It looks like the saga is over. According to EW, controversial movie reviewer (and CityArts editor) Armond White was officially expelled from the New York Film Critics Circle today, after allegations that he heckled 12 Years a Slave director Steve McQueen during the New York Film Critics Circle Awards last week. (Specifically, White apparently yelled "F—you. Kiss my ass," when McQueen got on stage to accept an award for 12 Years a Slave.)
The news was revealed by EW film critic Owen Gleiberman, who's apart of the New York Film Critics Circle and was apart of the vote to expel White.
Gleiberman goes on to explain that White has every right not to like 12 Years a Slave, but that the heckling—which Gleiberman reports that he saw himself—was out of line. (For the record, after the allegations surfaced, White immediately denied them.)
White hasn't yet released a statement regarding this development.
[via EW]
