Word: ebert
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...balding journalist of whom Roger Ebert once jokingly noted, "You know, his scalp is so prominent, it's worthy of its own zip code." But all joking aside, film critic Gene Siskel was indeed a worthy man in many respects. The "Jake" to Ebert's "Fat Man," Siskel was a prominent entertainment journalist at The Chicago Tribune for 30 years as well as co-host of the syndicated movie review program Siskel & Ebert. Last Saturday, he died at age 53 of ongoing complications from surgery performed on his brain ten months...
...time during which many Americans seem loathe to accept the advice of any arts critic, Siskel was truly a star in his own right. I once heard a friend say something along the lines of, "Siskel and Ebert? Pffhh. I'd probably be more likely to go to a movie that they gave two thumbs down." And strangely enough, about a week or so later, I found myself looking at The New York Times' Arts section wherein some horrible B-movie (which I think was supposed to revive the career of one of those long-forgotten extras from Saved...
Last year, 150 Harvard students had the good fortune of seeing Siskel and Ebert in person at an event sponsored by the Harvard Law School Forum. The journalists were on hand to discuss life beyond the courtroom and the applicability of a law degree in the places where you'd least expect to find it useful. For Siskel, it was topic more personal than many in the audience would have anticipated. "I was once in your shoes," he began in his slightly quivering voice, "all excited about my first day of law school...
...Gene Siskel was indeed a journalist, not just a critic as many would believe. Although he was probably best-known for his movie reviews on Siskel & Ebert, he was also a contributor to CBS This Morning, a nationally-televised show on which he delivered outstanding interviews with some of Hollywood's top directors. These were meaty interviews about the state of the motion picture industry, art in the 1990s and different players' roles within--none of this "Who designed your dress? Oscar de la Renta?" garbage that seems to pass for arts reporting on several less-reputable "entertainment news" shows...
...think is going fly, [In it,] I'm a flight attendant, so I think that'll be, like, a perfect character. I'm in first class, so I can talk to people, and have guest stars on. The other day, for real, I sat next to Roger Ebert, and I wanted to say to him, "Should I watch the movie?," but there was no movie [on the flight...