* In 2004 Ebert contributed $1,000 to John Kerry‘s presidential campaign.

* Ebert wrote a number of books on film criticism, including: Questions For The Movie Answer Man (1997); I Hated, Hated, Hated This Movie (2000); and Your Movie Sucks (2007).

* Each year, Ebert released Roger Ebert’s Movie Yearbook, a collection of his most recent film reviews and essays.