Champaign (Champaign, Illinois)

Recalling Roger Ebert's influence, on- and off-screen

2013-04-04 16:45:00

Like so many who grew up in the 1980s, I came to know Roger Ebert through film, and film through Roger Ebert. From the childhood moment when I first attained dominion over the remote control and VCR — and plenty of times when I didn’t —...

Roger Ebert's Ebertfest gets $20,000 academy grant

2012-12-20 13:22:00

Roger Ebert may already be on the mend from a hairline fracture in his left leg, but there's news Thursday that may be enough to get him out of bed and dancing: His annual film festival, Ebertfest, received a $20,000 grant from the Academy of Motion...

Remembering Ray Bradbury: What's your favorite book?

2012-06-06 16:35:45

PASSINGS: Patricia A. Disney, Warren Lockhart, Charla Krupp, King Stitt, Joaquin Martinez

2012-02-04 00:00:00

Patricia A. Disney Philanthropist, ex-wife of Walt Disney's nephew Roy Patricia A. Disney, 77, who grew up as a neighbor of Roy E. Disney in Toluca Lake and was married to him for more than 50 years, died Friday of Alzheimer's disease, her family...

The Unreal World: 'Carnage' and child bullying

2012-01-02 00:00:00

"Carnage" SBS Productions U.S. release: Dec. 16 The premise Ethan Longstreet (Eliot Berger), age 11, has formed a gang at his Brooklyn school but has excluded classmate Zachary Cowan (Elvis Polanski), also age 11. When Zachary confronts him, Ethan...

Tithing: In the news (ask Mitt Romney) but also in Old Testament

2012-01-25 16:37:16

Styx, Ted Nugent, REO Speedwagon announce 2012 tour

2012-02-23 16:36:54

Working Hollywood: Creating the universe for ‘The Tree of Life’

2012-02-25 16:33:27

THQ market value, once $2 billion, dips below $35 million

2012-04-05 21:33:31

Midwestern states stumble with foreclosures and job losses

2011-08-23 16:35:03

Online arts fundraising project passes $1-million mark

2011-09-13 16:33:11

Project Gutenberg founder Michael S. Hart has died

2011-09-07 21:35:17

In 1999, Ebert began what has become an annual film festival at his alma mater, the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. The festival, which was originally called "Roger Ebert's Overlooked Film Festival" is now just called "Ebertfest.

2013-04-04 13:52:00

Additionally, Van Horn is driving marketing for two luxury apartment towers that will add 1,000 rental units to the downtown Chicago market: 500 Lake Shore Drive, opening spring of 2013, and 111 W. Wacker Drive, opening spring of 2014.

2013-03-25 00:00:00

Strike planned at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

2013-03-10 00:00:00