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
UK Home Secretary Urges Parliament Not to Allow Kanye West into Country for Wireless Festival this Summer (Read)
The UK Home Secretary has written a letter to Parliament urging that Kanye West not be allowed into the country.
MP Chris Philp has written...
Business
Kanye West Freefall: Budweiser Now Lone Major Sponsor That Hasn’t Pulled Out of London Summer Music Festival
Budweiser is now the lone major sponsor left for this summer's Wireless Festival in London.
Rockstar energy drink has joined Pepsi, Diageo (Johnnie Walker, Captain...
Television
CBS News Capitulates to Trump Again, Lets Rev. Franklin Graham Give A Sermon About Jesus at the End of “60 Minutes”
This is outrageous.
"60 Minutes" turned over its last minute tonight to Franklin Graham.
A devout Trump supporter, Graham gave a sermon about Jesus and...
Celebrity
Screwy Right Wing Newsmax Hires “Days of Our Lives” Actor to Anchor Weekend News As One More Faux Journalist
Newsmax isn't known for its journalism, certainly.
It's a channel for people who think Fox News isn't crazy enough with fictional right wing reporting.
Their latest...
Business
Kanye Krumbles: Johnnie Walker, Captain Morgan Join Pepsi, Pull Out of Wireless Fest: PayPal Also UPDATED
MONDAY AM UPDATE: PAYPAL DROPS WIRELESS FEST TOO!
The company that distributes Johnnie Walker and Captain Morgan is out of the Wireless Festival.
Diageo has pulled...
Music
Justin Bieber Plays Another Pre-Coachella Show All “Swag” and Hot Hits Thanks to Catalog Sale (Maybe He’s Rehearsing Them at Home)
It was another club date in West Hollywood last night for Justin Bieber.
A few days before his Coachella show, Bieber put on a private...
Business
iTunes Takeover by Fake AI Singer “Eddie Dalton” — Now Occupies ELEVEN Spots on Singles Chart, Number 3 on Albums Chart (Exclusive)
iTunes was really bamboozled on April Fools Day.
Dallas Little, content creator, unleashed four more songs by his AI creation, Eddie Dalton.
Now Little has ELEVEN...
government
Trump’s Easter Message to Iran: Threatens to Kill Everyone, Drops F Bomb in Social Media Post, Calls Country “Crazy Bastards”
LBJ cursed a lot in private. For better or worse.
But not in public. Discourse between the president of the United States and its citizens...
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