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NEWS ABOUT: Roger Friedman

Roger Friedman stories: 5 news summaries

Scientologists Got Me Fired: Fox Columnist

Friedman says he
was targeted  for
his criticism of cult

Jun 14, 09 7:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Fox News columnist sacked after he reviewed a pirated copy of Wolverine insists he was actually fired because he was targeted by Scientologists, reports the New York Daily News. Kelly Preston and a Scientology spokesman pressured Fox News boss Roger Ailes to ax Roger Friedman because of his pieces... More »

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Scientology • Tom Cruise • Fox News • firing • Kelly Preston • Roger Friedman


 Fox News 
 Columnist Fired 
 Over Wolverine 
 Pirate Review 


Columnist clarifies he did not download film

Apr 7, 09 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gossip columnist Roger Friedman has been officially ousted from Fox News after reviewing a pirated copy of sister-company 20th Century Fox’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine. After yesterday afternoon’s meeting between Friedman and Fox News execs, the two parties “mutually agreed to part ways immediately,” according to a... More »

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Internet • film • piracy • Internet leak • Wolverine • movies • Roger Friedman

Columnist Fired (or Not) Over Review of Pirated Wolverine

FoxNews.com's Friedman to argue for job today

Apr 6, 09 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The fate of longtime Fox News columnist Roger Friedman is unclear, but one thing is certain: It probably wasn’t a great idea to review a pirated copy of a sister company’s movie. Fox News-parent News Corp. said Friedman was canned after posting Thursday’s positive review of the... More »

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Internet • film • piracy • Internet leak • Wolverine • movies • Roger Friedman

OPINION

 Can Mel Make a 
 Comeback? 

Gibson aims for rehabilitation, but Mad Max is 'gone'

Mar 2, 09 1:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Mel Gibson appears to be making an effort to revive a career stalled after his 2006 arrest and accompanying anti-Semitic tirade, but “it seems unlikely he can ever really come back,” writes Roger Friedman for Fox News. “Like Tom Cruise, Gibson has sent himself into a weird... More »

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Hollywood • film • sexism • image • film director • Mel Gibson • actor • anti-Semitism • comeback • movies • Roger Friedman

'Clueless' Chris Brown's Spin Doctor Will Win Him No Points

Paris Hilton's flack is 'universally disliked'

Feb 17, 09 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - It’s not surprising that “19 and clueless” Chris Brown needs help doing damage control, but the PR flack he hired to disentangle him from his domestic violence mess will “win Brown no points in public,” writes Roger Friedman for Fox News. Mike Sitrick, Paris Hilton’s... More »

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Paris Hilton • domestic violence • celebrity • public relations • spin control • assault • Rihanna • physical abuse • Chris Brown • Roger Friedman

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