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Showbiz411.com is a U.S.-based website that focuses on news from the entertainment world and provides film reviews. It was founded and is managed by Roger Friedman. The site originally launched on The Hollywood Reporter platform. With more than two decades of experience covering the entertainment industry, Roger Friedman created this site to share his insights and updates.

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HBO's "The Last of Us" Drops by 100,000 Viewers as Show without Pedro Pascal Turns Violent and Dull

1 day ago | showbiz411.com | Roger Friedman

HBO’s “The Last of Us” is having a bad time and may not recover. This past Sunday, the zombie drama dropped by 100,000 viewers from the previous week. Total linear viewers came to 652,000. That’s because series lead Pedro Pascal, who played Joel, was violently killed off. Since then, the show has been turned over to Ellie, played by Bella Ramsey and her pregnant lover, Dina. They’re on a quest for revenge over Joel’s death. At the end of the episode, they beat one of their enemies to death.
Bruce Springsteen Declares Donald Trump "Corrupt, Incompetent" At Tour Opening: "Let Freedom Ring"

2 days ago | showbiz411.com | Roger Friedman

Bruce Springsteen kicked off the new leg of his tour in Manchester, England tonight. Watch him rail against Donald Trump, calling him corrupt and incompetent.
Review: Only Tom Cruise Can Save the World in Three Hour "Final Reckoning"

2 days ago | showbiz411.com | Roger Friedman

You always have to say this for Tom Cruise: he’s all in on every movie he makes. He’s as devoted to movie making as he is to Scientology. You can’t question his devotion to a project. So when “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning” was released, and was a disappointment, he and director Christopher McQuarrie had their work cut out for them. They’d already filmed a lot of the sequel, “Dead Reckoning Part II,” during the making of the first installment.
Watch Cannes Red Carpet for Mission Impossible, Plus News About NYC Premiere This Weekend

2 days ago | showbiz411.com | Roger Friedman

You can watch the Mission Impossible Final Reckoning red carpet in Cannes below. It’s star studded but reports from my spies say there’s no big party after the screening. They say, “Tom has get on a plane immediately.”Of course he does!The New York premiere is set for Sunday night at Lincoln Center. Also, no party. Right now, a huge structure is being built on the Lincoln Center Plaza for the red carpet. It looks like a military installation.
HBO Max is Coming Back Since No One Ever Got "MAX" Name for Warner Bros. Streaming Service

2 days ago | showbiz411.com | Roger Friedman

HBO Max is alive!Warner Bros. is reversing course and naming its streaming service, MAX, with its old moniker. It’s like Classic Coke. Now HBO Max will once again stream the shows of HBO and originals. MAX sounded like it was something to with Mad Max, or the name Woody Allen and Tony Roberts used for each other in “Annie Hall.”David Zaslav, the quixotic owner of Warner Bros.
New: Bruce Springsteen Salutes Chuck Berry With Genuine Soundalike on "Repo Man" from Upcoming "Tracks II"

2 days ago | showbiz411.com | Roger Friedman

Bruce Springsteen has released another lost track from his upcoming “Tracks II: The Lost Albums” box set coming at the end of June. This one is called “Repo Man,” and it’s a lively bar song tribute to Chuck Berry, replicating the latter’s sound to a T. It’s also a nod to Alex Cox’s 1984 cult comedy, “Repo Man,” still a sublime hoot after 40 years. One of the great things about Bruce is that he has frequently revived songs and sounds of the Rock and Roll Founders in new numbers.
Jake Tapper Inflames Ire Over Biden Book and "Wheelchair" Claim as CNN Shills for It Every Hour

2 days ago | showbiz411.com | Roger Friedman

CNN’s Jake Tapper is not winning over viewers or making fans right now. Tapper and journalist Alex Thompson have instead ignited ire over their book, “Original Sin,” which claims Joe Biden’s staff considered getting him a wheelchair during the last year of his presidency. The book casts doubt on Biden’s mental and physical fitness, and says that the staff and his family covered up his declining health.
Happy 75th Birthday, Stevie Wonder: Genius Musician and Practitioner of Peace

2 days ago | showbiz411.com | Roger Friedman

I can’t add too much more about Stevie Wonder than has been expressed all day on social media. Isn’t he lovely? Stevie has long been one of my idols. His run of albums from “Music of My Mind” through “Songs in the Key of Life” is legendary. So much innovation, so many great songs. He’s an actual genius.
Flash: Daniel Day Lewis's Film Return Set for Early October, "Anemone" Directed & Co-Written by Son Ronan

3 days ago | showbiz411.com | Roger Friedman

Daniel Day Lewis is out of retirement, at least for now. The three time Oscar winner returns to the screen this October in a film called “Anemone.” That’s a buttercup flower often in different colors. AN-em-Oh-knee.)It’s directed by his son, Ronan, and co-written with Ronan and Daniel. Ronan’s got the genes to make great stories. His mother is Rebecca Miller, and his grandfather was legenary playwright Arthur Miller.
Cannes Film Festival 2025: Watch the Opening Ceremony and Red Carpet Here LIVE Beginning at 11:30am

3 days ago | showbiz411.com | Roger Friedman

So we didn’t have to spend $10,000 this year on a trip to Cannes. The opening ceremony is being live streamed right here beginning at 11:30am. The red carpet, the speeches, the introduction of the jury, Robert De Niro as the lifetime achievement winner — all here. Most of it will be in French. If you’re sitting in the Palais du Cinema, snoozing a bit from jet lag, the French is so melodious that it’s hard to remake awake. But that’s the charm. The opening night movie is almost always not good.