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.
Business
Summer Madness: “Spider Man” Hits $800 Million US Box Office Today, Tom Holland Said to Be Getting $100 Million of It for Himself
And it just keeps rolling.
"Spider Man: Brand New Day" arrives at the $800 million mark in the US today. It's Tuesday. By next Tuesday,...
Fashion
TOLDYA: Vanity Fair Couldn’t Get a Celebrity for September Cover, Went with Fashion Designer Marc Jacobs After Miley Cyrus Said No
I told you!
Vanity Fair could not get a celebrity for its September issue. They were forced to go with fashion designer Marc Jacobs instead.
Vanity...
Celebrity
Rosie O’Donnell Scores Big Time On Her First Night Guest Hosting Kimmel, Gives Audience Copies of Madonna’s Album, Calls Trump “Mango Mussolini”
Rosie O'Donnell is back big time.
Her first night guest hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live was a grand slam homerun.
Rosie is a natural at stand up...
Celebrity
BREAKING Is the Carnegie Deli Returning? Pop Up or Permanent? Made Famous in Woody Allen’s “Broadway Danny Rose,” Closed in 2016
What's going on here?
The Carnegie Deli -- the real one -- closed at the end of 2016.
The famed salon of salted meats was made...
Celebrity
Emmy Voting Starts Today: Over the Weekend, “Hacks,” the JFK Jr-Carolyn Bessette Series Were Among Those Entertaining Voters
Final voting for the Emmy Awards starts today and runs all week.
Over the weekend the big guns came out for last minute campaigning. These...
Celebrity
RIP: “Heroes,” “Nashville,” “Guiding Light” Actress Hayden Panettiere, 36, Dead from Cardiac Arrest According to Medical Examiner
Really tragic.
Hayden Panettiere, 36, died of cardiac arrest according to medical examiner in South Carolina.
Penettiere starred as an adult in TV hits like "Heroes"...
Celebrity
Famed Singer Songwriter Carly Simon’s First Album in 18 Years Debuts on iTunes Top 10 All Weekend, Sells out on Amazon Overnight, Rave Reviews
Well, well.
"Comes in Waves" came like a tsunami on Friday.
Carly Simon's first album in 18 years is a surprise hit.
The album debuted on iTunes...
Movies
Review: Sublime, Wildly Entertaining “Coyote vs. Acme” May Be Warner’s Ticking Time Bomb as Its Fate Is Decided: Why Did They Drop It?
If you're just joining this story in progress, Looney Tunes cartoons have been the bedrock of Warner Bros. since 1930-- almost the entirety of...
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