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A reporter who met Tom Parker many times over the years, and reported on his wedding, has paid tribute to the singer who died last week aged just 33, from a brain tumour, describing him as a "bright light".

Tom was highlighted during an emotional Grammys memorial segment on Sunday night following his death last week

Tom Parker from The Wanted was remembered as part of the Grammys In Memoriam section, which also featured a tribute to Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins amongst other late music stars

As most Grammy Awards viewers were sadly aware, Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins was supposed to be pounding his kit with the band at this year's ceremony. Tragically, though, less than two weeks ago, Hawkins, 50, was found dead in a Bogota, Colombia, hotel room.

Hillary Clinton will play the offstage role of the Giant in a production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Into The Woods” in her onetime home state of Arkansas

Grammys night won’t be just any night — thanks to a tribute to the late Stephen Sondheim.

Stef Smith’s Ibsen update can’t quite match the original for its sense of dread; the mystery play gets a Covid-era reboot; and Maria Friedman wallows in showtune nostalgia

The three-time Olivier winner is returning to the stage with a new show celebrating the music of her friends and collaborators Stephen Sondheim, Michel LeGrand and Marvin Hamlisch. She speaks to Isobel Lewis about their lives, dyslexia and roles for women on stage

The poet, activist and educator Sonia Sanchez is this year’s winner of the Edward MacDowell Medal, a lifetime achievement honor started in 1960 and previously given to Robert Frost, Toni Morrison and Stephen Sondheim among others

This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Canadian rocker Bryan Adams and a Stephen Sondheim tribute from Betty Buckley, Ryan Reynolds starring as a time-traveling pilot in Netflix’s “The Adam Project” and a small-town murder case gets some big-star wattage in NBC’s “The Thing About Pam” with Renée Zellweger