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
Box Office: “Super Mario” Blasts Off to Another Galaxy with $190 Mil in Five Days, The Curtain May Be Falling On “The Drama” After...
SPOILERS AHEAD, BE WARNED******
The weekend box office was about three movies: "The Super Mario Galaxy," "Project Hail Mary," and "The Drama."
Good news first: "Super...
Business
Satisfaction: Pepsi Gets the Message About Kanye West, Exits Sponsorship of Wireless Festival After Heavy Criticism
This column was first to denounce Pepsi when the Wireless Festival in London said Kanye West would headline three nights this summer.
Then -- and...
Music
Kanye West’s Second LA Show Drew Lauryn Hill As A Special (And Not Very Bright) Guest: Watch Skinheads Dancing in SoFi Stadium
America.
What a place.
The dream is to say and do incredibly offensive, unforgivable things, then be welcome back by skinheads.
Last night's Kanye West show at...
Movies
Box Office: “Project Hail Mary” Hits $200 Mil Today, “The Drama” Looks at $15 Mil Weekend, “Mario” Rules the Galaxy
The big box office story now is "Super Mario Bros Galaxy."
You have no idea what this is, and you won't be seeing it. But...
Books
Trump Attacks ABC News’s Jonathan Karl Seven Months After Last Book Was Published, And Spells “Bear” Wrong on Social Media
You'd think such a stable genius as Donald Trump would know how to spell.
He doesn't.
In his attack on ABC's Jonathan Karl -- who's written...
Music
Pop Chart: Kanye West’s “Bully” Return Post-Antisemitism Scandal Fizzles, Finishes Second to KPop Group BTS’s “Arirang”
Kanye West's big comeback was not as successful as he hoped.
His "Bully" album came in second this week, behind BTS's "Arirang."
Despite endless, bewildering press...
Business
And So “The Drama” Begins with $1.7 Million Box Office Previews For Dark Zendaya-Robert Pattinson Non Rom Com
"The Drama" has begun.
Robert Pattinson and Zendaya opened last night in a movie that seemed like a rom com but is a dram-com.
Box office...
Celebrity
Report: Tom Cruise and John Travolta Were Front and Center at Scientology Cult Gala Last Month Clapping for Their Late Leader
Tom Cruise and John Travolta are rarely seen together.
They've never made a movie with each other. It's hard to say if they're even friends.
They...
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