With Borat proving to be a massive hit and raking in millions, Sacha Baron Cohen already has his next film lined up - Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.

The former Habonim youth club member will play the role of Signor Adolfo Pirelli in the Tim Burton version of Stephen Sondheim’s Broadway musical.

Burton’s partner and mother of his son Billy Ray, Helena Bonham Carter will play the role of Mrs Lovett.

A behind the scenes look at the making of Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat movie is set to be part of the DVD release that will be released next year as well as commentary from some of the people set up in the smash hit movie.

According to an insider, Cohen has been asked on a number of occasions how he sets up some of the scenes and bowing to public pressure plans to show them.

Rock band U2 have won their battle against former stylist Lola Cashman over ownership of a number of personal belongings they claim she had no right over.

Cashman, 45, had been planning to sell a Stetson hat that she claimed were a gift from the band’s singer but following a Dublin court ruling, Cashman has to return the hat as well as other items including two mugs, a sweatshirt and two photographs.

Retail billionaire Sir Philip Green has given pop star Michael Jackson his own personal midnight tour of his flagship fashion outlet Top Shop in London’s Oxford Street.

According to reports, Jackson got to know Sir Philip at a dinner party, and expressed an interest in his clothing empire. Sir Philip said: “He was very nice, and an absolute gentleman. He was polite and pleasant, and we got on very well.”

Liza Minnelli performed at a Batmitzvah celebration for the daughter of US hair transplant pioneer Dr Joel Kassimir and waived her usual $250,000 fee.

The 60-year-old performed five songs at Charlotte Kassimir’s coming of age party at New York’s Marquee club on Saturday, which was decorated with pink and white crystals by designer Ed Libby at a cost of $1 million.

If it wasn’t for Sophie Tucker, then the likes of Bette Midler, Joan Rivers and Barbra Streisand may have struggled to find their own fame.

Tucker, the pioneer of Girl Power in the early 20th century was a largish lady who oozed sex appeal and was a leading porponent of “If you’ve got it, then flaunt it” and she certainly did.

Singing in Yiddish, singing in English, she was the Last of the Red Hot Mamas.

There’s either not enough Jews on TV in Britain these days, or the ones that are on TV just aren’t funny enough.

At the announcing of the nominations for the annual British Comedy Awards, Little Britain’s Matt Lucas is holding the fort as the only British Jewish nominee in any category. Along with his comedy partner David Walliams, he is shortlisted in the People’s Choice Award category as well as Best Stage Comedy.

Veteran TV presenter and children’s rights campaigner Esther Rantzen has collected her CBE from Buckingham Palace.

Rantzen, 66, who recently fronted the TV show Old Dogs New Tricks with fellow consumer rights campaigner Lynn Faulds Wood, was recognised by the Queen for services to young people.

She received her award from the Prince Of Wales, and described it as “a tremendous honour”.

Sacha Baron Cohen’s alter-ego Borat has mocked Hollywood star Mel Gibson for his anti-Semitic behaviour.

Speaking to crowds of fans at the Australian premiere of his blockbuster movie Cultural Learnings for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Kazakh television presenter Borat said he hoped his film would win an Oscar for “best anti-Jewish film” but he revealed that he wasn’t sure if he would win against Mel Gibson. He said he faced: “very fierce competition from your Melvin Gibson”.

After much waiting, controversial musical, Jerry Springer: The Opera is coming to the States next Spring.

But it’s not Broadway where it will get its debut but rather Springer’s adopted home town of Chicago that will see a stage of Ku Klux Clan members and a man dressed up as an adult baby.

Film festivals are not just for adults as the second London Children’s Film Festival which starts on 18 November and runs until 26 November is hoping to prove.

This year, among the films being shown from around the world are a couple of popular Israeli cinema treats.

Martyr Street is aimed at children over the age of 15 and is on at the Barbican on 23 November.

AOJO Jack Black has ruled out crash dieting simply to secure a movie role, insisting Hollywood’s obsession with weight is stupid.

The portly star, 37, who recently admitted to “selling out” when he made the 2001 comedy Shallow Hal alongside fellow Jewish stunner Gwyneth Paltrow, remains unmoved by Tinseltown’s preoccupation with svelte stars.

Just when you thought there was nothing Jewish about James Bond, then you soon realise that the signature theme tune was created by none other than a Jewish Londoner.

The name is Norman, Monty Norman and he was born in 1928, on the second night of Passover in London’s East End.

Barbra Streisand’s husband James Brolin has laughed off reports that the funny girl singer had a secret affair with Prince Charles.

The actor who married Streisand in a Jewish-style wedding in 1998 was stunned when author Christopher Andersen claimed Streisand had an illicit romance with the prince in November 1994 - when the Yentl star was dating actor Jon Voight.

