Roger Ebert

Roger Ebert Recalls His Very First Newspaper Gig - Posted July 22, 2011
In case you missed it--and a lot of people seem to have done just that--Roger Ebert recently teased his upcoming memoir Life Itself by sharing on his Chicago Sun-Times blog the intoxicating, breathless ... [10,000 Words]

Roger Ebert Recalls His Very First Newspaper Gig - Posted July 22, 2011
In case you missed it--and a lot of people seem to have done just that--Roger Ebert recently teased his upcoming memoir Life Itself by sharing on his Chicago Sun-Times blog the intoxicating, breathless ... [GalleyCat]

Christopher Walken Retells The Three Little Pigs - Posted July 18, 2011
For your mid-July publishing news pleasure, we bring you a video (embedded above) of the brooding actor Christopher Walken retelling the classic children's story, 'Three Little Pigs.' Thanks to Roger Ebert for pointing us to the link from a 1993 episode of the British television series, ... [GalleyCat]

Roger Ebert Stands By Controversial Tweet - Posted June 21, 2011
Roger Ebert has been taking some heat for the Tweet above, which alludes to the death of Jackass star ... [FishbowlLA]

Ebert's Comments Came Too Soon - Posted June 21, 2011
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Ebert's Comments Came Too Soon - Posted June 21, 2011
[caption id="attachment_23081" align="alignleft" width="181" caption="Ryan Dunn"][/caption] Roger Ebert is... [PRNewser]

Elvis Mitchell Hooks Back Up with the New York Times - Posted June 16, 2011
It's truly amazing how journalist and bon vivant Elvis Mitchell manages to hopscotch from one great professional opportunity to another. In the past few months alone, he has jumped from ... [FishbowlLA]

LA Times, Roger Ebert Win Big at Society for Features Journalism Awards - Posted May 20, 2011
The Society for Features Journalism announced the winners of its annual "Excellence-in-Features Writing Competition" today, and the LA Times did quite well for itself. Charles McNulty took first prize for "General Commentary" while his... [FishbowlLA]

Roger Ebert Finally Wins New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest - Posted April 25, 2011
Our feel-good story of the day! Two years ago, Roger Ebert wrote this on his Chicago Sun Times blog: I have entered the N... [FishbowlNY]

Julianne Moore, Jim Lehrer & Mindy Kaling to Host Book Expo America Breakfasts - Posted February 10, 2011
Oscar-nominated actress Julianne Moore, Emmy-nominated comedian Mindy Kaling, and journalist Jim Lehrer will host breakfast events at this year's Book Expo America. Moore, author of picture book Freckleface Strawb... [GalleyCat]

Facebook Gives Roger Ebert's Blog Post Thumbs-Down - Posted January 21, 2011
The good news for legendary film critic Roger Ebert: He now has a new prosthetic jaw to replace his actual jaw, which he lost in 2006 while fighting thyroid cancer. The bad news for Ebert ... [eBookNewser]

Ebert Revamps At the Movies, Again - Posted January 4, 2011
Elvis Mitchell has left the At the Movies building. In a somewhat cryptic blog post... [FishbowlLA]

Twitter Spelling Report Card: Grading Obama, Palin and Kanye - Posted December 20, 2010
What grade do you think Barack Obama would get for his Twitter spelling? How about Sarah Palin? You'd probably guess pretty close to those two, but how about the other seven celebrities on this Twitter spelling report card? While we know that 140-characters can sometimes restri... [10,000 Words]

Yet Another Reason We Love Roger Ebert - Posted December 13, 2010
Excuse us during our Monday morning swoon. Roger Ebert is great in every way. Here's his Twitter... [FishbowlLA]

Here Comes the Film Critic Bride - Posted December 6, 2010
So far, the startling news of 37-year-old LA film critic Kim Morgan's engagement to 54-year-old Canadian director Guy M... [FishbowlLA]

Mitchell Remembers Sally Menke, Food Lover - Posted October 14, 2010
In today's world of rapid-fire Internet news cycles, events that should linger in the public consciousness often do not. Which is why, if you have not already, we strongly urge you to read ... [FishbowlLA]

KCRW Live Events With Matthew Weiner and Alan Ball - Posted September 20, 2010
Yes, True Blood and Mad Men fans now have something to live for during the hiatus. Tickets for the event go on sale this Wednesday. And yes we posted this event so we could say this to our readers: Go see Ball's and Weiner's...taping in person! Release in full: KCRW AND NPR *ONLINE* COLLABORATION "UPCLOSE"... [FishbowlLA]

At the Movies - The Sequel - Now With More Thumbs! - Posted September 10, 2010
Twitter refiner Roger Ebert announced that he's relaunching his PBS blockbuster show At the Movies in January of 2011. Produced and presented by Roger and his wife Chaz Ebert, ... [FishbowlLA]

