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.
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Lee Grant is the eighth wonder of the world. She's 97 years young and will turn as astounding 98 in November. But the...
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The SAG strike is starting to kill the box office. Last night the top three movies had middling to...
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Madonna is two weeks away from starting her Celebration tour in London. She kicks it off with four dates at the O2...
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Robert Kennedy Jr. is going to run as independent candidate for president. It's a folly from nutjob but that's his problem.
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Reports from Las Vegas say that rapper Tupac Shakur's alleged killer has been arrested. Shakur was murdered in 1996. Until recently, the case had gone...
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Dream on if you think Aerosmith is coming back any time soon. The group has cancelled its entire Peace Out farewell tour because lead singer...
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With the title "Atomic City," U2's new single could have been the music to "Oppenheimer." But the new song, the first in a while for...