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.
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Tom Cruise’s “Digger” Social Reactions Split Between Negative (Reviewers) and Raves (Influencers), Oscar Odds Drop Significantly
Tom Cruise has made a lot of great movies. Recently, I really liked both "American Made" and "Edge of Tomorrow" among his non franchise...
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No “60 Minutes” This Sunday as MTV Video Music Awards So Stacked for Success with Madonna (and Maybe Charli XCX) , Taylor Swift, More
They're pulling out all the stops for Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards.
The line up is so good that there will be no episode of...
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Right now, Gold Derby -- which aggregates predictions from Oscar prognosticators -- is telling...
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Watch Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese Receive the French Legion of Honor in Filmmaking from President Emmanuel Macron — and Leo Was There!
Big night last night for Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese.
French president Emmanuel Macron -- in town for the UN -- awarded them each...
Music
Is Taylor Swift Running Out of Ideas? Two of Her New Songs Take Titles from Other Writers, and And At Least One Isn’t So...
Taylor Swift's had a busy year.
You know, she got married.
She released a song from the movie, "Toy Story 5" called "I Knew It, I...
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Neil Young Goes Political, Chants “Take America Back!” Plays Rare Anti-War Song During Rare Greatest Hits Show with Willie Nelson (Videos)
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He didn't tonight in a short show of greatest hits at Bridgeport's Hartford Health Arena.
Young was...
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Movies
Tom Cruise Has His Usual Movie Premiere in London, This Time for “Digger”: Social Media Reactions Drop Today at 5:15 PM
It's "Digger" day.
Tom Cruise likes to have his movie premieres in London. The celebration is going on right now over there.
The embargo on social...
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