New York Post film critic Lou Lumenick turned around and whacked Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert with a festival binder file. The sound was so loud that everyone in the darkened theater turned to see the commotion.

Lou Lumenick seemed to be surprised to know that he had actually hit a famous film critic. Roger Ebert lost his voice after suffering from thyroid and salivary gland cancer for the past few years. Ebert had tapped Lumenick on his shoulder to try to tell him to move over a bit. As he couldn’t speak, he used a hand gesture which was felt as rude by Lumenick.

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This entry was posted on Friday, September 12th, 2008 at 7:22 am and is filed under Gossip.