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Film Independent at LACMA celebrates 'Valley Girl'

2013-05-16 06:00:00

Film Independent at LACMA is holding a 1980s costume contest after the 30th anniversary screening of Martha Coolidge's endearing comedy "Valley Girl" on Thursday evening at the Leo S. Bing Theater. The romantic comedy was inspired by Frank Zappa and his...

Vikings aren't pursuing former Bear LB Brian Urlacher, coach says

2013-05-15 11:01:00

Former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher is in search of a team. And the Minnesota Vikings are said to be in need of a starter at his position. So, naturally, there has been plenty of speculation that Urlacher would end up wearing the purple and...

American Cinematheque to celebrate the late Roger Ebert

2013-05-12 13:21:00

Thumbs up to the American Cinematheque. The independent, nonprofit cultural organization is paying homage to the Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic Roger Ebert with a new film series, "The Great Movies: A Tribute to Roger Ebert." The influential...

Quick Takes: Country music's new hit

2013-04-09 00:00:00

Roll over, Hank Williams, and tell Patsy Cline the news: Nashville has a new top music awards show. Sunday's Academy of Country Music Awards show on CBS drew 15.4 million viewers, according to early data from Nielsen (final ratings won't be published...

Roger Ebert: A look back at five reviews of fan-favorite films

2013-04-04 17:24:04

Roger Ebert dies at 70; Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic

2013-04-04 17:46:00

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...

R.I.P. Roger Ebert! 'Evil Dead' to battle 'G.I. Joe: Retaliation.'

2013-04-05 07:30:00

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...

Roger Ebert: First citizen critic and father to us all

2013-04-05 10:30:00

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...

Film critic Roger Ebert dies at 70

2013-04-04 12:59:00

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...

Five unexpected ways Roger Ebert changed film journalism

2013-04-05 05:00:00

It's hard to sum up one man's achievements in any article or post. It's even harder if that man is Roger Ebert, who in no particular order was critic, TV personality, social-media guru, blogger, scholar, screenwriter and advocate. Still, there are...

Remembering Roger Ebert: Join our video conversation

2013-04-04 15:45:00

Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic Roger Ebert died Thursday in Chicago, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. A nationwide audience of movie fans got to know him in the 1980s via the TV show "At the Movies," which he originally co-hosted with Gene Siskel....

Roger Ebert career highlights, on page and screen

2013-04-04 16:30:00

Roger Ebert's passing Thursday at age 70 leaves behind a staggering body of work: He reviewed as many as 285 movies a year, spent decades as a fixture on TV and published 17 books. Following are but a few highlights from his prolific career. Ebert began...

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 moviegoers, died at 70.

2013-04-05 10:05:00

Why: Roger Ebert, the popular film critic and television co-host who along with his fellow reviewer and sometime sparring partner Gene Siskel could lift or sink the fortunes of a movie with their trademark thumbs up or thumbs down, died on Thursday in Chicago. He was 70.

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Roger Ebert, The Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic for the Chicago Sun-Times for more than 45 years and for more than three decades the co-host of one of the most powerful programs in television history, has died. He was 70 years old.

2013-04-04 12:55:31