Connie Francis

Ray Ellis, the versatile pop music arranger who wrote the charts for hits by the Four Lads, Bobby Darin, Connie Francis, Doris Day and Johnny Mathis, has died. He was 85. Ellis, a longtime resident of Ojai, died Oct. 27 of liver cancer at an assisted-...

LOS ANGELES—Ray Ellis, the versatile pop music arranger who wrote the charts for hits by the Four Lads, Bobby Darin and others, has died. He was 85. Mr. Ellis died Oct. 27 of liver cancer in Los Angeles, according to his son Marc, a film and...

SERIES Tragic reunion: Melinda (Jennifer Love Hewitt) finds herself reliving the old days with a group of ex-classmates after one dies mysteriously on "Ghost Whisperer" (8 p.m. CBS). Monster truck: The six remaining contestants learn to drive a...

Past old stone walls, lush greenery and hidden driveways to handsome homes, the winding country road in northwestern Connecticut leads to a simple wooden sign that says Abbey of Regina Laudis. It's the meditative rural setting where Mother Dolores,...

>>"Loving You," 1957, with Elvis Presley, Lizabeth Scott, Wendell Corey>>"Wild Is the Wind," 1957, with Anna Magnani, Anthony Quinn, Anthony Franciosa>>"Loneyhearts," 1958, with Montgomery Clift, Robert Ryan, Myrna Loy, Maureen Stapleton>>"King Creole,"...

Don't Break the Heart That Loves You (No. 1, 1962) Everybody's Somebody's Fool (No. 1, 1960) My Happiness (No. 2, 1959) Who's Sorry Now (No. 4, 1958) Where the Boys Are (No. 4, 1961) Chart positions based on Billboard magazine's weekly Hot 100

Singer Connie Francis was rushed to Long Island Jewish Medical Center for dangerously high blood pressure Wednesday night, shortly before she was to perform at The Capital One Bank Theatre at Westbury with Neil Sedaka. Francis, 69, was admitted to the...

The roots of spring break? Nesting birds, rutting beasts, rising sap, you know. But there's also a specifically American angle: In 1936, the swim coach of Colgate University in Hamilton, N.Y., brought his team to Fort Lauderdale to practice at the...

Ventura, California Just 69 miles north of L.A., with beaches carved like moonscapes by wind and sea, a lovely harbor and an endearing Main Street that feels as if it's just coming to life after a long slumber, Ventura might just be one of Southern...

OCTOBER Today -- Velvet Revolver, Alice in Chains, Sparta, 7 p.m. SoundAd. Today -- Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, The Audition, We The Kings, 7:30 p.m. Revo. Today -- Patti LuPone, 8 p.m. Carnival. Today -- Yellowjackets, 8:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m. Sandoval....

Johnny Carson, who in three decades as host of "The Tonight Show" became one of America's most influential entertainers as well as one of television's most powerful figures, died Sunday. He was 79. His nephew, Jeff Sotzing, a former producer of "The...

Mr. Flip Productions is proud to present, direct from the Ramada Inn on Route 9 in Lakewood, N.J., presenting her one-woman tribute to the great Connie Francis, Miss Francie Conway! OK, we couldn't quite afford such high-class entertainment here at The...