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Russell Simmons, music entrepreneur, philanthropist, and social activist, puts his money where his mouth is. He’s offered to clean up Zuccotti Park himself rather than see he #Occupywallstreet people get thrown out. Simmons is serious. On Twitter, as #UncleRush, Simmons says he will go to jail if he has to. He’ll be in the park at 7am. Frankly, the clean up of Zuccotti Park sounds like Mayor Bloomberg’s worst idea since concrete turning lanes and the paving over of Times Square. Third terms are really a bad idea, really. And this one is spiraling out of control.
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.