Slide Hampton (1932–2021), jazz trombonist

Clayton Davis On Tuesday afternoon, it was reported that eight categories would not be presented on the live broadcast of this year’s 94th Oscars ceremony. The social media and industry reaction was swift and brutal from industry members and awards watchers, but some of the instant backlash was due to a lack of understanding of the process and how it will roll out.Are the categories being removed from the Oscars ceremony?No. The 94th ceremony will begin one hour earlier for in-person attendees, with the full presentation of nominees, winners and speeches from the eight selected categories of documentary short, film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, animated short, live action short and sound.

Korea, one of the world’s most advanced economies and now one of the most competitive OTT markets.Now, local contender Tving reckons it has many of the tools it needs to unseat Netflix from its hard-earned position as Korea’s top dog streamer.Streaming industry numbers in Korea have risen in roughly inverse proportion to the decline of theatrical film industry. South Korea was the world’s fourth biggest box office market until 2019, but it is now chugging along with a dearth of local titles and aggregate revenues averaging a miserable $5 million per weekend so far in 2022.Consultancy, Media Partners Asia has estimated in contrast that Netflix may have ended 2021 with some six million paying subscribers (in a population of 51 million).

Tom Holland is answering fans’ questions — or, at least he’s trying to when he’s not focusing on being surrounded by a puppies.

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, 53, has seemingly rocked too hard. He confessed that he’s basically “deaf” and has been for the past 20 years. “I haven’t had them tested in a long time — I mean, I know what they’re gonna say,” he said of his ears on The Howard Stern Show. “You have hearing damage tinnitus in your left ear, more so than your right ear.”

Call Of Duty series will not receive a new mainline title in 2023, the first time in nearly two decades, creepsActivision is reportedly pushing back the upcoming 2023 entry in the series after the most recent installment, 2021’s Call Of Duty: Vanguard from Sledgehammer Games, failed to live up to the company’s expectations. The 2023 entry is allegedly being developed by Call Of Duty: Black Ops Cold War maker Treyarch.According to a new report by Bloomberg‘s Jason Schreier, who cites “people familiar with the [release] plan”, some higher-ups in the company believe Activision has been releasing new installments in the series at too fast a pace.However, it seems like the coming years will not go without any Call Of Duty content from Activision at all.

Arthur, is now the longest-running children’s animated series in the history of American television, which has ended with its 25th season. Developed for PBS by Kathy Waugh, and produced by WGBH, Arthur centers on a young aardvark of the same name, and the lessons he learns from friends and family, while growing up in the fictional Elwood City.

2-22-22 has people all over the world excited. On what is considered a lucky and special day, the Kardashians have a different connection to the date as it is their late father Robert Kardashian’s birthday.

Scott Disick is the World’s Best Dad! The 38-year-old took the beach in Miami recently with his three children, Mason, 12, Penelope, 9, and Reign, 7, whom he shares with ex Kourtney Kardashian, 42. The 38-year-old went casual cool in a black t-shirt and light blue swim trunks, also sporting sunglasses to keep the Miami rays at bay. Penelope still rocked her adorable Little Mermaid-esque red locks and a pink-and-orange one piece while Reign wore green-and-white-striped swim trunks. Mason helped dad with the little ones in a long-sleeve grey-and-white tie dyed tee and black pants to protect himself from the sun.

Lindsay Lohan just joined TikTok this month and has been sharing cute new videos with her fans on the platform.

Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy‘s clash on the set of Mad Max: Fury Road will go down as one of the most talked about feuds in Hollywood.

Hannah Lee Fowler is pulling back on her intentions of divorce with Sam Hunt.

Rob Kardashian is ready to move on from a legal battle with ex Blac Chyna.

Kim Kardashian looked completely unrecognisable in an emotional tribute snap to her late dad on his birthday.The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star took to social media to share a sweet message with her 287million Instagram followers.The 41-year-old shared with fans how much she missed her dad Robert Kardashian on what would have been his 78th birthday.Kim looked stunning in the father-daughter snap as she wore minimal makeup showing her stunning complexion and pulled her dark locks out of her face.In the selfie her father Robert can be seen smiling in the corner.Alongside the picture, Kim wrote: "Birthday selfie with my dad! "We took this pic on this day celebrating his birthday at the Armenian restaurant in 1998. "Born on 2.22.44 and today it’s the angel number 2.22.22.

