Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Ebert to skip Ebertfest (worst name for a film festival ever)


CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Roger Ebert says he'll have to skip this year's Ebertfest film festival after breaking a hip.

The 65-year-old movie critic writes on his blog on the Chicago Sun-Times' Web site that his doctors have told him he should remain in a Chicago hospital rather than travel to Urbana-Champaign for the 10th annual festival, which runs through Sunday.

Ebert is recovering from minor hip surgery following a recent fall.

He's had a series of cancer-related surgeries the past few years. One left him unable to speak, but he continues to write movie reviews.

1 comment:

Octopunk said...

I'm glad that my lampooning of Ebert's wardrobe has caught on, although I'm not sure which sci-fi reference is more embarrasing for the user, 70's Doctor Who or Star Trek: Nemesis.

And yeah..."Ebertfest?" Lame!

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