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ON YOUR RADAR: Biggest Feuds Of The Year


Posted on Dec 20, 2011 @ 02:00AM - Add a comment

By Radar Staff

2011 was the year of the celebrity feud!

It seemed that everyone was bashing the Kardashians! After Kim's extravagant marriage to Kris Humphries that she ended after just 72 days, the reality-TV first family really fell from grace.

Michelle Obama was first up, sharing that Barack does not like their two young daughters watching the Kardashian shows. A slew of celebrities followed suit, with Daniel Craig, Cher, Reese Witherspoon and Chelsea Handler amongst the stars slamming the Kardashian's.

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Bam Margera Breaks Down Crying At Jackass Car Crash Scene


Posted on Jun 22, 2011 @ 12:05PM - 6 comments

By Neil Woulfe - Radar News Director

Jackass co-star Bam Margera broke down in tears Tuesday night at the scene of the car crash that left his close friend, Ryan Dunn, and another man, dead in West Goshen, PA. early Monday.

It was the first time that Margera, 31, had seen where the accident happened. He had been out of town when he heard the devastating news.

Jackass co-star Bam Margera broke down in tears Tuesday night at the scene of the car crash that left his close friend, Ryan Dunn, and another man, dead in West Goshen, PA. early Monday.

It was the first time that Margera, 31, had seen where the accident happened. He had been out of town when he heard the devastating news.

“I've never lost anybody that I care about, he's my best friend,” Margera wept as he spoke to Fox 29 in Philadelphia.

"I was in Arizona when I heard," Margera said. "I just remember I was with some friends having the best time ever. At 12:30, I just started punching out the windows of the rental van and ripping out the speakers. I don't even know why."

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Roger Ebert Changes His Tune On Ryan Dunn Death -- Kind Of


Posted on Jun 21, 2011 @ 08:07AM - 2 comments

By Adam S. Levy
Radar Staff Writer

After getting many a thumbs down for a controversial tweet, Roger Ebert has changed his tune, admitting on his blog that he regrets the tweet itself, as well as sending it so quickly after the incident.

After getting many a thumbs down for a controversial tweet, Roger Ebert has changed his tune, admitting on his blog that he regrets the tweet itself, as well as sending it so quickly after the incident.

"To begin with, I offer my sympathy to Ryan Dunn's family and friends, and to those of Zachary Hartwell, who also died in the crash. I mean that sincerely. It is tragic to lose a loved one," Ebert wrote. "I also regret that my tweet about the event was considered cruel. It was not intended as cruel. It was intended as true.

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Roger Ebert Feeling The Heat For Controversial ‘Jackass’ Tweet


Posted on Jun 20, 2011 @ 01:15AM - 8 comments

By Radar Staff

Legendary film critic Roger Ebert is getting two thumbs down for a controversial tweet referring to the death of Jackass star Ryan Dunn on Monday.

"'Jackass' star Ryan Dunn, RIP. His Porsche flew through 40 yards of trees," the legendary Chicago film critic first tweeted Monday as news spread of the 34-year-old reality star's fatal car crash in Pennsylvania that claimed the life of his passenger, as well.

Legendary film critic Roger Ebert is getting two thumbs down for a controversial tweet referring to the death of Jackass star Ryan Dunn on Monday.

"'Jackass' star Ryan Dunn, RIP. His Porsche flew through 40 yards of trees," the legendary Chicago film critic first tweeted Monday as news spread of the 34-year-old reality star's fatal car crash in Pennsylvania that claimed the life of his passenger, as well.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Dunn had tweeted a picture of himself drinking an unidentified beverage with pals just hours prior to the accident.

About an hour later, Ebert tweeted "Friends don’t let Jackasses drink and drive.”

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Charlie Sheen Begs Fans 'Help Me Get My Job Back'


Posted on Apr 23, 2011 @ 04:31PM - 36 comments

by Radar Staff

Performing in Tampa, Fla. Friday night, Charlie Sheen made fun of Roger Ebert's cancer....alluded to a ridiculous decades-old urban myth about Richard Gere and a gerbil...was flashed by an intoxicated female....and begged his fans to help him get his Two and a Half Men job back.

But with almost half the seats in the house empty, his fan club looks to be waning.

Performing in Tampa, Fla. Friday night, Charlie Sheen made fun of Roger Ebert's cancer....alluded to a ridiculous decades-old urban myth about Richard Gere and a gerbil...was flashed by an intoxicated female....and begged his fans to help him get his Two and a Half Men job back.

But with almost half the seats in the house empty, his fan club looks to be waning.

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The most interesting element of Friday's show, according to The St. Petersburg Times, was the emergence of sidekick Jeffrey Ross as a real star in the comedy world.

The most interesting element of Friday's show, according to  The St. Petersburg Times was the emergence of sidekick Jeffrey Ross as a real star in the comedy world.

