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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 i...
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 i...
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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MOVIE TRACK: Critics zone in on 'Twilight'
The highly anticipated "Twilight" opens today. In his two-star review, which ran in yesterday's edition, Newsday's Rafer Guzmán said the movie is "best left to impressionable teenage fans of the novel." (Read the entire review at Newsday.com/movies.)...Tags: Twilight, Chicago Sun-Times
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'The B List' showcases movie critics' favorite movies you've never heard of
Associated Press Writer"The B List" (Da Capo Press. $15.95. 288 pages), edited by David Sterritt and John Anderson: The literary version of having a movie-critic friend intent on convincing you that there's a movie of which you've never heard but must see, "The B List" offers...Tags: John Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, John Waters, Francis Ford Coppola, David Cronenberg
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Endorsement ends drought for Democrats
Well, apparently you have recovered, picked yourself off the floor and have resumed reading your Sunday Tribune. Grab an ice pack and a seat, and let's consider this whole endorsement thing. With Barack Obama, the Chicago Tribune's editorial board has...Tags: Tribune Co., Newspaper and Magazine, Ulysses S Grant, Robert R. McCormick, Body of Lies
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SCREEN SCENE: Over 30 years, mini-empire grows
Chicago Tribune reporterWillis Johnson fell into the movie-theater business accidentally. But how else does one fall in love? "I have no regrets, other than not having had the opportunity sooner," said Johnson, 71. "There have been far more joys than grief." Thirty years ago,...Tags: Nature, Martin Scorsese, Downers Grove, University of Chicago, Ravinia Festival
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Paul Newman's style was all his own
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterPAUL NEWMAN, who passed away Friday at 83 after a long battle with cancer, was a humanitarian, a loving husband and a race car driver, but most of all, he was an actor of perceptive intelligence, power and even simplicity. In his review of Newman's...Tags: Tom Hanks, Celebrity, Robert Wise Jr., Butch Cassidy, James Dean
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Words on printed page still connect—publishers bank on it
The words are the same, but those of you holding a newspaper as you read this column are having a different experience than those of you reading it on a computer screen. Consumers are trading print for pixels, scattering the ad money spent to reach...Tags: Road Transportation, Nature, Tribune Co., Newspaper and Magazine, Oprah Winfrey
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Paul Sullivan's Cubs mailbag
Ask Paul takes a timeout from his Hurricane Ike hiatus to answer your questions about resting key players before the playoffs, Derrek Lee's sick bat, whether sportswriters should have a weight limit and other relevant issues: Paul, I know I'm getting way...Tags: New York Mets, Lou Piniella, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Kosuke Fukudome, ESPN
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Payne seeks way to deal with strokes
Longtime WGN-Ch. 9 anchor Allison Payne was packing Tuesday for a visit to Minnesota's famed Mayo Clinic for a battery of tests to determine the best way to battle the residual effects of a series of mini-strokes that kept her off the air for three months...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Tribune Co., Richard Roeper, Don Cheadle, Gene Siskel
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New 'At the Movies' reviews are in: 'It doesn't really work'
Tribune media columnistThe new version of Disney's "At the Movies," with critics Ben Mankiewicz and Ben Lyons replacing Roger Ebert and my pal Richard Roeper as dueling reviewers, opened over the weekend. Call it "ATM: All About the Benjamins." "It doesn't really work,"...Tags: Richard Roeper, Don Cheadle, Gene Siskel, ESPN
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