Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Oh, No! Ebert and Roeper Go

Disney names new hosts to replace Ebert and Roeper | Markets | Markets News | Reuters: "LOS ANGELES, July 22 (Reuters) - A day after influential critic Roger Ebert quit the film-review show he co-created three decades ago, the Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday named two new hosts and unveiled a new format for the nationally syndicated program.

Ben Lyons, a film critic from cable channel E! Entertainment Television, and Ben Mankiewicz, a moderator on cable network Turner Classic Movies, will take over as hosts of Ebert's old show when it is relaunched on Sept. 6, said Disney's Buena Vista Productions studio..."

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