As Israeli city Tel Aviv gears up to its 100th anniversary in 2009, Jewtastic can reveal that local government bosses have set their sights on Duran Duran to perform a headlining concert as well as applying for permission to use the group’s instrumental song Tel Aviv as a theme for the city.

According to a Tel Aviv Municipality city insider, Duran Duran have emerged as the top act for a celebrate Tel Aviv concert being planned in 2009.

Self-styled “good Jewish boy” Michael Sophocles has finally been given the boot from BBC1’s The Apprentice.
 
The 25-year-old Edgware native came a cropper after losing a task in which the candidates had to make money by renting posh cars. He had escaped being fired by Sir Alan Sugar on several previous occasions.
 
Michael’s most memorable moment in the series came during a task in which candidates had to buy a kosher chicken from a market in the Moroccan capital Marrakech.
 
While the non-Jewish apprentices managed this successfully, Michael and his team failed to understand what kosher was and how it differed from halal.
 
When quizzed by Sir Alan as to why he proclaims himself ‘a good Jewish boy’, Sophocles revealed he was only half-Jewish. On The Apprentice You’re Fired, DJ Trevor Nelson told Sophocles that even he “was more Jewish”.
 
A TV insider said: “Michael was very jammy. He seemed to have thought that he could appeal to Sir Alan by saying he was Jewish, even though quite clearly he had no interest in any aspect of his Jewish background. The fact he did not even know the meaning of the word ‘L’Chaim’ and knew ’schmuck’ said it all really.”
 
Michael admitted during his interview in The Apprentice: You’re Fired that “it was a horrific mistake” when referring to the infamous kosher chicken incident. However he didn’t reveal anything more about his Jewish background or why he considers himself to be a good Jewish boy.

Self-styled “good Jewish boy” Michael Sophocles came unstuck in BBC 1’s The Apprentice following his stunning revelation that he did not know what a kosher chicken was.

In Wednesday night’s episode, Sir Alan Sugar tasked his would-be junior to find a number of items in Marrakech, one of which was to buy a kosher chicken, while Michael’s rival team succeeded in getting a kosher chicken, his own team did not and to make matters worse, tried to pass off a halal chicken as a kosher chicken.

Five News anchor Natasha Kaplinsky is expecting her first child.

According to a spokesman for Five, the former BBC news presenter is three months pregnant.

The 35-year-old had previously worked for ITV and Sky News and maried investment banker Justin Bower in 2005.

“Everyone is delighted with the news,” said the Five news spokesman.

Channel 5 news anchor Natasha Kaplinsky has shown why she has star appear -  she wears magen dovid style earrings.

The former BBC and SKY news presenter wore the stylish earrings when appearing on the Jonathan Ross show in which she talked about her new news programme.

Actress Natalie Portman has revealed her all time favourite co-star is Stephen Fry.

“I wanted to spend all my time with him. He is awesome,” the Star Wars beauty revealed to The Times when they shared a screen in V for Vendetta.

Portman says she appreciates his intellect and believes they have a similar personality. “I would much rather read a book or write a letter than watch television or send an e-mail. And I value good spelling. Spelling errors are a total pet peeve, which is embarrassing.”

Jewish entertainer, MC Rebbe has been named as a finalist in the world’s largest blog competition, the 2007 Weblog Awards.

Known as “The Rapping Rabbi” and once described as “A cross between Jackie Mason, Mel Brooks and Woody Allen, with a bit of Lenny Bruce’s sharp tongue thrown in”, MC Rebbe’s three-year-old blog was chosen from a shortlist of several thousand to be selected as one of the final 10 in the Best Culture Blog category.