Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His 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. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.
Theater
Jennifer Hudson — EGOT Winner — Joins the New Broadway Production of “Dreamgirls” as a Producer Coming This Fall
Effie White is back -- as a producer.
Jennifer Hudson has joined the team producing the new Broadway revival of "Dreamgirls."
The show will be directed...
Business
Kanye West Reward for Virulent Antisemitism: 7 Figure Deal from Record Company Backed by Apple and Owner of the LA Dodgers, Lakers
You thought Kanye West would never find a record deal again after the hateful antisemitic crap he's spewed for the last several years?
Guess again.
West...
Crime
UPDATE: Man Questioned by Police in Nancy Guthrie Case Released — Back to Square One (See Video), Door Dash Responds
UPDATED: The man questioned by police has been released. The kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie is back to square one.
Carlos, who didn't want to give...
Celebrity
Guthrie Kidnapping: Person of Interest Being Questioned by Pima Country Police After Traffic Stop
The Pima County Sheriff's Department is currently questioning a person of interest in the Nancy Guthrie kidnapping.
The person was found at a traffic stop...
Business
Britney Spears Broke? Cashes in Catalog for Reported $200 Mil, Mostly Recordings Since She Didn’t Write Her Hits
Britney Spears has hit the cashier's window.
TMZ thinks it's cool that she's sold her "music catalog" for a reported $200 million.
But it's not good...
Sports
Super Bowl 60 Ratings: 125 Mil Watched, Rose to 137.8 Mil During 2nd Quarter, Bad Bunny Broke Records at Half Time
Sunday's Super Bowl was the second highest watched in history.
NBC says during the 2nd quarter, the Seahawks-Patriots Game reached a peak of 137.8 million...
Crime
Guthrie Kidnapping: Police Beg Media Not to Order Food Deliveries to Crime Scene: “Can’t Believe We Have to Say This”
The Keystone cops down in Tucson have a unique problem.
The media scrum parked outside Nancy Guthrie's house are ordering Uber Eats and Door Dash.
The...
Movies
Oscar Nominee Jacob Elordi Does the Monster Mash Again as Brooding Heathcliff in Much Hyped “Wuthering Heights” from Emerald Fennell
Is Jacob Elordi now type cast as a sexy beast? The new "Wuthering Heights," as reinvented by Emerald Fennell, finds fatal attraction in its...
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