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Richard E. Roeper (born October 17, 1959) [1] is an American columnist and film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times.He co-hosted the television series At the Movies with Roger Ebert from 2000 to 2008, serving as the late Gene Siskel's successor.
Siskel was born in Chicago on January 26, 1946, the youngest of three children born to Ida (née Kalis) and Nathan William Siskel, who were Russian Jewish immigrants. [5] [6] His father died when he was four and his mother died when he was nine; thereafter, he was raised by his aunt and uncle. [7]
The show originally featured Roger Ebert, a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, and Gene Siskel, a film critic for the Chicago Tribune. The two newspapers were competitors, and so were Siskel and Ebert. As Ebert wrote after Siskel's death in 1999: We both thought of ourselves as full-service, one-stop film critics.
Podcasts about the movies have to somehow translate these inherently visual stories into something compelling in an audio-only format and two new podcasts, “Gene and Roger” and “The Plot ...
As "Jeopardy" fans come to grips with the loss of beloved host Alex Trebek, many are left wondering who will replace the game show host?
Its original hosts were Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, the former hosts of Sneak Previews on PBS (1975–1982) and a similarly titled syndicated series (1982–1986). [1] After Siskel died in 1999, [2] Ebert worked with various guest critics until choosing Chicago Sun-Times colleague Richard Roeper as his regular partner in 2000. [3]
Mayim Bialik was let go as Jeopardy! host because Sony wanted to “maintain continuity for our viewers.” Hours after Bialik announced her ouster on social media, the studio behind the iconic ...
Richard Cordray was a five-time Jeopardy! champion in 1987, who appeared in the 1987 Tournament of Champions while still serving as a law clerk. Cordray parlayed his success on Jeopardy! into political office, serving as an Ohio State Legislator, the Attorney General of Ohio, and later the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection ...