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‘Blank on Blank’: Roger Ebert talks about ego, Streisand’s nose and more

By Michael Loring

Famous names, lost interviews.

That’s the animated universe you’ll find at the PBS YouTube channel “Blank on Blank.” Today’s subject: the late Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert. The main topic: ego. All courtesy of previously unheard vintage interview tapes from writer Lawrence Grobel, who interviewed Ebert and the late Gene Siskel in 1990.

Discover more lost interviews at blankonblank.org

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