Ben Lyons

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Ben Lyons

Lyons in March 2012.
Born Benjamin Lyons
(1981-10-08) October 8, 1981
New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation Entertainment reporter
Years active 2002–present

Ben Lyons (born October 8, 1981) is an American film critic[1] and entertainment reporter.

Early life

Lyons is the son of entertainment reporter Jeffrey Lyons and the grandson of the American newspaper columnist Leonard Lyons. [citation needed]

Career

Lyons started his own production company in 2002 and produced segments for the TV show, Hip-Hop Nation. In 2004, MTV hired him to co-host Your Movie Show. In 2006, Lyons hosted entertainment segments on The Daily 10. In addition, he began to write a column for E! Online called "The Lyons Den". [citation needed] Lyons hosted My Family's Got GUTS, on Nickelodeon and has appeared in Disaster Movie and The House Bunny. He is a regular contributor to Good Morning America. In 2012, Lyons left E! and became a correspondent on Extra. [citation needed]

In September 2008, Lyons became a co-host of the TV show, At the Movies.[2][1]

Critics said Lyons lacked a proper understanding of film and film history,[1] and used language that sounded like advertising.[3] and had a conflict of interest with some actors whose movies he reviewed.[1][4] Roger Ebert gave implied criticism of Lyons in his online blog.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chris Lee (December 28, 2008). "Critic Ben Lyons gets many thumbs down". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-12-27. 
  2. ↑ Anne Thompson (July 22, 2008). "Lyons, Mankiewicz to host 'Movies'". Variety. Retrieved 2009-01-18. 
  3. ↑ Rush & Molloy (August 1, 2008). "Jeffrey Lyons pans son's critics". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2009-01-12. 
  4. ↑ Adam Kempenaar and Matty Robinson (November 7, 2008). "FS #234: Synecdoche, New York/Role Models/David Wain/Top 5 Movies About Mortality". Filmspotting. Retrieved 2009-01-24. 
  5. ↑ Roger Ebert (October 28, 2008). "Roger Ebert's Journal: Roger's little rule book". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2009-01-12. 
  6. ↑ Roger Ebert (November 25, 2009). "Roger Ebert's Journal: Time keeps on slip, slip, slippin' away". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2009-11-30. 

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