Daniel Radcliffe to play Weird Al Yankovic in Roku biopic

Helen Flanagan turned heads in a stylish suit as she headed to a breakfast event in Manchester.

Emmerdale's Paige Sandhu has confirmed that her character's time in the village is almost up.

Tottenham Hotspur icon Rafael van der Vaart has had his fair share of excitement since retiring as a footballer.Van der Vaart’s glittering career saw him win two league titles with Ajax, over 100 caps for the Netherlands and represent Real Madrid and Spurs in his prime.The 39-year-old’s last club was Danish side Esbjerg fB, where he eventually called time on his 18-year career back in 2018.But the former attacking-midfielder did not wait around idly for long, launching his darts career just a year later in April 2019 with a fine win after joining the British Darts Organisation.Van der Vaart made his debut at the Denmark Open in Esbjerg where he went toe-to-toe with Thomas Anderson.He defeated his opponent 4-2 but was given a quick reality check as he suffered a 4-0 defeat in the next round to Mogens ‘Turbo’ Christensen - a former semi-finalist in the event.Earlier that year, the Dutchman made waves in the darting world by appearing alongside compatriot and legend Michael van Gerwen at the Promi-Darts World Championship in Germany.What change of careers within sport surprised you the most? Let us know in the comments section.Want to be on the ball with all of the latest football news?Well then sign up for the brilliant Daily Star football email newsletter!From the latest transfer news to the agenda-setting stories, get it all in your email inbox - don't miss a thing.It only takes a matter of seconds.Simply type your email address into the box at the top of this article and hit 'subscribe'.And that's it, job done.

drug over the weekend. Elle Vickers, 18, and her friend Ellen Baldwin, 19, believe they were injected with a drug after they noticed they were left with bruises in "intimate areas" on Saturday, February 12.

Lord Alan Sugar.The Apprentice boss has said he was "now always looking over my shoulder" after three anti-Semitic letters were sent to him, with one saying “I would like to murder all f***ing Jews in Britain, Alan”.The letters, with the address typed and stuck to the front, were opened by Lord Sugar's assistant at his company and referred to the police.Patrick Gomes, 70, has denied sending the letters but was found guilty at an earlier trial of religiously aggravated harassment, putting those targeted in fear of violence.He was jailed for three years and six months at Chelmsford Crown Court on Wednesday and was handed an indefinite restraining order not to contact Lord Sugar.Adam Pearson, prosecuting, said that one of the letters said there was “no anti-Semitic element within the Labour Party” then “went onto say the author of the letter was a Jew hater”.previously thanked police in Essex for “helping to shine a light on the fact that this type of behaviour is simply not acceptable” after the man was found guilty.Gomes sent three letters to one of Lord Sugar’s businesses in Loughton between October and December 2018, Essex Police said, which contained anti-semitic abuse.Each letter was addressed directly to Lord Sugar and included abusive, threatening and offensive language, with them being derogatory towards the Jewish religion.Gomes was arrested at his home on March 19, 2019 after his DNA and fingerprints were found on one of the letters.Officers then found other discriminatory letters by Gomes, and the address they were sent to in his address book.There's MUCH more where that came from! Want all the jaw-dropping stories from the world of showbiz and up to the minute news from TV and soaps?Well, we've got you covered

the Australian now looks set to be moved on from the role.The 2021 season ended in a controversial manner, with Red Bull's Max Verstappen taking glory from under the nose of a resurgent Lewis Hamilton on the last lap.As destiny was decided at 200 miles per hour, angry Hamilton fans questioned some of the decisions by Masi, as did Hamilton's Mercedes team.With the build-up to the new season intensifying, and crafty teams revealing their new designs ahead of a season that brings in a raft of rule changes, a huge amount of excitement and scrutiny is going to be focussed on those in F1's top positions.Masi came under criticism a number of times last season, not just for the incident in the final race. Teams and drivers complained of a lack of clarity and consistency applied to wheel-to-wheel racing rules.So why are F1 fans calling for Michael Masi to go ahead of the 2022 season?F1 fans are questioning Michael Masi's position due to a controversial decision made at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year.When Lewis Hamilton entered the final lap of the race, he was world champion, set to become so for a record eighth time.

Jake Paul tattoo in an attempt to catch the attention of the YouTuber turned boxer has been left red-faced.Mairis Briedis called out Paul and got a warning to the Problem Child tattooed on his thigh in January but has been unable to secure a fight with the unbeaten social media star since.Instead he is now set to defend his IBF cruiserweight world title in Australia later this year against Jai Opetaia, according to News.com.Meanwhile, Paul has yet to even acknowledge Briedis' challenge as he flirts with the possibility of switching to mixed martial arts in the future.Briedis, who's only professional loss came against Oleksandr Usyk in 2018, showed off his tattooed warning to Paul back in January after calling him out.The 37-year-old Latvian got the message "Jake's bad karma" and a deer's head inked on his thigh as part of his attempts to secure a big money fight.At the time, he told iFL TV: "I saw Jake had a tattoo that said 'karma' and thought I could combine it with my deer logo."It looks very nice, that's why we're even speaking, this year I've had a lot of ideas for what I need to do, I don't know what's happened.Who should Jake Paul's next opponent be? Let us know in the comments section below."This is my life, my choice, my body, and it's like poker, I've gone 'all in'."The tattoo is a crazy thing for me, for my family, but we will see what happens, I hope my crazy things will become true."This is very serious, this is a crazy tattoo, but I will do everything to get my goal and I wish my dreams would happen."However, his attempts to catch Paul's attention fell on deaf ears, although Paul has yet to confirm his next opponent since moving to 5-0 in December with a knockout win over Tyron Woodley.He has so far hinted

