Film stars pay tribute to ‘one of the giants’

THE actors made famous by writer-director John Hughes were yesterday extolling his talents after his death, calling him “one of the giants” for capturing the youth market in the 1980s and 90s.

Hughes died of a heart attack during a Thursday morning walk in Manhattan. The 59-year-old was in New York to visit family.

Hughes’s ensemble comedies helped make stars out of Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Ally Sheedy and many other young performers. He also scripted Home Alone, making little-known Macaulay Culkin a sensation&.