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.
Music
American Idol: Samantha Diaz aka Just Sam Returns to Show Sunday Four Years After Winning
Samantha Diaz is returning to "American Idol" this Sunday.
Diaz, aka Just Sam, won the content four years ago, in 2020. She arrived there as...
Music
Broadway: Fleetwood Mac’s 70s Soap Opera is Now a Play Whether They Like it Or Not
I don't know what the surviving members of Fleetwood Mac have made of "Stereophonic."
The play about a mid 70s rock band taking three years...
Television
“Law & Order: Organized Crime” Moves to Peacock as Dick Wolf Potentially Loses An Hour of Prime Time
Dick Wolf has lost an hour of prime time TV.
NBC Universal is moving "Law & Order Organized Crime" from the network to streaming on...
Music
Listen to Barbra Streisand’s Gorgeous New Song, “Love Will Survive,” Anthem Against Antisemitism
Barbra Streisand has dropped a new single today/
"Love Will Survive" was written and recorded to combat antisemitism, and is from a TV movie...
Law
Shocker: Harvey Weinstein NY Conviction Overturned by Panel of Female Judges
Harvey Weinstein's conviction has been overturned by a panel of appellate judges, mostly female.
They've ruled the NY court made a mistake allowing women who...
Business
New Taylor Swift Album on Track to Become 3rd Highest Debut Week in Sales with 2.8 Million Copies
The poets are not so tortured.
Hitsdailydouble.com reports that Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department" will finish its first week with record sales.
"Poets" is on...
Business
KISS Front Man Gene Simmons Adds 1 Million Viewers to Sunday “American Idol” as Mentor
Stunt casting works!
Ratings deprived "American Idol" jumped by 1 million viewers in the Sunday night ratings.
The reason was the appearance of KISS front man...
Celebrity
Billie Eilish’s Most Scandalous Statements in Frank Interview: “No Single Coming from New Album” and “I am Afraid of People”
Billie Eilish tells Rolling Stone a lot of scandalous stuff in her new interview.
Most of it is about sex, lesbian sex, that she freely...
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