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Big thumbs up for Ebert’s Web film archive
By PETE BLAND of the Tribune’s staff
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert were among my first real teachers.

GAME OVER
Games will thrive with or without the label of ‘art’
By PAUL DZIUBA
A little over a week ago, Roger Ebert reaffirmed his belief that video games are not now and never will be art. 

HOLLYWOOD HEADLINERS
By GEORGE RUSH and JOANNA RUSH MOLLOY Tribune Media Services
It’s hard to top Lindsay, Paris and Britney in this month’s scandal sweepstakes, but Zsa Zsa Gabor’s husband might have done it last week by claiming that a trio of women robbed him, stripped him and handcuffed him to his Rolls-Royce.

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer tested by on-air confrontations
By DAVID BAUDER of The Associated Press
NEW YORK - Wolf Blitzer’s in the news again. CNN’s colorful, attack-dog journalist was involved in another on-air confrontation, this time with "Sicko" filmmaker Michael Moore.

Music

Trio turns up sexual energy to earn a ‘yeah!’ from fans
By MARY T. NGUYEN of the Tribune’s staff
Ask music fans the importance of track order on a CD, and you’ll get a slew of declarations - some logical, most not - about how track seven on most albums needs to be good, or the first track needs to be the attention-grabber, or the last three aren’t really important.

Jazz series on tap
It’s hard to imagine organizing a yearlong music series, but somehow jazz enthusiast Jon Poses manages to do it again and again with the "We Always Swing" Jazz Series. 

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Homer’s big-screen moment feels familiar to die-hard fans
By SCOTT A. MAY
For many - myself included - "The Simpsons" is the TV equivalent of comfort food, so it figures the big-screen version would be the ultimate banquet. Oddly enough, although it tastes great, it’s not very filling.

Little sparrow
This challenging biopic explores the life of French singer Edith Piaf, nicknamed the "Little Sparrow," whose life burned brightly for 47 years.

Damon returns
All Jason Bourne wanted was to disappear. Instead, the legendary assassin is now hunted by the people who made him the killer he is today.

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