A black comedy about the last two Jews of Kabul which made its debut at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in the summer is coming to London.

My Brother’s Keeper, by Michael J. Flexer, looks at the last few days of the Taliban’s control of Kabul when two Jews were locked in a bitter exchange with each other within the confines of the city’s synagogue.

He was born Grof Andras Istvan in Hungary and in September he celebrated his 70th birthday. Who are we talking about? None other than the man who is responsible for giving computing power to the masses - Andrew Grove.

Surviving Nazi occupation of his country and communist rule, his story of one of the American dream. In 1956 he left his home country for America.

A number of casino games featuring AOJO Michael Douglas, son of film legend Kirk and based on three of his most popular films are going into development.

Wall Street, Romancing The Stone and The Jewel of the Nile have been licenced to Cyberview Technology by the Douglas’ family concern, Legends & Icons which is run by sibling Joel.

Sacha Baron Cohen’s comedy Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan took in $29 million (£16 million) at the US box office this weekend to hold on to the top spot for the second week in a row.

The bumper weekend raised its 10-day total to $67.8 million (£38 million).

Meanwhile fellow AOJO Sarah Michelle Gellar’s supernatural thriller The Return opened weakly with $4.8 million (£2.6 million) to take the number eight spot in the film top 10.

Celebrity magician David Blaine will be back on Thanksgiving Day to present to the world his latest trick - escape from shackles while dangling four stories above Times Square in New York.

The event on November 23, is being promoted with value retailer Target and looks set to hijack on rival Macy’s famous Thanksgiving Parade as 33-year-old Blaine’s exploits will herald the start of Target’s two day Thanksgiving sale.

Lost In Translation star Scarlett Johansson has signed on to appear in her second advertising campaign for Louis Vuitton.

The sexy 22-year-old, who has also endorsed products for Calvin Klein and L’Oreal, first appeared in ads for the fashion house in 2004.

Johansson is set to appear in spots for the forthcoming Spring 2007 advertising campaign.

Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was in London earlier this week as guest speaker at the annual fundraising dinner for children and families charity Norwood.

A record £2.4m was raised at the dinner which saw Weinstein talk about his life and experiences in Hollywood.

1000 guests including Top Shop owner Sir Philip Green, Gerald and Dame Gail Ronson and Sir David Frost attended the event at London’s Grosvenor House.

The London production of Mel Brooks’ long standing “new” musical The Producers may be ending in London on January 6, but the show will go on in the UK.

From 19 February to 12 May, the hit musical moves to north west England by going to Manchester and will star Phoenix Nights’ Peter Kay in the role of gay director Roger DeBris.

AOJO Jason Schwartzman so relaxed filming Marie Antoinette at the lavish Palace of Versailles in France he filmed a mock version of celebrity home-tour TV show MTV Cribs.

The Shop Girl and Rushmore star portrayed French king Louis XVI, who lived with his bride Marie Antoinette at Versailles, in the period film and amused cast and crew by pretending the famous stately home was really his.

In a bid to avoid letting any Shabbat observant Jews an opportunity to see her live in London, jazz diva Amy Winehouse has scheduled a London gig on a Friday night.

Winehouse, 23, who is currently in the charts with her second album Back In Black will be touring in February and has made the 2nd a date at the Shepherds Bush Empire.

Veteran comedy writer and producer Mel Brooks has spoken out about the death in June 2005 of wife Anne Bancroft, confessing every day without her is “very hard”.

The Hollywood couple were married for 40 years before actress Bancroft died of cancer and The Producers mastermind admits he’s struggling to cope with his grief.

Having made fun of everything from rock musicians in This Is Spinal Tap, to dog owners in Best In Show, director Christopher Guest has turned his attentions to the film industry for his latest big screen production For Your Consideration.

Written by Guest and American Pie’s Eugene Levy, the film focuses on the production of low-budget movie Home For Purim, a drama set in the 1940s in which the Pischers, a Jewish family from America’s Deep South gather at their dying mother’s bedside on the occasion of her favourite festival.

Sexy songstress Lucie Silvas who shoot to fame with her single Breathe In from the album of the same name is back with a new album - The Same Side.

The 29-year-old born Lucie Silverman was born in the UK but moved to New Zealand, at the age of 16, she moved back to the UK and became a backing vocalist. Eventually she gained her own recording deal but success was not found initially.

Culture Club featuring its original Jewish drummer Jon Moss but without Moss’ former boyfriend and band frontman Boy George have cancelled their much talked about UK concert tour that was due to start on December 7.

The band say they need more time to prepare for a tour and that it will also take place when a new single is released in 2007.