Call The Midwife is leaving behind Christmas trees, mince pies and snowy scenes this year in favour of a hot climate for its festive special. The hit BBC period drama about a convent and the midwives associated with it headed for South Africa to film a one-off episode where the characters try to save a beleaguered local hospital.

Albert Square looks set to be a grim place to spend the festive season, as Phil Mitchell’s health deteriorates. Viewers will see the Walford stalwart, played by Steve McFadden, succumb further to the liver failure and low moods that are a result of his alcoholism in what could be his last Christmas with the soap.

Renowned choirmaster Gareth Malone has said he did not realise what he was getting himself into when he moved his wife and new baby to Devon to work with the first Military Wives Choir. He said the experience more than five years ago enabled him to relate more closely to what the singers were going through as they sang in support of men in the Forces.

Call The Midwife is leaving behind Christmas trees, mince pies and snowy scenes this year in favour of a hot climate for its festive special. Call The Midwife is leaving behind Christmas trees, mince pies and snowy scenes this year in favour of a hot climate for its festive special.

In this undated photo provided by This Is Just A Test Media and the A&E Network, peace activist Arno Michaelis, left, speaks with Chris Buckley, the Grand Knighthawk for the North Georgia White Knights, on an A&E documentary series on the Ku Klux Klan that is now being scrapped. In this undated photo provided by This Is Just A Test Media and the A&E Network, peace activist Arno Michaelis, left, speaks with Chris Buckley, the Grand Knighthawk for the North Georgia White Knights, on an A&E documentary series on the Ku Klux Klan that is now being scrapped.

If at first you succeed, why not try again? We live in a world where almost every movie seems to get a sequel and most of the time they fail to live up to the hype surrounding the original. However, on the rare occasion, the second movie can actually outshine the first and can be considered an overall better movie.

She and her husband, retired rugby player Mike Tindall, had been expecting their second child. The pregnancy was announced last month.

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Joey Boots, a well-known and well-liked “wack packer” who rose to fame on “The Howard Stern Show,” has reportedly died.

A&E tries to escape criticism by changing title of KKK docu-series A&E has changed the title of its controversial documentary series “Generation KKK.” Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2ipepmT

“Fences” began as an award-winning Broadway play in the 1980s and again in 2010. It is now a ferocious, intimate, Oscar-contending film opening Christmas day.

In this July 25, 2016 file photo Brianna Wu, a software engineer and video-game developer, sits at her workstation in Boston. Wu, the co-founder of a gaming software company who made headlines two years ago when she was threatened, said she wants to run for one of Massachusetts’ nine U.S. House seats.

Lupus to keep Nick Cannon in hospital over Christmas ‘America’s Got Talent’ host: “Doctors say I will be back to normal before the New Year.” Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2hgcuTZ In December, he announced he’s expecting his third child next year with ex-girlfriend Britanny Bell.

Gov. Larry Hogan played Santa Claus on Thursday, pledging $7 million over five years to help the western Maryland city of Hagerstown with a downtown revitalization plan anchored by educational and arts institutions. The Republican governor even sang “Jingle Bells” with scores of students from the Barbara Ingram School for the Arts, a public high school that opened in 2009.

Viola Davis, Jimmy Fallon epically fail ‘Tonight Show’ Best Friends Challenge Have these two met? Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2hdnf9w This close to the gift-giving season you need to have a firm grip on friendship statuses. Will the recipient be getting a coffee mug or something you have to convince yourself not to keep? That’s where the Tonight Show “Best Friends Challenge” comes in.

An Egyptian author has walked out of a Cairo police station after a court suspended his two-year prison sentence pending review of his appeal on obscenity charges. The year-long case of Ahmed Naji, after a magazine published a sexually explicit excerpt of his novel, has drawn international condemnation and accusations of a crackdown on freedom of expression.

If you are one of the people bummed that “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” was missing the franchise’s signature opening crawl, one fan has got your back. “Rogue One” was the first “Star Wars” film to not feature the opening crawl, a trademark that has made the films instantly recognizable since 1977.

In new court docs filed by Depp’s divorce attorney, Laura Wasser, on Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by ET, Depp is asking that the court order Heard to pay $100,000 toward his attorneys’ fees and costs. Depp also wants to be allowed to deduct that amount from his next divorce settlement payment to Heard if she fails to pay within 10 days of the court’s order.

It may be a space epic, but “Passengers” was actually a pretty intimate endeavor. Most days on set, the cast consisted of just Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt and Michael Sheen, who naturally got close quickly.

The nation’s most popular meerkats are back for a brand new Christmas outing – and this time baby Oleg and his new friend Ayana are the stars. The advert, for comparison website comparethemarket.com, has been created in collaboration with Disney’s Frozen and will be broadcast for the first time on Christmas Day on ITV from 8pm.

