Danniella Westbrook unrecognisable in sexy bikini throwback photo

Love Island bombshell Afia Tonkmor has confessed that she's "scared of d**k".In a TikTok video, the 25-year-old and her friend were seen dancing to the song It's Tricky, while doing the 'this or that' challenge, with the clip amassing over 1,000 likes.The challenge sees users walk or point towards text that has been overlaid on the screen, with Afia pointing towards "scared of da D" instead of "FREAK".Afia is due to head into the villa in tonight's (June 8) episode as a bombshell, alongside Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu.It comes after Davide Sanclimenti chose to couple up with Gemma Owen, leaving Liam Llewellyn single and vulnerable to getting evicted from the series.Afia may give Liam a lifeline if she chooses to couple up with him.She's from London, works as lounge host at a private member's club and has said she's looking for a summer romance, despite falling in love "too quickly".On her reasons for joining Love Island, Afia said: "It just seems like a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet someone, have an amazing summer, just have so much fun and have a bit of a summer romance as well."She added: "I fall in love quickly, too quickly, two dates I am like, ‘OMG I am obsessed with this boy, he’s everything'."For more of the latest showbiz news from the Daily Star, make sure you sign up for one of our newsletters here.On announcing Afia as the latest contestant on the show, fans flocked to the official Love Island Instagram account to pay compliments to the brunette beauty.One user wrote: "She's gorge", while another typed: "Slayyyy its giving iconn".A third said: "I say she should go on a date with Liam".Fans of the show are able to vote for which boy Afia will go on a date with by the official app.

Elizabeth Wagmeister Senior CorrespondentIt’s going to be hard to beat the most exciting casting announcement of Season 19 of “The Bachelorette” — a.k.a., the fact that there are two female leads in the upcoming season — but 32 men will be vying for the hearts of two women.Gabby Windey and Rachel Recchia will both co-star in “The Bachelorette” Season 19, marking a first for the long-running ABC dating franchise. And one month before their season kicks off, their suitors have been revealed.Having two Bachelorettes is a result of the messy last season of “The Bachelor” where Windey and Recchia were both broken up with leading man Clayton Echard on national television.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief“6 Festivals,” a music drama film that marks the first Australian feature movie to be commissioned by Paramount+, is to get a local theatrical release.The picture is the story of three teenage best friends (played by Rasmus King, Yasmin Honeychurch and Rory Potter) who try to attend six music festivals in as many months. It gets its world premiere on Friday at the Sydney Film Festival, as part of the SFF’s Sounds on Screen section.The picture will have a limited theatrical release in Australia through Bonsai Films from Aug. 11, 2022.

Selome Hailu J.J. Abrams’ science fiction drama series “Demimonde” will no longer move forward at HBO.This is the end of a long road for the project, which was ordered to series at HBO in Feb. 2018 after a bidding war with Apple.

Keep your phone notifications on, Samantha’s texts will return to “And Just Like That!” Showrunner Michael Patrick King told Variety that the character’s phone communication from season one will reappear in the second season of his “Sex and the City” reboot.

Drake Milligan took to the stage of “America’s Got Talent” this week, and if the name seems familiar it’s because this isn’t the first television talent show he’s been on.

HBO is officially not moving forward with J.J. Abrams’ ambitious HBO sci-fi drama series Demimonde. The decision comes after weeks of discussions with Abrams, his Bad Robot production company and Warner Bros. Television which were focused on the show’s budget. As Deadline reported last month, the studios on the project, Warner Bros. Television and HBO, had been trying to rein in costs, but Bad Robot kept firm on their proposed budget, said to be in the mid-$200 million range, and would not agree to a reduction.

Julia Garner has a new icon to embody. ET has learned that the  actress is the top choice to play Madonna in her new biopic.The project is in active development at Universal Pictures with garner pegged as the film's leading lady. The news of Garner as the «top choice» for the biopic comes after speculation that Florence Pugh, 's Alexa Demie, Odessa Young and singers Bebe Rexha and Sky Ferreira were reportedly in the running to play the music legend.Per , the film will follow the early days of the controversial artist and the aptly crowned queen of pop.

