“Film critic Roger Ebert suffered another health setback earlier this month, but friends and co-workers of the ‘Ebert & Roeper’ co-host remain guardedly optimistic about his condition. Ebert, who has been hospitalized in Chicago since June, underwent his third surgery in as many months on Aug. 6… Media insiders are buzzing that doctors removed at least part of his jaw and that the critic’s recovery could take many months.”