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Business tycoon and TV reality show star Sir Alan Sugar has sold his electronics company Amstrad to media giant BSkyB for £125m.

Amstrad was founded by Sir Alan in the late 1960s and found success by selling cheap hi-fi equipment before moving into computers and satellite dishes during the 80s and 90s. Recent launches such as a home telephone with email facility proved to be less popular.

A campaign has been launched to have former Beatles manager Brian Epstein inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame.

Producer Martin Lewis has set up a petition on website brianepstein.com to have the Liverpool businessman posthumously honoured by the institution as it is a “travesty” Epstein has not received the honour before now.

Woody Allen’s new film Cassandra’s Dream will get a UK release, his spokesman has confirmed.

The drama, which stars Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell as brothers, will not follow in the footsteps of the filmmaker’s 2005 cinematic offering Scoop - which failed to make British cinemas.

Cassandra’s Dream has received glowing reviews after a secret screening in Oviedo, Spain, last month, and the movie will officially premiere at the Venice film festival in August.

Sexy Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson has landed the lead role in the biopic of one of the world’s biggest porn stars.

The 22-year-old Lost In Translation and Match Point actress was personally picked by Jenna Jameson, 33, to chart her transformation from ballet dancer to stripper, before becoming a millionaire adult film industry actress.

The movie is set for a late 2008 release from Universal Pictures and will be based on Jameson’s bestselling autobiography, How To Make Love Like A Porn Star.

Former music industry mogul Lord Levy could soon be returning back to his showbiz roots.

Having recently been cleared of any wrongdoing in the Cash For Honours affair, Lord Levy is said to be on the shortlist of a number of entertainment companies keen to use his music business skills.

In the 70s and 80s, Lord Levy ran Magnet Records, home to the likes of Alvin Stardust and Chris Rea, before selling to Warner Bros for a reputed £10m.

A real-life Mr Bean who is said to work as a museum assistant and collect teddy bears, and claims to speak Yiddish and Hebrew, is the latest Big Brother contestant.

Nebbish Jonty Stern, from London, is also said to enjoy spanking both men and women, and claims to be a 36-year-old virgin.

The balding boffin went into Big Brother’s ‘halfway house’ over the weekend, to compete for the chance to become a fully-fledged housemate.

Actress Isla Fisher is set to follow in the footsteps of fiance Sacha Baron Cohen by launching a career in comedy.

The Wedding Crashers star who converted to Judaism, announced she has landed a $2m contract to become a comedy star at the launch of her new movie Hot Rod.

And the pregnant star has already begun dreaming up potential plots and comedic characters for the venture.

Heroes actor Zachary Qunito has been unveiled as the new Mr Spock in the forthcoming Star tREK  prequel - and he’ll star alongside the original Leonard Nimoy.

The announcement was made at San Diego’s Comic-Con where Quinto appeared onstage with JJ Abrams, who will direct the new movie, which will chart the early years of the USS Enterprise’s crew.

The pair then welcomed Nimoy - a surprise guest - and revealed he will also appear in the movie.

Former S Club 7 sex siren Rachel Stevens’ pop career may have nosedived but she’s still got the X-factor when it comes to being the face of something. 

And this time round, she’s not so much the face but the eyes of disposable contact lens brand Focus Dailies.

Stevens, who is also trying to forge an acting career in Hollywood, is currently being plastered across magazines, TV and web sites advertising the alternative to specs.

Hollywood filmmaker Steven Spielberg has threatened to leave his position as artistic director of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, unless China takes action against Sudan.

China is a major investor in the African country’s oil industry and has been criticised for failing to send United Nations peacekeeping troops to the troubled Darfur region.

The Chinese have also been accused of selling weapons to Sudan.

Rising star Shia LaBeouf has challenged the media to dig up dirt on him - insisting he has no scandals hidden away.

The Transformers actor has exploded into Hollywood’s A’list and will next year appear in the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones movies.

Kosher uber-producer Mark Ronson has spoken of his “honour” at becoming the first artist to receive Bob Dylan’s approval for a remix.

Ronson has created a hip-hop version of classic 1966 song Most Likely You’ll Go Your Way (And I’ll Go Mine) taken from Dylan’s album Blonde on Blonde, but still can’t believe he obtained permission from the folk-rock legend.

Indiana Jones IV star Shia LaBeouf was left awestruck when he first saw Harrison Ford dressed as the intrepid archaeologist.

Ford returns as Indy next year - 27 years after he first took the role in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Despite the fact Ford is now 65, LaBeouf - who plays his son in the new movie - insists he still has it: “The moment for me was watching him walk out of his trailer with the fedora on. Oh my god! It’s overwhelming.”

