The Oscar-winning director, who preferred life away from Hollywood, was once a sex symbol and later an activist who used his celebrity to draw attention to the environment.

“I did see some stones that looked a little too perfect,” said the winner of the Stone Skimming World Championships. The offending contestants were disqualified.

[Some residents of the Pierre claim that Howard Lutnick, who owns the penthouse, was part of a plot to sell off this symbol of Manhattan glamour and wealth.

[The world’s largest and most influential video platform wants to persuade a lot more content creators to broadcast live.

His knowledge of the ways cameras and media create narratives helped him redirect those stories in service of larger causes like environmentalism.