Tuesday, June 9, 2026

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 and previously edited Fame magazine and wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York 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. is articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. 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.

Steven Spielberg Gets the Gang Back Together for “Disclosure Day,” Star Packed Soaring Finale of An Unofficial Trilogy in Which Aliens Pull Heart Strings

Steven Spielberg may not have intended this, but he's given us the third part of the unofficial trilogy that started with "Close Encounters of...

“Canceled” Comic Louis CK Will Be Among Guests for Bill Maher’s Mark Twain Prize Event at Kennedy Center, Now Without Trump Name

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Taylor Swift Sells Out Songwriters Hall of Fame, Which Still Has No Building or Permanent Exhibit But $8 Million in Assets

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Madonna's ten minute video preview of her album is out. "Confessions II" is a little seXXXy kinda from the late 80s. We do get to see...

Tony Awards: Two Words That Were Avoided on Stage “Scott Rudin” Not Recognized by “Salesman” Winners or “Mormon” Tribute

The two words you didn't hear on stage at last night's Tony Awards. They were "Scott Rudin." The producer of "The Book of Mormon" and also...

Distraught Trump Walks out on “Meet the Press” Interview, Calls Host Kristen Welker “Stupid,” Plus NBC, ABC, CBS, and CNN “Crooked”

Donald Trump became distraught today during an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press." Live from a barn in Wisconsin, where rain outside almost drowned him...

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You'd think people were scared enough these days. But cheap thrills never go away. The three horror movies in release right now made a total of...

Donald Trump Wants the Knicks to Lose and Fans to Suffer While Watching Monday Night Game: His Planned Appearance Now a Nightmare

Don't think for a minute that Donald Trump's planned upset of Monday's NBA finals aren't intentional. Trump is coming to Madison Square Garden knowing fans...

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