Ben Lyons

Mighty Movie Podcast: Ben Lyons on the Oscars

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Academy Awards, Toy Story 3, The King's Speech, Ben Lyons, The Social Network, The Oscars, Aampas, Films, Awards Season, Oscars 2011, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Ben Lyons' take on some of the pressing issues dealing with the coming Academy Award festivities: Is Toy Story 3 a great Pixar film, or the greatest Pixar film?

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Mighty Movie Podcast: A Chat with Ben Lyons

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Action-Adventure, Ben Lyons, Horror, Emotion, Romantic Comedy, Romance, Drama, Suspense, Controversy, Indie, Success, Comedy, Documentary, Acting Legend, Fantasy, Off Beat, Science Fiction, Art, Love, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

So how about a little break from the filmmaker interviews? Yellow Tail -- the wine people -- have started up a new website that recruits film critics ...

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Cody's Critical Generation Gap

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cody Gifford, Ben Lyons, Grown Ups, Citizen Kane, Picasso, Marshall Fine Blog, Transformers, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Who gets to be a critic? These days, just about anybody with a working computer, it seems. Or, in the case of Cody Gifford, anyone whose mom has her own TV show.

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Ben Lyons, Ben Mankiewicz Dropped As "At The Movies" Hosts

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Cue the closing credits for "At the Movies" co-hosts Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz, who've endured a year of caustic reviews for their...

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Lyons, Mankiewicz Respond To Critics: "Just Wrong"

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ben Lyons at the Movies, At the Movies Lyons Mankiewicz, Ben Mankiewicz, Ben Lyons, At the Movies, Media News

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — "At the Movies" critics Ben Mankiewicz and Ben Lyons have been taking it as well as dishing it out since joining the sho...

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In Defense of Ben Lyons

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Reviews, Television, Young Turks, Ben Lyons, At the Movies, Entertainment Industry, Movie Reviewers, Ben Mankiewicz, Movies, Entertainment News
Cenk Uygur

The whole entertainment industry is built around sucking up to celebrities. You think Ben Lyons is uniquely responsible for this? Have you watched any entertainment "news" in your life?

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Ben Lyons, New "At The Movies" Film Critic, Gets Two Thumbs Down From Film World

Los Angeles Times | Chris Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

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Is Ben Lyons the most hated film critic in America? In the four months since the fresh-faced 27-year-old "movie dude" for the E! Entertainment Networ...

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Two White Guys "At the Movies"

Esther J. Cepeda | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Minority Movie Critics, Richard Roeper, Ben Lyons, At the Movies, Roger Ebert, Minority Journalists, Gene Siskel, Robert Feder, Movies, Ebert & Roeper Replacements, New at the Movies Hosts, Ebert & Roeper, Tribune, Sun-Times, Ben Mankiewicz, Turner Classic Movies, E! Entertainment, Movie Critics, Media Bias, Chicago News
Esther J. Cepeda

It's 2008 and some black dude is running for president, but the movie review show based in Chicago - which has one of the largest black and Latino populations in America--couldn't find one single movie writer, reviewer, or blogger "of color" to fill one of the seats?

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Ben Lyons, Ebert's Replacement, Admits: "It Has Definitely Helped To Have My Dad Open Some Doors For Me"

New York Daily News | Rush & Molloy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jeffrey Lyons is denying snipes by fellow movie critics that he used influence to get his son Ben the plum job of replacing Roger Ebert in the show "A...

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Ben Lyons & Ben Mankiewicz Take Over "At The Movies" From Ebert & Roeper

AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ben Lyons, Ben Mankiewicz, Roger Ebert, Richard Roeper, At the Movies, At the Movies Lyons Mankiewicz, Media News

LOS ANGELES — Over the years, TV's best-known movie review show has gone from hosts Siskel and Ebert to Ebert and Roeper to Roeper and guest cri...

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