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Bruce Springsteen and Tom Hanks paid tribute Friday night to the late director Jonathan Demme, the man who brought them together on his film Philadelphia, which won each of them Oscars. “God bless Jonathan Demme, we just lost him,” Hanks told the crowd attending a New York City event that was part of the Tribeca Film Festival’s Storyteller series. Demme, the Oscar-winning director of Silence of the Lambs, died of cancer Wednesday. Springsteen, who won an Oscar for best original song for “Streets of Philadelphia,” called Demme “inspirational.” Hanks, who won the best-actor Academy Award for the 1993 film, played the role of a fan during the hourlong session and questioned Springsteen about his life and early career. Much of the conversation was based on stories Springsteen told in his recent memoir, Born to Run. He discussed the tough times at the start of his career when he was broke and playing gigs wherever he could. He and his band mates never paid taxes and avoided bills for years so when they hit it big, they spent years paying off debts and attorney fees. Hanks ended the night by thanking Springsteen, on behalf of all fans. “You make us happy that we were all born in the USA and will make us always want to keep our eyes out for the girls in their summer clothes. What you have done — more special for all of us — is that you have made us part of something greater than ourselves,” Hanks said. Among those in attendance Friday were Malia Obama, news anchor Gayle King, and Hanks’ wife, Rita Wilson, and Springsteen’s wife, Patti Scialfa.
Pop star Ciara and her husband, Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, are now parents to a baby girl, Sienna Princess Wilson.
The couple announced the birth of their daughter on Friday night. Ciara posted to her Instagram account details of the birth. Sienna weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces, according to the post. The couple married last summer in England and announced they were expecting last fall. This is the 28-year-old Wilson’s first child. Ciara has a young son from a previous relationship with rapper Future.