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Tom Hanks pays moving tribute to Nora Ephron

Tom Hanks pays moving tribute to Nora Ephron
Los Angeles: Hollywood star Tom Hanks has penneda moving tribute to Nora Ephron, saying he became a fan of thelate screenwriter and director after his wife Rita Wilsondragged him to a screening of her movie This Is My Life.

Read: Sleepless in Seattle director Nora Ephron dies at 71

The filmmaker died earlier this week after losing hersecret battle with acute myeloid leukemia, and Hanks, whostarred in Ephron's films Sleepless in Seattle and You'veGot Mail, was among the celebrities who offered upcondolences, reported Digital Spy online.

He has now written a lengthy tribute piece for Timemagazine saying he was only made aware of Ephron's talentsafter Wilson took him to a screening in 1992.

Read: Nora Ephron: Writer and filmmaker with a genius for humour

"As wives are wont to do, mine announced one evening in1992 that we were going to a movie. The movie was This Is MyLife, the writer and first-time director was Nora Ephron, andwithin the hour, there we were in the cinema watching theopening credits of a middle-aged-chick flick," Hanks said.

"Knowing and loving Nora meant her world - or herneighborhood - became yours. She gave you books to read andtook you to cafes you'd never heard of that became legends,"he added.
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