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Richard Roeper's column has been appearing in the Sun-Times for more than 20 years. The column has garnered numerous awards, including the National Headliner Award …Read More

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NATO Chicago is a tale of two cities

I’m walking down Dearborn Street in River North on Sunday. Not the sidewalk. The street. Traffic closures have rendered Dearborn as eerily empty as a zombie-free street in “The Walking Dead.” Meanwhile, other pockets of the city have jammed tight with humanity over the weekend …

‘Stinger’ scenes after film credits need to come to an end

RICHARD ROEPER: Rarely is it worth sitting through the names of gaffers and sound editors for that final little gag.

Tapping Howard Stern to be ‘Talent’ judge brilliant stroke by NBC

To the surprise of no one who’s been paying attention to Howard Stern’s career over the years, Stern hit a home run in his debut as a judge on NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” delivering the best commentary of the night without coming close to giving …

Seen one baby, pretty much seen them all

What’s the over/under on the number of baby pictures you can gush over before the acting instincts kick in? Two? Three? Be honest. It doesn’t mean you don’t appreciate the miracle of birth and you aren’t happy for your friend or co-worker or even a …

Johnny Depp’s fancy-pants act has become tiresome

RICHARD ROEPER: In “Dark Shadows,” here he goes again with intricate hair and period costumes of “The Pirates of the Caribbean,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Alice in Wonderland” ...

Goodbye and good riddance, Norma Jean

It looked like the thing was in a noose. The enormous and breathtakingly tacky statue of Marilyn Monroe was taken apart last Monday night, a heavy orange rope around Marilyn’s neck as she was separated into pieces. Factor in the foggy conditions, and it was …

  • Avengers’ $200 million haul huge, but Rhett Butler’s still king

    RICHARD ROEPER: When you figure in climbing ticket prices, 3D surcharges and more, old movies look more heroic for attracting fans.

  • Richard Roeper: Tom Brokaw’s right -- glitterati have no place at White House dinner

    Amen. That’s what I say to Tom Brokaw’s comments on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday regarding the increasingly garish White House Correspondents Dinner. “Look, I think George Clooney is a great guy, I’d like to meet Charlize Theron, but I don’t think the big …Read More

  • With or without NATO hassle, Chicago already an international city

    Tell me again why Chicago should be excited to host the NATO Summit? Reason No. 1: It will pump some $128 million into city coffers. Right. Except some economists have already said that figure seems wildly inflated. Reason No 2: It will put Chicago on …Read More

    • Movie goes ‘All In’ — good bet for poker fans

    In the excellent new documentary “All In: The Poker Movie,” there’s great archival footage of Amarillo Slim winning the World Series of Poker in 1972. First prize: $80,000. Number of entrants: Eight By 2006, when Jamie Gold bested 8,772 entrants to win the WSOP Main …

    One Avenger’s clearly the best, and another (sorry, Scarlett) the worst

    RICHARD ROEPER: She looks great in the outfit, but I’m not buying Black Widow’s singlehanded defeat of a roomful of bad guys.

    Can’t get bad Chicago song out of my head

    In 1985, the Chicago Convention and Tourism Bureau released a series of promotional TV ads with the theme, “Calling Me Home Chicago.” Celebrities who were from Chicago or had a deep bond with the city were shown returning to the city by the lake. Quincy …

    Quirky ‘Five-Year Engagement’ worth walk down theater aisle

    A more accurate title for “The Five-Year Engagement” would have been “I Got a Job in Michigan.” Uneven and a little too predictable but also consistently smart, sharp and sweet, this movie is more about the tension created when a couple uproots so one of them can realize a career dream than it is about fear of commitment.

  • President Barack Obama’s slow jam with Jimmy Fallon? A little cheesy

    When President Barack Obama told Jimmy Fallon one of his favorite movies is “Groundhog Day,” I thought for sure someone in the GOP would respond by saying: “Little wonder the president is such a fan of ‘Groundhog Day,’ given that we’ve been waking up to …Read More

  • Bored with real life? There’s an app for that

    If Marty McFly touched down in the real 2012, no doubt he’d be dazzled by the info-techno-revolution, and within a day he’d come to this conclusion: The average American looks down at her communications device more often than she looks other people in the eye. …Read More

  • Terrible Ted Nugent is really Tooth-, Fang- and Clueless

    Few Americans have enjoyed the fruits of freedom more than Ted Nugent. Born and raised in Detroit, Nugent moved to Palatine as a teenager. He’s a graduate of St. Viator High. (Go Lions!) Nugent used student deferments to avoid the Vietnam draft. (He has recanted …Read More

    • Roeper: For Dick Clark, countdown is over — and he’s No. 1

    He was Ryan Seacrest before Ryan Seacrest’s parents met. In recent years when Dick Clark would appear on his “Rockin’ New Years Eve” on ABC-TV to count down to midnight with his protege Ryan Seacrest, there were some who felt Mr. Clark shouldn’t be on …

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