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.
Celebrity
Sources: Rob Reiner’s Closest Comedy Pals Billy Crystal and Larry David May Have Found Couple’s Bodies on Welfare Check
EXCLUSIVE There's so much gossip when there's a Hollywood murder, and I hate to report it.
It's unconfirmed as of yet. But I'm Rob Reiner's...
Movies
UPDATING Breaking News: Rob Reiner and Wife Michelle Dead in Beloved Hollywood Actor-Director’s Home, Possibly by Son
UPDATE!!!!!
Waiting for press conference...
ABC reports that Billy Crystal, who is a nearby neighbor, and a friend of Reiner’s since Reiner directed him in When...
Television
Slow Burn “SNL” Last Night Dunks on Variety’s “Actors on Actors,” Also Unveils Ashley Padilla as Hottest New Star in Years
Last night's "Saturday Night Live" was a slow burn show.
It took some time to ramp up from mildly low energy to some curiously funny...
Business
Box Office: “Wicked For Good” is Now You See It, Now You Don’t, Plus Ella McCay DOA, Foreign Language Films Aren’t Translating
The number 1 movie of this weekend was "Zootopia."
Total for Disney animation is $26.3 million this weekend, with a total of $259 million....
Media
Bari Weiss’s Embarrassing CBS Christian Hour with Erika Kirk Sends Charlie Kirk Book to Number 2, and Temporarily Sold Out
Seventy years of CBS News was chucked out the window tonight by Bari Weiss.
Could there have been anything more cringe and embarrassing as Weiss's...
Business
Box Office: “Zootopia,” “Freddy’s 2” Have Strong Fridays, “Wicked” Magic Ebbing, “Ella McCay” a Tragedy in the Making
Friday night box office was big big big for the top two releases.
Both "Zootopia 2" and "Five Nights at Freddy's" had great nights, each...
Movies
“Ella McCay,” from Famed Producer Director James L. Brooks, Splats at Rotten Tomatoes with 18%, Dumped by Disney-20th
It's a sad fate for "Ella McCay."
A movie no one knows about or understands, what seems like the final project for a famous director...
Business
Broadway: Scott Rudin’s Comeback Play, “Little Bear Ridge Road,” Starring Laurie Metcalf, Closing Next Week Instead of February
Broadway producer Scott Rudin's big comeback project has failed.
"Little Bear Ridge Road," starring Laurie Metcalf, was supposed to play through February 2026.
Instead, the Road...
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