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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: Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Reviews, Gene Siskel, Robert Mitchum, WTTW
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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: Entertainment, Reviews, Gene Siskel, Barack Obama, Movies
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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: Urbana (Champaign, Illinois), Reviews, Entertainment, Gene Siskel, Movies
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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: Mike James, Norris Cole, Chris Kaman, Brooklyn Nets, Chris Bosh
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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, Biotechnology Industry, Chicago Police Department
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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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They cannot stand Pat. But right's move to oust state GOP chair doomed to backfire
Change of SubjectHere's guessing that when the state's top Democrats gather these days, they're superstitiously avoiding mention of the coup attempt brewing in the Illinois GOP. Goodness knows they don't want to jinx it. The Illinois Republican State Central Committee has... -
Review: 'In Partial Disgrace' by Charles Newman
TriQuarterly still serves as his calling card. Seven years after his death and nearly four decades after he stepped down as editor, Charles Newman will always be best remembered as the dashing pipe-smoker who took Northwestern University's sleepy literary...
Tags: John Barron, FedEx Corporation, Religion and Belief, Chicago Tribune, World War II (1939-1945)
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Move to oust state GOP chair doomed to backfire
Here's guessing that when the state's top Democrats gather these days, they're superstitiously avoiding mention of the coup attempt brewing in the Illinois GOP. Goodness knows they don't want to jinx it. The Illinois Republican State Central Committee...
Tags: Republican Party, Family, Same-Sex Marriage, Parties and Movements, Mark Kirk
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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: Entertainment, Movies, Havana (Cuba), Natalie Portman, Media 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, Career and Workplace, Layoffs and Downsizing, Unemployment, Joliet
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