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.
Business
Studio Says “The Bride!” Did Worse — If Possible — Than Thought by $300,000, Wedding Guests Didn’t Stay for Dessert
How much worse could things be?
Yesterday, Warner's said "The Bride!" had a $7.3 million weekend. Exhibitor Relations had it at $7.2 million.
Now it turns...
Media
Emmy Winning CBS News Correspondent Scott MacFarlane is Leaving the Network “I look forward to some independence”
Scott MacFarlane is outta here.
The respected journalist is leaving CBS News.
He wrote the CBS staff and posted on socials: "For the next phase of...
Movies
“Melania” Movie Comes to Amazon Prime Sponsored by Rupert Murdoch’s Fox Nation, and Missing a Credit for the Rolling Stones
"Melania," fresh off its calamitous run in theaters, is streaming today.
Brett Ratner's hilariously awful infomercial has arrived on Amazon Prime -- and it's free.
All...
Movies
Writers Guild Gives Awards to the Same Movies, TV Shows as Everyone Else, At a Time When it Doesn’t Matter Anyway
Has there ever been a group so self-defeating as the Writers Guild West?
They had to coattail with the East Coast division because they're fighting...
Movies
Linda Ronstadt Movie with Selena Gomez — Scooped Here in 2023 — Moving Forward At Last at Miramax 2.0
Almost three years ago I broke the news that Selena Gomez would play Linda Ronstadt in a biopic.
You can read it about here.
Now comes...
Music
Bruno Mars Has a New Album, And As Usual He’s helped Himself to Some Old Songs Without Asking, from the O’Jays and Santana
Bruno Mars has never shied away from helping himself to old songs, without asking.
As Earth Wind and Fire's Maurice White once told me about...
Celebrity
Harry Styles Flies to NY After Taping TV Special in Manchester Just to Interrupt Ryan Gosling “SNL” Monologue (Video)
At 2pm today on Netflix you can see a live Harry Styles show.
It was taped Friday in Manchester, England.
Harry, not missing a beat, finished...
Business
Box Office: Honeymoon Ends for “The Bride!” with Disastrous $7.3 Million Opening Weekend, “Melania” Makes Strudel on Amazon Prime
There will be no honeymoon for "The Bride!"
Sadly, all trips are canceled as Maggie Gyllenhaal's $80 million plus adventure is a disaster.
Total weekend take...
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