Ebert Gives Variety Downsizing the Old 'Thumbs Down'
Many across the media and entertainment spectrum were shocked at this week’s announcement that Variety had laid off its chief film critic Todd McCarthy after 31 years at the paper. Roger Ebert summoned a more appropriate emotion — he was pissed.
I flew home from the Oscars to find half a dozen e-mails awaiting with the same unbelievable message: Variety had fired its chief film critic, Todd McCarthy. Its spokesman was hopeful Todd and its chief theater critic, David Rooney, who was also fired, could continue to review for the paper on a free lance basis.
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