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.
Politics
Trump’s “I Hate Taylor Swift!” Joins Loomer, Pet Eating as Today’s Misdirection from Frightened Candidate — Harris’s Clever Response
First it was pets being eaten by Haitians.
Then it was Laura Loomer, crazy right winger, and a possible affair.
Now, it's Taylor Swift.
In his daily...
Movies
Toronto Film Fest People’s Choice Award Goes to Stephen King Movie Without a Distributor
Surprise!
The People's Choice Award for most popular film at the Toronto Film Festival still has no distributor.
Mike Flanagan's "The Life of Chuck," starring Tom...
Television
Emmy Awards Tonight, Second of This Year, Promise Little in Surprises: “The Bear,” “Shogun” Tipped for Honors
The Emmy Awards are on tonight on ABC.
It's the second Emmys this year because back in January we had the delayed edition from 2023...
Movies
Review: Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton Conduct a Masterclass About Life and Death in “The Room Next Door”
You know at this point Spanish superstar director Pedro Almodovar has nothing to prove. Not only his resume filled with classics like "Woman on...
Politics
Laura Loomer’s Loony Family: Doctor Dad Donated $500 to MTG, Mom “Nurse for Trump,” One Brother Designs Right Wing T Shirts
Laura Loomer is a right wing nut, we know all that.
Loomer is 31 and comes from Tuscon, Arizona. Her father is a rheumatologist. Her...
Media
Buttigieg Warns the Media, and Voters: Trump Using “Eating Pets” Is Strategic Distraction, So Is Loomer Gossip
Pete Buttigieg has become a Trump Whisperer. He gets it. On CNN, he explained very simply what's going with "eating pets" in Springfield, Ohio.
Pete...
Music
Katy Perry Takes a 30 Year Old Hit About a Homeless Woman and Turns It Into Something Meaningless
In 1991, Crystal Waters co-wrote and had a massive hit with "Gypsy Woman (She's Homeless)."
The track -- in which Waters invented the "la da...
Business
Trump Lies About Stock Price, Sends it Soaring Until Sales Are Paused Twice on Suspicion of Manipulation
I guess there are different ways of interpreting what Donald Trump -- convicted of 24 felonies --Â did yesterday to cause his Trump Media...
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