Peter Travers is an American film critic, who has written for, in turn, People and Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

. Travers also hosts a celebrity interview show called Popcorn on ABC News Now

ABC News Now

ABC News Now is an American 24-hour news channel offered via digital television, broadband and streaming video at ABCNews.com and on mobile phones. It delivers breaking news, headline news each half hour, and wide range of entertainment and lifestyle programs. The channel is currently available in...

 and ABCNews.com.
Travers joined Rolling Stone in 1989 after a four-year stint with People

People (magazine)

In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...

. He's best known for his basic writing style that eschews a more sophisticated analysis for an easy-to-read and often very opinionated form.