David Lynch is a unique filmmaker, even when you talk about him as a person. (This is the same guy who did weather reports for days on YouTube during COVID.) But even as a filmmaker, he’s an artist who creates works that aren’t easily always easily digestible and are often meant to challenge the viewer.

Justin Bieber has postponed the start of his North American ‘Justice’ tour, just hours before it was meant to begin last night (June 7) at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena.The singer took to his Instagram stories to tell fans that his undisclosed illness would prevent him from taking to the stage. “Can’t believe I’m saying this,” he wrote.

She may only be 11, but Madison Taylor Baez packs a powerful voice that belies her youth.

More on the way! Nick Cannon is expanding his family tree — and it may be happening sooner than you’d think.

Liverpool supporter claims he was attacked by a needle-wielding gang after the Reds’ defeat in the Champions League final, in Paris.Brad Young says he and his mates were set upon by locals on the way out of the Stade de France on May 28, with their trip to the French capital turning into a nightmare, the Liverpool Echo reports.Fortune had smiled on the 24-year-old from Belfast after he won tickets in a competition, but lucky was the last thing he felt after revealing he and his pals were “hunted” on the Parisian streets.He and his friends travelled to Paris and said the atmosphere in the Liverpool fan zone was “brilliant” before the match.They said they managed to avoid some of the worst scenes outside the ground before the game, as thousands of Liverpool fans were forced into dangerously small areas before being targeted with pepper spray and tear gas by French police.But it was after the match that the mood inside the stadium shifted.Brad said: “It was a strange atmosphere inside the stadium, there were so many empty seats and then there were lots of locals suddenly coming in to our section, we didn’t know what was going on.“When we left after the game it turned so sour so quickly. We walked into clouds of tear gas and the police were hitting fans who weren’t moving, but they couldn’t physically move.”After escaping from the stadium, Brad said he became aware of large numbers of local people and gangs who appeared to be targeting Liverpool fans as they tried to make their way back to their hotels.He added: “It felt like they were hunting us, they were running up and shouting in our faces, suddenly lots of fans started sprinting away.

The duo who star in USA Network’s most-watched current original series, Chrisley Knows Best, were convicted on multiple counts of bank fraud and tax evasion by a federal jury in downtown Atlanta today, according to multiple local reports.

Todd Phillips has written the next chapter in the Clown Prince of Crime's gritty, brutal tale of chaos and discord.Phillips took to Instagram on Tuesday to confirm that his Oscar-winning 2019 film is getting a sequel, penned by himself and Scott Silver — who also co-wrote the first film.Phillips shared a pair of snapshots, beginning with a pic of the script's cover page, revealing the sequel is tentatively titled A post shared by Todd Phillips (@toddphillips)The second snapshot in the slideshow was an artistic black-and-white candid pic of star Joaquin Phoenix -- who earned his Oscar for playing the title character — reading the script over while smoking a cigarette.The first — which was originally imagined as a standalone drama set in the universe but outside the cannon of the comics or the film adaptations — was set in the early '80s, and followed the mentally unstable failed clown Arthur Fleck as he spiraled into madness and sparked a violent riot in the city of Gotham.Not much is known about the plot of Phillips' forthcoming follow-up, outside of the title. Folie à Deux is a term that means a shared delusion or nearly identical mental disorder that presents in two different people.Whether the title refers to Joker's famously disturbed relationship with Batman or possibly his notoriously unhealthy relationship with love interest Harley Quinn remains to be seen.

DANIELLA Westbrook has been rushed to hospital with the bloodstream infection Septicemia. The 48-year-old star, long remembered for her performances as EastEnders' Sam Mitchell, suffered a "sudden health shock".

