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Will John Travolta Renounce The Church Of Scientology?
4:45AM Foster Kamer | It looks like there’s a rumour going around that one of Scientology’s largest proponents, John Travolta, is looking to leave the draconian religion once and for all. After the year he’s had, it would make sense. More »
Big Screen
Roger Friedman Wants Millions From The Scientology Lovers At Fox
4:09AM Richard Lawson | As we know, Roger Friedman—the writer who got fired by Fox for reviewing an illegally leaked online version of the film Wolverine—is being crazy and suing the company, claiming Scientology conspiracy. Today we learn the amount: $US5.18 million. More »
Small Screen
Roger Friedman: Celebrity Scientologists Got Me Fired From Fox!
3:15AM Foster Kamer | Wow: Roger Friedman’s accusing prominent Church of Scientology members Tom Cruise and Kelly Preston of conspiring against him, and he’s citing this as the reason he was fired from his job as a showbiz columnist in a lawsuit against Fox. More »
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Roger Friedman Suing Fox For Firing His Wolverine-Watching Ass
1:47AM Foster Kamer | Nikki Finke’s got it on good that showbiz columnist Roger Friedman’s gonna sue Fox for his firing over watching a leaked copy of Wolverine. And he’s talking about it in the (Fox/NY Post competitor) Daily News tomorrow. [Deadline Hollywood Daily] More »
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It’s Official: Roger Friedman Loses His Job Over Wolverine Piracy
7:23AM Gabriel Snyder | Roger Friedman, a showbiz columnist for FoxNews.com, failed to persuade Fox News head Roger Ailes that he should keep his job after downloading a pirated copy of Wolverine and angering 20th Century Fox studio executives. More »
Big Screen
Pirated Wolverine Review Gets Fox Newser Fired
8:17AM Ryan Tate | Wow, 20th Century Fox really doesn’t want anyone to know how fun it is to pirate Wolverine: The studio had a Fox News columnist fired for raving about the unreleased movie. More »
Vengeful Gossip Bashes ‘Tom Cruise’s Nazi Apologia’: An Annotated Guide
6:08AM STV | We knew Fox News gossip and mortal Tom Cruise enemy Roger Friedman was upset last week when MGM denied him an advance look at Valkyrie. Today, he exacted his mouthbreathing, error-packed and all-around vicious revenge. More »
Fox News Blames Internet, Los Angeles for David Duchovny’s Sex Addiction
5:30AM Defamer Hollywood | Most celebrities only announce a stint in rehab after undergoing a very public flame-out, so when David Duchovny offered last week (apropos of nothing) that he was being treated for sex addiction, gossip hounds went wild trying to figure out the reasons why. One columnist hot on the case is Fox News gadfly Roger Friedman, last seen trying to put the blame for the Harry Potter delay on star Daniel Radcliffe’s magic wand. After a little digging, Friedman got to the bottom of some of the more scurrilous rumors: More »
Fox News Blames Daniel Radcliffe’s Magic Wand for ‘Harry Potter’ Delay
10:35AM Defamer Hollywood | Won’t anybody listen to the “content kings” over at Warner Bros.? Despite the fact that they actually have plausible reasons for bumping Harry Potter to next year — i.e the writers’ strike had left them with a summer 2009 slate that lacked a single tentpole release besides Terminator: Salvation — tongues are clucking that there simply must be ulterior motives at play. The latest to toss out a conspiracy theory is daffy Fox News columnist Roger Friedman, who puts the blame squarely on Daniel Radcliffe’s barely legal shoulders:
