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News, features and blogposts about the beloved US sitcom Friends, starring Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc.
November 2024
‘I met the actor I replaced at a party!’ From Friends to Paddington, the tricky art of taking over a much-loved character
Sally Hawkins being replaced in the Peruvian bear’s latest romp is nothing new: from Ross’s wife-switch in Friends to Dallas’s short-lived Miss Ellie stand-in, recasting can cause confusion – and even fury
October 2024
Teri Garr obituary
American actor who brought superb comic timing to her roles in film classics such as Young Frankenstein and Tootsie
Teri Garr, actor from Tootsie and Friends, dies aged 79
Oscar-nominated actor was also known for roles in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and Young Frankenstein
One of two doctors charged in Matthew Perry’s death pleads guilty
Mark Chavez, 52, signed a plea agreement in which he admitted to obtaining ketamine from his former clinic
September 2024
Ross’s bagpipes to Monica’s proposal: your all-time favourite Friends moments
Friends at 30: the one where a cultural phenomenon just refuses to die
From Gunther’s first words to Smelly Cat: take our fiendishly difficult Friends 30th anniversary quiz
Weekend
Janet Jackson on Michael and motherhood, Friends at 30, and Marina Hyde on the real ‘enigma’ about Charlotte Owen – podcast
‘We set up a WhatsApp group to veto it’ – does The Perfect Couple have TV’s most terrible credits?
Would starring in Men in Black really have made David Schwimmer a movie star?
Stuart Heritage
Friends at 30 – the inside story: ‘Matt LeBlanc ate so much beef trifle’
Tell us your favourite moments from Friends
August 2024
Doctor charged in Matthew Perry death appears in court after reaching plea deal
Mark Chavez, 54, to turn over medical license as lawyer says client is ‘incredibly remorseful’ for role in star’s death
Five charged in connection with death of Matthew Perry, California police say – video
Personal assistant and two doctors among those indicted after Friends star died last October of ‘acute effects of ketamine’
Five arrests made in death of actor Matthew Perry, California police say
Personal assistant and two doctors among those indicted after Friends star died last October of ‘acute effects of ketamine’
May 2024
Matthew Perry: Los Angeles police investigating into actor’s death
LAPD and DEA working on joint criminal inquiry into how Friends star, who died of acute effects of ketamine, got the prescription drug
December 2023
The Observer's obituaries of 2023
‘He had such a wealth of soul’: Matthew Perry remembered by Minnie Driver
The actor recalls her co-star and friend: funny and self-deprecating, with a talent for making other people feel good in spite of his own pain
November 2023
‘This one has cut deep’: Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer and Lisa Kudrow pay tribute to Matthew Perry
Actors joined Courteney Cox and Matt LeBlanc in posting tributes to their late Friends co-star, who died unexpectedly last month
Matt LeBlanc and Courteney Cox pay tribute to Matthew Perry
LeBlanc says moments with late Friends costar were ‘among the favourite times of my life’ as Cox praises his humour and kindness
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Zac Efron would be ‘honoured’ to play Matthew Perry in biopic
After finding that the Friends actor wanted Efron to play him in a film, the latter, who had already played a younger Perry in 17 Again, expressed his agreement
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