Chaz Ebert

Chaz Ebert is film critic Roger Ebert 's wife, and even though her husband has struggled in recent years with his health, she remains optimistic about the future. In an interview with PopEater , Chaz revealed she's not even close to giving up hope. She said, "Sometimes, I'm almost ashamed we feel so positive. People think you shouldn't be so happy, because when you fall, it's going to be that much more disappointing. But you know what? We'll take each day as it comes." Ebert went public with...Read Full Story

( Reuters ) - Veteran film critic Roger Ebert said that his "At the Movies" television show will leave the airways at the end of the current season unless funding is found in the coming days to continue financing it. Noting that he and his wife, co-producer Chaz Ebert , have been funding "Ebert Presents" on public television channel PBSalmost entirely by themselves since it premiered in January, Ebert wrote on his blog "we can't afford to do the show any longer." Ebert said the new show, the...Read Full Story

CARYN ROUSSEAU Associated Press CHICAGO Roger Ebert is returning to the small screen. The famous film critic stopped appearing on television movie review shows in 2006 when cancer surgery left him unable to speak. But now he has his own segment on a new program, "Ebert Presents at the Movies." The weekly show debuts Friday on public television stations nationwide. The show is necessary in today's entertainment world, Ebert says...Read Full Story

Film critic Roger Ebert, who lost his ability to speak and eat after cancer surgeries, said Friday that he is returning to television on a movie review show that he is producing for public television. And, Ebert says, the thumbs up and thumbs down reviews made famous with his late partner Gene Siskel will return. "This is the rebirth of a dream," Ebert said in a statement. The Pulitzer Prize -winning Chicago Sun-Times film critic is producing "Roger Ebert Presents At the Movies" with his wife...Read Full Story

[HMG] – Roger Ebert must rank as one of the most respected voices in the business of film, Four years ago cancer silenced that voice, but today Oprah debuted its return. In early 2002 the now 67-year old host was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Intensive treatments failed to destroy it and on July 1, 2006 Roger underwent surgery to remove all the tumors – which also removed his ability to eat, drink or speak. From that day this prolific, Pulitzer Prize-winning author [he wrote 15 books...Read Full Story