Nickname:	Roger Ebert / R. Hyde / Reinhold Timme /
Known for:	Dead Teenager Movie, The 2002 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards Nomination Show, Siskel & Ebert
Birthday:	18 June 1942, Urbana, Illinois, USA
Height:	5' 8" (1.73 m)

AP - Film critic Roger Ebert on Thursday confirmed that a fellow critic yelled at him and whacked him on the knee with a program during a movie screening at the Toronto Film Festival last weekend, but said the incident was "blown out of proportion."
AP - Roger Ebert hopes to make it to his annual namesake film festival next week despite hip surgery. The 65-year-old film critic was recovering Friday at a Chicago hospital from minor hip surgery after a recent fall.
Beloved film critic Roger Ebert is returning to work following his battle with cancer. The 65-year-old Chicago, Illinois-based critic will start writing movie reviews later this month after his annual film festival, which begins on April 23.


AP - Roger Ebert will resume writing reviews later this month, but will not rejoin his syndicated TV show because he's still unable to speak.
NEW YORK (AP) - Roger Ebert, who has undergone a series of cancer surgeries, was recovering Friday after having yet another operation. The 65-year-old film critic had successful surgery Thursday in Houston to address complications from previous operations, his lawyer said in a statement.


AP - Sean Penn and Michael Moore demonstrated their power in the independent film world, taking top honors at the 17th annual Gotham Awards.
Reuters - Roger Ebert will make his first public appearance in New York next month since falling ill in summer 2006.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Roger Ebert has turned thumbs down on thumb reviews for ''At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper.''


LOS ANGELES (AP) - Film critic Roger Ebert said he never gave a ''thumbs down'' to the use of thumbs in reviews for ''At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper'' during contract negotiations.


AP - What Roger Ebert couldn't say Wednesday night at the opening of his Overlooked Film Festival, his smile said for him.
AP - Film critic Roger Ebert says he won't miss his annual film festival, despite the advice from some who said he should sit out this year.
Reuters - Borrowing a line from "Gone With the Wind," film critic Roger Ebert is telling the paparazzi to take all the pictures they want when he appears in public after surgery that has left him temporarily disfigured.
Roger Ebert plans to attend his annual festival for overlooked movies this week, returning to public view for the first time since having cancer surgery.
Rocker JOHN MELLENCAMP will be showing off his movie knowledge when he becomes the unlikely co-host of top-rated US film review show Ebert & Roeper.The Jack & Diane hitmaker will join critic Richard Roeper to critique new releases on the show this weekend (21-22Apr07), while regular reviewer Roger Ebert is on a sabbatical.Movie & Entertainment
Reuters - Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic Roger Ebert said he plans a "return to action" at his upcoming Overlooked Film Festival in Illinois later this month as he continues recovering from cancer surgery.

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