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.
Television
Daytime Emmy Noms: Dick van Dyke, 98, for “Days of our Lives,” Also Movie Star Guy Pearce for Aussie Soap
The Daytime Emmy nominations are out, and they are unusual.
Dick van Dyke, age 98, was nominated for his guest spot on "Days of Our...
Music
Billy Joel Special Will Re-air Tonight on CBS, Scored High Numbers on Sunday Before Incident
Billy Joel's terrific special will air again tonight at 9pm on CBS.
This re-airing is to make up for Sunday's incident at the end of...
Books
Graydon Carter Goes Retro Cool, Opens a Newsstand in NYC’s West Village
Graydon Carter, former chief of Vanity Fair, has gone back to the future.
Carter has today opened a newsstand in NYC's West Village. It's named...
Business
Taylor Swift Scores a RECORD 48 of 100 iTunes Top 100, 9 of top 10, 4 of Top 5 Albums
The ENTIRE record business belongs to Taylor Swift.
Like it or not, Swift's new release "The Tortured Poets Department" is setting and breaking records right...
Celebrity
Taylor Swift Drops New Album, Total 31 Songs (15 Surprise Ones) at 2am
Taylor Swift dropped an album of 16 songs at midnight. Then at 2am she added 15 more, for a total of 31 songs.
The collection...
Business
Get Ready for Taylor Swift “Poets” Tsunami to Hit at Midnight, Beyonce Album Ending Run at 700,000
Cowboy Carter is about to get rounded up.
Taylor Swift's "The Tortured Poets Department" will at midnight like the hurricane in "The Wizard of Oz."...
Movies
Exclusive: Meryl Streep to Receive Prestigious Opening Night Honorary Palme D’or Award at Cannes
Cannes do!
I'm told that the Festival de Cannes will bestow the Honorary Palme D'or on the great Meryl Streep next month.
The three time Academy...
Celebrity
Exclusive: Woody Allen On Marriage, Kids, His Great Films, Influence on Movie Making, Writing a Novel, Epstein, and Not Retiring
Just so we're all on the same page -- and it's typed on a manual typewriter -- let's get something straight. Woody Allen is...
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