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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Comic Whitney Cummings Says Told Trump Would Sue Her If She Didn’t Cut Jokes from Kennedy Center Bill Maher Special, But She Got Two...
Comic Whitney Cummings is 2-1 on the Netflix Kennedy Center Mark Twain special.
She said on her podcast this week that the Trump people told...
Crime
A Picture Tells a Thousand Stories: Trump Siblings Family Photo at World Cup Cruelly Snubs Invisible Half Brother Barron, 20
How sad to be Barron Trump.
He operates in a netherworld within the cult of Donald. You never see him, and when you do, it's...
Celebrity
Madonna Gets No Sales Bounce Out of Bizarre World Cup Half Time Show While Shakira, Justin Bieber, BTS See Records Jump into Top 10
Madonna's bizarre appearance on the World Cup half time show did nothing to help her sales.
Madonna sang a weird pre-taped version of new song...
Business
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There is rejoicing in Hollywood.
Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued a temporary restraining order and...
Movies
Yes, It’s the Trailer for “Avengers: Doomsday” a Marvel Medley with Bits of Thor, Captain America, Black Panther, Fantastic Four
Everyone's back, or most of them.
It's time for a Marvel medley of hits with "Avengers: Doomsday," coming later this year.
We've got bits of Thor,...
Celebrity
Ryan Adams Cancels European Tour Because of “Bad Case of Meniere’s,” Deletes Video About Selling His Guitars, Posts Amazing New Song
I don't know much about alt-country pop rock singer Ryan Adams other than what I posted the other day.
He said he was having...
Celebrity
Paul McCartney’s Animated Film “High in the Clouds” — Which I Announced in 2011 — Was Finally Scored This Weekend, We May See it...
In 2011, I broke the story about Paul McCartney's animated film, "High in the Clouds." It was based on his 200 children's book.
Read my...
Celebrity
World Cup Half Time: Tom Cruise Plugs Movie, Shakira Steals the Show, Jennifer Hudson Shines, Bieber Gets Somber, Madonna Gets Short Straw
The World Cup halftime entertainment was saved by two performers: Jennifer Hudson and Shakira.
Tom Cruise, looking like he hadn't slept, made an incongruous speech...
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