Legendary old-school Jewish comic Sol Bernstein is back in London as part of the Spice Festival at the Hackney Empire on July 16.

The alter-ego of comic Steve Jameson, Bernstein hams it up pseudo American schlock style performing as a stereotypical Jewish comic with all the schmaltz you could ever want.

From gags about not understanding modern talk to his contribution to the rise of anti-Semitism, Bernstein covers all areas and nothing is off-topic for him.

The man who once managed current Big Brother contestant Zachary ‘Ziggy’ Lichman when he was in boyband Northern Line is part of a consortium which has bought a string of radio stations including LBC, Heart and Galaxy from Chrysalis for £170m.

Ashley Tabor, 29, who is a director of Global Radio which also includes former ITV boss Charles Allen as chairman, is also the chief executive of Global Talent Group, an entertainment company that is responsible for creating the theme to X Factor as well as managing a range of artists including Corinne Bailey Rae.

Academy-award winning director Woody Allen previewed his new film, Cassandra’s Dream, to an audience of 600 in a tiny Spanish town last Monday.

The drama, Allen’s third to be filmed in London, stars Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell as brothers and will not premiere until the Venice Film Festival at the end of August.

Jewish comedians Simon Amstell and Mark Maier are among those taking part in a charity event next month to mark the second anniversary of the London bombings on July 7 2005.

Mim’s Comedy Night, at London’s Comedy Store, will be held on July 9, and honour the memory of Miriam Hyman a 32-year-old victim of the bombings.

Proceeds from the event will go to the Miriam Hyman Memorial Fund which supports the work of charity Orbis to eliminate avoidable blindness globally

Marlon Brando’s favourite self-help guru is returning to TV and this time she’s hoping to net a world audience via a Jewish TV station.

Hanala Stadner’s weekly cable-access broadcasts in Los Angeles in the 1980s and 1990s became a must-see for acting legend Brando, who attempted to woo the TV counsellor, and steal her away from her husband.