The Borat LA PremiereThe Borat LA PremiereYahximusiz. Please be upstanding for Kazakhstan's greatest journalist...

Go on then, up you get...

You may now be seated.

Your respect was needed for reporter Borat (aka comedian Sacha Baron Cohen) who journeyed to Hollywood to promote his new film Borat: Cultural Learnings Of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation Of Kazakhstan.

And he drew quite a crowd - among them were A-listers like Courteney Cox and Drew Barrymore...

... And on the other side of the coin were Borat's gang - including scantily-clad swimmers and straw-carrying women.

If you couldn't make it, see the snaps in the gallery above.