Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
Television
Lorne Michaels Will Close out “SNL ” Season 49 on a Ratings High: Dua Lipa Was Huge
Lorne Michaels is going to wrap up season 49 of "Saturday Night Live" on a ratings high.
This past weekend's show, with Dua Lipa as...
Celebrity
He Should Know: Trump Calls All His Judges “Thugs,” Says Lawrence O’Donnell “Looks like sh*t”
Donald Trump, tell us what you really think?
Om social media this morning, Trump called the judges in all of his trials "thugs" and labeled...
Music
Hard, Not Soft: Billie Eilish Sells Out Most of Her $5 AMC Theater Listening Session Events for New Album
AMC has scored again with a pop star after Taylor Swift and Beyonce proved so successful.
The theater chain is having 3pm live listening events...
Celebrity
Sigourney Weaver Meets Steve Carell in A “Vanya”-Palooza at Star Studded Night for Lincoln Center
Wow!
Tuesday night Lincoln Center Theater put on the kind of star studded event that was a throwback to the good old days.
To raise money,...
Books
Books UPDATE: Kristi Noem Book of Lies Opens at Number 44, Drops to 91 on Amazon, Beaten Easily by MSNBC’s Jen Psaki
UPDATE: "No Way Back" will find no way back to the top of the amazon charts. Within a day the tome that describes the...
Movies
“Succession” Meets “Stranger Things” and “Avatar” as Animated “My Love Affair with Marriage” Sets Summer Release
Eventually "Succession" and "Stranger Things" had to meet "Avatar" somehow.
Now "My Love Affair with Marriage," an animated film directed by Signe Baumane and featuring...
Celebrity
Tom Selleck Isn’t Going to Lose His Ranch, He’s Worth $45 Million Despite His Begging to Keep “Blue Bloods” on the Air
I'm really gobsmacked about how gullible people are sometimes.
Tom Selleck was weeping on CBS Sunday Morning about "Blue Bloods" going off the air after...
Music
“American Idol” Struggles with Ratings in Season 22, Down 12% from Last Year, Sparks No Cliffhangers
Sunday should have been a good news headline for "American Idol." They had the highest ratings of the season so far -- 5.3 million...
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