Apr 14, 2008 -
The New York Times recently ran a nice piece describing the impact Roger Ebert has had on the world of movie critique (the thumbs up/down rating system included), which had previously been relegated to newspapers and magazines. The show Siskel and Ebert became famous for the on-air debates they brought to American living rooms, making film criticism fun to watch and accessible to the regular moviegoer.
Unfortunately, Ebert recently wrote that due to surgical complications, he will no longer be able to do the TV show and will return to only doing written reviews.
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Aug 27, 2007 -
- The foul-mouthed kiddos of "South Park" will be around through at least 2011, writes the New York Times.
- Mexican actor Demian Bichir is signed on to play Fidel Castro in Steven Soderbergh's upcoming films The Guerrilla and The Argentine while Benicio Del Toro plays Che Guevara, Variety reports.
- "Buffy" and "Tru Calling" star Eliza Dushku has signed a deal with Fox in which the network will develop projects for her, writes the Hollywood Reporter.
- London theaters are all about taking cues from Hollywood these days as a stage adaptation of Pedro Almodovar's All About My Mother readies to open tomorrow and Christian Slater takes on Kevin Spacey's role in a stage version of Swimming With Sharks, says Variety.
- ComingSoon reports that Keanu Reeves will star in a remake of the sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still.
- Roger Ebert and Disney are squabbling over the use of the critic's famous thumbs, Variety reports.
- Donal Logue will star in a Fox comedy called "Hackett," about a "bad-boy literary luminary" who ends up teaching at a public school.
- ComingSoon reports that Warner Bros will release an extended version of High School Musical 2 on December 11.
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