Leno gives gig thumbs up
'Tonight' Host, helmer Smith to sub for Ebert on skein
By JOHN DEMPSEY
NEW YORK -- "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno will be the first replacement co-host for the syndicated review series "Ebert & Roeper" as Roger Ebert recovers from cancer surgery earlier this month.
The Leno half-hour will hit the air on the Aug. 5 weekend; the movies under discussion are "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," "Miami Vice," "Little Miss Sunshine," "The Night Listener" and "Shadowboxer."
Buena Vista will move "Ebert & Roeper" from its home base in Chicago to Los Angeles to accommodate Leno's schedule.
As previously reported, Kevin Smith, director of "Clerks 2," will sub for Ebert the weekend of Aug. 12. Buena Vista hasn't named any other co-hosts but said Ebert is under doctor's orders not to rush back to work
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117947566?categoryid=1236&cs=1&s=h&p=0
'Tonight' Host, helmer Smith to sub for Ebert on skein
By JOHN DEMPSEY
NEW YORK -- "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno will be the first replacement co-host for the syndicated review series "Ebert & Roeper" as Roger Ebert recovers from cancer surgery earlier this month.
The Leno half-hour will hit the air on the Aug. 5 weekend; the movies under discussion are "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," "Miami Vice," "Little Miss Sunshine," "The Night Listener" and "Shadowboxer."
Buena Vista will move "Ebert & Roeper" from its home base in Chicago to Los Angeles to accommodate Leno's schedule.
As previously reported, Kevin Smith, director of "Clerks 2," will sub for Ebert the weekend of Aug. 12. Buena Vista hasn't named any other co-hosts but said Ebert is under doctor's orders not to rush back to work
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117947566?categoryid=1236&cs=1&s=h&p=0
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