By Josh Tyler: 2008-07-21 18:12:11 It’s the end of an era. The LA Times reports that both Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper are terminating their relationship

The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, a 4th century version that had its Gospels and epistles spread across the world, is being made whole again -- online.
The British Library says the full text of the Codex Sinaiticus will be available to Web users by next July, digitally reconnecting parts that are held in Britain, Russia, Germany and a monastery in Egypt's Sinai Desert.
In an e-mail Monday, Ebert said Disney-ABC Domestic Television had decided to take the show "in a new direction" and he won't be associated with it. Ebert has been sidelined the last two years because of health issues that have robbed him of his voice.

BY ROBERT FEDER Sun-Times Columnist The back-to-back statements issued Sunday and Monday by Sun-Times colleagues Richard Roeper and Roger Ebert marked the

It's official. After more than 30 years, the film review titans are saying goodbye to the TV show Ebert and the late Gene Siskel made famous - "At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper."
There's been talk the last couple years that professional film criticism might be nearing its end. With no geographic barrier between you, a Seattle reader, and the movie critic in New York, or Los Angeles, or Bangkok, struggling newspapers are finding it harder to keep local critics on a payroll.
en supplanted by the democratic voices of the Web. Not to get all Lee Siegel on you, but the Internet has a mob mentality that can overwhelm serious criticism. There is superb film writing in blogs

CHICAGO (AP) — Roger Ebert is leaving the balcony - but hinting that he's not finished with television.
The famed film critic announced Monday that he is cutting ties with the nationally syndicated program he and the late critic Gene Siskel made famous, a day after Richard Roeper said he was quitting the show.
of each film review. Last year, as he was negotiating a new contract with Disney-ABC Domestic Television, Ebert said he had "exercised his right to withhold use of the "thumbs" until he had a new contract.

Richard Roeper, co-host of ABC's At the Movies with Ebert and Roeper, which also airs on ReelzChannel.com, is leaving the program after eight seasons.
According to Variety, Roeper failed to reach an agreement on a contract extension.
Holsters Thumb and Departs At the Movies

By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Influential film critics Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper are departing the movie-review show that bears their names, the two announced separately, leaving the program's future unclear.
Ebert, 66, who has been sidelined as co-host of "At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper" since 2006 due to health problems, said in a statement posted on Monday on the Web site of the Chicago Sun-Times that he was ending his relationship with the show.
omplications from a surgery to remove a brain tumor. Continued...

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CHICAGO, July 21 (UPI) -- Chicago Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper has announced he is quitting the syndicated film review program, "At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper."
h Disney the best of luck with their new show, whatever form it may take," Roeper said in the statement. "In the meantime, it is my intention to proceed elsewhere with my ninth year as the co-host of a movie review show that honors the standards established by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert more than 30 years ago. I will be free to share the details on that program in the near future."

Last year, I interviewed Richard Roeper about the contract dispute with Disney over the future of "Ebert & Roeper At the Movies." By then the show had stopped using the thumbs up/down recommendations.
Since that interview, the website URL for "At the Movies" was renamed without the words "ebert" or "roeper" in it. The thumbs up/down remained noticeably absent. We all knew something was up, and some of us suspected this day would come.
particulars of the Disney divorce, but this would seem to confirm Carol Felsenthal's report in her Chicago magazine profile of Ebert in 2005 that suggested his TV franchise was in trouble and that Disney was keeping it going mainly for the

Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper announced today that they are leaving the syndicated movie-review show that's been televised, in one form or another, for 33 years. Ebert's announcement on his Website sounds a little bit sad and a little bit pissed off; apparently Disney, the studio that owns the show, wanted to take it "in a new direction." "I will no longer be associated with it," Ebert writes. (Though he hasn't appeared on air in several years, due to illness, Ebert still works on the show behind the scenes.)
What "new direction" did Disney want to take the show? Thumbs-ups only for Disney movies? Pixar-animated Siskel and Ebert? Guest spots for the Jonas Brothers? Who

The Dark Knight brought a bright day to Warner Bros. today - as the studio began a final tally of weekend box-office receipts that it estimated on Sunday would reach a record of $155.3 million. If that figure holds up, the movie would exceed the previous record of $151.1 million for a three-day opening set by Spider-Man 3 last year. The movie also set a record for the biggest single-day gross for a movie ($67.9 million), the biggest midnight preview ($18.5 million), the biggest IMAX opening ($6.21 million) and the most opening theaters (4,366). Nearly overlooked was the fact that Mamma Mia!, which opened in second place with $27.5 million, also set a record for the biggest

Douglas C. Pizac / - In an announcement posted early Monday morning on his website, film critic Roger Ebert said he is taking his thumbs and walking away from the TV show he helped build into an international brand. "After 33 years on the air, 23 of them with Disney, the studio has decided to take the program in a new direction," he wrote. "I will no longer be associated with it." Ebert's announcement arrived only hours after co-host Richard Roeper, of the Chicago Sun-Times — his on-air companion since 1999 — announced that he too would be leaving At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper; his last weekend on the show will reportedly be Aug. 16.
Ebert has been battling serious medical

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert says he's cutting ties with the television show that he and the late Gene Siskel made famous.
In an e-mail to The Associated Press on Monday, Ebert said Disney-ABC Domestic Television had decided to take the show "in a new direction" and he won't be associated with it.
Siskel and Roger Ebert more than 30 years ago."

AP Photo Richard Roeper has given two thumbs down—and two weeks' notice—to a contract offer for his stalwart movie review show. After being unable to agree

By Michael Y. Park The Chicago Sun-Times columnist won't be returning for a ninth season, reports the AP, because he couldn't come to an agreement on a

On Sunday, Richard Roeper’s people (yeah, he’s got people…I wish I had people) announced that he will be leaving Ebert & Roeper as of August.

July 21, 2008 - Sun-Times columnist Rrichard Roeper is leaving the nationally syndicated show "At The Movies With Ebert & Roeper" after eight seasons.
With Roger Ebert's health problems, the show has featured guest co-hosts over the last two years.

By Phil Rosenthal | Tribune media columnist Chicago Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper said in a statement late Sunday that he will leave television's "At

Chicago Sun-Times columnist Richard Roeper announced Sunday he is leaving the nationally syndicated show At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper after eight seasons.
In a statement, Roeper said: Eight years ago this summer, it was my privilege to join Roger Ebert as the new co-host of Ebert & Roeper, the sequel to the iconic movie-review franchise created by Roger and the late Gene Siskel.