Raven Goodwin To Play Hattie McDaniel In Indie Biopic ‘Behind the Smile’

LOVE Island star Siannise Fudge has revealed that cruel trolls told her she was so skinny they felt uncomfortable looking at her. The 27-year-old admitted she did lose weight “unintentionally” as she opened up about how she deals with comments on her trim figure.

CORONATION Street favourites Katherine Kelly and Julie Hesmondhalgh reunited for a sweet snap yesterday. Becky McDonald actress Katherine called Julie, who played Hayley Cropper in the soap, "my favourite" as they both beamed cheek to cheek. The pair acted on the cobbles together for six years, with Becky appearing from 2006 to 2012 while Julie spent 16 years on the show between 1998 and 2014.

JESY Nelson had fans convinced that she was dropping new lyrics after spotting a caption on a new post. The 30-year-old looked smouldering as she popped out for 'milk' in just a winter coat and not much else - sending fans into overdrive.

THE Holiday viewers have called out a major mobile phone blunder as a couple are torn apart by an affair. The Channel 5 drama sees Jill Halfpenny's character Kate suspect her husband Sean of having an affair with one of her university friends who they are holidaying with in Malta.

PETER Andre teased lookalike son Junior by sharing a throwback of himself in a purple suit days after the teen went out in a similar outfit. The father and son duo are regularly compared to each other and this time it appears Junior used his dad for fashion inspiration.

MEGAN Fox looks set for business as she stuns in a plunging lavender tuxedo minidress. The Transformers actress, 35, put on the stylish display for dinner with a friend in Los Angeles.

DEBBIE McGee has opened up about her late husband Paul Daniels' final days and confessed his battle with cancer left him in tears. Magician Paul passed away at home in 2016 after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

BBC's Radio 2, and took to Twitter yesterday to apologise for her "emotional breakdown" on the show.This comes after yesterday marked a year since BBC producer Simon Willis died, a dear friend and godfather to Jo's children.Jo's Radio 2 show yesterday was a sofa session with Richard Walters.Richard is a solo artist and has released five critically acclaimed albums and four EP's since 2007.Taking to Twitter, Jo posted a series of three pictures of herself with her late colleague Simon Willis.She captioned the post in view of her 365,600 followers: "Incredibly beautiful session tonight from the sublime @RichardWalters @BBRadio2."Desperately want everyone to hear it - head to @BBCSounds to listen. You won’t regret it."Sorry about the emotional breakdown Richard."This is the man I/we loved.

ULRIKA Jonsson had a flower tattoo on her arm coloured in a bright pink yesterday and was delighted with the result. The latest addition to Ulrika's sleeve of ink saw Berkshire based tattoo artist Lou Rose fill in the peony outline with a vibrant shade.

CORONATION Street star Charlie de Melo has a cosy, stylish home that he shares with his two adorable Golden Retrievers. The actor, who The Sun exclusively revealed last night has quit Coronation Street after five years, regularly shares pictures of dogs Toni and Sarah around the house.

IT’S one of the biggest nights in the music industry so it’s no surprise the stars like to let their hair down and party. And at last night’s NME awards they did exactly that as they celebrated after attending the bash at London’s Brixton Academy.

EMILY Atack looked almost unrecognisable after a dramatic hair transformation - which happened by accident. The 32-year-old Celebrity Juice star posted a shot after failing to use a hairdryer - comparing herself to a Furby.

KANYE West 'KILLS, kidnaps and buries' Kim Kardashian's boyfriend Pete Davidson in his new music video for Eazy. The 44-year-old dropped the animated music video on the same day his ex Kim, 41, was declared legally single.

exclusive interview with Daily Star this week. In it, she said trolls have threatened to call social services on her and that she’s not fit to be a mum because of her massive brows.

Logan Paul once knocked out a 350lb man with a devastating slap to the face.The YouTuber recently teamed up with Arnold Schwarzenegger to forge the Slap Fighting Championships, an event that will be held in Ohio next week. The tournament will be streamed on Paul's YouTube channel and has its root back to Russia, where Paul got a taste of the sport first-hand.

Ukraine to call for an end to the war in eastern Europe and a return to peace. The model has appeared in Playboy magazine in the past and is best known for stripping off to raise money for her local football team back in 2015.Having left Ukraine last year, she has now been forced to see the country of her birth at war with Russia for the past week.Petrova posted a selfie for her 88,700 Instagram followers last Thursday following the Russian invasion, in which she called for peace.She captioned the post: “Almost a year since I do not live in Ukraine, but I love my Motherland with all my heart.“My Homeland is no war, only peace.”According to her Instagram biography, Petrova currently lives in Germany but is also planning a trip to the Belgian capital Brussels.Who is your clubs most glamorous fan? Let us know in the comments section below.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.

North Korean food project that promised to give residents in a rural province more vegetables than they would ever need has actually been given to the country's elites, according to sources.The greenhouse farm project, which was created by authorities and was the first of its kind in North Korea, features 300 greenhouses in a 490-acre farm. It was started in Jungphyong village, which is part of Kyongsong county in the northeastern province of North Hamgyong, Radio Free Asia reports.

Coronation Street in 2006.The 48-year-old actress arrived on screens as brunette bombshell Carla Connor.Throughout the years, Carla has been married three times - having previously married Paul Connor off-screen in 1999 - and has endured her fair share of heartbreak in recent times.The character lost her half-brother Aidan (Shayne Ward) to suicide in 2018 and her father Johnny (Richard Hawley) in October.The Connor family patriarch died in the ITV soap's recent sinkhole tragedy.But as Alison King celebrates her birthday (March 3), Daily Star is taking a look at her life away from the cameras.Alison King was born in Leicester in 1973.After studying drama at Groby Community College and working for four years as a dental nurse, the fledging actress landed a role on now-cancelled soap Brookside.She later appeared as Lynda Block in the Sky One drama series Dream Team but before her Corrie days, Alison was best known for her modelling career.

Good Morning Britain fans have begged for Rob Rinder to take over from Piers Morgan permanently. The TV judge, 43, appeared on the morning programme alongside his Gogglebox friend Susanna Reid on Wednesday (March 2).He certainly impressed viewers with his "compassionate" and "fantastic" delivery over the harrowing situation in Ukraine as Russia continue their bloody invasion.

BET’s Being Mary Jane and Ryan Murphy’s Hollywood, but her next role aims to take her to another level.The actress, who had a breakout role in The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, has been tapped to play Hattie McDaniel, the first Black person to ever win an Oscar, in Behind the Smile. The biopic is being produced by Jami McCoy-Lankford of Hillionaire Productions and Global Genesis Group, with the script written by Gregory Blair.“Raven Goodwin is such a phenomenal talent and a gift to this project,” McCoy-Lankford said in a statement to Deadline, the outlet that broke this news.