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The Mark Simone Show

Mark interviews Roger Friedman from Showbiz 411.

The Mark Simone Show

iHeartRadio and Mark Simone

News

4.3695 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Roger has the latest on Clive Davis’ health after his recent hospital stay. He also shares some entertainment scoop: Madonna drew a crowd in Times Square last night to preview her new album and kick off Pride Month, and Paul McCartney’s latest release is getting a lot of buzz. Roger recommends a show in the area that’s worth checking out.

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0:00.0

The Mark Simone Show on 710 W.O.R.

0:05.7

Hey, Roger Friedman, the great entertainment reporter.

0:09.0

He's got a wonderful website with new stuff every day.

0:11.8

You should check it every day.

0:12.9

Showbiz 411.com.

0:15.7

Showbiz 411.com.

0:18.3

Roger Friedman, how you doing?

0:20.6

I'm great. Good morning, Mark. Hey, our friend Clive Davis was in the

0:24.7

hospital. How's he doing now? He was. He's home. He's recuperating from an upper

0:31.2

respiratory infection. You know, he's 94 and Oklahoma Memorial Day day weekend he had a three day event at his house

0:40.5

in westchester yeah where there were like a hundred guests there and uh and you know he's right

0:46.5

at the center of all the activity so it might have been a little much you know for anybody forget

0:51.4

about 94 even even 74.

1:13.6

So, yeah, but let's, he went to the hospital for. Let's explain. He does that every weekend. That's a normal weekend. 100 people come to the house. And you get a schedule when you get there. You've been there. You get that schedule. 9 o'clock breakfast, 10 p.m. 10 o'clock rest period. And then you're all going to lunch at

1:13.0

this restaurant. There's two buses waiting to take you. And then. That's exactly right. Dinner.

1:18.0

And then they've got a show, they put on a show later in the theater. Everyone performs.

1:24.4

It's, it's hysterical. And he's, he's right at the center of it all the time.

1:29.7

So, you know, he loves it.

1:31.3

He's a showman.

1:32.7

So he's going to just take it easy now and recuperate.

1:38.0

I don't think he'll make it to the Songwriters Hall of Fame on next Thursday.

1:41.9

Really?

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