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A Party for Emily Blunt & Ewan McGregor; Katie Couric Holds Court - Posted March 7, 2012
It's been a pretty wild winter at Michael's. Far from suffering from the seasonal doldrums, the place has been operating on full tilt every Wednesday with a fresh array of A-listers that always make for some pretty good people watching. Today was no exception.
Besides the jam packed dining room filled with... [FishbowlLA]
Fifteen Years Later, Columnist Finally Gets to Interview Doris Day - Posted December 12, 2011
Some celebrity interview requests take longer than others to come to fruition. Rarely though do they span the length of four U.S. presidential terms, as is the case with Roger Friedman and ... [FishbowlLA]
Columnist Says Sly Stone 'Homeless' Story Stinks - Posted September 28, 2011
Three days after the New York Post caused a sensation with an article portaying Sly Stone as homel... [FishbowlLA]
Hollywood Reporter Promotes Erik Pedersen to Managing Editor - Posted July 29, 2011
On the Hollywood Reporter masthead, there is already a person listed as managing editor, daily--Michael Barnes. But since May, a second managing editor slot... [FishbowlLA]
Glenn Close and Damages Cast Celebrate Season Four - Posted June 29, 2011
-- DIANE CLEHANE
Before dashing off to their summer cottages in the Hamptons for the long holiday weekend, the media mavens and moguls were at their regular perches at Michael's today for a bit of last minute networking. It was SRO at the bar and the dining room was jam pa... [SocialTimes.com]
Glenn Close and Damages Cast Celebrate Season Four - Posted June 29, 2011
-- DIANE CLEHANE
Before dashing off to their summer cottages in the Hamptons for the long holiday weekend, the media mavens and moguls were at their regular perches at Michael's today for a bit of last minute networking. It was SRO at the bar and the dining room was jam pa... [FishbowlNY]
Advance Viewer Says David Gest Doc About Michael Jackson is 'Pretty Good' - Posted June 2, 2011
After originally hinting at a 2010 release for the feature documentary The Real Michael Jackson, David Gest dropped off the radar with his project. But just before Memorial Day, he resurfaced on the Universal Studio lot to hos... [FishbowlLA]
Sharon Waxman Enjoys a Hotel du Cap Nightcap - Posted May 16, 2011
Over the weekend, The Wrap's doyenne Sharon Waxman filed a freewheeling dispatch... [FishbowlLA]
Salt Lake City Reporter Buttonholes The Book of Mormon - Posted March 17, 2011
According to showbiz columnist Roger Friedman, ... [FishbowlLA]
Roger Friedman Points Thievery Finger at Deadline.com - Posted January 20, 2011
New York based showbiz columnist Roger Friedman has never been shy about outing media outlets that allegedly steal material from his Sho... [FishbowlLA]
Three More Jeers for Hollywood Foreign Press - Posted December 13, 2010
It's business as usual in Tinseltown. As in - everyone makes fun of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) but still kowtows to the annual Golden Globes fanfare (2010 nominations are out tomorrow).
It really doesn't ma... [FishbowlLA]
Robert Wagner to Help Reboot Charlie's Angels - Posted November 29, 2010
Showbiz 411 columnist Roger Friedman has a good ... [FishbowlLA]
Joe Torre, Joan Collins and a Mogul Mashup - Posted November 10, 2010
-- DIANE CLEHANE
I knew I was in for an interesting afternoon when I saw '80s icon Joan Collins and former Yankee skipper Joe Torre... [FishbowlNY]
Lunch: Kathie Lee Gifford and Friends Grab a Bite Before Broadway - Posted January 13, 2010
— DIANE CLEHANE
It's nice to see there are still plenty of writers who can afford to eat at swanky restaurants these days. Today, the dining room at Michael's was brimming with scribes of every stripe and their fabulous friends. I was heartened to hear from a handful of fellow scribes that... [FishbowlNY]
Covering Today's Cronkite Memorial - Posted September 9, 2009
Right now, the public memorial for Walter Cronkite is just getting started at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center.
