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Lyons has been featured on ''[[Access Hollywood]]'' and has worked as a segment producer on the nationally syndicated Hip-Hop Nation. His "Day in the Life of Russell Simmons" episode followed the music mogul as he prepared for the opening night of Def Poetry on Broadway. Lyons also hosts "[[My Family's Got GUTS]]", on Nickelodeon, Lyons has also appeared in ''[[Disaster Movie]]'' and [[The House Bunny]]. He is a regular contributor to ''[[Good Morning America]]''. |
Lyons has been featured on ''[[Access Hollywood]]'' and has worked as a segment producer on the nationally syndicated Hip-Hop Nation. His "Day in the Life of Russell Simmons" episode followed the music mogul as he prepared for the opening night of Def Poetry on Broadway. Lyons also hosts "[[My Family's Got GUTS]]", on Nickelodeon, Lyons has also appeared in ''[[Disaster Movie]]'' and [[The House Bunny]]. He is a regular contributor to ''[[Good Morning America]]''. |
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==Criticism== |
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Lyons has garnered a great deal of criticism from readers and fellow critics alike. In 2007 he caused a great deal of outrage when in a review, he referred to [[I Am Legend (film)|I Am Legend]] as one of the "greatest movies ever made."<ref>http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-ca-lyons28-2008dec28,0,3485043.story</ref> Likewise, fellow film critic and host of [[Filmspotting]] Adam Kempanaar criticized Lyons for his review of [[Synecdoche, New York (film)|Synecdoche, New York]] after he gave it a negative review, offering only that he "didn't get it". Erik Childess, the Vice President of the [[Chicago Film Critics Association]] said "His integrity's out the window. He has no taste. Everyone thinks he's a joke." He has also criticized Lyons for being what he calls a "quote whore", a critic who is overly hyperbolic in their reviews in order for their quotes to be used in the film's marketing campaigns.<ref>http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/08/01/2008-08-01_jeffrey_lyons_pans_sons_critics.html</ref> |
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Likewise, [[Roger Ebert]] has taken several jabs at Lyons' flashy and shallow style of criticism, as well as his public image several times on his own website, as well as in the [[Chicago Sun-Times]].<ref>http://blog.spout.com/2008/10/30/roger-eberts-code-for-critics-dont-be-ben-lyons/</ref><ref>http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/10/eberts_little_rule_book.html</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:09, 13 January 2009
Ben Lyons | |
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| Born | October 8, 1981 |
| Occupation(s) | producer, talk show host, movie reviewer |
Ben Lyons (born October 8 1981) is an American movie critic and television personality. He is the son of the NBC film and theater critic Jeffrey Lyons and current host of At the Movies on ABC
Career
Lyons started his own production company in 2002, producing segments for Hip-Hop Nation. In 2004, MTV hired him to co-host Your Movie Show. In 2006, Lyons hosted entertainment segments on The Daily 10, covering red carpet events and festivals. In addition he began penning the E! Online column "The Lyons Den." He then became a regular contributor on "Daily 10" as their resident film critic and interviewer, appearing several times a week, in many instances. He also appears on the channel's red carpet coverage of the SAG, Golden Globe, Critics' Choice and Oscar telecasts. Last year he appeared on their red carpet coverage of the BAFTA awards as well from London.
In September 2008, in the Walt Disney Company's rebranding of the long-syndicated program At the Movies, Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz were named co-hosts. The intention was that the new critics would take the show in a new direction, hoping to widen the viewership and appeal to younger audiences as well. Ironically, he now competes with his father's show, Reel Talk, produced by NBC.
Lyons has been featured on Access Hollywood and has worked as a segment producer on the nationally syndicated Hip-Hop Nation. His "Day in the Life of Russell Simmons" episode followed the music mogul as he prepared for the opening night of Def Poetry on Broadway. Lyons also hosts "My Family's Got GUTS", on Nickelodeon, Lyons has also appeared in Disaster Movie and The House Bunny. He is a regular contributor to Good Morning America.