You can forget all those stories about Whitney Houston‘s daughter, Bobbi Kristina, disappearing or doing drugs since her mother’s death. I am told that “from the moment” Whitney passed away, the fa... Read More
A few months ago I wrote that “General Hospital” would kill off Robin Scorpio, played by Kimberly McCullough she since was a child. Well, they did it. There is a lot of mail on this subject. Bu... Read More
It seems like Rihanna, aka Robyn Fenty, has gotten past being beaten to a pulp by Chris Brown. She asked him to add some lyrics to a remix of a “Song” she calls “Birthday Cake.” I... Read More
Here’s the one person in the Whitney Houston story whose name you have not heard, and who has remained a mystery: a Dutch man from Amsterdam who goes by the name of Raffles van Exel. He is also known –... Read More
Woody Allen won his fifth Writers Guild Award Sunday night for originals screenplay, this time for “Midnight in Paris.” Best Adapted Screenplay went to Alexander Payne and co. for “The De... Read More
I rarely gasp at news of a death, but Page Six is reporting the passing on Saturday of Steven Greenberg. I worked for Steven–he tortured me, often with good humor–for the three years he owned a... Read More
There are now two Spider Men on Broadway. Or are they two Spider Man(s)? Hmmm….Well, while Reeve Carney and his gang are swinging around at the Foxwoods Theater in “Spider Man: Turn off the Dar... Read More
Tonight’s Writers Guild Awards are sure to be lively, even though a number of Oscar nominated films–”The Artist” among them–are not eligible. Nevertheless, plenty of films are... Read More
This was Clive Davis’s very moving eulogy from yesterday’s funeral. I don’t know how he did it. When Arista’s Gerry Griffiths brought Whitney to Clive’s attention in 1983, the... Read More
c2012, Roger Friedman From an updated story I published in 1992: This Sunday, 1500 of Whitney Houston’s closest friends will gather in New Jersey for her wedding to singer Bobby Brown. The ceremony... Read More