Ben Lyons is a Television, Radio, and Online host and producer from New York City, who covers pop culture and sports like nobody else. Based in Los Angeles, Ben is a special correspondent on EXTRA!, a regular contributor for ESPN LA radio and was just named Chief Content Officer for Derek Jeter's Players' Tribune.Ben is also the lead host on Yahoo's LIVE movie premiere and awards show coverage, and hosted On The Road for Yahoo, a nationwide series of concerts and events.He reviews movies on Mario Lopez's national radio show every week, and recently has been seen on The View, Wendy Williams, ESPN's SportsNation, On-Air with Ryan Seacrest, Steve Harvey and Good Morning America. Previously he appeared on the E! Network and E! News as their lead film correspondent and movie critic covering major awards shows and interviewing the biggest stars in the world.Ben was the host of At The Movies for Disney/Buena Vista and My Family's Got Guts for Nickelodeon. He produced a music documentary in 2012 called Alekesam that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival about legendary South African Jazz Musician Hugh Masekela, and his son Sal.Most recently, Ben co-hosted BACKSTAGE OSCARS, ABC.com and Oscars.com's LIVE coverage of the 2014 Academy Awards.Born and raised in New York City, Ben is the grandson of legendary New York Post columnist Leonard Lyons, and is the son of film and theater critic Jeffrey Lyons. The Lyons family has been covering pop culture in American media for more than 80 years.He is also a die-hard New York Knicks fan and is a contributor for KnicksNow.com. On his down time, Ben enjoys traveling, golfing, seeing live music, and playing basketball. Show less «