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Ever since news broke yesterday that “Jackass” star Ryan Dunn passed away after being involved in a fatal car crash with another passenger his co-stars have been writing about their sadness on their Twitter accounts. But Roger Ebert instead decided to slam him for his drink driving.
First of all a recap on the latest stories about Ryan drinking before the accident, TMZ reports that before Ryan got behind the wheel of his car he downed 3 beers and 3 shots at a bar in Philadelphia after hanging out with some friends. Although a person who was in the bar that night said he was “wasted and had a lot to drink.” The autopsy is already underway on Ryan’s body which will determine if alcohol did indeed play a factor in the Jackass stars death although there is no word on when the toxicology results will be released.
Ebert has obviously been reading the news since the crash because he immediately took to his Twitter account to say “Friends don’t let jackasses drink and drive”. It hadn’t even been a day since Ryan died. This didn’t settle too well with Ryan’s co-star Bam Margera who fired back early this morning with “I just lost my best friend, I have been crying hysterical for a full day and piece of shit roger ebert has the gall to put in his 2 cents About a jackass drunk driving and his is one, fuck you! Millions of people are crying right now, shut your fat fucking mouth!”
While I agree with Ebert about drink driving I think his opinion was given way to soon to the death and just comes across as douchey and insensitive. As for what the other Jackass stars have said since the death here you go:
Johnny Knoxville wrote “Today I lost my brother Ryan Dunn. My heart goes out to his family and his beloved Angie. RIP Ryan , I love you buddy.”
Jason Weeman wrote: “RYAN DUNN– a super awesome memory was at the J RODY walston & the business show!!! I MISS YOU BUD!! You were always a happy kick-ass dude!!”
Steve-O wrote: “I don’t know what to say, except I love Ryan Dunn and I’m really going to miss him.”
It’s all very sad. What’s your opinion on Roger Ebert‘s tweets – is he right or is it too soon?
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At The Movies, that started with Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel, and then continued on with Richard Roper after Siskel’s death, is going through a major change.
According to Chicago Tribune both Roeper and Ebert are no longer with the show and after 33 years Disney is going to take the show in a different direction.
The show was a wonderful experience. It was a great loss to me when surgery in July 2006 made it impossible for me to appear on the air any longer. Although I remained active behind the scenes, I feel that Richard Roeper and several co-hosts, notably Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott, have excelled at carrying on the tradition Gene Siskel and I began in 1975 with “Sneak Previews” on PBS.
Gene and I felt the formula was simplicity itself: Two film critics, sitting across the aisle from each other in a movie balcony, debating the new films of the week. We developed an entirely new concept for TV. Few shows have been on the air so long and remained so popular. We made television history, and established the trademarked catch-phrase “Two thumbs up.”
Roger Ebert issued the following statement:
After 33 years on the air, 23 of them with Disney, the studio has decided to take the program named “Siskel & Ebert” and then “Ebert & Roeper” in a new direction. I will no longer be associated with it.
The show was a wonderful experience. It was a great loss to me when surgery in July 2006 made it impossible for me to appear on the air any longer. Although I remained active behind the scenes, I feel that Richard Roeper and several co-hosts, notably Michael Phillips and A.O. Scott, have excelled at carrying on the tradition Gene Siskel and I began in 1975 with “Sneak Previews” on PBS.
Gene and I felt the formula was simplicity itself: Two film critics, sitting across the aisle from each other in a movie balcony, debating the new films of the week. We developed an entirely new concept for TV. Few shows have been on the air so long and remained so popular. We made television history, and established the trademarked catch-phrase “Two thumbs up.”
The trademark still belongs to me and Marlene Iglitzen, Gene’s widow, and the thumbs will return. We are discussing possibilities, and plan to continue the show’s tradition.
– Roger Ebert
I wonder when we will find out the reasons these two decided to leave. What “direction†have they decided to take the show, that has brought about the ire of these two men?
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Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic, Roger Ebert‘s Ninth Annual Overlooked Film Festival opens Wednesday night at the University of Illinois at Urbana. In spite of his battle with cancer, Roger will be in attendance.
 This year I won’t be speaking, however, as I await another surgery.
I have received a lot of advice that I should not attend the festival. I’m told that paparazzi will take unflattering pictures, people will be unkind, etc.
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn. As a journalist I can take it as well as dish it out.
So let’s talk turkey. What will I look like? To paraphrase a line from “Raging Bull,†I ain’t a pretty boy no more. (Not that I ever was. The original appeal of “Siskel & Ebert†was that we didn’t look like we belonged on TV.)
What happened was, cancer of the salivary gland spread to my right lower jaw. A segment of the mandible was removed. Two operations to replace the missing segment were unsuccessful, both leading to unanticipated bleeding.
A tracheostomy was necessary so, for the time being, I cannot speak. I make do with written notes and a lot of hand waving and eye-rolling. The doctors now plan an approach that does not involve the risk of unplanned bleeding. If all goes well, my speech will be restored.
So when I turn up in Urbana, I will be wearing a gauze bandage around my neck, and my mouth will be seen to droop. So it goes.
I was told photos of me in this condition would attract the gossip papers. So what?
I have been very sick, am getting better and this is how it looks. I still have my brain and my typing fingers.
Although months in bed after the bleeding episodes caused a lack of strength and coordination, the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago restored my ability to walk on my own, climb stairs, etc.
I no longer use a walker much and the wheelchair is more for occasional speed and comfort than need. Just today we went for a long stroll in Lincoln Park.
We spend too much time hiding illness. There is an assumption that I must always look the same. I hope to look better than I look now. But I’m not going to miss my festival.
source: suntimes
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Gilbert Gottfried has won a dubious honor, presented by a newspaper you’ve never heard of.
Comedian Gilbert Gottfried, the voice of the Aflac duck in television commercials for the insurer, was crowned “unsexiest man in the world” by an alternative newspaper Tuesday. “The parrot-voiced, pickle-faced comic is to sexy what Kryptonite is to Superman,” The Boston Phoenix wrote.
New York Yankees pitcher Randy Johnson came in second followed by film critic Roger Ebert, television psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw and Fox television co-host Alan Colmes. Even actor Brad Pitt made the list, as the newspaper’s 100th-least sexy man. Osama bin Laden clocked in at number eight.
George Steinbrenner, owner of the Yankees — arch-rivals to the Boston Red Sox — also made the list. “Come on, we live in Boston, you knew it was coming,” the Phoenix said.
Others included pop star Michael Jackson and nasal-voiced rapper Mike Diamond (Mike D) of the Beastie Boys.
I’ve never given much thought to Gottfried’s sexiness, although am not surprised that it is considered minimal. He is certainly among the world’s most annoying people, though.
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