A documentary about the hunt for an obscure musician has earned a British Jewish producer a place in film history.

Simon Chinn, the son of businessman Sir Trevor, went home with an Academy Award for the documentary Searching for Sugar Man, the hunt for the American musician Rodriguez.

Oscars host Seth MacFarlane has been strongly criticised by US Jewish groups after an “offensive” sketch created by the screenwriter was performed at the awards.

A documentary about the hunt for an obscure musician earned a British Jewish producer a place in film history on Sunday evening.

Simon Chinn, the son of businessman Sir Trevor, went home with an Academy Award for the documentary Searching for Sugar Man.

Mr Chinn, a father of three who has been working in the industry since the late 1990s, is no stranger to Oscar success.

Alicia Keys and the band Depeche Mode have become the latest artists to be targeted by supporters of a cultural boycott of Israel.

The US singer is due to perform in Tel Aviv in July for the first time in her career, while the English band, who rose to fame in the 1980s, are set to entertain an Israeli audience in May.

Actress Drew Barrymore is citing Jewish law as a reason for having her six tattoos removed by laser surgery.

Married to Jewish art consultant Will Kopelman, the Charlie's Angels and Whip It star intends to convert, but is worried that tattoos will stop her eventually having a Jewish burial.

The tumultuous relationship of actress and Jewish-convert Elizabeth Taylor with her husband Richard Burton is to be told in a BBC film with the help of another British Jewish film star.