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‘Friends’ Production Designer Says Joey and Chandler Almost Didn’t Live Across From Monica and Rachel
Can you imagine a world where Joey and Chandler didn’t live across from Monica and Rachel? I’d rather not — but it almost happened. The beloved show’s production designer John Shaffner recently revealed to Architectural Digest that his initial model for the set of Monica (Courteney Cox) and Rachel’s (Jennifer Aniston) New York City apartment featured […]
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David Schwimmer Recalls Turning Down ‘Men in Black’: “That Would Have Made Me a Movie Star”
David Schwimmer doesn’t regret turning down Men in Black, however, he acknowledges his “career would have taken a very different trajectory” if he starred in the 1997 film. When asked on a recent episode of the Origins With Cush Jumbo podcast if he passed on the blockbuster franchise due to conflicts with his Friends filming […]
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Doctor in Matthew Perry Death Probe Set to Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Distribute Ketamine Charge
Following an appearance in a Los Angeles federal court on Friday, one of the two California doctors indicted as part of the investigation into the overdose death of actor Matthew Perry is expected to plead guilty in the coming weeks to conspiring to distribute the surgical anesthetic ketamine, a Department of Justice official confirmed with […]
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‘Friends’ Creators Recall Defending Monica’s Storyline in Pilot After NBC Executive’s Opposition
The co-creators of Friends revealed that they had to fight for Monica Geller’s storyline in the first episode, which featured her sleeping with someone on a first date. Nearly 30 years after the beloved show premiered, David Crane and Marta Kauffman recently told The Times UK that an NBC executive wanted to change Monica’s (Courteney Cox) plot […]
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Matthew Perry Death Probe Brings Charges Against His Assistant, Two Doctors and “Ketamine Queen”
Matthew Perry’s live-in assistant, two doctors and a woman dubbed the “ketamine queen” are among the five people indicted and charged in the investigation into the actor’s death, which unearthed a “broad underground criminal network,” a coalition of law enforcement agencies announced at a press conference in L.A. on Thursday. Jasveen Sangha, the 41-year-old woman prosecutors […]
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Lisa Kudrow Says She Realized ‘Friends’ Provided a “Mental Health Service” for Viewers After 9/11
Lisa Kudrow is opening up about the moment she realized Friends was helping people through tough moments in their lives. The actress stopped by Ted Danson and Woody Harrelson’s podcast, SiriusXM’s Where Everybody Knows Your Name, to discuss her current series, Time Bandits. During the conversation, Kudrow opened up about how she realized Friends was […]
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‘The One in Vegas’: Warner Bros. Unveils New ‘Friends’ Interactive Experience on the Strip
Friends has been off the air for more than 20 years, but fans of the hit Warner Bros. series can now relive all their favorite memories, moments and episodes with a new Friends-themed interactive attraction in Las Vegas. The MGM Grand will be the West Coast flagship location of The Friends Experience, the popular immersive […]
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Probe Into Matthew Perry’s Acquisition of Ketamine That Led to His Death Has Multiple Suspects
The investigation into the death of Matthew Perry is coming to a close and multiple individuals have been linked to the late actor’s acquisition of the lethal amount of the dissociative anesthetic ketamine found in his blood, according to a news report published this week. The Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday that two law […]
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Matthew Perry’s Trust Draws Name From Late Actor’s Treasured Childhood Memory With Mother
A Friday legal filing in Los Angeles regarding the estate and will of Matthew Perry shows that the late Friends actor has named his parents as the beneficiaries of a trust that he named after an iconic Woody Allen character. The role in the film, the actor said in his memoir, was central to his […]
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Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer Reunite for Uber Eats Super Bowl Commercial
Jennifer Aniston totally forgets about starring alongside David Schwimmer in Friends in the latest Super Bowl commercial for Uber Eats. In the ad spot, which intends to showcase that people have to forget something else to remember that Uber Eats delivers almost anything, the actress gets an online delivery while working on set. “I didn’t […]
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Matthew Perry’s Overdose: Will It “Villainize” Ketamine Treatment?
You’re sitting in a doctor’s chair, surrounded by nurses. They hook you up to an IV and give you eye shades and headphones. A heart monitor is strapped to your chest. The music is chosen specifically for the experience: the sounds of running water or rhythmic drumming beats composed by well-known trance DJs. You barely […]
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‘Friends’ Streaming Rises Following Matthew Perry’s Death
With the news of Matthew Perry’s death in late October, viewers seemingly turned to his best-known role as Chandler Bing on Friends to remember him. The beloved comedy gathered 583 million minutes of viewing on Max for the week of Oct. 23-29 (Perry, 54, was found dead at his home on Oct. 28). That was […]
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