When famous singer Patsy Cline died in a plane crash at 30 her daughter, Julie, was only 4 years old. Today Julie remembers hearing her mother’s songs. “It would be no big deal to be in my grandmother’s home and be listening to the music because she was playing some music. And that is where I heard the songs, and knew which ones that I really enjoyed,” says Julie Fudge.

“As my own personal experience, I was a child of the ’70s and listened to anything but (country music). But, at the same time, I became a true fan of Patsy. And so it’s not just listening to ‘Mom,’ it's listening to ‘Patsy,’ and understanding what people hear and what people feel when they hear those things.”

What people hear will be a revelation when a bevy of current stars recreates Patsy Cline’s music in the “Great Performances” special “Patsy Cline: Walkin’ After Midnight” airing on PBS Friday.

Rendering those famous heartbreakers will be stars like Wynonna Judd, Pat Benatar, Kristin Chenoweth, Rita Wilson, Grace Potter and, most of all, Beverly D’Angelo, who played Cline in the film “Coal Miner’s Daughter.”

D’Angelo not only portrayed Cline, she actually sang in the film. “I was a singer before I was an actor,” she says, “and when I started singing, I sang with the legendary Ronnie Hawkins, who was a rockabilly before they came up with that name in Canada. And he said, ‘You know, Bev, you should check out the Patsy Cline songbook.’”

D’Angelo earned accolades for that performance and worked with Owen Bradley on the soundtrack. Bradley had produced Cline’s most famous pieces, “Crazy,” “I Fall to Pieces” and “Walkin’ After Midnight.”

“There’s so many reasons that she’s important,” says D’Angelo. “She was the first woman to headline a country show. Independent, authentic at a time when there were a lot of housewives and Minnie Pearl was there with the (comedy schtick). And Patsy did something else that was true to her.”

And while Cline began as a country singer, her music crossed over to a variety of listeners. “It’s the audiences that made Patsy Cline considered to be a crossover,” D’Angelo said.

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Beyoncé will perform at halftime of Ravens-Texans Christmas Day game on Netflix

LOS ANGELES — Beyoncé is coming to your home on Christmas — provided you have Netflix and are tuning in to the Baltimore Ravens-Houston Texans game.

Netflix announced late Sunday that the megastar would perform during halftime of a Christmas Day matchup in her hometown of Houston.

The streaming service didn't reveal details about the performance but teased that it would likely feature guest appearances from her “Cowboy Carter” album, which delivered her a leading 11 Grammy nominations earlier this month.

Netflix is streaming two NFL games this Christmas. Its first game will be between the Kansas City Chiefs and Pittsburgh Steelers — setting up the possibility that two of the world's biggest superstars will be part of the events. Taylor Swift, who is dating Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, has attended several of his games so far this year, and will be done with her Eras tour by Christmas.

The NFL games are the streaming giant's latest foray into sports and live programming. The announcement comes two days after Netflix streamed an evening of boxing that included a bout between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul that resulted with the YouTube influencer winning the fight.

That stream was marred by streaming and buffering problems for many users, with at least 85,000 viewers logging problems with the website Down Detector.

Beyoncé has performed at two Super Bowls, in 2013 and 2016.

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NEW YORK — Lawyers for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused prosecutors on Monday of engaging in “outrageous government conduct” by using materials seized from his jail cell to try to keep him incarcerated before a May trial.

They said information gathered in a raid on Combs’ cell at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn were cited in papers the government filed in Manhattan federal court on Friday in a bid to keep the music mogul locked up before his May 5 trial.

“This is a matter of grave concern that, most respectfully, must be addressed immediately,” the lawyers told Judge Arun Subramanian, who already has scheduled a bail hearing for Friday for Combs. They requested an “immediate hearing” so prosecutors can explained who authorized the search of Combs' cell, where personal effects and paperwork were seized.

Combs, 55, has been held since his September arrest on charges that he coerced and abused women for years with the aid of a network of associates and employees. An indictment accuses him of silencing victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings.

Combs has pleaded not guilty to the charges and is currently seeking to be freed to house arrest through a $50 million bail package.

On Friday, prosecutors said Combs has been trying to dodge scrutiny of his jailhouse communications while orchestrating social media campaigns aimed at tainting the jury pool and trying to publicly leak materials he views are helpful to his case. They said he also has contacted witnesses through third parties.

In their letter Monday, lawyers for Combs noted that prosecutors in their bail arguments last week acknowledged that they possess “possibly privileged materials, such as the notes recovered from the defendant's cell.”

Combs' lawyers called it “outrageous government conduct amounting to a substantive due process violation.”

They accused prosecutors of viewing their client's “privileged notes to his lawyers concerning defense witnesses and defense strategies.”

A spokesperson for prosecutors declined comment.

From combined wire services