Maisie Smith announces huge career move after EastEnders exit as Tiffany Butcher

The 56th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is right around the corner, and today the festival announced its two honorary awards for 2022. In something of a surprise, KVIFF will bestow the Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema presented to Geoffrey Rush.

Love Island series one winner Jessica Hayes dishes the dirt about the show’s “dress rehearsals” before the main show airs.This year’s series of ITV2’s Love Island is already bringing the drama with its hilarious yet steamy challenges. Jessica, 29, who appeared and won the reality TV show in 2015, revealed how she was apart of a small group of young singletons to test out every element of the show in an unaired test run She confessed that before each season, a group of newbies, who are the main villa rejects, are flown out to Majorca to spend time in the villa.Leaving nothing to chance, it allows for producers to test out drinking games and a variety of camera angles to see how the main show will look.

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Antiques Roadshow left professional tennis player Elizabeth James in tears as she reminisced over her career when having her Wimbledon dresses valued. Liz, who featured as a guest on a recent episode of the BBC program, presented expert Hilary Kay with a dress embroidered with the Prince of Wales feathers as the show stopped off in Dyffryn Gardens near Cardiff, South Wales.

Anna Vakili has suggested that previous Love Island winners may not be in love but are simply there to take the grand prize of £50,000.The pharmacist who found fame on season five of the hit ITV2 dating show has been extremely honest about her experience on the programme, where she found her best friends.Over the years, couples who have won the show have not always remained together, famously Amber Gill and Greg O'Shea who split after the rugby ace dumped the Geordie babe over text.Now, Anna has exclusively spoken to the Daily Star about the grand prize and who should walk away with it.Do you have a story about one of this year's Love Island stars? Contact us at staronlineshowbiz@reachplc.comShe said: "I feel like the people that find love should win the show."I would also love it more if someone won the show that came from nothing and they get an opportunity from Love Island, as well as love."How much better would that be than someone that's already got everything."She added: "Personally, that would make me happier."During the opening episode of the season, the Islanders of 2022 discovered that the public had been voting to decide who coupled up with who.Reflecting on this, Anna said: "I'm in two minds about it, one side of things I think it's a nice thing they've done, when you're standing up there and when you come out and you're waiting for people to step forward or not step forward it's just based on your looks and not your personality."I don't like the idea of that as such, it can be a sh***y feeling for the people who are going up there and it can ruin your confidence."She continued: "In another sense, it brings more drama when they pick themselves because it's always like 'you were going to pick me.'"And it

BBC series. The actor, 59, has played Dr Patrick Turner since the series began in 2012 and recently confessed to his wife Heidi Thomas, who is the writer and creator of the period drama, what he didn't like about filming.He explained to his wife, 59, that he didn't like acting with babies during the Covid-19 pandemic.Due to the pandemic, it wasn't safe for real babies to be on set, therefore the stars of the show found themselves acting with dolls and fake babies which had to be disguised using blankets.Speaking at the BFI and Radio Television Festival, he explained that he missed having real babies on set."They know I am soppy because I love a baby, I am one of those blokes, I couldn’t pick a baby up in the early years of my life," he said.He added: "And then I had a child, and sometimes nurses and the midwifery nurses are like ‘Oh just give him the baby’ while the mums are eyeing me up still."In response, Heidi admitted that this was the first time her husband had said anything about a storyline she had written for him."When I created the series, obviously we are married, and we have been for years, but he never ever in all this time commented on his storyline.

Coronation Street star Sally Carman has paid a lovely tribute to her fiancé Joe Duttine in a sweet social media post. The real-life soap couple, who play Abi Franklin and Tim Metcalfe, are currently in the middle of planning their wedding, after the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted their plans.And while the nuptials are a few months away yet, Sally gushed about her husband-to-be while posting on her Instagram over the weekend.Posting a picture of Joe and her father in a pub, the actress wrote: "Happy Father’s Day to these two legends.

Prince William has admitted that he used to “fall asleep” during lectures at St Andrews University.The Duke of Cambridge, who turns 40 today, told of his issues at finding lectures interesting while chatting to Big Issue seller Dave Martin recently.The Duke caused a stir when he appeared alongside Mr Martin to sell the charity magazine last week – they sold 32 copies in one hour.And the pair appeared to get on well, with William sharing a personal story.He said: “I studied a bit of art history at university.“I had to give it up – I kept falling asleep in lectures . .

miniature 'Terminator' robots armed with assault machine guns on the frontline to battle through its war with Russia. The country has deployed the robotic battlefield scout called GNOM (Gnome) in the south-Eastern city of Zaporizhzhia.

