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For the two years since Roger Ebert was absent from his "At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper" show recovering from various health issues, guest critics filled his chair to bicker with Richard Roeper (most consistently Chicago Tribune critic Michael Phillips) and wished Ebert a speedy return. After a while, the hopeful wishes ceased, as it appeared Ebert would not return to the show that bore his name.
Ebert announced today that he was cutting ties with the show, which was "going in a new direction." This, following Roeper's announcement that he would also be leaving the show amid contract negotiations with Disney.
So with no Ebert and no Roeper, is that the end of movie critics on TV? Roeper has hinted he will be returning on a different show, but do you guys miss that good ol' "Thumbs Up/Down" (or my favorite, "TWO THUMBS WAY UP!") that's been missing from movie trade ads for the past year?
Wonder what Gene Siskel woulda thought of all this.-- Ellen
In this issue of YA Wednesday, we jump on the Stephenie Meyer bandwagon.
It's been difficult to avoid reading about The Twilight Saga this week. What have people been calling it? Oh, yeah... "the Twilight juggernaut." Hmmm. Somebody has a pretty awesome publicity machine...
Fans have been following the Twilight series for years, but the EW cover story and the upcoming release of Breaking Dawn (the last Bella book) have launched Stephenie Meyer and her vampires into a pop culture frenzy.
Twilight, the movie based on book one of The Twilight Saga, opens Dec. 12, 2008. Breaking Dawn comes out August 2nd. Meyer is currently working on Midnight Sun, told from Edward's perspective.
Here's a timeline of the recent insanity...
Tuesday, July 7
The author herself asks fans to please, please, please not spoil Breaking Dawn for everybody else:
"I want to ask you guys for a favor. As we saw with Eclipse (not to mention that last Harry Potter book), there is always the potential for copies of the book to be leaked early. My publisher is doing everything they can to prevent this, but there is only so much that can be done. This is the favor: if someone, somewhere, somehow, gets a copy early, I'm asking you to please not post any spoilers on the internet. And if you see something, please don't spread it around."
She also lets people know that message boards on the fansites will be taken down soon, just in case anyone can't wait to discuss it. (She talks about this a little bit in her Amazon interview here.)
Thursday, July 10
The new EW shows up in my mailbox with its cover story about The Twilight Saga, including two features, "The Vampire Empire" (about Meyer and her books) and "Twilight Hits Hollywood" (about the Catherine Hardwicke film). EW.com includes the opening pages of Breaking Dawn and an interview with Meyer. A teaser in the magazine promises that EW.com will run "a super-exclusive spoiler about Bella's love life" on July 28.
An L.A. Times blog posts about Twilight fans who are displeased with the EW
cover, based on comments from fansites. According to the post, complainers cite
Rob Pattinson's open shirt (Edward, despite his extreme hunkiness, is quite virginal), among other too-sexy concerns, mostly related
to the fact that the people on this cover look nothing like Bella and
Edward, or the actors for that matter. (Have the people on EW
covers ever not looked totally weird and unlike themselves?) This
sparks comments from fans that they are *not* upset...
Friday, July 11
Summit Entertainment releases these two clips:
"Ballet scene"
And behind the scene footage and interviews
Saturday, July 12
The New York Times runs this opinion piece, with Gail Collins speculating that The Twilight Saga's appeal lies in the sexually innocent vampire boy, every girl's dream in a world where human boys choose porn over live girls:
Edward is a version of that legendary, seldom-seen male who won'€™t take advantage of his date even if she rips off her clothes and begs him to take her to bed. By the second novel, Bella was hounding him to turn her into a vampire so they could be together forever, but he was resisting on the grounds that it would be bad for her soul.
Collins underlines her points by reminding us that Meyer is Mormon, a fact that the media can't quite get enough of. I mean, do you know J.K. Rowling's religion? Do you care? Meyer does perpetuate her good girl image, especially in the EW interview, where she says that all the boys she knew growing up were good boys.
Tuesday, July 15
MTV.com runs an interview with Robert Pattinson as part of their regular "Twilight Tuesdays" feature on the MTV movie blog. The interviewer starts off with questions about how his role in Twilight compares with his role in the Harry Potter movies (he played Cedric Diggory). His answer? (I'm paraphrasing) Well, I'm the star in this one.
Wednesday, July 16
How long will the frenzy continue? It's hard to know."Twilight hits Hollywood" was usurped earlier today on EW.com's "Today's most popular" list by "Heidi Klum's 17 runway faves," which was then overthrown by "20 abrupt reality-TV farewells."--Heidi

Stand-up comedian George Carlin died of heart failure on Sunday in Santa Monica, California. A Grammy winner and Emmy nominee, Carlin was best-known for edgy stand-up routines like "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" and poking fun at the peculiarities of language. He also wrote books, was the first host of Saturday Night Live, and aired many stand-up comedy specials on HBO. Read the New York Times obit or watch a clip below. --David
OK, so they've actually been around since 1990. But 1,000 issues of any magazine is something to celebrate, and EW is doing it in style, with their trademark: lists, lists, and more lists. "The New Classics: The 1,000 Best Movies, TV Shows, Albums, Books & More of the Last 25 Years" is great fun, and ranks every form of media you can think of since 1983, with input from both editors and celebs. Where else could you find a magazine cover with Harry Potter, Maggie Simpson, Edward Scissorhands, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer? And lists written by Jodie Foster, Neil Gaiman, and and Liz Phair? Continuing Entertainment Weekly's 100 films from the past 25 years that will stand with the all-time greats over time. Numbers 75-51 are below.
75. OUT OF AFRICA (1985)
74. DRUGSTORE COWBOY (1989)
73. OFFICE SPACE (1999)
72. THELMA & LOUISE (1991)
<------71. UNFORGIVEN (1992)
70. BROADCAST NEWS (1987)
69. ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER (1999)
68. WITNESS (1985)
67. DONNIE BRASCO (1997)
66. NATURAL BORN KILLERS (1994)
65. DIRTY DANCING (1987)
64. NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007)
63. BIG (1988)
62. SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE (1989)----->
61. BEVERLY HILLS COP (1984)
60. SCREAM (1996)
59. L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (1997)
58. GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
57. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (1998)
56. THE LIVES OF OTHERS (2007)
55. RISKY BUSINESS (1983)
54. FATAL ATTRACTION (1987)
53. THE TRUMAN SHOW (1998)
52. THE NAKED GUN (1988)
51. THERE WILL BE BLOOD (2007)
More to be revealed tomorrow... —Ellen

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