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.
Celebrity
Sam Smith Says Even Now He’s Fighting Copyright Battles After Turning Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” into His Hit, “Stay with Me”
Singer Sam Smith burst onto the scene in 2014 with a hit called "Stay with Me."
Not too long after, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne...
Celebrity
Exclusive: Famed Music Producer David Foster Silent on Dolly Parton Death, Worked with Her on Christmas Album, Produced Hit for Whitney Houston
There are hundreds if not thousands of tributes to Dolly Parton all over the media since she passed away on Tuesday.
Plenty of recording artists...
Business
Box Office: “Spider Man” Eyes $900 Million This Week, “Coyote vs. Acme” Draws $15.4 Mil in Looney Opening, “Dog Stars” Figure $8 Mil
Beep beep!
"Coyote vs. Acme" was pretty Looney this weekend, with a $15.4 million take.
Not bad for a movie we almost never saw after...
Celebrity
Anne Hathaway’s Campaign to Conquer Hollywood Continues: She’s Going to Co-Star with Tom Cruise in “Days of Thunder” Sequel for 2028
Anne Hathaway, heavily pregnant, is on a campaign to conquer Hollywood once and for all!
Hathaway appears in a video today announcing she's Tom Cruise's...
Celebrity
Anna Wintour’s Met Ball Mistake Could Be Her Legacy: Honoring Antisemitic Designer on Holocaust Remembrance Day, NYC Speaker Urges Reconsideration
Anna Wintour may have made the biggest mistake of her long, notable career. It could wind up being her legacy.
She's honoring antisemitic designer John...
Business
Box Office Vindication: “Coyote vs. Acme” Takes $7 Million Opening After Warner’s Shelved It, “Dog Stars” Goes Paws Up with Just $3 Million
It's a huge vindication for "Coyote vs. Acme" this morning.
Ketchup Entertainment is reporting a $7 million opening Friday including Thursday previews.
Amazing since this...
Celebrity
Dolly Parton Sales Boom: She Sold 73,000 Copies of “Ultimate” Greatest Hits in 48 Hours Following Death, Finished 2nd for the Week
This is just the beginning.
Dolly Parton's death was announced on Tuesday afternoon.
Within 48 hours, "Ultimate Dolly Parton" sold 73,000 streaming equivalent copies. The album...
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City of Rochester, New York, On Lake Ontario, Issues Proclamation Refusing to Change the Name, Calls Trump’s Order “Desperate and Flaccid”
Rochester, New York has rejected Donald Trump's plan to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America.
With 1 million in population, Rochester is...
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