Some folks like theirs spicy. Others like a strong tomato taste. For many who order Bloody Marys at their favorite bar, good vodka, Zing Zang Bloody Mary mix and a great garnish could do the trick.

Some folks like theirs spicy. Others like a strong tomato taste. For many who order Bloody Marys at their favorite bar, good vodka, Zing Zang Bloody Mary mix and a great garnish could do the trick.

YouTube star Adam Saleh, best known for his pranking videos, as well as his examinations of how the world interacts with Muslims, was removed from a Delta flight Wednesday at Heathrow Airport in London. Saleh claims he was asked to leave the flight after some passengers reported being uncomfortable after Saleh was heard speaking Arabic on the phone to his mother, as well as to Slim Albaher, his travel companion.

YouTube star Adam Saleh, best known for his pranking videos, as well as his examinations of how the world interacts with Muslims, was removed from a Delta flight Wednesday at Heathrow Airport in London. Saleh claims he was asked to leave the flight after some passengers reported being uncomfortable after Saleh was heard speaking Arabic on the phone to his mother, as well as to Slim Albaher, his travel companion.

Police are investigating exactly what led to two people being killed and one man stabbed at the home of the late Country Music Hall of Fame artist Jean Shepard.

From now on, if your film is not diverse, it will not be considered for the prestigious British award. Maybe the Oscars should take note.

X Factor hopeful Honey G has ruled herself out of performing in the Eurovision Song Contest days before the release of her first single. She described the idea as far from her “cup of tea” as she outlined her plans to focus on developing her career as a rapper – starting with her track The Honey G Show, available from Friday.

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James Taylor has canceled his February concert in Manila, saying reports of summary executions of suspected drug offenders in the Philippines without judicial proceedings are “deeply concerning and unacceptable.” The American singer-songwriter tweeted Wednesday that he had been looking forward to performing in Manila and that it saddened him to cancel the concert.

Actress Marla Maples is seen at the R Lounge where Hennessy V.S.O.P Privilege Celebrated Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Final Performance in “Hamilton.” The second wife of the President-elect was involved in a “verbal altercation” with children’s book author Deborah Gregory at a movie screening when, according to our sources, there was disagreement over her seating assignment.

The release of the year-end Chinese box office numbers has become an exercise in self-congratulation, as the Middle Kingdom has celebrated astronomical increases – like last year’s 49 percent – in its annual gross, putting it on an accelerating pace to catch the U.S. as the world’s largest movie market. This year, however, will be different and the scores of Hollywood superheroes who graced China’s silver screens in 2016 couldn’t swoop in to save the day.

CIF 6-A football final: Kicker on his winning boot and a look at that near game-saving Strathmore stand Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling star in “La La Land.” Directed by Damien Chazelle, the movie opens in Fresno December 25. The first three quarters of “La La Land” is a light romantic musical movie that’s slightly off the mark.

CIF 6-A football final: Kicker on his winning boot and a look at that near game-saving Strathmore stand Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling star in “La La Land.” Directed by Damien Chazelle, the movie opens in Fresno December 25. Hard core fans wait in line through the rain to get a glimpse of the latest “Star Wars” release, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.”

“Would that it were so simple.” This line from the Coen brothers film “Hail, Caesar!,” in which a film director attempts to prompt a specific delivery from an actor, is one that my mind has gone back to over and over again.

Police are investigating the death of a popular Spanish radio DJ who was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Brooklyn. Police say Jean Guerrero, known as DJ Jinx Paul on Mega 97.9 FM, was crossing the intersection of Sheffield and Jamaica avenues just after 4 a.m. Monday when he was struck by a vehicle.

The first season of “The OA,” Netflix’s mysterious sci-fi drama from Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, raises more questions than answers. Was it all a lie? The biggest question left hanging at the end of the series is whether or not Prairie’s story about angels and being held captive was true.

Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna’s relationship has been anything but drama free from the get go. Rumors circulated of the Kardashian’s disapproval and that the relationship was a mere stunt for Chyna to make money off the name.

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The couple’s E! special about the birth of their daughter Dream aired Sunday. But before that, Rob Kardashian announced in a series of emotional social media postings that his fiancee had taken their baby and left him.

“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” soared to the top of the weekend box office as expected, scoring the second-best December opening ever with $155 million in estimated ticket sales. After the biggest Thursday night debut of the year, the intergalactic adventure blasted past industry expectations for a $130 million weekend, according Sunday’s studio estimates.

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Rob Kardashian erased all traces of an online squabble with Blac Chyna as the couple’s baby special aired on E!