Ben Mankiewicz

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Ben Mankiewicz (born 1967) is an American radio and television personality.

[edit] Biography

[edit] Career

Mankiewicz began his professional career years as a reporter and an anchor for WCSC-TV (a CBS affiliate) in Charleston, SC. In 1998, he joined WAMI in Miami, FL, where he served as anchor of The Times, a daily news magazine show and the station’s highlight program.^[1]

He is the former longtime co-host of the liberal talk radio show The Young Turks, along with Cenk Uygur, and still appears there occasionally. In 2007, he moved to a new television show for TMZ, TMZ on TV,^[2] deciding after a few months that it was not for him.

On weekends, he also presents classic movies on the American cable television channel Turner Classic Movies. From 2004 to 2007, Mankiewicz also hosted TCM's Cartoon Alley, shown weekly on Saturday mornings. In 2008, he and Ben Lyons replaced Roger Ebert and Richard Roeper on the syndicated TV program At the Movies.^[3]

[edit] Family

Mankiewicz is the son of Holly Reynolds and political figure Frank Mankiewicz, the cousin of screenwriter Tom Mankiewicz, grandson of famed screenwriter, Herman Mankiewicz, and grandnephew of screenwriter, producer and director, Joseph L. Mankiewicz.^[4][5] He is the brother of NBC News reporter Josh Mankiewicz. His cousin is the filmmaker and television producer Nick Davis. He is married to Contessa Kellogg.

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[edit] External links

• Ben Mankiewicz at the Internet Movie Database
• The Young Turks homepage
• Turner Classic Movies article on Mankiewicz
• List of Young Turk Radio Streams

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