Roger Friedman
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.
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You Can See Everything — Except Chris Rock’s “Misty Green,” Rescued by Netflix After A24 Dumped It for Other Projects
A24 Studios is very busy right now.
They're juggling "You Can See Everything," which is a phenomenon, and "Prime Time," and anticipating "The Debut."
So who...
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“Nobody Wants This” Returns for Season 3 on Netflix: After Star Adam Brody’s ‘Genocide’ Comment, Does Anybody Still Want This?
It's not an easy time for Netflix.
They're going through some corporate woes, and executive shuffles. The stock price is in a struggle right now.
So...
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Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Ali G: Who Iz I?” Sets a Record for Most Producer Credits on One Film — 54 — and Fewest Screenings
Sacha Baron Cohen has been doing the circuit, giving thoughtful and smart interviews.
In anticipation of "Ali G: Who Iz I?" Cohen has appeared on...
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There’s Only 1 Taylor Swift Song in the iTunes Top 50 Two Weeks After Her Big Release, Plus See Her Perform at the Academy...
There's only one Taylor Swift song in the iTunes top 50.
Two weeks after Taylor dumped four new unreleased songs into the world, only "Patient...
Media
Struggling Vanity Fair Takes Another Right Turn With Excerpt from Book Labeling Jill Biden “Lady Macbeth” for Allegedly Hiding Joe’s Condition
Vanity Fair -- dying on the vine -- has taken another turn to capture readers from the right.
They've paid for an excerpt from a...
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“Michael” Movie About Michael Jackson — Full of Musical Performances — Ruled a Drama By Ever Mystifying Golden Globes
The Golden Globes have told "Michael" to beat it, as a musical.
Whoever's in charge these days ruled that the Antoine Fuqua movie could not...
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Broadway receipts fell by $1.5 million last.
Most shows took slight hits. But "Other Desert Cities" fell by almost $300,000. This happened once...
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Robert Kennedy Jr. Exploits Uncle, President John F. Kennedy, Cheryl Hines Thinks Anyone Cares What She Says on Fox News
Right now you think the most deluded people in the US are Elizabeth Holmes and Billy Evans.
But the winners are really Robert Kennedy Jr....
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