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
Taylor Swift Takes Over Top of iTunes, Spotify, Apple Streaming Charts with 4 New Songs, Rockets Updated “Showgirl” Album to Number 1
Taylor Swift continues to a phenomenon that never stops.
Her four new songs are currently occupying the top of the iTunes and Spotify charts! Also,...
Celebrity
To Catch A Movie: Robert Pattinson On the Prowl for $20 Mil Opening Weekend in “PrimeTime,” Brad Pitt and Canine Co-Star Rock in “Beast”
The number 1 movie this weekend?
An old one: "Avengers: Endgame." You, too, can marvel at the big numbers for a re-release of the not...
Celebrity
UPDATE Global Citizen Cancels Central Park Show Before New York Deluge, First Time in 14 Years for Sketchy Charity, Offers Refunds For Rain Out
Global Citizen's annual rock concert for salaries is over.
Rain predictions and maybe hurricane level conditions have forced to cancel the show.
So has the city...
Charity
Flashback: Global Citizen’s Highly Paid Staff Can Read Here About the Last Time a Central Park Concert Got Washed Away — It Wasn’t Pretty
Global Citizen is sticking to its plan for tomorrow.
The sketchy charity -- whose only beneficiaries are its staff -- is still planning to put...
Celebrity
AI Singer George (or Greg Paul) Is Selling Christian Music as Scam Posting Fake Videos from “America’s Got Talent,” Gaming iTunes
A mysterious AI singer named George Paul -- or Greg -- is busy gaming YouTube and iTunes.
Paul -- who may be from Toronto and...
Media
UPDATE: Vanity Fair Goes MAGA with Cover Features Extolling Sam Altman, Erika Kirk, Larry Ellison, “Donald The Great,” Plus Little Known Star
The October 202 Vanity Fair is a MAGA mess.
Florence Pugh, who is known mostly for a secondary role in Marvel movies, is the star...
Celebrity
UPDATING: Where is the October Issue of Vanity Fair? So Far It’s 10 Days Late — After Marc Jacobs, New Cover is a Mystery
Hoping that at 9am we'll see the cover of October's Vanity Fair.
So, it's 10 days late. This is September 25th already. Last month we...
Celebrity
Taylor Swift Drops Four New Songs from “Life of a Showgirl”: “Patient Zero,” “Babylon,” “Cleveland,” “Pink Clouding” (Listen) They’re Good!
Only Taylor Swift could make me like a song called "Cleveland!"
It's one of four unreleased songs dropped tonight from the expanded "Showgirl" album.
They're all...
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