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
Kanye West Chicago Soldier Field Shows Tonight and Tomorrow Far from Sold Out: Plenty of Seats Both Nights for Antisemite’s Album Show
Just so that we're all on the same page.
Neither one of Kanye West's shows at Soldier's Filed in Chicago are sold out.
On StubHub, there...
Media
Maria Bartiromo Out At Fox News After 12 Years, But Not Over Money (Husband is Very Wealthy), New Trump Press Person? Unlikely
Maria Bartiromo is out at Fox News.
In a tersely worded announcement, the network just said Goodbye and Good Luck.
She actually has not been on...
Celebrity
Prestige Telluride Film Festival Featuring Smaller Films as Hollywood Still Remains Wary of Letting Press See Big Movies Too Soon
The Telluride Film Festival is about to get underway in Colorado.
It's a prestige place, and expensive, but worth it for filmmakers to mix and...
Movies
Box Office: Amazing “Spider Man” Crossing $900 Million Today, Sets Its Web for $1 Billion Domestic, Plus “The Odyssey” Has a Resurgence!
UPDATING
Last night, "Spider Man Brand New Day" totaled up to $898,125,379. That was the result of a $1.7 mil Wednesday. Tonight it should cross...
Celebrity
RIP Gloria Steinem, 92, Journalist-Activist Who Actually Changed the World for the Better by Championing Women’s Rights
What a week. First Dolly Parton, now Gloria Steinem.
Steinem died at 92, announced on Instagram by her foundation.
Gloria Steinem was a remarkable person, let...
Celebrity
Norah O’Donnell Will Join “CBS Mornings” Co-Hosting with Gayle King and Nate Burleson After 7 Years Away at “Evening News”
Bari Weiss's chaotic CBS News continues along its roller coaster.
She's sending Norah O'Donnell back to "CBS Mornings," after 7 years away. In 2019, O'Donnell...
Celebrity
While Five Foot 8 Kanye West Performs in Chicago This Week, He’s Holding Auditions for Very Tall Young Men in Los Angeles: New Basketball...
As you may have heard, Kanye West -- antisemite, fan of Hitler -- is performing tomorrow and Friday in Chicago. Soldier Field owned by...
Celebrity
Pop: Alex Warren Faces Same Problem as Benson Boone with Song “Ordinary” That Won’t Go Away, Plus New AI Releases, Linda Ronstadt’s Dolly Parton...
Alex Warren had one big hit last year called "Ordinary."
I thought it was rather, er, ordinary but the song ruled the charts for a...
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