Today’s entertainment picks:

October 29, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

v“Always ...Patsy Cline,” 8 p.m.: The letters exchanged between the country music star and a fan form the basis of this musical drama. Salem Community Theatre, 490 E. State St., Salem; 330-332-9688.

v“Sweeney Todd,” 7:30 p.m.: Presented by East Palestine Community Theater, the Valley’s newest theater company, at the Masonic Temple, 21 N. Market St., East Palestine; 330-853-2792.

vHalloween show, 10 p.m.: With the Suite D’s, Guitar Bomb, Lethal FX and more, this will not be boring. The Lemon Grove, 122 W. Federal St., Youngstown; 330-301-0282.

vFamily Friendly Haunted Wagon Rides, dusk to 10 p.m.: The name says it all. At Boardman Park (boardmanpark.com).

vHalloWeekends, 6 p.m. to midnight: This is the last weekend of the season for Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky. The four haunted houses and many rides will be open. Go to halloweekends.com.

“What Not to Wear” (9 p.m., TLC): “What Not to Wear” returns for a new season and don’t look now, but “Facts of Life” star Mindy Cohn is about to get an ultra-glam makeover. Will we even be able to recognize Tootie?

TV Listings, B6

entertainment news

Men to discuss abuse on ‘Oprah’

CHICAGO

Oprah Winfrey is again taking on sexual abuse in a pair of shows she calls “two of the most phenomenal” she’s ever done. Harpo Productions said Thursday that each of 200 men in “The Oprah Winfrey Show” audience will hold a photo of himself at the age when he says he was first abused. Winfrey will be joined on the Nov. 5 episode by filmmaker Tyler Perry and a psychologist who works with male sexual abuse survivors. In the show’s second half airing Nov. 12, the men will discuss abuse’s impact on their relationships as they are joined by their spouses, partners and girlfriends.

Carey pregnant

NEW YORK

Mariah Carey confirmed on NBC’s “Today” show Thursday that she and husband Nick Cannon are expecting their first child. Carey says the baby is due in the spring. Carey, 40, and Cannon, 30, have been the subject of a baby watch since they married two years ago.

‘Danno’ actor dies

LOS ANGELES

Stage and screen actor James MacArthur, who played “Danno” in the original version of television’s “Hawaii Five-0,” died Thursday at age 72. MacArthur’s agent, Richard Lewis, said the actor died in Florida of “natural causes,” but no direct cause was specified. In a career that spanned more than four decades, MacArthur was most recognized for his role as Detective Danny “Danno” Williams on “Hawaii Five-0,” which aired from 1968 to 1980.

Stanley tickets

CLEVELAND

Michael Stanley and the Resonators will have something extra when they return to the House of Blues Dec. 11 and 18. The band’s annual holiday concerts will include a multi-media presentation of rare footage of past concerts and TV appearances. Tickets are on sale at livenation.com and all Ticketmaster outlets.