New York rappers The Beastie Boys are to play a second show at the Bestival music event on the Isle of Wight.

As well as headlining the festival on Saturday September 7, they will also play a special instrumental show the following day.

According to their website, the Boys are planning to stage several instrumental performances during their forthcoming summer tour.

A guitar belonging to the former T-Rex frontman Marc Bolan is among items which will be going under the hammer at an auction of pop memorabilia next month.

The 1970 Gibson Flying V electric guitar was used by Bolan on Top Of The Pops in 1972, when he performed the band’s chart-topping classic Get It On.

It is expected to fetch between £30,000-£50,000 in the sale, at London auction house Christie’s on April 26.

A new production of the classic Jewish musical Fiddler On The Roof will open in the West End in May.

Actor Henry Goodman – who had a short-lived run in the Broadway production of The Producers a few years back, - will star as long-suffering milkman Tevye in the production, which arrives in London fresh from a sell-out run at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre.

Jewish funny lady Ronni Ancona, who shot to stardom on sketch show The Big Impression is returning to the small screen in her own show.

Ronni Ancona and Co will see the comedienne, best known for her impersonation of Victoria Beckham, introducing a bunch of new characters as well as sending up the showbiz world. Sultry singer Amy Winehouse is among the famous names who Ancona will be impersonating.

During the period following Passover, Jews count the days and weeks of the Omer and during this time, many Jews will refrain from playing or performing music with instruments.

So it’s interesting to see frum Jewish rapper Y-Love join forces with another musical great, beatboxer Yuri Lane and release Sefira, an album of seven songs that are all accapella and which celebrate being Jewish.

The release date of Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson’s new movie has been delayed for five months, in order to stand a better chance for next year’s awards ceremonies.

The Nanny Diaries - an adaptation of the best-selling novel by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus - stars Johansson alongside Laura Linney, and the comedy was originally due for release next month.

Serial celebrity dater Adam ’DJ AM’ Goldstein has moved on after splitting up with Mandy Moore - he’s now dating model JESSICA STAM.

The 34-year-old DJ, who was previously engaged to socialite Nicole Richie, was spotted smooching Stam, 20, in New York last week.

Paul Simon is to be honoured by the US Library of Congress for his impressive catalogue of work.

The Simon And Garfunkel star will be the recipient of the first annual Gershwin Prize for Popular Song at a gala in May.

The newly-created honour will be given to a composer or performer whose lifetime contributions “exemplify the standard of excellence associated with (George and Ira) Gershwin.”

Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen and his long term Australian fiancee Isla Fisher are set to become first-time parents after blurting out the exciting news at a Los Angeles pub.

The couple made a special announcement to friends at the Cat + Fiddle on 11 March.

Actress Fisher, who recently converted to Judaism, felt she had to reveal her big news after sparking suspicion when she turned down alcohol and just drank water.

Jewish cooking is not just for Jews as homemaker extraordinaire Martha Stewart is getting into the Passover spirit by offering a huge choice of recipes to make.

From what to eat on the night through to other festive treats to have during the 8 days of Passover, the choice is eclectic and tempting.

Highlights on offer include making your own gefilte fish as well as a handy guide to creating matzo ball soup.

The family of Harry Houdini’s widow are seeking to block plans to exhume the escape artist’s remains.

Houdini’s great nephew George Hardeen last week launched a campaign to have the body removed from its grave, but has been met with opposition over claims it is a publicity stunt.

Houdini died on Halloween 1926 at the age of 52, allegedly after receiving a punch to the stomach, rupturing his appendix - but reports persist the illusionist was murdered.

The Queen is set to pose for celebrated photographer Annie Leibovitz ahead of a May state visit to the United States.

The 80-year-old royal will be photographed by the 57-year-old at Buckingham Palace in London this week.

“(The photos will be) very formal and painterly,” said Leibovitz. “I feel like I’m a ocumentarian and want to take a very simple portrait.”

New York-based British music producer Mark Ronson has joined the ranks of celebrities showing support for troubled pop singer Britney Spears, and believes she has the willpower to bounce back from her recent problems.

