Support independent journalism, free from the trades and other publications that are part of the tinsel town machine.
For 12 years, Showbiz411.com has been covering Hollywood, Broadway, the music business and the business of celebrity. Ads are our main source of funding, but contributions (not tax exempt) from readers who enjoy the scoops, exclusives, and fact based reports are always welcome and very appreciated. To inquire about ads, email us at showbiz411@gmail.com.
Obama Library Opening on Thursday to Include Performances by Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, Bono and the Edge, Common, Eddie Vedder, Jennifer Hudson, More
Thursday’s opening of the Obama Library in Chicago sounds like it will be off the hook.
Performances are expected from Stevie Wonder, Bono and the Edge, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Hudson, Common, Eddie Vedder, John Legend, Marc Anthony, Christina Aguilera, and the Roots.
Unlike Trump’s failed Milli Vanilli show with D list performers. Yeah, they couldn’t get Milli or Vanilli.
The whole opening will be livestreamed on YouTube. We’ll pick it up here, too.
.
Former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama speak at Presidential Center Stakeholder Reception.
Showbiz411 is now in its 13th year of providing breaking and exclusive entertainment news. This is an independent site, unlike the many Hollywood trades that are owned by one company. To continue providing news that takes a fresh look at what's going on in movies, music, theater, etc, advertising is our basis. Reader donations would be greatly appreciated, too. They are just another facet of keeping fact based journalism alive. Thank you
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.
