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Celebrate Roger Ebert's Birthday With Some Vintage 'Siskel & Ebert' Clips

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June 18, 2013 4:14 PM
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The late critic would have been 71 years old today.

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A Young Roger Ebert's Letter to the Editor of 'Amazing Stories'

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June 12, 2013 11:59 AM
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Here's a cool discovery. Ian Schoenherr runs a blog called John Schoenherr devoted to the work of his father, who was an award-winning illustrator for science fiction magazines and children's books. In a new blog post, the younger Schoenherr tracks down an issue of the sci-fi pulp Amazing Stories that featured one of his dad's pieces. Flipping through the magazine's August 1957 edition, he found another item of interest: a letter to the editor from one Roger Ebert, the future Pulitzer Prize winning film critic, then just a 15-year-old science fiction fan from Urbana, Illinois.

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Sundance and Indiewire Announce Roger Ebert Scholarship For Film Criticism

By Matt Singer
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June 6, 2013 12:56 AM
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At tonight's Celebrate Sundance Institute benefit in Los Angeles, where late film critic Roger Ebert was honored with a Vanguard Leadership Award in Memoriam, the Sundance Film Festival announced the creation of the Roger Ebert Scholarship For Film Criticism. The program, which will begin at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, "will make grants to 6 to 8 emerging critics to enable them to participate in the Indiewire Critics Academy program at 2014 Sundance Film Festival."

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Matt Zoller Seitz Named New Editor of RogerEbert.com

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June 4, 2013 1:06 PM
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The Vulture TV critic will edit and contribute reviews to the late film critic's website.

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A 500 Thumb Salute to Roger Ebert at Cannes

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May 23, 2013 3:01 PM
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Here's another fitting tribute to Roger Ebert, this one from all the way across the Atlantic, where friends, colleagues, and fans gathered outside the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival for a "500 Thumbs Up" Salute to the late film critic. Look carefully and you'll see Chaz Ebert, Columbia University's Annette Insdorf, the Los Angeles Times' Kenneth Turan, the Chicago Tribune's Michael Phillips, and Indiewire's own Eric Kohn, among many others. (Phillips is the toughest and most Waldo-esque to spot, but he's in there).

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