Roger Friedman

Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News. He writes for Parade magazine and has written for Details, Vogue, the New York Times, Post, and Daily News and many other publications. He is the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals.

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Critics Choice Names it Documentary Lifetime Achievement Award for DA Pennebaker, This Year’s Recipient Frederick Wiseman

by Roger Friedman - September 19, 2019 2:21 pm

The Critics Choice Lifetime Achievement Award has been named for the late DA Pennebaker, who passed away August 1st at age 94. The Pennebaker...

■Celebrity

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(Listen) Macy Gray Sings “Hide the Hurt,” a Possible Best Song Nominee by Diane Warren from Darrell Hammond Doc “Cracked Up”

by Roger Friedman - September 19, 2019 11:42 am

Lot of news here: Diane Warren has not one but two possible Best Song nominees this season. She already has 10 nominations, let's not forget. So...

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3 Way Box Office Brawl This Weekend: Well-Reviewed “Downton Abbey,” “Ad Astra” vs. Panned Stallone “Rambo” Installment

by Roger Friedman - September 18, 2019 11:31 pm

Will bad review spoil the return of "Rambo"? Will good reviews and a movie star, Brad Pitt, propel "Ad Astra" to the top of the...

■Foreign Affair

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Edward Snowden, Living in Exile in Moscow, Says He’s a Direct Mayflower Descendant of Pilgrims John Alden and Priscilla Mullins

by Roger Friedman - September 18, 2019 1:03 pm

Happy Thanksgiving! Who is a real American, anyway? The answer used to be: the pilgrims, the people who came over from England on the Mayflower...

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Listen to New Music from Van the Man Morrison: “Dark Night of the Soul” Comes from New Album October 25th

by Roger Friedman - September 18, 2019 12:44 pm

I love Van Morrison. I wish he were coming back to New York, but he's off to the West Coast and to London to...

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Madonna Surprises With the Launch of Ambitious, Intimate “Madame X” Show, A Sometimes Over Stuffed Attempt at an Avant Garde Broadway Show

by Roger Friedman - September 18, 2019 2:45 am

It turns out Madonna -- the queen of re-invention -- is human. She admitted last night during the first performance of her Madame X...

■Television

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“Silicon Valley” Star, Verizon Pitchman Thomas Middleditch and Wife are Swingers: “You can go to that party, of course. You pay the fee, you’ll go.”

by Roger Friedman - September 17, 2019 7:37 pm

Thomas Middleditch, the nerdy guy from "Silicon Valley" and those Verizon commercials? He and his wife, Mollie, are swingers. As, in they go to...

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Broadway Bonanza: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Rockwell Will Star in New Production of David Mamet’s “American Buffalo” in March 2020

by Roger Friedman - September 17, 2019 4:21 pm

The announcements are starting to come in for Tony Award-aimed shows next spring on Broadway. Now we learn that Laurence Fishburne and Sam Rockwell will...

■Music

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Taylor Swift Sold So Many Copies of “Lover” Her Tour Next Year Will Be Just Four Dates in the United States

by Roger Friedman - September 17, 2019 1:11 pm

Owners of stadiums and arenas who expected a Taylor Swift tour for her "Lover" album are probably fuming mad this day. That's because Swift, a...

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France Snubs Roman Polanski, Doesn’t Include His “Officer and a Spy” on Short List for Oscar Submissions

by Roger Friedman - September 17, 2019 12:38 pm

France has snubbed Roman Polanski. The French film academy has submitted a list of titles for their possible Oscar submissions and omitted Polanski's new "An...

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