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
Savannah Guthrie Posts New Message About Missing Mother, Nancy, Nearly 6 Months After Her Disappearance: “We will stop looking for her”
Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her home in Tuscon on February 1, 2026.
That was six months ago, and there has been silence since then.
The cruelty...
Business
Record Label Shuffle Bored: Miley Cyrus Leaves Columbia Records — Where She Had “Flowers” Hit — Signs with Atlantic Records as Ed Sheeran...
Miley Cyrus had the biggest hit of her career with "Flowers."
The single and its album came from Columbia Records, where Miley has been...
Movies
“Michael” Jackson Movie — Biggest Biopic of All Time — Not Coming to Netflix, Amazon, or Apple But to — STARZ Channel in August
"Michael" will begin streaming soon in an unlikely place.
You'd think the highest grossing biopic of all time would go to Netflix, Amazon, or Apple....
Celebrity
Carly Simon Won’t Do Much Next Week to Promote Her Powerful Comeback Album: Read Her Refreshing Letter About Surviving Health Setbacks at 83
EXCLUSIVE
Carly Simon's got a great album coming out next Friday, August 14th.
"Comes in Waves" is her first collection of all new material in 18...
Music
Watch Bruce Springsteen Joined Jon Bon Jovi On Stage Tonight at MSG for a Surprise Turn on 2 Songs, And They Each Sounded Great
Jon Bon Jovi had a good and bad and then much better week.
A sinus infection derailed his MSG show, but he was gracious and...
Celebrity
Singer Katie Pruitt Latest to Cancel Gig at Levon Helm Studios in Support of Famed Late Drummer’s Daughter Amy After Her Ouster from Business
The Summer of the Woodstock soap opera continues.
Now singer Amy Pruitt joins a long list of artists canceling gigs at Levon Helm Studios' The...
Celebrity
Pop Charts: Charli XCX and Gracie Abrams Have the Top Albums But Can’t Seem to Generate Any Singles, Ella Langley Has 8!
The pop charts show a real conundrum for its top acts right now.
Singers Charli XCX and Gracie Abrams lead the iTunes top 100 albums...
Movies
Box Office: “The Odyssey” Moving Faster than Odysseus Himself with $300 Million On Target for Tomorrow, Closing in on $700 Mil Worldwide
It took Odysseus decades to get back to his family in Ithaca from Troy.
(In real life, we laugh because the trip now would...
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