Actors, others honor Ebert at Chicago theater

By Caryn Rousseau

Published April 12, 2013 4:00am ET

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Actors, others honor Ebert at Chicago theater — FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2011 file photo, Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic Roger Ebert works in his office at the WTTW-TV studios in Chicago. Ebert died on Thursday, April 4, 2013. He was 70. Ebert started out as an old-school newspaper man, the kind that has all but vanished: a fierce competitor who spent the day trying to scoop the competition and the night bellied up to the bar swapping stories. Then newspapers fell on hard times, either laying off huge chunks of their staffs or disappearing altogether. But Ebert didn't merely survive. He flourished, largely by embracing television and later the Internet and social networks. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File) | Charles Rex Arbogast

CHICAGO (AP) — Hollywood came to Chicago on Thursday as actors, directors, film critics and studio presidents honored late movie reviewer Roger Ebert in his hometown.

All of those who shared memories at the Chicago Theatre cheered Ebert as a champion of movies and a critic who used his influence to help filmmakers find audiences. He died last week at age 70 after a years-long battle with cancer.

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