Monday, March 9, 2026

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.

Hitler Loving Antisemite Kanye Un-Canceled by Wal-Mart Heiress and Husband, Owners of the LA Chargers and Denver Nuggets

I already told you that Apple is un-canceling Kanye West. Despite Kanye's campaign of hate against Jews and his well known admiration of Adolph Hitler,...

Trump’s Granddaughter Takes Secret Service to Most Expensive Grocery Store in US, Boasts About $233 Bill — And Spits Some Food Out

Kai Trump is the 18 year old granddaughter of Donald Trump. Her father is Junior. She's boasting about taking her Secret Service contingent to Erewhon...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

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...

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