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Ebert on the mend

PRESS RELEASE: Chicago, IL -- Chicago Sun-Times and national television film critic Roger Ebert is in good condition and improving each day at Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital, where he was admitted for salivary cancer surgery last month. “Roger is improving…

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Bush wishes Ebert well

President Bush was in Chicago Thursday for his 60th birthday, having dinner with Mayor Daley. When asked by reporters what he wanted for his birthday he replied, "I've got a lot of birthday wishes. I hope the troops are safe.…

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Spielberg calls back

The telephone rang, and it was Steven Spielberg once again. After our previous conversation, I sent him a defense of "Munich" written by Jim Emerson, editor of www.rogerebert.com. His article includes quotes from many Jews highly critical of Spielberg.

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A telephone call with Spielberg

"I knew the minefield was there," says Steven Spielberg, describing the storm of controversy over his new film "Munich." He has been attacked on three fronts, for being anti-Israeli, being anti-Palestinian, and being neither -- which is, those critics say,…