Mark interviews Roger Friedman from Showbiz411.

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🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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They explore how Epstein leveraged his wealth, engaging in various financial and possibly questionable deals. The much-anticipated JFK movie series may not be living up to the hype. Roger also provides an update on the state of Broadway in NYC so far in 2026 and how recent storms have impacted the industry.

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0:00.0	Mr. New York.
0:01.4	Mr. New York.
0:02.4	Mark Simone.
0:04.1	710 W.O.R.
0:07.0	Well, Roger Friedman, the great entertainment reporter, his website, showbiz 411.
0:12.8	Lots of stories.
0:13.8	New stuff every day.
0:14.8	Keep checking it.
0:15.5	Showbiz 411.com.
0:18.5	Roger Friedman, how you doing?
0:21.0	I'm great. Good morning. It's the end of February. I can't believe it.
0:24.6	March begins Sunday, right?
0:28.6	Or sooner.
0:29.7	Or Monday, yeah. I never asked you. We're talking about Jeffrey Epstein. You must have known Epstein.
0:36.6	Or madam. No. No. I saw him once. I never met him. I might have nodded at him. I never, I know I didn't shake hands. I saw at some event. I hate to break it to you. You're in the Epstein files. I don't know if you know that. I'm in there too. I know. but you're in there because somebody well I'm
0:55.2	somebody wrote to him Peggy Siegel wrote to him and said would you like to
0:58.1	meet Roger Friedman so that's it's nothing bad she said come join us for dinner yeah
1:02.6	and I remember that dinner where I said to Peggy I don't think we should do that and
1:06.2	we didn't he never showed up.
1:22.1	I saw him once with a very tall, thin girl with long brown hair and a dress that stopped at her waist.
1:22.5	Yes.
1:25.9	And I had no idea how old she was.
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