N.J.’s Adam Schlesinger left out of Oscars ‘In Memoriam’ segment
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Adam Schlesinger in 2007. He was nominated for an Oscar for best original song for That Thing You Do from the Tom Hanks movie of the same name. Scott Gries | Getty Images
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On Sunday, fans and friends noticed that the Oscars telecast forgot Adam Schlesinger, the Oscar-nominated songwriter from New Jersey.
Schlesinger, a founding member of the band Fountains of Wayne, grew up in Montclair. He died of COVID-19 in April 2020, not long after the pandemic first reached the United States. He was 52.
03/02/2021
The University of Wolverhampton is celebrating LGBT History Month this February with a series of free online talks exploring emerging gender and sexual identities in popular culture.
LGBT History Month is an annual month-long observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements.
The talks have been organised by the Faculty of Arts, Business and Social Sciences at the University.
Claire Buckerfield, Faculty Public Engagement Co-ordinator at the University, said: “LGBT+ History Month is a chance to look back at LGBT+ History as well as raising awareness of issues, events and concerns that face the LGBT+ community today.