Larry Doyle Offers Sobering Advice about Book Promotion & Scriptwriting - Posted July 20, 2010
Book promotion is a strange and thankless job online, and one writer shared some frank thoughts about this new work. Today's guest on the Morning Media Menu was novelist and scriptwriter Larry Doyle. Doyle (that's his Facebook picture) introduced his new novel, ... [GalleyCat]

Roger Ebert Has a New Cook Book - Posted June 30, 2010
Roger Ebert, the sage of Twitter - a critic whose reviews are often more entertaining than the films - cancer survivor and all around interesting dude has written a cook book. AP's Caryn Rousseau ... [FishbowlLA]

The 2010 Webbys: Fun in Five Words or Less - Posted June 15, 2010
Last night the famous and the web-famous gathered at Cipriani Wall St. for the 2010 Webby Awards, honoring the best in new media. WebNewser was there, and was tweeting the whole night. In case you weren't following our witty tweeting of the night's events, here is what happened: The awards kicked off with... [WebNewser - SocialTimes.com]

Roger Ebert on Twittering - Posted June 14, 2010
Before Roger Ebert joined Twitter, we all thought Ashton Kutcher was the oracle of the Twitterverse. Those were very dark times. Enter Ebert: ... [FishbowlLA]

ChatRoulette to be Given Webby Breakout of the Year Award - Posted June 2, 2010
If you wanted more proof to add to your suspicion that after all this time anonymous schlongs still rule Internet content - here it is: ChatRoulette is being honored with a Webby. Press release in full: ChatRoulette, the video chat sensation that became a pop culture phenomenon almost overnight, will be honored with... [FishbowlLA]

Roger Ebert Seals Book Deal with Grand Central - Posted May 17, 2010
Film critic Roger Ebert has sold his memoir to Grand Central. Publication is set for 2011. Grand Central editor Mitch Hoffman bought the book. Ebert (pictured, via) is the a... [GalleyCat]

Roget Ebert Wins Webby Person of the Year - Posted May 4, 2010
Can we just kvell for a moment? It takes an incredibly notable person to have their jaw removed and it be the least notable thing about them. We follow film critic Roger Ebert on Twitter like giddy fanboys awaiting his next insight. Like this one. ... [FishbowlLA]

Roger Ebert Sums Up the State of Newspapers Via the McCarthy/Carrey Twitter Break Up Perfectly - Posted April 7, 2010
Roger Ebert isn't exaggerating for comedic effect either. Here's the WSJ piece explaining how Jenny McCart... [FishbowlLA]

The Trailer Giving 'Stock Film' a New Meaning - Posted March 12, 2010
"I've decided to fight with the Native American met... [FishbowlLA]

Hurt Locker Will Nab the Oscar, According to Twitter Analysis - Posted March 4, 2010
Much has been made in the past about predicting the Academy Award winners based on ad spend in Variety and the Hollywood Reporter and other lobbying efforts. What constitutes "other?" Well, The Hurt Locker producer Nicholas Chartier's attempt... [PRNewser]

Roger Ebert Does Oscar Picks on Oprah - Posted March 3, 2010
Film critic Roger Ebert went on Oprah's show yesterday to show off his new voice, a computer generated reader of his typed words, and his picks for the Oscars. The video in full is here. Ebert and his wife Chaz are one of the great love st... [FishbowlLA]

The Book Reviews of Roger Ebert - Posted March 1, 2010
In addition to his work as a film critic, Roger Ebert is also the author of a number of books, including ... [GalleyCat]

The Tweeter with a Pulitzer: Roger Ebert - Posted February 22, 2010
Roger Ebert being the first to win a Pulitzer for film criticism in 1975, not only raised the bar for film criticism, it also paved the way for Jonathan Gold... [FishbowlLA]

Roger Ebert Writes Out - Posted February 18, 2010
After Roger Ebert recent profile in Esquire magazine, which detailed his many surgeri... [FishbowlNY]

Fawning Film Reviewer Caught Cutting and Pasting - Posted February 3, 2010
Described as "widely quoted" film critic Paul Fischer got caught plagiarizing. The Vancouver Sun ran a very long for a newspaper piece about Fischer's lifting. According to the piece, which is cringe inducing on all fronts, Fischer wrote fawning, ridiculously kind things about horrible ... [FishbowlLA]

Two Thumbs Down: Roger Ebert Rips O'Reilly - Posted April 8, 2009
Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert turned away from the screen to focus on TV's Bill O'Reilly... [TVNewser]

Morning Reading List 02.04.09 - Posted February 4, 2009
Good Morning FishbowlDC! Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box ... [FishbowlDC]

Variety: Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz Take Over for Epert and Roeper - Posted July 22, 2008
Variety has a story that blows our little minds (and not just because Ben Lyons lives around the block from us: During negotiat... [FishbowlLA]

Ebert Sticks In His Thumb, And Writes Up This Plum - Posted August 30, 2007
Per Monday's Romenesko, film critic Roger Ebert says he never asked Disney to remove his trademarked "Thumbs" from the At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper. I am discussing with Disney my association with the show that Gene ... [FishbowlLA]