Frum reggae star Matisyahu has revealed that he is no longer involved with the Chabad-Lubavitch orthodox movement claiming “I don’t necessarily identify with it any more”.

In an interview with Miami New Times, Matisyahu revealed his journey from secular Jew to frum. He said: “My initial ties were through the Lubavitch sect… I went to a Hasidic school for two years in Brooklyn. At this point, I don’t necessarily identify with it any more. I’m really religious, but the more I’m learning about other types of Jews, I don’t want to exclude myself. I felt boxed in.”

Former The OC. star Adam Brody says he is bored with Hollywood.

The 27-year-old actor, who played comic geek Seth Cohen in the hit TV drama, has lived in California all his life, but admits his recent years in Tinseltown have left his striving for something new.

“I am feeling it right now,” he says. “I am just a little bored, I just want a change of scene. There isn’t anything specific… just the repetition.”

Former Beverly Hills 90210 star Ian Ziering was snubbed as host of The Price Is Right, but has praised Drew Carey as a “great” choice for the job.

Ziering - who recently appeared on Dancing With The Stars - was desperate to be retiring host Bob Barker’s replacement.

David Gest has slammed ITV over allegations he was fired, claiming he quit the channel to concentrate on other projects.

Liza Minnelli’s ex-husband signed a one-year contract with ITV after impressing producers with his appearance on British reality show I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here last year.

Earlier this month Gest was reportedly dropped after The David Gest Show and Grease Is The Word struggled to attract viewers - but the star claims he severed ties with ITV due to other work commitments.

American Idol judge Paula Abdul is said to be fuming after being fired from the Bratz movie - and was shocked by movie bosses decision to drop her from the project.

The Straight Up singer had claimed she was the film’s choreographer, costume designer and executive producer before her exit from the popular dolls’ live-action big-screen outing.

Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal has poured scorn on British Airways bosses for cutting out the sex scenes when showing her new film SherryBaby on flights.

The Secretary star plays a former heroin addict struggling to rehabilitate in society after a three-year prison sentence, and with a history of sexual abuse.

However, she insists the uncomfortable scenes in the movie are an important part of her character’s story and can’t understand why they were censored.

Sexy actress Natalie Portman is set to disappoint lusty fans of her new film Goya’s Ghosts, by revealing the naked shots of her character feature a body double.

Israeli-born Portman, 26, insists she didn’t disrobe for the film’s graphic torture scenes, in which she appears to be completely nude, explaining the images feature a look-a-like stripped bare.

Sexy actress Scarlett Johansson has spent $8m on a mansion in the Hollywood Hills.

The Lost In Translation and Math Point beauty, 22, bought the luxury property from Sea Of Live director Harold Becker. The property features seven bedrooms and seven bathrooms.

“It’s a gigantic property. The place spans over 4.352 square feet,” a source reveals.

Rock matriarch Sharon Osbourne failed to attend her father Don Arden’s funeral - because she was too upset to go.

The music mogul - who launched the careers of music acts the Small Faces, Electric Light Orchestra and Black Sabbath - passed away at a nursing home in Los Angeles on Saturday. He was 81.

Aussie actress Isla Fisher has confirmed she’s pregnant, but jokes the child she’s carrying might not be fiance Sacha Baron Cohen’s.

The Wedding Crashers star who converted to Judaism, admits she went out of her way to hide her pregnancy at first - because it wasn’t anyone’s business.

“In the beginning I dodged the rumours… I was trying not to be rude, but there’s a time before you’re sure everything is all right with no complications that you just don’t want to discuss it,” she told Movies.com.

Don Arden, the former manager of The Small Faces and Black Sabbath and once dubbed the “Al Capone Of Pop” due to his ruthless management style has died aged 81.

Arden - who was the father of TV personality Sharon Osbourne - passed away at a nursing home in Los Angeles on Saturday.

Sex And The City star Sarah Jessica Parker has been arrested in Paris for stealing a bottle of her own perfume - but it’s all for a new TV ad filmed in the French capital.

In the commercial, the actress grabs a giant bottle of her new fragrance, Covet, from a store window display but runs into French gendarmes as she attempts to escape into a rainy Parisian night.

Teen Hollywood heart-throb Zac Efron prefers British women to American girls because they are more stylish.

The 19-year-old - who is dating his High School Musical co-star Vanessa Hudgens - spent time in the UK to promote new movie Hairspray and admits his favourite part was meeting his British fans.

Australian actress Isla Fisher is suffering from amnesia - symptoms she believes are a direct result of her pregnancy.

The Wedding Crashers star is engaged to Borat funnyman Sacha Baron Cohen and is reportedly seven months pregnant - although the couple have yet to officially confirm they are expecting.

Nonetheless, Fisher, who converted to Judaism, blames her recent forgetful nature on her impending motherhood.