Princess Diana's concern over the "burden" son Prince William is set to face. Appearing on Tuesday morning's instalment (June 21) of Lorraine, Jennie spoke in celebration of Prince William's 40th birthday as he hits the milestone today.The presenter, 71, admitted she occasionally spoke to the late Princess about raising her two sons and revealed what Diana said to her about William's future role in the royal family.Jennie said: "I used to speak to Diana sometimes about the boys and bringing them up, and I remember one thing she said about William - she said that the burden of Kingship weighed heavily on his shoulders."Despite the worry for her eldest son, Diana "thought he was going to be alright," and believed "the country is very lucky," to have William.The Cash in the Attic host agreed with the late Princess saying: "It's a very simple sentence but I think it's true, I think we are lucky to have him."She added: "He's turned into a wonderful young man and I think he's shaping up to be a wonderful future king."Speaking about watching William grow into the man he has become today, Jennie admitted it was never easy for the dad-of-three."I watched him through those difficult troubled adolescent years and he was a troubled young man of course, with his parents marriage breaking up before his eyes," the Great British Menu narrator said.Lorraine, 62, spoke about Will's life now and believes he's "all set" thanks to his happy marriage with wife Kate Middleton, 40 and their three children - George, 8, Charlotte, 7 and 4-year-old Louis.Responding to this, Jennie admitted Diana played a huge part in shaping Will into the man he is by the places she took him when he was a child.

Carol Vorderman has thrilled her followers in skintight gym wear after heading back to her home country of Wales. The 61-year-old former Countdown star showed off her sensational hourglass figure on Twitter, as she posted a selfie whilst on a deserted beach.

Matthew McConaughey celebrated Father's Day with his adorable family over the weekend and also paid tribute to his own late dad. The star posted a photo of his rarely-seen family members including brothers, Pat and Rooster, and their late father, James. MORE: Inside Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves Texas home where they're raising their children In the image, Matthew looked so different with short, bleached hair as he placed a hand on his dad's shoulder and looked adoringly at him. WATCH: Matthew McConaughey shares adorable throwback family video His siblings smiled too as they were captured in the natural-looking moment.  The image was from many years ago as Matthew's dad sadly passed away in 1992. He adored his father and revealed in his memoir, Greenlights, the unexpected way he died in an interview with Vanity Fair. MORE: Camila Alves and Matthew McConaughey's children are picture-perfect in vacation snapshotMORE: Matthew McConaughey and family welcome adorable new family member Matthew said: "I got a call from my Mom. 'Your dad died,'" he wrote.

EastEnders actor Max Bowden, 27, is rumoured to be dating Whitney Dean actress Shona McGarty, 30.Ben, who’s played the BBC soap’s Ben Mitchell since 2019, was previously in a relationship with his pregnant ex-girlfriend, Roisin Buckle, before he allegedly embarked on a relationship with co-star Shona.It isn’t the first time the soap actor who’s starred in Waterloo Road, Casualty and Doctors, has dated a colleague, reports Daily Mirror.The mum-to-be Roisin was “heartbroken” when photos of the actor leaving Shona’s house surfaced earlier this month, following their recent split. A source explained to The Sun : “It has been dreadful for Roisin, she feels humiliated and disrespected.

Prince Charles has shared a series of sweet family photos to mark his son Prince William's 40th birthday on Tuesday 21 June.The future King, 73, took to his Twitter page to share the photos with the caption: "Wishing The Duke of Cambridge a very happy 40th birthday!" followed by a birthday cake emoji and a red balloon emoji. One photo sees Charles as a young man, holding his son William as a baby in his arms. Another shows them sitting on a ski lift together.

Megan McKenna has appeared almost unrecognisable following her latest transformation as she gears up to release her new album on Friday. The reality star-turned singer, 29, looked a different woman as she posed with a noticeably smaller pout and bleached blonde hair in a sultry post on Instagram. Megan smouldered in the shot taken in Los Angeles, California, as she wore a purple cut-out jumpsuit with reflective appliqués.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge tied the knot in a traditional ceremony at London’s Westminster Abbey in April 2011 – six months after Prince William popped the question. But before getting engaged, William, who turns 40 on June 21, and Kate, 40, dated on and off for seven years. Asked in their engagement interview why he had waited so long, William said bashfully: “I wanted to give her a chance to see in and to back out if she needed to before it all got too much.

MAISIE Smith’s incredible career change has been inspired by a Brookside and TV legend. The Sun revealed the EastEnders star blew fans away when Claire Sweeney got her up on stage at her sell-out Proud Cabaret show to showcase her sensational singing voice.

Maisie Smith has shared the next role she will be starring in, since leaving EastEnders in December. The 20-year-old left her role as Tiffany Butcher on the BBC One soap to pursue new professional opportunities. Now, Maisie is joining forces with Strictly Come Dancing professional Kevin Clifton once again, after the duo danced together in the Children in Need special in 2019.

Maisie Smith announced on May 25 that she would be teaming up with professional dancer Kevin Clifton as she joins the cast of Strictly Ballroom The Musical.

ACTRESS Maisie Smith has announced a huge career move after she dramatically quit EastEnders earlier this year. The star - who won Strictly Come Dancing in 2019 alongside pro dancer Gorka Marquez - is due to take to the floor once more.

One of Dancing with the Stars‘ most effervescent judges, Bruno Tonioli, has revealed his decision to quit the UK version of the show after 18 years, saying juggling both shows had become “unsustainable”, following the former’s move to Disney Plus.