Mark interviews Roger Friedman of Showbiz 411.

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🗓️ 23 January 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Roger shares his thoughts on this year’s Oscar nominations, a new Frank Sinatra documentary streaming on Fox Nation, and the latest news from Broadway.

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0:00.0	Mr. New York, Mark Simone on 710 W-O-R.
0:05.1	Well, entertainment reporter Roger Friedman, he runs the great website, showbiz 411.com.
0:11.0	A lot of good stories, new stuff every day.
0:13.4	Showbiz 411.com.
0:16.5	Roger Friedman, how you doing?
0:18.5	I'm great.
0:19.3	How are you this morning?
0:20.4	I'm good. Hey, Oscar nominations came out this week. What do you think?
0:24.6	Well, I think there were too many surprises. There were things I was happy about.
0:31.5	The big snub was wicked. The second wicked movie, got nothing.
0:37.8	Why is that?
0:38.3	Why is that?
0:39.6	Well, because I think the Academy thought they got a lot last year, and that's enough already.
0:45.8	And it was basically the same movie.
0:48.2	So, Ariana Grande's fans were very upset that she wasn't nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
0:55.0	But she, you know, she did well at the Golden Globes, and I think that was appropriate.
1:00.5	We have a lot of great nominees.
1:02.7	I'm really excited about Ethan Hawke being nominated and Best Actor for Blue Moon,
1:09.3	which is just a terrific little film.
1:12.5	And, of course, Timothy Chalameh and Leonardo DiCaprio are in that.
1:16.4	But the big news is that Sinners has really built up a following.
1:22.3	They had 16 nominations the most ever for any movie.
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