TVNewser editors Chris and Kevin are on the scene and Tweetin... [FishbowlNY]
Al Franken Wins! (Again)|Ex-FoxNew.com Columnist Sues News Corp.|There May Be Jobs In Atlanta|OK! Paid $500K For MJ Photo - Posted June 30, 2009
FishbowlLA: The Minnesota Supreme Court certifed ... [FishbowlNY]
Roger Friedman Sues News Corp. For $5.1 Million - Posted June 30, 2009
HuffPo reports former FoxNews.com entertainment columnist Roger Friedman has gone ahead with a lawsuit against News Corp. seeking $5.18 million in damages f... [TVNewser]
Roger Friedman Sues Murdoch for Wrongful Termination - Posted June 30, 2009
From Huffpo:
Fired Fox News entertainment columnist Roger Friedman filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Fox News, News Corp, 20th Century Fox and ... [FishbowlLA]
Roger Friedman To File Wrongful Termination Suit Against News Corp. - Posted June 14, 2009
Fired FoxNews.com entertainment columnist Roger Friedman says it wasn't watching a pirated copy of the 20th Century Fox film "Wolverine" - and then writing about it - that got him fired, it was actress Kelly Preston... [TVNewser]
The Ticker (FNC Edition): Gutfeld, Friedman, Beck... - Posted May 19, 2009
> The libertarian magazine Reason has posted a video of Red Eye host Greg Gutfeld's appearance during Reason Weekend. He talks about Bill Maher, The Huffington Post and his "surreal" FNC program. ... [TVNewser]
FoxNews.com's Roger Friedman Fired For "Promoting" Piracy - Posted April 5, 2009
DeadlineHollywoodDaily's Nikki Finke reports FOX has fired FoxNews.com entertainment writer, ... [TVNewser]
Around the Fishbowls: Obama, O'Reilly, Cruise... - Posted December 17, 2008
• FishbowlNY's Glynnis MacNicol reports today's shocking news — President-elect Barack Obama was selected as Time magazine's Person of the Year. Noticeably absent from the "... [TVNewser]
Fox's Friedman Banned From Cruise's Comeback - Posted December 16, 2008
Fox News' Roger Friedman, an able-bodied film raconteur if ever there was one, has been banned from screenings of ... [FishbowlLA]
FBLA Goes to the Party: Schnabel at Gagosian - Posted February 22, 2008
Julian Schnabel's paintings of bones (used in the credit sequence of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) are on view at Gagosian Gallery, with a preview party last night. Schnabel's at work on his next film, because he evidently needs no sleep.
Tilda Swinton, Lauren Hutton, Ben Silverman, the Wein... [FishbowlLA]
Rosie: Proud As A Peacock? - Posted June 25, 2007
FoxNews.com's Roger Friedman "guesses" Rosie O'Donnell is going to NBC/MSNBC.
Johnny Dollar has the audio
"My guess is that she will get a daytime show on NBC with a package deal to do a night-time talk show on MSNBC."
"What she wants is a daytime show with... [TVNewser]
Lunch at Michael's: Tina Brown's Bathroom Promise - Posted May 16, 2007
We were expecting a celeb sighting or two since it's Upfront time — the week the networks trot out their overpaid and underfed stars to shill for their supper — but alas, there were no signs of McDreamy or Matthew Fox anywhere. (Thankfully, we d... [FishbowlNY]
CBS Recruited Matthews, Stephanopolous - Posted May 2, 2007
From Roger Friedman:
Sources say that Stephanopoulos' agents had more than just cursory talks with CBS about their boy switching networks. But at that point, they say, CBS couldn't offer George exactly what he was looking for either. For one thing, Stephanopolous is tied up at ABC through 2008. The talks didn't... [FishbowlDC]
