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.
Business
“Marty Supreme” Opens Wide — Finally — to Respectable $2 Mil In Christmas Eve Previews After Megawatt Marketing Campaign
"Marty Supreme" finally arrived last night in wide release.
The Timothee Chalamet movie made $2 million, with $754 per screen at 2,668 theaters.
After an intense...
Business
Kennedy Center Latest Embarrassment: Christmas Eve Jazz Concert Cancels After Performers Refuse to Play Post-Name Change
It wasn't bad enough that Tuesday night's Kennedy Center Honors garnered the lowest TV ratings in the history of the show.
Now it turns out...
Television
“SNL” Wraps Fall with Season High Ratings Featuring Ariana Grande, Cher, and Bowen Yang’s Long Goodbye: Up 145K Viewers
I told you!
"SNL" went out on a high this week.
The show wrapped its fall season up 145,000 viewers from the week before.
The episode featured...
Television
Report: Last Night’s Kennedy Center Honors Ratings May Be Lowest Ever, Half as Much as Last Year with Around 3 Million Viewers
Last night's terrible Kennedy Center Honors was a ratings disaster.
So speculates TV expert reporter Joe Adalian.
Writing on his popular TVMoJoe X account, Adalian says:
"Last...
government
DOJ X Account Calls Questioner a “Dope” in Live Exchange About Possible Epstein-Nassar Letter in File Dump
I really thought I imagined this, but it's true.
Whoever writes the Twitter X account for the US Department of Justice responded to a public...
Television
Trump’s Kennedy Center Honors Omits Any Reference to JFK, Nixes Traditional Wall of Fame Set, Celebrates Mediocrity
One thing Donald Trump is good at: celebrating mediocrity. He appeals to the masses, the Wal Mart crowd.
So his first Kennedy Center Honors...
awards
UPDATING: Donald Trump Hosting Kennedy Center Honors — CBS Renames Show for Him As Directed
UPDATING. CBS was happy to cave to Trump. Their announcer called tonights show "The Trump Kennedy Center Awards."
After decades of erudite hosts, tonight's Kennedy...
Movies
Marvel Teaser: Chris Evans is Back as Steve Rogers in “Avengers: Doomsday,” So What About Anthony Mackie? Downey Jr as Doctor Doom?
Marvel dropped a teaser this morning for "Avengers: Doomsday."
Chris Evans as back as Steve Rogers, appearing to be Captain America.
So what happens to Anthony...
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