EastEnders star Danniella Westbrook opened up about her battle with drug addiction.The 48-year-old actress appeared in a teaser clip shared for an upcoming podcast beside Paul Danan and Jumpin Jack Frost, where she admitted to wasting “years of her life.”In the heartbreaking clip, Dannielle is heard saying: “It’s taken me 48 years to get to that point and I can’t say I’ll be there tomorrow.“The worst thing I have down is throwing my life away, hating myself, the years I have wasted not liking the person I am.”She is undergoing a series of procedures and operations to repair her face, which was damaged during her lengthy battle with cocaine addiction and suffering from osteoporosis.Danniella recently recorded for The BoAt Pod podcast, where she discussed recovery and mental health.Sharing a photo from filming, Danniella said: “If anyone is struggling with substance abuse or mental illness of any kind, then [please] give it a listen when it airs next week. [You’re] not alone and we do recover”.Due to her excessive cocaine use, Danniella’s septum had completely eroded away and she was famously photographed with it missing at the 2000 British Soap Awards.For more of the latest showbiz news from Daily Star, make sure you sign up for one of our newsletters here.Danniella has been open about her struggles with addiction throughout the course of her career.The former EastEnder lost her role as Sam Mitchell on the popular BBC soap because of it and revealed she first tried the Class A drug when she was just a teenager.

Danniella Westbrook was another celebrity who just couldn't get enough of the warm weather across the UK over the weekend.The 48-year-old former EastEnders star was feeling as though a holiday was needed after enjoying some Great Britsih sunshine on Saturday.Dreaming about a heat-infused adventure, she scanned through her archives to dish up a scorching-hot offering for her loyal legion of Instagram fans.The mum-of-two recalled a trip to remote and deserted location where she enjoyed herself while riding a two humped camel.Looking unrecognisable, Danniella wowed as she showcased her toned body and rippling abs as she modelled a salmon coloured bikini.Showing off her fun side, the TV star reached her arms up high in the air - proving that she didn't need to hold on to maintain balance.Her skin with glowing a radiant bronze colour and her highlighted blonde locks looked fabulous in a choppy bob-cut style.To complete her holiday vibe, the ex-soap star popped on a cool pair of oval shaped shades.Along with the blast-from-the-past image, Danniella included a cryptic caption which read: "Don't give me the hump #Idontsugarcoatit."Danniella ensured that her comments were deactivated but that didn't stop masses of her adoring fans 'hitting' the heart button to show their appreciation.Meanwhile, over on the Albert Square actress's story, she explained that the post was shared because she was in desperate need of a holiday.Sharing the "new post" with her 93,000 followers, the star who was better known for her role as Sam Mitchell on the popular BBC programme insisted: "I need a holiday for like six months, somewhere fabulous." Earlier this week, Danniella alarmed her social media fans after announcing she'd been left bed bound

Danniella Westbrook fans have been left concerned after the former EastEnders actress revealed that she is 'bed bound' from a blood infection.The actress and mum of two, 46, who played Sam Mitchell in the BBC soap, shared the news on her Twitter account, saying that she was too ill to leave the house after developing the infection.The post read: "Another beautiful day missed in bed sick with this blood infection."Fans took to social media to share their concerns and to send their best wishes to the star, with one saying: "Feel better soon hun sending hugs xxx"A second commented: "I'm sorry to hear you are not well I hope you are feeling much better very soon, sending all my best wishes to you."Former EastEnders actor John Patridge, who played Christina Clarke in the soap, also said: "Oh honey...feel better x"Danniella Westbrook recently underwent facial reconstructive surgery, and it is reported that she needs five operations in total to correct her 'collapsing' face, due to a previous drug addiction and osteoporosis.The actress has previously said that she needs the surgery to "survive" and that it isn’t for "vanity" but purely for health reasons after her septum had collapsed.She was previously rushed to intensive care just before Christmas after a cold left her unable to breathe as a result of built up fluid, and after speaking to doctors at Aintree Hospital in Liverpool, she was offered the facial reconstructive surgery.Before her most recent social media post, the actress had recently wowed fans on social media, after showing off glam snaps where she was wearing a black dress and Burberry scarf, in a nod to her love of the brand.In a now-infamous snap from over 20 years ago, she was dressed head-to-toe in Burberry,

Danniella Westbrook has sparked curiosity amongst her fans after she shared a cryptic Instagram post about "toxic people". The former EastEnders star took to her social media account to tease that "the tables are turning" in a meme as she said goodnight to her followers.

EastEnders actress Danniella Westbrook has shared a mysterious message on her Instagram story.The 48-year-old, known for her role as Sam Mitchell in the BBC soap, shared a quote on her profile which simply featured large white text on a black background.The motivational message urged fans to “distance themselves” if they feel “bad energy” from something.The note read: “Sometimes to get in front, you have to just do you and keep it moving, people.