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Roger Ebert's Ill-Advised Tweet Nets 10K New Followers

Roger Ebert gained 10,500 new Twitter fans 2 days after Tweeting “Friends don’t let jackasses drive drunk” in response to the death of Jackass star Ryan Dunn.

When legendary film critic Roger Ebert lost his voice, he found another on Twitter and his blog, where he writes about creativity, race, politics and culture — and as brilliantly as ever about film.