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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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Two magazines, two celebrity profiles. Why is Jimmy Kimmel’s story a better read?

Late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel was on the cover of the Jan. 17 issue of Rolling Stone, on his knees, wearing a tool belt, wrench in hand, exposing a sliver of plumber’s butt crack as he grinned slyly at the camera. Actress Megan Fox …

There are movies that are bad, and then there’s ‘Movie 43’

Perhaps Halle Berry, Kate Winslet and Hugh Jackman thought they’d be showing their carefree side when they agreed to be in this unfunny collection of aggressively tasteless comedy scenes. They were very, very, very wrong.

Britney, Beyonce and the game of lip syncing

With three Las Vegas casinos said to be in a bidding war for a Britney Spears spectacular, how can anyone be upset about lip synching?

As some pro athletes do battle, their wives and girlfriends prattle

Ray Lewis basher Anna Burns Welker is the latest sports wife to sound off — perhaps to her husband’s chagrin.

Jodie Foster’s speech was dramatic, but inspirational

In accepting the Cecil B. DeMille award at Sunday night’s Globes, Jodie Foster brought tears to many with a speech in which she thanked the people that mean the most to her, had a lot of fun with the open secret of her sexual orientation, made jokes at her own expense and took many a shot at reality TV and the lost art of maintaining a private life. She also brought the crazy.

  • Ladies night for annual Golden Globes awards

    ROEPER: It was a coming out party for multiple winners Lena Dunham and “Girls,” and a lifetime coming out party of sorts for Jodie Foster, who made veiled references to her sexual orientation while delivering a lovely and gracious speech while accepting the kind of lifetime achievement award usually bestowed upon someone much older than the 50-year-old Foster..

  • Brent Musburger hardly being a beast with his comments about this beauty

    Katherine Webb’s appearance at Monday night’s BCS Championship game was not the first time an unknown beauty was fan-cammed into sudden fame.

  • Richard Roeper picks his contenders for Oscar nominations

    In a crowded field of films, the Academy has some tough decisions to make. Here are Richard Roeper’s 2012 contenders.

    • Tech (and powering down) resolutions for 2013

    Technology isn’t the only beneficial diet Americans can tackle in 2013.

    Politics wins a majority of GOOF votes

    Nine nominees round out the Richard Roeper’s annual GOOF Awards, but there can only be one winner.

    Presenting the long list for annual GOOF award nominees

    David Petraeus, Chris Brown and Kanye West all are contenders as the year’s silliest person in the Greatly Overhyped and Overexposed Fool Awards.

    End of days prediction promises same outcome as previous speculation

    Here’s what I always say about the ancient Mayans: if they were so good at predicting the future, how come there aren’t more Mayans around today?

    DJs cause ire, but not like ND football

    Yes, I feel sorry for those Australian DJs. And quite a few of you are angry about that. In my column, I said Australian radio hosts Mel Greig and Michael Christian weren’t legally or morally responsible for the death of Jacintha Saldhana, the nurse who …

    The ministry of sound: ‘Twelve Days of Christmas’ tops charts for bad carols

    Ever since I was a little kid, every time I’ve been forced against my will to participate in a sing-along of “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” I’ve always thought it was, “Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtle doves” and of course that obligatory partridge in a pear tree, and what he’s doing up there is anybody’s guess.

    Roeper: Prank call to Kate Middleton’s nurse stupid, but not criminal

    RICHARD ROEPER: If you take all the Morning Zookeepers and afternoon wacky DJs in radio history and played all their prank phones one after another — well, not only would that take years, but it would be an effective tool to obtain information from prisoners in time of war.

    While MTV is now known for ‘Jersey Shore,’ it once heralded “Thriller” the biggest music video of all time

    The pop culture world recently observed the 30th anniversary of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” one of the 10 most seminal albums in modern music history — and the launching point for some of the most famous and influential videos ever, from “Beat It” to “Billie Jean” to the long-form “Thriller,” with that choreographed zombie dance number that kids are still emulating in flash mob videos in 2012. Michael Jackson wasn’t just a crossover artist on MTV. He was a pioneer.

    Letting stars skip an NBA game? Come on, Coach, give it a rest

    Legendary rockers the Who played the Allstate Arena in Rosemont last Thursday and Friday as part of the “Quadrophenia and More” tour. It’s a grueling, 36-city, cross-country tour, especially for a band that in 1965 was telling us, “Hope I die before I get old.” …

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