Film and thumb fans rejoice, Roger Ebert has announced the hosts for his new version of At the Movies. The reboot of the show he started with Gene Siskel 35 years ago will be hosted by the Associated Press’ Christy Lemire and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of movie website Mubi.com.

Famed film critic Roger Ebert just saw a YouTube video that he not only gives two thumbs way up, but also thinks is deserving of an Academy Award for best short film. New York City filmmaker Jamie Stuart shot his film, simultaneously called “Idiot with a Tripod” and “Man in a Blizzard” during the recent snowpocalypse in New York, quickly edited it, and send it to Ebert.

More proof that it’s August and Shark Week may no longer be enough to hold our attention during the dog days: The Friars Club decided to Roast David Hasselhoff. That’s a pretty low-hanging roast, as it were. Said host Seth MacFarlane: “How can you embarrass a man who so thoroughly embarrasses himself?” Yes, well.

Last night was the Webbys. Speeches are only five words. So is our write-up, kinda. Plus videos of Internet people!

I love Twitter. I use it all the time. When I say use, hear it the way an addict would say it. I use Twitter. I’m pretty good at it too. Not in the sense of having lots of followers, or being really popular, or anyone knowing who I am. Rather in the sense of knowing how to get certain things out of it that I want. Usually that’s traffic to a blog post. I admit that. But the most satisfying thing of all is a retweet. If you’re really good, or really famous, it’s easy to get a lot of retweets. If you aren’t either of those, it’s still easy. Be bad.

On Wednesdsay, 5 California high school students were sent home from school when they were asked to remove their American flag shirts, out of respect for Cinco de Mayo, and refused. The following day, many students staged a mass walkout to attend a rally protesting the fact that the 5 students weren’t punished more harshly. The story got national news attention, but gratifyingly doesn’t seem to have caught on with many people (beyond Roger Ebert). Still, there are some surreal elements to this story that deserve closer inspection.

The world’s most beloved film critic, Roger Ebert, is not a fan of the current 3-D trend. In an article in the current Newsweek, Ebert claims that 3-D movies are nothing but a trashy gimmick whose only real purpose is to steal extra money from audiences and this writer, at least, thinks he’s 100% right.

Ithe past few months, America has begun to realize how close we came to losing Roger Ebert. Thanks in part to an inspirational appearance on Oprah last month, there has been an increased interest in Mr. Ebert. However, with all the focus on how he can’t speak, many people have forgotten that his writing is still as vibrant as it’s always been. Perhaps a terrific blog post that he published on his site earlier this week will remind people.

Maybe you’ve seen the trailer or vaguely get the premise of Hot Tub Time Machine (it’s below, just in case). Four guys get into a hot tub and are sent back in time to a universe that still only knows Michael Jackson for his music and . It’s Bill and Ted with a more outlandish concept and less Keanu Reeves. I’ve seen that trailer way too many times because, or at least I believe, that I’m the targeted demo of a 25-34 male who watches sports and Comedy Central too much. It should be my sense of humor, but I was doubting it.

The staff memo first hit the web yesterday by way of Romenesko, and now a day later, the fallout is continuing around news that Variety is doing away with several full-time film reviewers — including longtime chief film critic Todd McCarthy, who is probably one of the biggest industry names in entertainment media.

Roger Ebert is a world-renowned film critic whose website got 92 million visits last year. He has also had a rough ride over the past decade, battling various forms of cancer and undergoing serious and invasive operations, which left him unable to speak normally. He also can no longer eat or drink. That was the [...]

In a blistering review, famed film critic Roger Ebert slammed the much anticipated sequel The Twilight Saga: New Moon in the Chicago Sun Times. Though to be fair, there were many soundbites to choose from, including “The characters in this movie should be arrested for loitering with intent to moan.” See them all after the jump.