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LOS ANGELES -- Jef Billings, a renowned costume designer who directed some of figure skatings biggest names with Stars on Ice, has died. He was 71.Billings died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday, said Stars on Ice. Close friend and assistant Regina Winters said he died of natural causes.Billings was with the skating show since its inception. The group lauded his dedication and called him the greatest costume designer in the history of figure skating.Jef has the unique distinction of having worked on every Stars on Ice tour from its beginning, the group said in a statement Thursday. From his work on Scott Hamiltons classic `Hair and Kristi Yamaguchis majestic `Bridge Over Troubled Water to Kurt Brownings `Rag-gid-don, and the 2013 opening `Somebody that I Used to Know, Jef had the rare capacity to match to the skaters personalities, music, and points of view perfectly with each body. 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Rookie Nathan Cleary has catapulted Penrith into the NRL top eight with a five-star individual performance in his sides 38-18 thrashing of the Sydney Roosters.The 18-year-old Cleary scored the Panthers first on Monday night, then put the result beyond doubt in the second half by setting up one of the tries of the season for Tyrone Peachey.The home side was leading 28-6 when Cleary delighted the 9,653 fans in the crowd at Pepper Stadium with a break into the backfield before kicking wide at full pace for Peachey to finish off a 60-metre effort.The win lifts the Panthers to seventh spot with just four games remaining.However the victory could come at a cost - captain Matt Moylan finished the match on the bench with blurred vision and forward Sitaleki Akauola also retired early with rib damage.The Roosters, who had chief playmaker Mitchell Pearce ruled out pre-game with a calf injury, looked competitive early when Dale Copley cancelled out Clearys show-and-go effort.However the home side took over thereafter, scoring the next six tries, including one each to Peachey and Chris Grevsmuhl to take an 18-6 lead into the sheds.Courtesy of a string of penalties against the visitors after the break, the Panthers snuffed out the match with tries to Cartwright, Waqa Blake, Peacheys pearler, and Isaah Yeo all within 17 minutes.By the time Cleary converted Yeos easy 40-metre effort from dummy half, it was 38-6.The Rooosters saved some face through late tries to Daniel Tupou and Boyd Cordner, however it wasnt enough to stop them from falling to their seventh loss in eight games.ddddddddddddRoosters coach Trent Robinson said that without his on-field general in Pearce, the Roosters rookie halves of Connor Watson and Ryan Matterson gave Penrith easy ball.When you lose your halfback and the guy that leads you around the park, its very difficult, he said.If we cant put them into awkward positions through good kicks and good pressure, then they play with more freedom. The whole 80 minutes was front-foot attack.But while Robinson was disappointed with his own playmakers, he was full of praise for Penriths own whizkid in Cleary.He was exceptional, he led from the front as an 18-year-old, he said.Panthers coach Anthony Griffin labelled it one of their best efforts of the season.It was really good, probably one of our better performances of the year under the circumstances, it was enjoyable to watch, enjoying their footy out there tonight at this time of the year, he said.But he was careful not to shower Cleary with too much credit.Hes doing a great job, his kicking games good. Ive got to give a wrap to Bryce (Cartwright), Matt Moylan, (Peter) Wallace, the guys around him. Theyre keeping him calm. ' ' '