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TV pitches: So I've got this idea for a show ...
Two weeks from now, TV networks will announce their new slate of shows for next season. The majority of these series will be variations on a formula. Procedurals. High-concept sci-fi and fantasy dramas. Nighttime soaps. Comedies starring familiar faces....
Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Hulu, Conde Nast Publications, Roger Ebert, Jimmy Fallon
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10 things you might not know about film critics
Chicago Tribune reportersA screenwriter who went by the pseudonyms of R. Hyde and Reinhold Timme died recently in Chicago. Others knew the man as Roger Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. Ebert's death got us thinking about interesting facts involving movie critics....Tags: Academy Awards, The New York Times, James Cameron, Carl Sandburg, Did You Hear About the Morgans? (movie)
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Roger Ebert: Quintessential Chicagoan
When Anthony Bourdain was in town last summer taping a Chicago-themed episode of his Travel Channel show “The Layover,” he asked various people, including me, to name the quintessential Chicagoan, and a consensus quickly emerged. The...
Tags: Academy Awards, Richard M. Daley, The New York Times, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Sundance Film Festival
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Roger Ebert: A look back at five reviews of fan-favorite films
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesFilm criticism lost a singularly significant voice Thursday with the death of Pulitzer Prize winner Roger Ebert, who lost his ...... -
We'll still hear Ebert at the movies
Roger Ebert's death is mourned by many, but I will remember it as bringing down the curtain on a special guy in a special time: He was multimedia before multimedia was cool. In today's angrily polarized political times, I particularly appreciate how...Tags: Entertainment, Roger Ebert, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Chicago Tribune, Movies
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Rosenthal: Roger Ebert wrote a business script worth following
We all knew Roger Ebert. Even those who knew Roger only through his words and insights felt a bond. That was one of Ebert's many gifts, and with his death leaving such a profound void, it is easy to overlook all that we still have from him. Beyond the...
Tags: The New York Times, New Products, Roger Ebert, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Movies
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Thanks to Roger Ebert, 1942-2013
The first time I encountered Roger Ebert, I detested him. The second time I encountered him, I liked him even less. In later years, I learned that Ebert's relationship with Gene Siskel progressed the same way: animosity, then grudging respect, then love...
Tags: Hoop Dreams (movie), Tom Cruise, Entertainment, Roger Ebert, Movies
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Roger Ebert dies at 70; Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic
Roger Ebert, the Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic whose gladiatorial "thumbs-up, thumbs-down" assessments turned film reviewing into a television sport and whose passion for independent film helped introduce a new generation of filmmakers to...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, The Walt Disney Co., Pulitzer Prize Awards, Ebertfest, Sundance Film Festival
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A shared love of film
In today's Arts and Entertainment section, the Tribune has published a wonderful picture of Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert in their prime — seated front row center and gazing in rapt attention at the great silver screen. They come across as more like...Tags: Roger Ebert
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The unforgettable Roger Ebert
Life is certainly not for sissies. Anyone could have asked film critic Roger Ebert, who fought a long courageous battle against cancer. Back in the day, I watched the dynamic duo of Ebert and Gene Siskel, on the Public Broadcasting Show, “Sneak...Tags: Roger Ebert, Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida)
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R.I.P. Roger Ebert! 'Evil Dead' to battle 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation.'
After the coffee. Before trying to find somewhere to hide. The Skinny: One of my favorite things about Roger Ebert, besides his movie reviews and musings on life, was his willingness to go on Howard Stern's show and have a few laughs with the shock...Tags: Jurassic Park (movie), The New York Times, The Walt Disney Co., Roger Ebert, Pulitzer Prize Awards
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Roger Ebert: First citizen critic and father to us all
It was fitting that Roger Ebert's death caused Twitter to explode Thursday with film and TV critics, cultural recappers and entertainment bloggers sending their best wishes across the coded universe to mark, and perhaps aid, the passing of the iconic film...Tags: Netflix Inc., Roger Ebert, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Entertainment Events, Journalism
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