Back in 1979 -- back when he was a 34-year-old bleached-blond sex symbol -- Rod Stewart asked fans, “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy?”

NEW YORK - Paul McCartney says his upcoming album, "Memory Almost Full," looks back to the past. "In places it's a very personal record and a lot of it is retrospective, drawing from memory, like memories from being a kid, from Liverpool and from summers gone," the 64-year-old ex-Beatle said Monday in a statement.

The Doctors Revisited: The Fifth Doctor examines Peter Davison's time on Doctor Who.

In his 1983 stand up comedy special "Delirious," comedian and noted Stevie Wonder impressionist Eddie Murphy says talks about letting the singer get a word in edgewise during a conversation because "you gotta cut Steve off quick, 'cause if he gets a roll going he'll talk your ear off."

A baseball practice facility for the San Francisco Giants appears to be headed for vacant land just east of Scottsdale Stadium, which city officials say has engendered no neighborhood opposition. This will please the Giants, who will no longer have to take buses to their spring-training home games.

In a scant three year career, R&B superstar Rihanna has scored three consecutive hit albums and a plethora of smash singles. The singer gave fans who packed the Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum at the Arizona State Fair Saturday night a tight retrospective of her brief, meteoric career.

The Arizona Legislature adopted a resolution Thursday honoring Gilbert Police Lt. Eric Shuhandler, who died Jan. 28 after he was shot during a traffic stop at Val Vista and Baseline roads.

I got up shortly after 1 a.m. today to watch the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. We were eight time zones behind. The technology of broadcasting was light years ahead of that provided by the wedding we watched in the middle of the night back in 1981 for William’s mother, Diana, and Prince Charles, also held in Westminster Abbey. In retrospect, that one 30 years ago seemed staid and more sober. Where did the 30 years go?

NEW YORK - The founding director of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, an exhibition and art performance space that helped launch the careers of such artists as Jean-Michel Basquiat and Donald Judd, is retiring this week.

Recently we visited Tempe again for another graduation. We stayed locally, ate locally, golfed and shopped locally. How impressed I was to emerge from a restaurant to find a parking ticket for being 30 feet too close to a stop sign (with no warning sign). I observed a lot of vehicles so ticketed. What a ludicrous attempt by your city council and mayor to line the city coffers with a small amount when in retrospect I and other visitors spent a lot of money. As a retired police officer, I know our town's policy was to welcome and be easy on visitors for minor infractions so they would return and spend money again. In these hard economic times all towns need to wise up and be smart to encourage growth and tourism. All your mayor and city council members did for me was encourage me to visit a different city.

NEW YORK - The CW's Monday night comedy series "Girlfriends," the longest-running live action comedy on network television, is ending after eight seasons, the show's creator announced on Thursday.

NEW YORK - In an upcoming "60 Minutes" special, Mike Wallace acknowledges that he tried to commit suicide two decades ago. The 88-year-old Wallace, who is retiring from full-time correspondent duties, is the subject of a retrospective, "I'm Mike Wallace," that airs Sunday on CBS (7 p.m. EDT).

LOS ANGELES - Morgan Freeman will be honored with UCLA's Spencer Tracy Award, which recognizes outstanding screen performances and professional achievement.

LOS ANGELES - After a long, slow summer, television viewers are sampling new programs and old favorites as fall's TV season begins. A look at how it's going:

For the first featured exhibit on the walls of the Tempe Center for the Arts’ 3,500-square-foot gallery space, organizers wanted something local. And, well, slightly off-the-wall.

Theater Works’ Summer Cabaret Series is back.  Kicking off the new series is Guy Pennacchio with “A Tribute To Sinatra.” Performing on the Mary Jane Gyder stage at 7:30 p.m. June 18, audiences will hear a selection of Frank Sinatra’s hits and have a few laughs. They also will be treated to a meet-and-greet with Pennacchio, where he will sign a copy of his new CD, “Retrospect,” when purchased at the show.

Theater Works’ Summer Cabaret Series is back.  Kicking off the new series is Guy Pennacchio with “A Tribute To Sinatra.” Performing on the Mary Jane Gyder stage at 7:30 p.m. June 18, audiences will hear a selection of Frank Sinatra’s hits and have a few laughs. They also will be treated to a meet-and-greet with Pennacchio, where he will sign a copy of his new CD, “Retrospect,” when purchased at the show.

March 2, 2005