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A Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic, Roger Ebert co-hosted "Siskel & Ebert at the Movies" and its predecessor shows for 23 years with Tribune critic Gene Siskel. Ebert was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer. In 1995, a section of Chicago's Erie Street near CBS Studios was given the honorary name "Siskel & Ebert Way." Ebert, who has been a critic at the Chicago Sun-Times for more than 30 years, was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in June 2005, making him the first professional film critic to get one.
In early 2002, he was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer; surgeons removed the cancer in February of that year. He went in for surgery again in 2003 for cancer in his salivary...
In early 2002, he was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer; surgeons removed the cancer in February of that year. He went in for surgery again in 2003 for cancer in his salivary...
A Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic, Roger Ebert co-hosted "Siskel & Ebert at the Movies" and its predecessor shows for 23 years with Tribune critic Gene Siskel. Ebert was the first film critic to win the Pulitzer. In 1995, a section of Chicago's Erie Street near CBS Studios was given the honorary name "Siskel & Ebert Way." Ebert, who has been a critic at the Chicago Sun-Times for more than 30 years, was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in June 2005, making him the first professional film critic to get one.
In early 2002, he was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer; surgeons removed the cancer in February of that year. He went in for surgery again in 2003 for cancer in his salivary gland. In December 2003, he underwent a four-week course of radiation treatment, which altered his voice slightly. He again went in for surgery in June 2006 to remove cancer near his right jaw and a section of his jaw bone. After Siskel's death, the show was renamed "Ebert & Roeper and the Movies." Guest critics have sat in Ebert's chair since his illness.
In early 2002, he was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer; surgeons removed the cancer in February of that year. He went in for surgery again in 2003 for cancer in his salivary gland. In December 2003, he underwent a four-week course of radiation treatment, which altered his voice slightly. He again went in for surgery in June 2006 to remove cancer near his right jaw and a section of his jaw bone. After Siskel's death, the show was renamed "Ebert & Roeper and the Movies." Guest critics have sat in Ebert's chair since his illness.
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Film critic, aficionado opens series with an august visitor
'I went out and bought a pair of black loafers after that," Sydney Pollack tells critic and interviewer Elvis Mitchell in the premiere of "Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence." Why the loafers? Because Gene Kelly wore loafers in "An American in Paris,"...Tags: Woody Allen, Steve McQueen, Leslie Caron, Gene Kelly, Henry Fonda
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Short Takes: 'Vantage Point,' 'Shotgun Stories,' 'My Blueberry Nights,' 'Storm,' 'Walk All Over Me,' 'Heavy Meal in Baghdad'
COURANT STAFF WRITERVantage Point (Sony, 2008) — The structure of this thriller is a gimmick, as events leading to the assassination of the president and a terrorist bombing are shown from the perspectives of multiple participants: a Secret Service agent, terrorists,...Tags: National Government, Jude Law, William Hurt, Government, Dennis Quaid
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New depth for 3-D
Sun reporterFor years, 3-D movies have been the Rodney Dangerfields of cinema: amusing, intriguing but certainly not to be taken seriously. They were OK for 1950s-film revivals, or as amusement-park attractions, or for big-screen IMAX presentations where audiences...Tags: Animation, Literature, Charles Theatre, Garry Marshall, Theater
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Birthdays
66 Paul McCartney Singer 66 Roger Ebert Movie critic 56 Carol Kane Actress 37 Nathan Morris Rhythm and blues singerTags: Carol Kane
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happy birthday!
Rock singer-composer-musician Sir Paul McCartney is 66. Movie critic Roger Ebert is 66. Actress Isabella Rossellini is 56. Actress Carol Kane is 56. Rock singer Alison Moyet is 47. Country singer-musician Tim Hunt is 41. R&B singer Nathan Morris...Tags: Carol Kane, Paul McCartney, Music, Isabella Rossellini, Music Industry
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Daily almanac
1812: The United States declared war against Britain. 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte met his Waterloo as British and Prussian troops defeated the French in Belgium. 1948: A United Nations commission finished drafting what would become the Universal...Tags: United Nations, Paul McCartney, Human Rights
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Series presents films you can bank on
Saturday nights at 8, one of the ongoing success stories in Chicago film exhibition offers up another piece of movie history to a loyal crowd averaging 150, in the second story auditorium of the bank once known as Northwest Federal Savings and Loan,...Tags: Nicholas Ray, LaSalle Bank, John Ford, John Frankenheimer, Northwestern University
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Wholesome appreciation for a leggy icon
Upon the 1953 release of "The Band Wagon," director Vincente Minnelli's classic backstage fairy tale starring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse, the Catholic Legion of Decency slapped it with a warning typically not occasioned by an MGM musical: "Morally...Tags: Dancing, Gene Kelly, Vincente Minnelli, Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse
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Rounding up an opinionated posse
Starting this week, we have an addition to the opinion bazaar here at Talking Pictures. Each Friday, 30 of our closest and dearest friends, whom we're calling the Screen Testers, will chime in with their viewpoints—and ratings—of three films...Tags: Pixar, Paul Newman, Movies
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Clint Eastwood targets the legacy of Dirty Harry
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterON a recent afternoon at the Warner Bros. lot, Clint Eastwood took a break from a long day in the editing bay and strolled over to a hushed screening room. There, his armed-and-dangerous past was waiting for him, and the filmmaker winced when he looked it...Tags: Steve McQueen, Pauline Kael, Celebrity, Clint Eastwood, John Wayne
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