Five Things You Might Not Know About Ben Silverman
Five mostly useless bits of info on the incoming NBC Universal co-chairman that you can toss around at cocktail parties:
1. Ben grew up in Manhattan but roots for the Red Sox, which he blames on an uncle who served in the war with Ted Williams, and being born in Massachussetts.
2. His mother worked at Court TV.
3. He worked for Brandon Tartikoff when he was just out of college.
4. His grandfather served on the board of the NAACP.
5. The trade magazine Restaurant Business named Silverman a Hero in its 2003 "Heroes & Villains" issue for showing the world what it's like to run a restaurant with The Restaurant. (Morgan Spurlock, whose 30 Days series is produced by Silverman's Reveille company, was named a Villain for "Supersize Me.")
Sam Warner commented:
I recently saw actor Nathan Lane and director Tripp Cullman engaged in an animated oral exchange in a cab on this whole Red Sox-Yankees issue. It can become very heated.
Myron Kempelstein commented:
I recently saw actor Nathan Hale and director Tripp Cullman engaged in an animated oral exchange in a cab on this whole Red Sox-Yankees issue. It can become very heated.
Bill Nowlin commented:
Blame? Hey, since the 21st century began, rooting for the Red Sox has been more enjoyable than rooting for the Yankees!
I just wrote a book, TED WILLIAMS AT WAR. What was Ben's uncle's name? I wonder if he's in the book.