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Richard Roeper

Radio Host & Film Critic for the Chicago Sun-Times

Richard Roeper is a nationally syndicated columnist and film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times and the author of nine books. He is the recipient of the National Headliner Award as the best columnist in the country, and he has garnered numerous other awards over the course of his career. Roeper has hosted radio shows on WLS-AM, WLS-FM, WLUP-FM and WGN-AM in Chicago.

For nine years, Roeper was the co-host of “At the Movies,” which eventually was titled, “Ebert & Roeper.” Roeper has hosted a number of movie-related shows on Starz, Reelz Channel and DISH. For much of the last decade, Roeper has been the film critic for “Windy City Live” on ABC-7 in Chicago.

In addition to some 20 appearances on “The Tonight Show,” Roeper has been a guest on “Oprah,” “Nightline,” “The Today Show,” “Top Chef,” “Entourage,” “Live with Regis and Kelly” and dozens of other shows.