Neal Gabler
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Neal Gabler is a professor, journalist, author, and political commentator. He is the author of four books: An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood (1989), Winchell: Gossip, Power and the Culture of Celebrity (1994), Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality (1998) and Walt Disney: Triumph of the American Imagination (2006). He has also contributed to numerous publications including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Esquire, New York Magazine, Vogue, American Heritage, The New York Republic, Us, and Playboy. He has appeared on many television programs, including The Today Show, CBS Morning News, The News Hour, Entertainment Tonight, Charlie Rose, and Good Morning America. Gabler hosted Sneak Previews for PBS, and also introduced films on AMC. Currently, Gabler is one of the liberal panelists on the Fox News Channel show, Fox News Watch.
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[edit] Personal life
Gabler has taught at the University of Michigan and at Pennsylvania State University. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Michigan and holds advanced degrees in film and American culture. He is currently Senior Fellow at the USC Annenberg Norman Lear Center.
In 1983, Gabler paired with Jeffrey Lyons as replacements for the PBS review show Sneak Previews. The original hosts of Sneak Previews, Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, left the show for contractual reasons, and Gabler and Lyons went to Chicago to produce the show. He was a writer for the Detroit Free Press at the time. His time as a film critic on Sneak Previews was less than successful, and Gabler left the show two years later citing differences with the direction of the show. He was replaced by Michael Medved, the current conservative radio host from Seattle, who had cameo appearances on Sneak Previews before replacing Gabler full time.
[edit] Filmography
- Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story (2005)
- Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
- Earl Cunningham: The Dragon of Saint George's Street (2004)
- Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream (1998)
- Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory (1998)
- Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen's (1997)
- Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul (1993)
- Sneak Previews (1983-1985)
[edit] Miscellanea
- An excerpt from Life the Movie: How Entertainment Conquered Reality by Gabler was used on the AP English Language exam.
