiere Wednesday night in Hollywood and is now open in theaters nationwide.

     The highly anticipated movie also features Will Arnett, Amy Poehler and Jedds Fesher.

      Sasha attended the premiere with Evan Lysacek and guest stars from the film. Sasha wore a black and white striped dress. The long, strapless dress was ankle length.

     Check the times for “Blades of Glory” at your local theaters.

     Enjoy the movie!

Will Farrell and Jon Heder star in the film.

Sasha Cohen has seen a lot during a skating career that has already earned her two trips to the Olympics and several to the World Championships.

But Sasha said she couldn’t have foreseen the story line in “Blades of Glory”.

Rival figure skaters Chazz Michael Michaels (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Jon Heder) go ballistic in an embarrassing, no-holds-barred fight at the World Championships. They are stripped of their gold medals and banned from the sport for life. They find a loophole, three-and-a-half years later, and are allowed to compete as partners – in pairs figure skating.

“I think the movie is hilarious,” said Sasha, who has a cameo role in the film. “I had a lot of fun with it and nobody took anything serious. Skating is so competitive and serious that it’s great to have a little fun with it.”

“Blades of Glory” will be released March 30.

Sasha will be doing some promotions with Paramount Studios leading up to the film’s release.

Paramount is hosting a “Blades of Glory” skating promotional stunt in conjunction with radio station KIIS FM and Xbox on March 22.

Sasha is also scheduled to participate in several radio interviews.

Paramount gives Sasha fans sneak peeks

Paramount Studios has provided Sasha fans the “Blades of Glory” official trailer, a promo highlighting Champions On Ice skaters including Sasha and an exclusive photograph of Sasha taken during the movie’s filming. Click on the links below to see the trailer and what Sasha and her friends say about Chazz (Will Ferrell) and Jimmy (Jon Heder). Share the links with your friends and enjoy “Blades of Glory.”

Window Media

http://mfile.akamai.com/17690/wmv/paramount.download.akamai.com/30/mp/blades_of_glory/BOG_trailer1_lrg.asx

http://mfile.akamai.com/17690/wmv/paramount.download.akamai.com/30/mp/blades_of_glory/BOG_trailer1_med.asx

Quicktime

http://www.bladesofglorymovie.com/public/video_files/BOG_trailer1_lrg.mov

http://www.bladesofglorymovie.com/public/video_files/BOG_trailer1_med.mov

Champions on Ice Webisode

Window Media

http://mfile.akamai.com/17690/wmv/paramount.download.akamai.com/30/mp/blades_of_glory/BOG_webisode1_lrg.asx

http://mfile.akamai.com/17690/wmv/paramount.download.akamai.com/30/mp/blades_of_glory/BOG_webisode1_med.asx

Quicktime

http://www.bladesofglorymovie.com/public/video_files/BOG_webisode1_lrg.mov

http://www.bladesofglorymovie.com/public/video_files/BOG_webisode1_med.mov

Did you know?

Will Arnett
The Canadian-born Arnett, like many actors, first credited part didn’t have a name—he played “Weather Video Guy” on the little known movie “Ed’s Next Move” (1996).

Amy Poehler
Poehler is best known for her stints on the popular Saturday Night Live since 2001. She is married to Arnett – her partner in “Blades Of Glory.” She said in the March 18 edition of Parade: “I play a Sonja Henie/Tonya Harding mix—a class act but ruthless and Will plays my somewhat-befuddled brother.”

Jenna Fischer
Enrolling in her mother’s class at age six, Jenna met fellow student Sean Gunn, who was the same age. Years later, Gunn went on to star in “The Gilmore Girls,” and Fischer stayed in touch, eventually marrying his brother, James Gunn, a writer and director.

Craig T. Nelson
Craig is most associated as Hayden Fox, the hard-boiled but good-humored tough guy head coach of the Minnesota State Screaming Eagles, on the popular long-running sitcom “Coach” (ABC, 1989-97). Nelson was the voice of the superhero Mr. Incredible in Disney/Pixar's “The Incredibles” (2004),

Bob Corddry
Bob moonlighted as a museum security guard, Romany Malco. As a teen Romany formed the rap group R.M.G., and upon relocating to Los Angeles, the crew signed a deal to Virgin Records. The group's name was changed to College Boyz and their first big hit, "Victim of the Ghetto," went to No. 1 on the rap charts.