Sacha Baron Cohen's sketch to be performed at the upcoming Academy Awards has been axed, according to New York Magazine. The star of the hit flick 'Bruno' will not perform his sketch - an Academy Awards spokesman confirmed the report. 

The decision to remove Cohen's sketch is because of 'creative differences', Sacha Baron Cohen's agent said. It is thought he had planned to poke fun at James Cameron's box office flick Avatar in a comedy routine with Ben Stiller.