Christy Lemire

Christy Lemire
Born	August 30, 1972 (1972-08-30) (age 39) Los Angeles, California
Education	Southern Methodist University
Occupation	film critic
Spouse(s)	husband
Children	son Nicolas
Years active	1999 – present

Christy Lemire (born August 30, 1972^[1][2] in Los Angeles, California) is the film critic for The Associated Press and co-host of Ebert Presents at the Movies with Ignatiy Vishnevetsky.^[3] She also co-hosts the weekly online movie review show, What The Flick?!.^[4]

Career

Lemire started writing reviews for the AP in 1999.^[5] She is currently based in Los Angeles.^[6]

In 2003, she was a guest co-host on The View. Lemire made headlines when she and co-host Meredith Vieira engaged in a lesbian kiss^[7] in response to the Madonna and Britney Spears kiss at the MTV Video Music Awards.^[8][9]

She was named number 93 of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2008 on the 19th Annual Independent Critics List.^[10]

Lemire made three appearances substituting for famed film critic Roger Ebert on At the Movies. On September 10, 2010, Ebert announced that he is returning to television on a movie review show that he is producing for public television. He also announced that Lemire along with contributing critic Elvis Mitchell of National Public Radio will be featured on the new program, Ebert Presents at the Movies.^[11] In December 2010, it was announced that Mitchell would not be taking part in the program, and Lemire would be joined by film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky instead.^[12]

Personal life

Lemire is married and has a son named Nicolas. She grew up in Los Angeles, California, and graduated from Southern Methodist University.

References

1. ^ http://twitter.com/#!/christylemire/status/108028423615692800
2. ^ http://twitter.com/#!/christylemire/status/108528480530087936
3. ^ http://www.smu.edu/News/2011/alumni-christy-lemire-18aug2011.aspx
4. ^ "What the Flick?!". http://www.theyoungturks.com/pages/What_The_Flick!_Show/What_The_Flick!_Show.html. 
5. ^ "Christy Lemire - Alliance of Women Film Journalists -". awfj.org. http://awfj.org/author/lemire/. Retrieved 2009-12-04. 
6. ^ "south by southwest festivals + conferences". 2007.sxsw.com. http://2007.sxsw.com/film/conference/panels_schedule/?action=bio&id=48620. Retrieved 2009-12-04. ^{[dead link]}
7. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG6D1K_7sbA
8. ^ http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2003-09-04-view-kiss_x.htm
9. ^ http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,96524,00.html
10. ^ "Independent Critic's Most Beautiful Faces of 2008". http://www.tccandler.com/beautiful-faces/most-beautiful-2008. 
11. ^ Rousseau, Caryn (2010-09-10). "Roger Ebert to appear on movie review show". Yahoo! News. The Associated Press. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100910/ap_en_ot/us_ebert_review_show. Retrieved 2010-09-11. 
12. ^ "Ebert's new show names Vishnevetsky as co-host". Associated Press. January 4, 2011. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110104/ap_en_tv/us_tv_ebert_review_show. Retrieved March 19, 2011.