Peter Travers Explained

Peter Travers
Birth Name:Peter Joseph Travers
Nationality:American
Years Active:1970–present
Children:3

Peter Joseph Travers (born)[1] [2] is an American film critic, journalist, and television presenter. He reviews films for ABC News and previously served as a movie critic for People and Rolling Stone. Travers also hosts the film interview program Popcorn with Peter Travers for ABC News.

Early life and education

Travers grew up in Yonkers, New York, the only child of Howard and Ruth Travers.[3] [4] He received a BA degree from Manhattan College in 1965 before graduating from New York University with an MA in English.[5] [6]

Career

According to eFilmCritic.com, Travers is the nation's most "blurbed" film critic.[7] Travers' blurbs were being printed in newspapers as early as 1970, when he was a writer for Reader's Digest.[8] By the mid-1970s, he was a film critic for The Herald Statesman, a Yonkers newspaper.[9] In the 1980s, he wrote for People for four years before joining Rolling Stone in 1989.[10] In 2020, he departed Rolling Stone and became the film critic for ABC News.[11]

Travers hosts the New York Film Critics Series, a company that hosts live-streamed screening events and discussions,[12] as well as the ABC News show Popcorn with Peter Travers, where he interviews actors and directors about the latest projects and their lives.[13]

Personal life

Travers married Diane Harris of White Plains, New York in 1967; the marriage ended in divorce.[14] In 1980, Travers married Robyn Lee Reeves, an actress and graduate of Vassar College, in an Episcopalian ceremony. He has three children: Jennifer, David and Alex.[15]

Preferences

Favorites

In 2010, When asked to rank the best films of the 2000s decade, Travers named:[16]

Best of the year

Since his career as a film critic from People to Rolling Stone, Travers marked these films the best of the year:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Picks and Pans Review: Lollipop Dragon: The Great Christmas Race . . 1987-12-21 . . 2022-05-05 . Peter Travers, 43, agrees: 'I couldn't stand it.'.
  2. News: . 1980-09-28 . P.J. Travers Weds Robyn Lee Reeves . 68 . The New York Times.
  3. Movie Love in the Time of the Coronavirus . Travers . Peter . 2020-03-31 . Rolling Stone . Penske Media Corporation . 2022-05-05.
  4. News: . 1974-11-20 . He Provides Background on 'Exorcist' . 7 . . Yonkers, New York.
  5. News: . 1965-06-09 . 43 Yonkers Men Win Degrees at Riverdale's Manhattan College . 56 . . Yonkers, New York.
  6. News: Peter Travers Official Biography. ABC News. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180612204024/https://abcnews.go.com/ABCNews/peter-travers-official-biography/story?id=55806502. June 12, 2018.
  7. Web site: Criticwatch 2008 - The Whores of the Year. Childress. Erik. eFilmCritic.com. April 3, 2010.
  8. News: . 1970-12-29 . One of the Year's 10 Best! . 57 . The New York Daily News.
  9. News: Travers . Peter . 1976-11-09 . Star of 'Sarah' Visits Westchester . 21 . . Yonkers, New York.
  10. Web site: New York Film Critics Circle: Peter Travers. New York Film Critics Circle. April 3, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20060427092614/http://www.nyfcc.com/members.php?member=33. April 27, 2006. dead.
  11. Web site: Exclusive: Peter Travers Exits Rolling Stone after 36 Years as Chief Film Critic, Made Magazine Important in Hollywood: 'It's been a hell of a ride' . Friedman . Roger . 2020-09-08 . Showbiz 411 . 2022-05-05.
  12. Web site: NY Film Critics Series. Nyfilmcriticsseries.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124339/http://nyfilmcriticsseries.com/index.html. April 2, 2015.
  13. Web site: Popcorn. ABC News. en. January 10, 2019.
  14. News: . 1967-07-07 . Peter J. Travers. 32 . . Yonkers, New York.
  15. Web site: Ruth Travers Obituary . . 2006-03-10 . Legacy . 2022-05-06.
  16. Web site: 10 Best Movies of the Decade. Rolling Stone. December 3, 2010. January 16, 2022.

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