Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss is to go ahead with plans to open the first male brothel in Nevada and hopes it will be ready in the next few months.

The 41-year-old, who was busted by police in 1993 for running an upscale prostitution service aimed at LA’s rich and famous.

Heidi’s Stud Farm will be built in Nye County, an hour’s drive from Las Vegas subject to getting approval for a brothel license from the local commissioners and sheriff.

Hollywood director Steven Spielberg, businessman Ronald Lauder and Little Britain’s Matt Lucas were recognised for their contribution to television at the 34th International Emmy Awards which took place last night in New York.

Spielberg picked up the The International Emmy Founders Award and commented on how his career started in TV. His early TV directing included Columbo and Marcus Welby, MD.

Funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen may soon be adding Austria to the list of countries he has upset with his comic creations.

Having won few friends in Kazakhstan for his portrayal of the country as backwards, he is set to cause upset to the Austrian nation with a film based on his gay fashion reporter character Bruno.

There’s been many versions of Hava Nagila, from classic shul to heavy metal but by far the strangest is an interpretation of the classic Jewish tune by a group of Thai performers.

The Pong Lang Sa Orn are known through Thailand for their mix of music and comedy and no doubt inspired by the huge influx of Israelis who travel to the Land of Smiles every year came across Hava Nagila as a song to perform.