Ross is already well-known as a "roastmaster," and held that role in the Comedy Central Roasts of Joan Rivers, David Hasselhoff and Donald Trump.  He took over the stage for a mini-roast of Sheen, saying "You've made your dad ashamed to have the same fake name with you."

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But with only seven shows left in his My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat Is Not an Option tour, Sheen seems to be increasingly concerned about his career future.

He sincerely begged his audience to help him get rehired by the producers of Two and a Half Men.

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"With your support, with a room filled with love, we are going to get my job back," Sheen said.

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John Mellencamp Gives Girlfriend Meg Ryan 'Two Thumbs Up'


Posted on Jan 16, 2011 @ 07:50AM - Add a comment

John Mellencamp and Meg Ryan became a couple late last year but back in 2007, when Mellencamp appeared as a guest critic on Ebert & Roeper, he was already giving Meg "two thumbs up."

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John Mellencamp and Meg Ryan became a couple late last year but back in 2007, when Mellencamp appeared as a guest critic on Ebert & Roeper, he was already giving Meg "two thumbs up."

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RadarOnline.com has unearthed the singer's appearance on the film review show.  He sat in for Roger Ebert who was then out battling cancer, and the film Richard Roeper asked him to critique was Meg's In the Land of Women.

Ryan, 49, co-starred in the box office dud about a young man (Adam Brody) who returns home to deal with his depression and finds himself in an unexpected romance.

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"I think it's a sweet film and I think there's something to be learned by the story," Mellencamp said. "I wish I would have had this movie when my daughters were teenagers."

The rocker seems to have had a small crush on the actress when he praised her role in the film.

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"I thought Meg Ryan was fantastic," Mellencamp says.

Fast forward to 2011, and now the two are a couple!

As RadarOnline.com reported earlier this month, the 59-year-old divorcing rock star announced his separation from his wife of 18 years.

Mellencamp and Ryan were spotted together New York and in Martha’s Vineyard, where one source said they appeared happy and relaxed.

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As first reported by People.com, Ryan and Mellencamp have been quietly dating for seven weeks.

Ryan was married for 10 years to actor Dennis Quaid before divorcing in 2001. They have a son, Jack, 18.

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VIDEO: Roger Ebert Gets Standing Ovation At Spirit Awards


Posted on Mar 06, 2010 @ 08:13AM - 3 comments

In one of the more touching and heartfelt moments of Friday night's telecast of the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards, legendary movie critic Roger Ebert was honored with a standing ovation.

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Attending since he and wife Chaz are sponsors of the "Truer than Fiction Award," Ebert stood up as the celebrity-filled crowd got on their feet to pay their respects.

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Before the spotlight turned to Ebert's table, viewers were treated to a hilarious montage of some of his most scathing comments about his least favorite films over the years.

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Even presenters Taraji P. Henson and Matt Dillon couldn't help taking advantage of the opportunity to say thank you for Ebert's seal of approval.

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"You always had great things to say about me," Henson said. Dillon retorted: "Likewise."

Ohio boys Bill Ross and Turner Ross were this year's recipients of the Chaz and Roger Ebert Truer than Fiction Award for their film 45365.

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VIDEO: Roger Ebert Speaks For The First Time in 4 Years, Thanks To A Computer


Posted on Mar 02, 2010 @ 05:03PM - 2 comments

The world’s most famous movie critic, Roger Ebert, is speaking for the first time through a computer since he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and left with a disfigured face, RadarOnline.com has confirmed.

Ebert, who lost his voice, and ability to eat and drink four years ago, appeared on The Oprah Show to a standing ovation.

Oprah Winfrey asked the smiling Ebert how he felt. Ebert then typed in his answer on a computer and a computer voice read out his response: “Terrific!”

Oprah then asked if he remembered his last words. The ever joking Ebert said through the computer “No I don’t because I didn’t realize at the time they were going to be my last words. I probably spoke them to Chaz (his wife) then as they wheeled me to the operating room. They probably were ‘I love you.’” But, he continued, “on the other hand, they may have been ‘Good morning doctor’.”

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Roger has his meals in private through an intravenous tube four times a day, but he still has a vivid memory of being a kid and drinking A&W Root Beer. His brother-in-law says “when the Lord took away your ability to drink, he gave you that memory.”

Roger goes to two to four movie screenings a day and writes for 200 newspapers. So his voice is still heard around the world.

He tells Oprah that he talks in his dreams. “I’m talking all the time that’s just like it was in life. You can never shut me up,” he said through the computer.

But what would an interview with Roger Ebert be like without seeing his Oscar Predictions:
Best Supporting Actress Mo’Nique, Precious
Best Supporting Actor Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Actress Sandra Bullock, Blind Side
Best Actor Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart
Best Director Kathryrn Bigelow
Best Picture The Hurt Locker

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Roger, who is now cancer free, plans on attending the Oscars. And, while he reports on a appearence obsessed industry, Ebert says he will not have any reconstructive surgery on his face.

In a powerful statement he says “nobody looks perfect, we have to find peace with the way we look and get on with life.”

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