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Call the Midwife chiefs have to limit the amount of blood they show on the BBC on Christmas Day.Fans of the TV drama starring Jenny Agutter and Helen George are used to seeing graphic scenes as the nuns and midwives deliver babies and cope with medical emergencies.But there is one day of the year when the BBC puts its foot down and tells the producers to keep bloody clips to a minimum.Creator Heidi Thomas tells Radio Times: “Every so often we get into a minor negotiation with them about the amount of blood you can see on Christmas Day.”Fans are currently on tenterhooks over this Sunday’s finale.It looks like TV favourites Dr Turner (Stephen McGann) and Sister Julienne (Agutter) might be killed off.Both were left for dead at the end of last Sunday’s cliffhanger after they were caught up in an horrific train crash.Asked if she would bump such popular characters off, Heidi said: “I’m a very daring woman.”The show has been recommissioned for two more series which will take the story to 1969.Heidi added: “I don’t see us running out of stories any time soon.”Actress Helen has hit back at trolls after getting "ridiculous" messages about the fact she was pregnant while filming the show.The BBC star revealed that she's had messages from people questioning why she was shooting the latest instalment of the East End drama when she was clearly pregnant, particularly when her character Trixie wasn't.Helen – who gave birth to her second daughter, Lark, late last year – took to Twitter to respond to her critics and suggested that people just support each other."I've seen too many ridiculous comments about my pregnancy whilst filming Call The Midwife," she wrote, adding that she thanked those who had sent "the lovely comments"."Women get

Kim Kardashian showcased her jaw dropping figure in a micro thong after romantic dates with boyfriend Pete Davidson following Kanye West drama.The 41-year-old wowed fans as she showed off her sensational figure wearing black lingerie from her underwear, loungewear and shapewear line SKIMS.The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star stared into the cameras as she held a large black heart-shaped box above her head with SKIMS written across it.Kim shared a second snap to her 285 million Instagram followers showing off her toned physique as she posed squatting down in another tiny lingerie set.The reality star was seen this time in a pink ensemble as she swept her dark straight locks behind her shoulder while holding a black heart balloon.She penned to the photos: "Happy Valentine's Day."Kim seemed in good spirits as she turned up the heat for the saucy snaps despite her ex-husband Kanye West sharing shocking rants on his social media page.Kim has been reportedly dating Saturday Night Live comic Pete since October 2021 and it appears the rapper does not approve of the romance.Kanye branded Pete a "d***head" in a 13-post rant which included a vow that the comic would never be allowed to meet his children.Kanye and Kim share four children together - North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm, who are eight, six, four and two respectively.The rapped shared a text from Pete that read: "As a man I'd never get in the way of your children. That's a promise.

SpaceX plan to send humans deeper into space than when NASA went to the moon.Elon Musk's space exploration company announced on Monday (14 February) that their craft will begin a new programme called Polaris later in 2022, with two flights coming this year.The crew will include American billionaire and SpaceX donor Jared Isaacman, who last year became the first person to buy a first SpaceX space tourism flight.Air Force fighter pilot Scott Poteet, and engineers Sarah Gillis and Anna Menon will join him on board.The ambitious missions will see the two engineers take part in the first ever commercial spacewalk — a feat that until now has only ever been achieved by government space agencies.An excited Jared Isaacman told the Today show: “We’re going to go farther into space than humans have gone since we’ve last walked on the moon”The entrepreneur said that two missions on their existing Dragon spacecraft in November or December of this year would help the firm prepare for their first ever manned mission on the new Starship rocket in the years ahead, which they are currently developing in co-operation with NASA.He added: "We're going to learn as much as we can from the Polaris Program side of things, SpaceX is going to learn an awful lot as they're getting Starship ready for its first human spaceflight and I think we're going to combine that to ultimately form what the second mission should look like" SpaceX eventually wants to use Starship as a fully reusable, two-stage transportation system that can send humans and large sets of cargo to the moon, mars and other solar system locations.The billionaire believes that his company will be able to put a person on the planet within 10 years but hopes for his mission to be

Sam Asghari is celebrating Valentine’s with his wifey-to-be … or is it his “wife” now?! The Iranian actor posted an adorable mirror selfie with fiancée Britney Spears and technically called her his “wife” in the post, causing many to wonder if the two have already tied the knot.

Nikki Bella is opening up about fiancé Artem Chigvintsev's ongoing struggle with pneumonia. Nikki and her sister, Brie Bella, spoke with ET's Lauren Zima on Saturday at the 2022 Fanatics Super Bowl Party in Culver City, California, and the 38-year-old TV personality and pro wrestler shared some news about Artem's «terrifying» and persistent case of pneumonia.«He's doing well. He still has pneumonia, it's crazy!» Nikki shared.

