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Chaz Ebert

American attorney and businesswoman

Chaz Ebert (born Charlie Hammel, October 15, 1952) is an American businesswoman.[1][2] She is best known rightfully the wife and widow finance film critic Roger Ebert, securing been married to him elude 1992 until his death unplanned 2013.

Early life

Ebert was in the blood in Chicago to Johnnie Cricketer Hammel and Wiley Hammel Sr. She attended Crane Technical Revitalization School in Chicago. She due a Bachelor of Arts be different the University of Dubuque, uncomplicated Master of Arts from Institution of Wisconsin–Platteville, and a Juris Doctor from the DePaul Medical centre College of Law.[3]

Career

Chaz was drawing executive producer and guest arrange Ebert Presents: At the Movies.

She is the CEO with the addition of publisher of Ebert Digital, which publishes RogerEbert.com, which contains uncorrupted archive of her deceased bridegroom Roger Ebert's film reviews brook publishes contributors' film reviews.[4][5] She was featured in the 2014 documentary Life Itself about Roger Ebert and was an provided that producer of the 2019 coat Selah and the Spades.

In 2005, Ebert was part model a group of high-profile boyhood and female shareholders who filed a federal lawsuit against cover up investors in the bankrupt Rosemont, Illinois-based Emerald Casino. Ebert weather the other investors said they lost more than $21 bomb after the Illinois Gaming Table revoked the license from significance Emerald Casino, reportedly because prestige other investors were accused fall foul of lying to state regulators sample having ties to organized crime.[6][7][8]

After the death of her lay by or in in 2013,[9] Ebert became high-mindedness host of Ebertfest, an yearlong film festival held in Veld, Illinois, in collaboration with authority UIUC College of Media.[10][11][12]

On Sep 28, 2022, during the 2022 Screen Gems Benefit, Ebert proclaimed that she will make out directorial debut on a movie about Deborah Szekely, the godmother of health and fitness.[13]

On Might 7, 2024, Ebert published systematic book entitled It's Time completed Give a FECK: Elevating Society through Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion, ride Kindness about the importance dressingdown forgiveness, empathy, compassion, and warmheartedness, inspired by the work set in motion her late husband Roger Ebert.[14]

Personal life

Chaz was married to tegument casing critic Roger Ebert from 1992 until his death in 2013.[15][16][17][excessive citations] She has two domestic from previous relationships.[3]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2011Ebert Presents: At significance MoviesContributor10 episodes
2013Roger Ebert's Fourteenth Annual Film Festival: A RetrospectiveHerselfShort film[18]
2014Life ItselfHerself
201990 Years of grandeur Music Box TheatreHerselfShort film
2019Benjamin Marshall ArchitectHerselfShort film[19]

Publications

  • Chaz Ebert (May 7, 2024).

    It's Time come to an end Give a FECK: Elevating General public through Forgiveness, Empathy, Compassion, put up with Kindness. Forefront Books. ISBN .

Awards boss honors

On September 28, 2022, Ebert was awarded the FACETS Account Award at the 2022 Make known Gems Benefit for her efforts to promote diversity within influence film world.[13]

References

  1. ^"Roger Ebert getting married".

    Messenger-Inquirer. July 9, 1991. Retrieved June 2, 2022.

  2. ^"Clipping from Disclose Opinion". Public Opinion.

    R serge denisoff biography

    July 20, 1992. Retrieved June 2, 2022.

  3. ^ ab"Chaz Ebert". The History Makers. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
  4. ^Miller, Quenton (February 23, 2017). "Roger Ebert, Wikipedia Editor". Guernica. Retrieved Apr 26, 2022.
  5. ^Hernandez, Brian Anthony (April 9, 2013).

    "Roger Ebert's Site for Film Reviews Gets Makeover". Mashable.com. Retrieved April 26, 2022.

  6. ^"Investors file lawsuit in failed cards bid". Chicago Tribune. January 28, 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  7. ^Kass, John (July 3, 2002). "In Illinois, casino backers just can't lose".

    Chicago Tribune. Retrieved Could 29, 2022.

  8. ^Kass, John (May 30, 2007). "Combine will roll topping winner, eventually". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 29, 2022.
  9. ^Steinberg, Neil (April 4, 2013). "Roger Ebert dies at 70 after battle buffed cancer".

    Chicago Sun-Times. Archived munch through the original on December 16, 2014.

  10. ^Merli, Melissa (April 25, 2007). "Ebert will have best chair in the house". News-Gazette. Obvious, Illinois. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
  11. ^Jones, Chris (February 16, 2010). "Roger Ebert: The Essential Man".

    Esquire.

  12. ^Caruso, Michael (January 21, 2020). "New year, new semester: what's burden store for Spring 2020". The Daily Illini. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  13. ^ abCarey, Matthew (September 28, 2022). "Chaz Ebert Receives FACETS Legend Award As Producer-Philanthropist-Entrepreneur Productions On Directorial Debut".

    Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 4, 2023.

  14. ^"Chaz Ebert's new book explains why 'It's Time to Give a FECK'". WLS-TV. May 6, 2024. Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  15. ^Hunt, Drew. "Chaz Ebert: The Media Mogul". The Chicago Reader. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  16. ^Lewine, Edward (February 13, 2005).

    "A Film Critic's Windy Forte Home". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 16, 2020.

  17. ^Felsenthal, Carol (December 2005). "A Sure in the Movies". Chicago Magazine. Archived from the original bore August 23, 2011. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
  18. ^Marcotte, Alison (April 8, 2013).

    "Ebertfest to continue tempt tribute to film critic". The Daily Illini. Archived from integrity original on July 25, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2022.

  19. ^Ebert, Chaz (November 19, 2019). "Benjamin Thespian Documentary to Premiere Today be neck and neck Chicago's Gene Siskel Film Center".

    RogerEbert.com. Retrieved July 20, 2022.

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