S Club 7's Paul Cattermole has had a dramatic career change since he left the music industry to pursue being an online tarot card reader.Paul, 44, revealed he hid his psychic abilities from the rest of S Club 7 because he feared it would make him sound "crazy".After reinventing himself from his pop glory days as a "spiritual psychic detective" he currently earns money by charging £39.99 for readings on a spiritual website.The Reach singer has now revealed he likes to use his spiritual powers to solve crimes.He shared that he was contacted from the grave six years ago by a murder victim who was looking for justice.He told The Sun: "I can't go into great detail but I have been approached by people that have passed who tell me what happened to them and why they died."One of them was a victim of crime and that made me realise that one of the things I really wanted to do is psychometry."Walking into a crime scene and being able to pick up tools and implements and know what's happened and what they've been used for."Paul also went into detail about how he enters rooms and reads their energy.He added that the older he's getting the better he can process what's going on.The S Club 7 member said that he would see photos of people in newspapers and aspects about them would jump out and connect with him.Throughout his 20s, Paul highlighted that the feeling got more "intense" but he would never tell anyone because he was afraid of sounding like he was "crazy".Paul was 22-years-old when he joined S Club 7 back in 1999.The band enjoyed huge success with a run of chart hits, including Never Had A Dream Come True and Bring It All Back.Touching on his life following the group's disbandment in 2003, Paul also mentioned how he struggled

Francia Raisa had a plan in place to make sure she met Kim Cattrall.ET spoke to the  star, who said she wasn't supposed to be on set when Cattrall came to film for her role as the adult version of Hilary Duff's character, Sophie, who narrates the show.«I went down to test the day that she was filming,» Raisa shared. «She was filming for one day.»«She was like, a late edition,» she continued. «What had happened was that originally Hilary was going to do it, but she looks so young and so then, the idea came about, and Kim hadn't been mentioned, but then the producer told us, 'You guys, we booked Kim Cattrall,' and I was like, 'My Samantha? Are you serious?'»For Raisa, who considered herself a Samantha, of 's four original leading ladies, it was a must to meet the 65-year-old actress.«My first character...my first show,, Adrian was inspired by Samantha, so I was very excited,» Raisa gushed. «I wasn't supposed to work the day that she was there, and I asked wardrobe, I was like, 'Can you call me in for a fitting?' and they were like, 'What?' and I was like, 'Just call me in for a fitting.»The other girls on set had the same idea, with Raisa telling ET that they all showed up to set that day too.«I guess we all did that, because we all showed up,» she revealed.

James Gunn and his longtime girlfriend, actress Jennifer Holland, are engaged!Gunn — the writer/creator/director of the HBO series — shared the news to Instagram on Tuesday, with a picture and a simple caption: "

His past and future wife? Sophie’s (Alexandra Breckenridge) presence was felt throughout the Tuesday, February 22, episode of This Is Us, hinting that she could reunite with her ex-husband, Kevin (Justin Hartley), during the final season.

Michael Bublé and Luisana Lopilato are expanding their family! The Canadian singer and the Argentinian actress have revealed they are expecting their fourth child, after the 34-year-old star was spotted with her new baby bump in a teaser for Michael’s new music video ‘I’ll Never Not Love You.’“This will be the first time that I actually say these words, but yes, my wife and I are grateful to be expecting,” the 46-year-old artist declared, during his latest interview with Ryan Seacrest.The happy couple already share three children, 3-year-old Vida, 6-year-old Elias and 8-year-old Noah.The Grammy winner was previously asked about their plans to have more babies, with Michael recalling a conversation he had with his wife, “She said, ‘Mike, maybe we have one more,’ And I said, ‘Lu, I don’t know how I feel about that.’ I said, ‘Three is good, you know?’ My wife giggled, and I said, ‘What’s funny?’ And she said, ‘I think it’s so cute that you think you have an option.’”The singer also says that his new song is “an extraordinary sequel” to the 2009 song ‘Haven’t Met You Yet,’ which he co-wrote for Luisana while they were dating.

Production workers at Rick and Morty and Solar Opposites have filed to join The Animation Guild (TAG) to collectively bargain for their first union contract. Rick and Morty, which airs on Adult Swim, and Solar Opposites, which airs on Hulu, are animated adult sitcoms.

The cast of Marvel's highly-anticipated Blade reboot is starting to come together, with The Underground Railroad star Aaron Pierre coming aboard.The 27-year-old South London native has signed on for an important role in the reboot, though no details about the character were given, via Deadline.While nothing about the role was revealed, it is said to be one of the more coveted roles in Hollywood, with Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige and Blade reboot director Bassam Tariq seeing dozens of actors for the role. New role:The cast of Marvel's highly-anticipated Blade reboot is starting to come together, with The Underground Railroad star Aaron Pierre coming aboard Important:The 27-year-old South London native has signed on for an important role in the reboot, though no details about the character were given, via DeadlineBlade, born Eric Cross Brooks, was created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan, originally used as a supporting character in 1973's The Tomb of Dracula.The character's mother was bitten by a vampire while she was in labor, passing on 'vampire enzymes' to Eric when he was born, making him part vampire and immune from being turned by a vampire's bite.

Slide Hampton, a jazz mainstay on the trombone for more than 60 years, died Saturday at his home in Orange, NJ at age 89. His grandson confirmed his death, but didn’t give a cause.