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.