Richard Roeper

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Richard Roeper: Biography

Birth Place: Chicago, IL
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 08/01/1960, Leo
Profession: Columnist; film critic

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Richard Roeper: TV Guide News

Ebert and Roeper Part Ways with Movie Review Show | Today's News: Our Take | 7/21/2008
This news definitely gets two thumbs down. Roger Ebert, the Chicago Sun-Time critic who has been telling TV viewers how they should spend their money at the box office for more than 30 years, has announced he is parting ways with his nationally syndicated show. Ebert, who has been unable to co-host At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper for the last two years because of health issues, told the AP that Disney-ABC Domestic Television had decided to take the show "in a new direction" that he would rather not be associated with. This announcement comes just a day after co-host Richard Roeper announced he would not be renewing his contract.Ebert made the show popular by bickering with Chicago Tribune critic Gene Siskel, whom Roeper replaced permanently in 2000, after Siskel died of a brain tumor in 1999. While Ebert has not announced his future plans, Roeper says he plans to "to proceed elsewhere... as the cohost of a movie review show that honors the standards established by Gene... read more
Ted Koppel, Ocean's Thirteen and More Short Cuts | Today's News: Our Take | 7/26/2007
Ted Koppel will be honored with a lifetime achievement award at the 28th Annual News & Documentary Emmys.... The one that isn't Ebert, Richard Roeper, is hosting Starz Inside, a monthly Starz series covering a variety of cinematic topics. The show debuts Sept. 24.... USA Network has nabbed rights to Ocean's Thirteen, License to Wed and Blood Diamond.... Fox and MySpace are teaming with the Producers Guild on The Storyteller Challenge, an online competition in which the best five- to seven-minute TV-pilot presentations win $25,000. Look for a September launch. read more

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Richard Roeper: TV Listings

Richard Roeper: Credits

Title	Year	Type
Comic Books Unbound (Host)	2008	TV Show Series
Evening at the Academy Awards: The Arrivals (Reporter)	2006	TV Show Series
Evening at the Academy Awards: The Winners (Host)	2006	TV Show Series
At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper (Host)	2001	TV Show Series
Siskel & Ebert (Host)	1986	TV Show Series