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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: Hulu, Media Industry, Mad Men (tv program), AOL LLC, Authors
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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: The New York Times, Luke Ford, Times Square, Slavery, Carl Sandburg
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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: Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune, Entertainment, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Roger Ebert
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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: Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, New Products, Reviews, 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: Entertainment, Tom Cruise, Roger Ebert, Reviews, University of California, Irvine
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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: Clearwater (Pinellas, Florida), Roger Ebert
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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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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: Chicago Sun-Times, Journalism, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Social Media, Twitter, Inc.
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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: All the President's Men (movie), The New York Times, G.I. Joe: Retaliation (movie), The Walt Disney Co., Kenneth Turan
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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: Francois Truffaut, Weight, Television Industry, The Walt Disney Co., Television Stations
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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 ...... -
Roger Ebert's books are his legacy
Rogert Ebert, the Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic who died today, leaves behind a rich legacy, thanks to a shelf-full of books that explore movies -- and his own life. His memoir, "Life Itself," dealt with his battle with alcoholism and the later,...Tags: Chicago Sun-Times, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Casablanca (movie), Roger Ebert, The Godfather (movie)
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