Ronson - who has remixed the starlet’s hit single Toxic for his latest album Version - is confident Spears will benefit from her recent battle with substance abuse, because they expose her as a real person, with real problems.

2007 is starting well for prolific book guru Daniel Hahn who has been shortlisted for three major literary prizes.

The 32-year-old who was born in London and now lives in Brighton is up for honours for his translation from Portuguese into English of The Book of Chameleons by Jose Eduardo Agualusa by the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize, his translation, also from the Portuguese of Pele: The Autobiography has been shortlisted for a British Book Award while as editor of The Ultimate Teen Book Guide he’s been shortlisted for an ERA (Educational Resources Award).

Socialite Paris Hilton lost her virginity to TV producer Aaron Spelling’s son Randy, according to the former Sunset Beach star himself.

The 26-year-old actor, who co-starred with his former flame in the 2006 straight-to-video movie Pledge This!, claims they had sex together when Hilton was just 15 - three years shy of the legal age of consent in California.

Movie veteran Gene Wilder has officially quit acting to concentrate on writing novels and memoirs - because he’s sick of the projects he’s getting offered.

The Young Frankenstein star hasn’t appeared in a film for over 15 years and hasn’t acted at all since playing Mr Stein in sitcom Will + Grace - and doesn’t think he ever will again.

Entourage star Jeremy Piven has reportedly been banned from America’s Nobu restaurants after paying a waiter’s tip with a DVD.

The Old School star was dining at celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa’s restaurant in Aspen, Colorado during the recent US Comedy Arts Festival.

When the bill came, Piven paid up and left the waiter a copy of his Entourage DVD as a tip. The outraged server threw the DVD at the celebrity diner.

Veteran rocker Gene Simmons has ruled out ever hitting the road with the original Kiss line-up again because he can no longer put up with Ace Frehley and Peter substance abuse issues.

The bass player admits he still loves his old bandmates dearly but he can no longer spend time with them on tour.

Singer Songwriter Lucie Silvas is to support soul star Lionel Ritchie on his forthcoming tour of the UK in May.

The Breathe In performer who was born in the UK and raised in New Zealand recently released her second album The Same Side which achieved number 1 status in Spain and Holland, but barely scratched the UK album charts.

British songstress Amy Winehouse has finally revealed the reason why she axed two gigs in London earlier this month  - she fell over and lost a tooth.

The Rehab star postponed two gigs at the British capital’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire after she fell on her face while drunk and damaged her tooth.

“I broke a big tooth. I had a massive gap in the front of my mouth,” she says.

Jewish rapper Princess Superstar has teamed up with a group of German musicians to form a new group.

The electro-fused Lottergirls, will release their debut EP, Bonfini, in May.

An album, Right On, will follow later in the year.

Princess Superstar, who was born Concetta Kirschner, is best known in the UK for the 2002 hit Bad Babysitter.

Comedian Matt Lucas has hit the top of the UK charts with a charity version of the Proclaimers’ track I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles).

The song sees Lucas, as Little Britain alter ego Andy Pipkin, teaming up with comedian Peter Kay as well as the Proclaimers.

All proceeds from the track go to Comic Relief.

Aussie chat show queen Dame Edna Everage has revealed she has a Jewish background.

In an interview with celebrity magazine Heat, the flamboyant alter ego of Barry Humphries said, in character, “I am partly Jewish.”

“With my background it was not spoken of, but I could play canaster without anyone teaching me, so I thought ‘well I must be Jewish!’ And I get on very well with North London people. I like the mix of scepticism and humour, and the intelligence of the average Red Sea pedestrian.”

Hollywood beauty Scarlett Johansson plans to go under the knife in a bid to avoid becoming an “old hag” - as she insists she has no problems with beauty-enhancing surgery.

The Lost In Translation star, who is the face of cosmetics giant L’Oreal, admits she isn’t afraid to use the surgery in the future to avoid growing old ungracefully.