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Famed movie critic Roger Ebert dies
CHICAGO (AP) — Roger Ebert, the most famous and most popular film reviewer of his time who became the first journalist to win a Pulitzer Prize for movie criticism and, on his long-running TV program, wielded the nation's most influential thumb, died...
Tags: PBS (tv network), Television Industry, Champaign (Champaign, Illinois), Roger Ebert, University of Chicago
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Thumbs up, Roger Ebert: Job well done
Staff writerThrough his enthusiasm, skill and courage, Roger Ebert became the most famous movie critic in America. Ebert died Thursday at age 70 after a long battle with cancer. Television helped make him well known in a way that such influential critics as...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Social Media, Gene Siskel, Reviews
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Roger Ebert: Not just a film critic, the film critic
For as long as I can remember following movies, I remember following Roger Ebert. I remember looking forward to watching every episode of “Siskel & Ebert” as a kid. I remember the “Siskel & Ebert” episode of “The Critic,&...
Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Gene Siskel, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Reviews
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Weeks in review
Change of SubjectA roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: The Afternoon Shift (WBEZ-FM 91.5) Host Rick Kogan talks about the week's two hottest stories -- school closings and...... -
Heat don't accept that East is least
When it comes to political coverage, the debate tends to focus on perceived East Coast bias. When it comes to NBA, opinion tends to run the other way, that the Western Conference yields the true power. Even before the Miami Heat's 27-game...
Tags: Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers, National Basketball Association, New York Knicks, Chris Kaman
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Aberdeen man agrees to extradition in murder case
An Aberdeen man wanted for murder in Chicago has agreed to be extradited to face the charge. Daniel E. Neasom, 29, voluntarily agreed to be extradited, according to court paperwork filed after a Monday court hearing. Tom Schmitt, chief deputy with the...Tags: Chemical Industry, Chicago Police Department, Biotechnology Industry
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Report: No cameras at MJ's wedding
Weddings are supposed to be fun and about capturing memories, right? Well, that might be tough to do at Michael Jordan's nuptials. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the invitations to Jordan's wedding ask that guests not share any details, and...Tags: Weddings
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Latin world mourns Cuban film producer Carlos Vives, dead at 71
Since Cuban film producer Carlos Vives died in Havana last week at 71, tributes have floated in from newspapers and websites across the Spanish-speaking world. Except, of course, in the United States, where because of Cold War-era political rationales...
Tags: Havana (Cuba), Movies, Natalie Portman, Cuba, Media Industry
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Anthony Madrid Anthony Madrid lives in Chicago. His poems have appeared in Boston Review, Gulf Coast, The Iowa Review, Poetry and Web Conjunctions. His first book is “I Am Your Slave Now Do What I Say.” Rebecca Makkai Rebecca Makkai is...Tags: Camden (Camden, North Carolina), Television Industry, China, Celiac Disease, George Polk Awards
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Nathan Rabin Nathan Rabin is the head writer for The A.V. Club. His books include “The Big Rewind” and “My Year of Flops.” He also collaborated on “Weird Al: The Book.” He has written for the Wall Street Journal,...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Tony Awards, Radio, Television Industry, Music Industry
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Sun-Times Media makes job cuts
Tribune reporterSun-Times Media, which owns the Chicago Sun-Times and 40 suburban newspapers, has laid off several longtime suburban editors and other staffers as it begins to consolidate operations in its downtown Chicago offices. Layoffs took place at the...Tags: Job Layoffs, Unemployment, Layoffs and Downsizing, Joliet, Career and Workplace
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Drivers Dashing for Cash Create Traffic Jam
KickingTiresThe sky was literally raining money yesterday in Vernon Hills, Ill. Hundreds of dollars flew through a busy intersection in the Chicago suburb, causing a traffic jam as motorists tried to catch the cash; $100 and $10 bills swirled through......
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