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.
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The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Michael Jackson was killed by a lethal dose of propofol, the anesthesia at the center of...
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The big box-office news is that Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Bastards” grossed $38 million domestically over its first weekend. The predictions had been for $30...
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It’s good news for those “Inglourious Basterds.” Quentin Tarantino’s World War II romp, starring Brad Pitt, took in an estimated $14.3 million last...
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Sony'announced yesterday that “This is It,” the Michael Jackson movie of his rehearsals up until the day he died, will get a
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Michael Jackson, still not buried properly, faces yet another burial postponement. The most recent announcement was that Michael would be buried on August 29th, his...
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The executors for Michael Jackson’s estate won a crucial victory today in Los Angeles Probate Court. Judge Mitchell Beckloff has approved a deal...
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It was announced a couple of weeks ago, but if you weren’t paying attention, today was a little weird in the NY cable world. CNN'...