Amy Winehouse’s debut on US satirical show Saturday Night Live is in jeopardy because of the upcoming writer’s strike.

The walk-out, which is expected to start at midnight on Sunday, will upset TV schedules in America, and current affairs comedy shows and satirical programmes are expected to be the worst hit.

Segments on chat shows like The Late Show and The Tonight Show are expected to feature repeats and many shows could go dark because there will be no one to write skits and comedy monologues.

Jewish entertainer, MC Rebbe has been named as a finalist in the world’s largest blog competition, the 2007 Weblog Awards.

Known as “The Rapping Rabbi” and once described as “A cross between Jackie Mason, Mel Brooks and Woody Allen, with a bit of Lenny Bruce’s sharp tongue thrown in”, MC Rebbe’s three-year-old blog was chosen from a shortlist of several thousand to be selected as one of the final 10 in the Best Culture Blog category.

Amy Winehouse’s father is praying the singer’s husband Blake Fielder-Civil will be sentenced to jail in his upcoming assault case - because it will allow the singer to confront her drug demons on her own.

Fielder-Civil is due in court on 12 November after being accused of assaulting a pub landlord earlier this year.

Funnyman Jerry Seinfeld discovered he’ll never be an honorary bee, despite playing one in new animated film Bee Movie, after getting stung by one.

The comedian researched his role as a cartoon bee in the film by visiting a beekeeper - and he felt so confident, he chose not to wear protection.

Officials at the Smithsonian Institute have returned Barry Manilow’s colourful Copacabana jacket to the singer after he poked fun at the American museum complex.

Manilow was thrilled to learn curators wanted to add his jacket to the Smithsonian, where America’s most important historical and cultural items are exhibited.

But he blew the honour when he joked it onstage - and superserious museum bosses heard about it.