Posts Tagged ‘Roger Ebert’

The good news for legendary film critic Roger Ebert: He now has a new prosthetic jaw to replace his actual jaw, which he lost in 2006 while fighting thyroid cancer. The bad news for Ebert (or “thumbs down,” as it may be): Facebook removed his blog post about his new jaw, calling it “abusive content,” msnbc.com’s Technolog reported.

Ebert wrote on his Facebook page:

In which I receive a great deal of help in making the best of things. My new blog entry has been idiotically blocked by Facebook for “abusive content.” You can read it here: http://j.mp/dVM9Iw.

The link directs users to Ebert’s blog post for the Chicago Sun-Times, which contains nothing graphic or offensive. Go and figure.

Last night the famous and the web-famous gathered at Cipriani Wall St. for the 2010 Webby Awards, honoring the best in new media.

WebNewser was there, and was tweeting the whole night. In case you weren’t following our witty tweeting of the night’s events, here is what happened:

The awards kicked off with an “I Love the 90′s” style montage reviweing the year in viral videos. From the two-year-old smoker to Fox 5 anchor Ernie Anastos “Keep f*ckin that chicken,” the Webbys had the best videos covered.

The night featured dozens of awards to companies and individuals. As always, winners were limited to a strict five-word acceptance speech.

In our opinion, the biggest winner of the night was former Apollo astronaut and the second man on the moon, Buzz Aldrin. WebNewser spoke to Aldrin at the Webby cocktail hour, where he showed off his Buzz Aldrin iPhone app. Aldrin, who turned 80 in January, was still showing off his app and mingling with the crowd at the Webby after-party hours later.

At the awards themselves, Aldrin received the biggest ovation of anyone as he accepted for NASA. He continued to push for manned exploration of the galaxy in his speech: “Humanity. Colonization. Phobos. Monolith. Mars!”

Throughout the night special achievement awards were presented, with celebrities serving as guest presenters.

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