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  • Category: Television
  • Unveiled: 23 Jun 2005
  • Star rank: 642
  • Address:
    6902 Hollywood Blvd
  • Position: 4 tiles from the curb, facing west
  • GPS location:
    34.101415, -118.340132

Roger Ebert

Next star: Shirley Booth
Previous star: Rod Serling

Biography

Roger Joseph Ebert ( /ˈiːbərt/; born June 18, 1942) is an American journalist, film critic and screenwriter. He is the first film critic to win a Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.

Fact file

  • Born: Roger Joseph Ebert June 18, 1942 (age 69) Urbana, Illinois, U.S.
  • Occupation: Author, journalist, film historian, film critic, screenwriter
  • Language: English
  • Nationality: American
  • Education: Urbana High School, Illinois High School Association
  • Alma mater: University of Chicago, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Period: 1967–present
  • Subjects: Film
  • Notable work(s): The Great Movies; The Great Movies II; Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
  • Notable award(s): Pulitzer Prize for film criticism
  • Spouse(s): Chaz Hammelsmith (July 18, 1992 – present)

Read more about Roger Ebert at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

In the news

Roger Ebert on Cannes' Wild Past (Q&A)
Hollywood Reporter, 2012-05-10 12:30:00
Todd McCarthy A fixture on the Croisette from 1972 through 2006, the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic looks back on the freewheeling personalities that gave the festival its fizz.read more

'The Avengers': The Reviews Are In!
MTV News, 2012-05-03 11:01:39
Reviews are glowing for director Joss Whedon's star-studded superhero epic.By Josh Wigler Scarlett Johansson in "The Avengers" Photo: Marvel Impossibly high expectations, assemble! The moment that Marvel fans far and wide have been waiting years for has arrived at last: "The Avengers," directed by Joss Whedon and featuring a star-studded ...

'Wrath of the Titans': The Reviews Are In!
MTV News, 2012-03-30 15:20:45
The 3-D may be a step up from 'Clash of the Titans,' but critics are panning the sequel as 'relentlessly mechanical.'By Kevin P. Sullivan Sam Worthington in "Wrath of the Titans" Photo: Warner Bros. If you've read any Greek mythology, you know that after the Titans' clash comes their wrath. ...

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