Live music performances on television shows this week include:

Live music performances on television shows this week include:

v Nicki Minaj: Tonight on “Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon” (NBC)

v Garth Brooks: Tonight on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” (ABC)

v Charli XCX: Tonight on “Late Show With David Letterman” (CBS)

v Michael Buble: Wednesday, “Michael Buble’s Christmas in New York” (NBC)

v Taylor Swift, Iggy Azalea, Sam Smith and Maroon 5: Thursday on “the iHeart Radio Jingle Ball” (CW)

“Elf: BUDDY’S CHRISTMAS MIRACLE” (8 P.M., NBC): Jim Parsons (“The Big Bang Theory”) lends his voice to the title character in “Elf: Buddy’s Christmas Miracle.” It’s a new animated special inspired by the 2003 Will Ferrell feature film.

“A Charlie Brown Christmas” (8 p.m., ABC): The Peanuts gang returns in this heartwarming, anti-commercialism manifesto.

“MasterChef Junior” (8 p.m., Fox): Someone walks away with a hundred grand in this season finale.

“Real World” (10 p.m., MTV): “Real World” just refuses to die. The venerable reality franchise launches its 30th season with “Real World: Skeletons.” The twist this time is that all the cast members are hiding a dark secret.

TV listings, B6

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

MV Chorale to give holiday program

BOARDMAN

Mahoning Valley Chorale, directed by Kris Harper, will present its annual holiday program, “Home For the Holidays,” at 3 p.m. Sunday at Disciples Christian Church, 565 Boardman-Canfield Road.

The concert will feature holiday favorites including “Sing Gloria” by Joel Raney; “’Twas the Night Before Christmas” by Harry Simeone, made famous by the Fred Waring Chorale; “White Christmas” and “Winter Wonderland.”

Solos will be performed by Kiyan Taghaboni, a junior voice performance major at Dana School of Music of Youngsgtown State University; Alexis Musgrove, a senior voice performance major from Westminster College; and Heather Trowbridge, a recent music major from Kent State University. “Away In A Manger” will be sung by the Rossi Singers.

Hollywood star photographer dies

LOS ANGELES

Phil Stern, an award-winning photographer who lugged his camera into combat during World War II and later became known for candid shots of Hollywood stars like Marlon Brando, has died. He was 95.

David Fahey, co-owner of the Fahey/Klein Gallery that displayed Stern’s work for decades, says the 95-year-old died Saturday in Los Angeles after being hospitalized. The Los Angeles Times says Stern, a longtime smoker, had emphysema.

Stern, who shot for Life, Look and other magazines, honed his skills as a war photographer. But he gained fame for photos of icons like Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra and John Wayne in unguarded moments. One of his most memorable images is of Brando, in jeans and black leather jacket, walking the set of “The Wild One.”