Leon Gast, Oscar-winning director of the ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ documentary When We Were Kings – obituary

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Thierry Frémaux I met Bertrand Tavernier in Lyon in 1982 at the Chateau Lumiere when he came to announce that he was going to become the first president of the Institut Lumière.He had just come off “Coup de Torchon” and his prestige was at its peak. As I was working for Positif magazine, I took the opportunity to question Bertrand about his love for films and his long relationship with the magazine.

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John Legend donned a traditional Easter Bunny costume to surprise his little girl, Luna, and the pair shared a cute daddy-daughter dance.In an video Legend posted to Instagram on Saturday, the EGOT-winner is decked out in a head-to-toe bunny outfit, and is spinning around with his 4-year-old girl in a back-patio deck.As the pair dance to Estelle's «American Boy» (which, fun fact, Legend helped create, write and produce), Luna steps up with both feet onto Legend's legs and he twirls her around

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an obituary published Friday by the New York Times. Lundberg did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for confirmation.Neither the cause of death, nor where McMurtry passed away, are immediately known.McMurtry was best known for his anti-Western work, or stories that focused on demythologizing the romanticism of the American West.“I’m a critic of the myth of the cowboy,’’ the native Texan reportedly said in an interview 1988.

Larry McMurtry, who won an Oscar for penning Brokeback Mountain, earned a nomination for The Last Picture Show and authored books including Lonesome Dove and Tears of Endearment, has died. He was 84. The news was confirmed to media outlets by family spokeswoman Amanda Lundberg.

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Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterA holiday-themed romantic comedy centered on gay men is coming to Netflix from Michael Mayer, the Tony Award-winning director of the Broadway sensation “Spring Awakening.”In a genre that has seen increased calls for inclusion, the ensemble project “Single All the Way” boasts beloved actors of pop culture sensations past and a pedigreed filmmaking team.Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers and Luke MacFarlane will serve as leads, with supporting turns from Barry

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Rob LeDonne When Jeff Lima, an actor of Puerto Rican descent (“Chicago Fire”), began auditioning for television and film work, he noticed something dejecting. “Early on, I can’t tell you how many of the same characters I was going out for,” says Lima, 30, of the stereotypical hardened-Latino roles he was presented with.

Leon Gast, the celebrated Oscar-winning documentarian behind When We Were Kings, which chronicled the 1974 "Rumble in the Jungle" bout between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, has died. He was 85.

tweeted. “Leon passed away peacefully this morning at his home.

Leon Gast, the veteran filmmaker who won a Documentary Feature Oscar for helming the 1996 “Rumble in the Jungle” pic When We Were Kings, died Monday. He was 85.

Natalie Oganesyan editorLeon Gast, the Academy Award-winning director behind sport documentary “When We Were Kings,” died on Monday, according to Meira Blaustein, his close friend and the co-founder of Woodstock Film Festival. He was 85.Blaustein shared the news of Gast’s death in a Facebook post.