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.
Movies
MTV Cancels Movie and TV Awards for 2024, Skips “Barbenheimer” Movies After 2023 Ratings Debacle
MTV will not have a 2024 Movie and TV Awards this year.
You may recall that last year's show was a debacle, what with the...
Business
New “Planet of the Apes” Doesn’t Monkey Around with $56.5 Mil Weekend
You want people to see movies with humans? Don't be ridiculous. But apes and gorillas? Yes, indeed!
The number 1 movie of the weekend is...
Television
Will “Baby Reindeer” Upend Emmy Awards? Chilling Psychosexual Drama of Addiction and Obsession Is No. 1 Rated Netflix Show
Everyone is talking about "Baby Reindeer."
In the UK, the whole thing has gone off the rails. Piers Morgan is involved. Lawsuits are being threatened.
The...
Television
Saturday Night Live Celebrates Mother’s Day With Cast Moms Looking Very, Very Young (Video)
"SNL" opened the show last night with its annual salute to Mother's Day.
It was very sweet, but it also meant there was no reference...
Theater
Broadway: Rachel McAdams Makes Her Debut in Amy Herzog’s Moving “Mary Jane”
Amy Herzog’s tender play, "Mary Jane," about a mother raising an ill child, demands that we slow down, take in the drama of...
Books
No Way Back Now: Kristi Noem’s Book Now Pulped Fiction, Drops off Amazon Top 500, Kindle Version Used for Just That
Let's hope Center Street Books -- whoever they are -- didn't print up a lot of copies of Kristi Noem's book.
"No Way Back," published...
Politics
Trump Says Nikki Haley Is Not Under Consideration for VP Job: “I wish her well”
Donald Trump will not be picking Nikki Haley for his Vice President.
He just scotched that rumor definitively: "Nikki Haley is not under consideration for...
Celebrity
Barron Trump, 18, Exits Role as Florida RNC Convention Delegate After PR Avalanche: Will We Ever Hear His Voice?
Did Mom Melania put her foot down?
After Donald Trump announced his son, Barron, 18, would be a Florida delegate to the Repubican National Convention,...
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