teenager from Victoria, Australia has caught himself a £42,000 prize pot after winning a fishing competition down under. The GoFish competition, held in Victoria's Nagambie town, saw over 883 Murray Cod caught with a total length of 40,629.3 centimetres for all cod caught.A total of 2,250 fish were caught, measuring to a whopping 89,131.6 centimetres, as well as an impressive total of 2,594 beers consumed over the course of the tournament.But ambitious anglers were chasing more than beer tallies, with their eyes on the £42,000 ($82,000 Australian) up for grabs, given to whoever caught the largest cod on the day.The honour this year went to 18-year-old Jono Moore, who nabbed the largest Murray cod just 20 minutes into his participation in the competition.Speaking to ABC, Moore said he had been fishing with his dad since before he could walk and he kept pursuing it in the ensuing years.He said: "Me and my mates, we go out pretty much every weekend just fishing everywhere from Mitchelton all the way town to Murchison."The impressive 105 centimetre catch gave the competition winner a clear shot at the prize pot, but was anxious when others confronted him with rumours of a bigger catch elsewhere.Moore said: "It was pretty hectic.

Don’t worry, that’s just Jessica Biel! The 39-year-old actress looked totally different as she was spotted on-set in costume for her latest role playing the axe-killer. Candy Montgomery on Tuesday February 15. Jessica was the spitting image of the infamous Texas killer, while she walked around on-set in her Candy costume.

Priscilla Presley, 76, finally has a daughter-in-law! Her son Navarone Garibaldi, 34, got married to his girlfriend Elisa Achilli, 22, after dating for four years on February 15. Priscilla revealed on Instagram that the couple said “I do” during a romantic outdoor ceremony at Schloss Hünigen hotel in Konolfingen, Switzerland. The businesswoman and actress, who shares Navarone with ex Marco Garibaldi, was among family and friends in attendance.

Doomlands, the adult animated comedy series from Josh O’Keefe, will launch on Roku later this month.

Daniel Radcliffe has his next movie lined up, and it‘s going to get weird. It was revealed Tuesday that the “Harry Potter” star has been cast to portray Al Yankovic in hisupcoming biopic, “WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story.” The musician tweeted Tuesday morning “So… I’m making a movie.” Two hours later he shared Deadline’s article announcing the news adding, “See?? I’m not kidding about this!”See?? I’m not kidding about this! https://t.co/p1qww3R20vThe film will be available to stream exclusively on Roku and production will kick off in Los Angeles next month.

told The Post in 2014. “I thought I’d have to grow up and be an adult.

Grab your accordions because Daniel Radcliffe is going to play “Weird Al” Yankovic in an upcoming biopic.

Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe will star as "Weird Al" Yankovic in an upcoming biopic of the parody songwriter. Weird: The “Weird Al” Yankovic Story will be co-written and produced by Yankovic; Eric Appel will serve as co-writer, producer, and director. Funny Or Die will produce the film for The Roku Channel.

Daniel Radcliffe is gearing up to take on a role arguably much different than magical wizard Harry Potter. Radcliffe has signed on to portray "Weird Al" Yankovic in a biopic about his life, titled "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story." The project is being written by Funny or Die's Eric Appel and Yankovic.

There aren’t many musicians who can say they’ve had a successful career spanning decades, but Weird Al Yankovic is one of those people. So, while we get a slew of rock biopics about music legends, you knew it was only a matter of time before Hollywood turned its gaze to the life of Weird Al.

Harry Potter actor, Daniel Radcliffe, will be starring in an upcoming biopic about Weird Al Yankovic, a Grammy-Award winning musical icon.   WEIRD: The Weird Al Yankovic Story will star Radcliffe in the titular role as Weird Al himself, and will follow his story; from his rise to fame in the music industry and even his celebrity love affairs.  Alfred Matthew ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic was born in 1959, and is an American singer, record producer, musician and actor.

Zack Sharf Daniel Radcliffe is set to star as Grammy-winning musician ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic in the Roku original movie “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.” The film is Roku’s first original biopic and will be available to stream exclusively on The Roku Channel. The project is produced by Funny Or Die and Tango.

Daniel Radcliffe is set to portray famed parody songwriter and singer “Weird Al” Yankovic in a new biopic from Roku.

Daniel Radcliffe (The Lost City, Harry Potter franchise) has been tapped to play musician “Weird Al” Yankovic in Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, a Roku Original biopic from Funny or Die and Tango that will be available for streaming exclusively on The Roku Channel.