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.
Music
I Told You About the Womack Sisters in May, Now They Have Five Singles on the iTunes R&B Chart Including Number 1
I told you about The Womack Sisters in May. No one listened. I never heard from their record company
Now their album is coming, their...
Celebrity
Defending Frank Gifford: Brain-Damaged Football Superstar Was Duped into Sleeping with a Stranger by Tabloid in 1997
Sometimes I can't figure out if the new People magazine is just stupid, reductive, or too young to research a story.
The latest is a...
Books
Trump Stokes Sales for Haberman-Swan Book “Regime Change” — Already Number 1 for 3 Weeks — with Attack, Brags Again About Taking Cognition Tests
Donald Trump is very OCD, as we know.
Two things he obsesses about: losing his mind, and being criticized by people he knows are correct...
Celebrity
Mick Jagger Says He Hopes the Stones will Tour Again, He Loved Singing on “You’re So Vain”: “These days, I’d get a credit”
Mick Jagger turns up in the New York Times today for a Q&A with David Marchese.
Of course, it's to promote the Rolling Stones' excellent...
Celebrity
Dance for Crime: Ex CEO of Epoch Times — Intertwined with Shen Yun Troupe — Pleads Guilty to Stealing $67 Million from the Company
I first told you two years ago how intertwined the Epoch Times was with Shen Yun Dance Troupe.
Yes, the conspiracy driven newspaper run by...
Business
Madonna’s “Confessions II” Debuts at Number 1 First Week, Sells Nearly as Much as 2019’s “Madame X” Back in 2019 with Five Different Versions
Madonna's "Confessions II" is number 1 at the end of its first week of sales.
A lot of time and money was put into getting...
Celebrity
SOS: USA Today, Cloudflare, Other Publishers Thinking of Leaving Google Search Before They Go Bankrupt: Google Is Trying to Kill Us (Read)
Google is trying to kill me. They're trying to murder every publisher by directing search results to AI and away from links.
Google also plays...
Business
The Rock Shock: “Moana” $250 Million Live Remake with Dwayne Johnson DOA with Just $4.5 Mil in Previews, Looking at $35 Mil Weekend
Once upon a time, The Rock was solid.
Dwayne Johnson really had a run of hits that was crazy. He could do no wrong.
Ten years...
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