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.
Celebrity
“SNL” Gives Timothee Chalamet, Bob Dylan Movie Biggest Oscar Plug in Its History
"Saturday Night Live" dug in hard tonight for "A Complete Unknown."
The show let star Timothee Chalamet plug the Bob Dylan movie not only in...
Music
Rapper GloRilla Got No Sales Bounce from Last Week’s “SNL,” Whole Performance Cut in UK Broadcast
Last weeks "SNL" was a good news, bad news scenario.
Ratings for the Dave Chappelle hosted episode rose to 4.85 million, on the high end...
Business
Mel Gibson’s Panned “Flight Risk” Makes Just $3.5 Mil Friday, Hides His Name for Poster, Ads
Hollywood "Ambassador" Mel Gibson is hiding on his movie's poster.
The advertising for "Flight Risk" -- which opened to $4.4 million for Thursday and Friday...
Celebrity
Kennedy Civil War as JFK Grandson Demands Apologies for RFK Assassination Conspiracy Theories on Joe Rogan’s Podcast
Jack Schlossberg is no fan of his mother's first cousin, Robert Kennedy Jr.
We've never seen such a divide in the Kennedy family before RFK...
Celebrity
Michael Jackson Biopic Will Get Re-shoots This Spring, But They Were Already Planned
The very estimable Matthew Belloni has a story today in his Puck newsletter about the Michael Jackson biopic. The movie, he says, has to...
Music
Grammys Sign Up Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter, Benson Boone — Taylor, Beyonce Still Questions
The first round of performers at the Grammy Awards is pretty top notch.
So far Benson Boone, Billie Eilish, Chappell Roan, Charli xcx, Doechii, RAYE,...
Business
Kanye West Claims Financial Firm Eton Ventures Says He’s Worth $2.77 Billion
Kanye West says an Austin, TX based firm called Eton Ventures says he's worth $2.77 billion.
He's posted a statement from them, and released it...
government
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Family Says They Hope to See Declassified Assassination Files Before the Public
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s family has responded to Donald Trump's decalssification of files surrounding their father's 1968 murder.
In a statement just posted, the...
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