Valentine's Day.Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani, Britney Spears and Sam Asghari, the Beckhams, as well as Mandy Moore, Salma Hayek and more are celebrating Feb. 14 with sweet and heartfelt posts for their significant others.

Selena Gomez jumps out of a car and races towards someone while filming a new episode for the second season of Only Murders in the Building in New York City on Monday (February 14).

Rachel Zegler has confirmed that she’s dating West Side Story co-star Josh Andres Rivera!

Disney+’s season one finale of Lucasfilm’s The Book of Boba Fett clocked 1.5M U.S. households according to Samba TV from the show’s Wednesday to Sunday run.

An isolated house in the country, a small tribe of peculiar characters mostly keeping a wary distance from each other: That Kind of Summer (Un Ete Comme Ca) is a film set up perfectly for the pandemic era. The bonus zinger is that the house is a live-in retreat for supposedly, or maybe just possibly, recovering sex addicts. Nobody leaves, and everyone talks dirty. Denis Cote, the prolific Quebecois provocateur, must have been hugging himself when he thought of that one.

Chris Willman Music WriterIn the wake of the Astroworld tragedy, should festivals and concerts have a single person charged with the power of stopping a show if conditions grow dangerous? What greater demands will insurers be making since that Texas festival pointed up how an entertainment event can turn deadly? And where does responsibility start, or the buck end, if things go terribly wrong at a show?These were some of the issues discussed at a panel titled “How the Next Era Of Music Festivals Will Be Safe, Sustainable and Sold Out,” presented at the Pollstar Live conference for concert pros at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Either the second or third S-topic in that series could have supported a panel in itself, but the focus of the final part of the discussion among industry professionals inevitably focused on “safe.” And while much of the overall conference otherwise took on a post-quarantine “we’re back, baby!” tone, this one took on an elephant that has very much not left the room, even if Travis Scott headlines have receded while batteries of lawyers prepare their cases.

Over before it began. Since their split, fans have been curious to know why Kanye West and Julia Fox broke up and if it had anything to do with his recent Instagram posts about Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson.

Snoop Dogg used Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime to honour his late mother.

Cardi B was showered with roses and Chanel bags by her husband Offset as an early Valentine's Day gift on Sunday.The I Like It songstress, 29, posted photos of the floral arrangement awaiting her when she and Offset returned home from the Super Bowl.Three massive, heart-shaped arches of roses sat in their living room, and her pool was completely covered in petals. Feeling the love! Cardi B was showered with roses and Chanel bags by her husband Offset as an early Valentine's Day gift on Sunday'My day went like this yesterday...

Sophie Turner set the internet ablaze with rumors that she was expecting her second child after she stepped out over the weekend in a dress that highlighted what many fans believed was a baby bump.And the 25-year-old Game Of Thrones star only strengthened the social media speculation on Monday, when she was seen out in Los Angeles' Los Feliz neighborhood with her husband Joe Jonas, 32, and their daughter Willa, one.The actress wore a revealing white crop top that put the focus on her tummy, which she was seen placing her hand on delicately. Family outing: Sophie Turner, 25, set the internet ablaze with pregnancy rumors after she was spotted touching her bare tummy on Monday.

Dr. Dre said that officials with the NFL requested only a few changes ahead of the star-studded Super Bowl halftime show he led at at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on Sunday.The Compton, California native, 56, spoke with TMZ after the performance, which also featured Snoop Dogg, Mary J.

Sandy Tejada’s face or heard her voice more than once — especially since she is the only Afro-Latina acting in the pilot of the HBO Max comedy-drama series and in the trailer. “I play the host of a trendy restaurant, and I opened the show with Sarah Jessica Parker. But before that, I had the first line of the show, which is huge,” Tejada told HOLA! USA, adding, “I did not see this coming because honestly when I saw the trailer, and I heard my line, I’m like, ‘Oh my God, I didn’t see my face! My scene got cut.’According to Sandy, it was a nerve-wracking moment because it had happened to her in the past when writers go in a different direction.

Still not on good terms? Meghan McCain voiced her displeasure with The View host Joy Behar after seeing her former coworker throwing shade her way.

Feeling the love. The Kardashian-Jenner family goes big for all holidays, and Valentine’s Day 2022 was no different with elaborate flower displays, balloon bouquets and designer gifts.

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and Rosario Dawson have broken up, according to a recent report. A source close to Booker confirmed to People magazine that the two are no longer together but remain good friends.

President Trump’s own HIV/AIDS advisory council adopted a resolution Thursday urging his administration not to implement a new regulation that would enable discrimination against transgender patients in health care.