Kenneth Tynan

News About Kenneth Tynan

The Rex Reed I Knew (1938–2026)

Rex Reed, fearless film critic who elevated the celebrity interview, dies at 87.

By Merin Curotto

Great Backstage Gossip, But-A Craven Tynan? Never!

I’m glad I caught up with Austin Pendleton’s unusual backstage story, Orson’s Shadow, which has settled in for a long

By John Heilpern

Live Nude New Yorkers! Get Your Hedonism Here

Nude! Nude! Nude! There’s a clothing-optional frenzy gripping Manhattan. The avalanche of post-9/11 sincerity and non-ironic, emotional squishiness has done

By Simon Doonan

Portrait of the Critic as a Spent Man: The Diaries of Kenneth Tynan

By John Heilpern

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