Country legend George Jones dies at 81

NASHVILLE, Tenn.— George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” has died. He was 81.

Happy birthday Ella Fitzgerald

Singer Ella Fitzgerald performing in public television special with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, 1979. (AP Photo)

Happy birthday Ella Fitzgerald

Singer Ella Fitzgerald, left, receives her seventh Grammy Award as top female vocalist for 1962 in Las Vegas on May 17, 1963. Van Alexander, President of the Hollywood chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Science, flew to Las Vegas to present the award. (AP Photo)

LeAnn Rimes 2000

Country singer LeAnn Rimes poses in New York in this July 31, 2000, file photo. Rimes was singing the blues after a judge refused to let her out of a recording contract approved at the request of her and her parents when she was 12 years old. "I hate you,'' the singer said to her father, Wil…

Next week on TV

DON’T MISS: “PHIL SPECTOR” — It’s not often that you find a TV movie boasting the acting talent of Al Pacino and Helen Mirren, and the writing of David Mamet, so this is to be savored. The film is more character study than courtroom drama as it explores the relationship between the oddball m…

Jenni Rivera memoir due in July

NEW YORK — Some final words from the late Mexican-American singer and TV star Jenni Rivera will be out this summer.

The AFI's 100 greatest love stories of all time

#41: "Funny Girl," 1968, starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif. Pictured: Barbra Streisand dons a baby doll dress when she performs in the character of Fanny Brice. (AP Photo/Columbia Studios)

Whitney Houston’s mother has words for Bobby Brown

NEW YORK — Cissy Houston has a few words, and a few more, for Bobby Brown.

The ghosts of Halloween past

Just about every horror monster ever invented for the movie industry was assembled by Sonny Bono and Cher and their guest star, Jerry Lewis, center, for the taping of their television show to be aired by CBS on Halloween, Friday, Oct. 4, 1973, Los Angeles, Calif. In the group, among others, …

David Fitzsimmons: Cancer's in the rearview mirror; now I can look forward to a heart attack

The news on Wednesday of singer Andy Williams dying from bladder cancer jarred my bravado. Wednesday was my checkup day.

Young singer to perform at Tucson Teen Vogue event

Back-to-school event includes fashion, makeovers and music.

The Rolling Stones through the years

Mick Jagger, front of stage, and the Rolling Stones perform for a crowd of nearly 250,000 rock fans in Hyde Park in London, during a free, five-hour concert, July 5, 1969. (AP Photo/Peter Kemp)

The Rolling Stones through the years

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones is seen during a concert at New York's Madison Square Garden, July 27, 1972. Drummer Charlie Watts is seen in the background. (AP Photo)

The Rolling Stones through the years

Mick Jagger sings as guitarists Ron Wood, left, and Keith Richards, hidden at center, as the Rolling Stones perform at the kickoff concert of their Japan tour, at the Tokyo Dome, March 6, 1995. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

American Idol's judges and winners

Kelly Clarkson, 20, of Burleson, Texas, sings "A Moment Like This," after winning in the final episode of Fox's television competition "American Idol," in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2002. (AP Photo/Lucy Nicholson)

Stars and babies

Rock star Meat Loaf is seen with his daughter Pearl Aday, left, and Lisa Ronson, daughter of British rock star Mick Ronson, in a New York coffee shop, June 7, 1979. Meat Loaf had just pitched 13 scoreless innings of softball against a Broadway show league. (AP Photo)

Stars and babies

Singer Eddie Fisher, left, is shown with wife, Connie Stevens, center, and their new baby are shown as they leave the hospital, Nov. 21, 1967, Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo)

Failed marriages of Hollywood

This picture was taken two weeks ago while singer Eddie Fisher was appearing at Caesars Palace and Connie Stevens appeared at the Flamingo across the street, April 23, 1969, Las Vegas, Nev. Fisher, 41, filed for divorce in Santa Monica, Calif., Tuesday against Miss Stevens, 31. They were mar…

Adele is pregnant with her first child

NEW YORK — Adele is celebrating another milestone — a pregnancy.

Booth plays final show with Tucson Pops tonight

Nancy Davis Booth, the Tucson singer who has gone on to a respectable career on opera, symphony and recital halls around the country, is playing her final concert with the Tucson Pops Orchestra.