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☆ Jennifer Aniston and Other ‘Friends’ Actors Reminisce After Matthew Perry’s Death
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Christine Hauser | More About Christine Hauser | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Cast members of “Friends,” who shared coffee and apartments in their roles on the long-running series, reminisced in Instagram posts this week about the scenes they shared with Matthew Perry, who played Chandler Bing on the show. Perry was found unresponsive in a hot tub at his home in Los Angeles on Oct. 28. His cause of death has not been released. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the actors shared their favorite moments on Instagram, touching on the warmth and chemistry that made the show an enduring global hit. Matt LeBlancLeBlanc had the role of Joey Tribbiani, Chandler’s roommate.

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☆ Opinion: Matthew Perry wanted to escape being Chandler Bing
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Jane Carr | Opinion Holly Thomas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Commentators have paid tribute to Perry and to Chandler in equal measure. As Perry made clear in his 2022 autobiography, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,” it did not. Chandler, Perry insisted, was a front. Three weeks before his audition for “Friends,” Perry said he fell to his knees and prayed “God, you can do whatever you want to me. Though Perry wanted to escape Chandler, he kept him around, because heaven forbid anyone saw what he was hiding.

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☆ Could Matthew Perry’s Chandler-Speak Be Any More Memorable?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Jennifer Vineyard | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

2194,” Perry initially settled for coaching other actor friends on how to play Chandler for their auditions. But even with Perry’s assistance, Chandler’s delivery did not land the same. But much of the character’s personality, like his discomfort with silence and need to fill it with quips, came directly from Perry. “If I had to put the emphasis in the wrong place one more time, I thought I’d explode,” he wrote. But it was too late: Chandler-speak had permeated the culture in America and beyond.

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☆ Watch Matthew Perry’s Best Performances
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Jeremy Egner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The show looms so large and Perry’s performance as Chandler Bing was so indelible that it can be difficult to think of him in any other context. But Perry had a long and varied career that included films, many other series and the occasional play. Here are some of his most memorable performances and how to watch them. As Chandler, Perry was the sharpest, funniest Friend. Perry’s well-known struggles with addiction are unavoidably linked to his time on the show — for instance, he said he went to rehab right after filming Monica and Chandler’s wedding.

Persons: Matthew Perry, Chandler Bing, Perry, ’, Charles, ”, Chandler, Monica Organizations: NBC Locations: Canada, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills

Matthew Perry was mourned on social media by friends, co-stars and some very famous fans, including his childhood classmate, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his “Friends” mom Morgan Fairchild and even Adele. Trudeau, who attended elementary school with Perry while their parents worked together, wrote a tribute on X, formerly Twitter. “I’ll never forget the schoolyard games we used to play, and I know people around the world are never going to forget the joy he brought them,” Trudeau wrote. Perry once hosted the show, in 1997, which featured one sketch where he played Matt LeBlanc’s character Joey and Colin Quinn played Chandler. “All of us loved Matthew Perry, and I did especially.

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☆ The One Without Matthew Perry
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Alexis Soloski | More About Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

A professional actor since his teens, Perry had appeared in more than a dozen sitcoms before landing “Friends” in 1994. Mostly it advertised Perry and his anxious, reckless charm. Even among the irrepressible talents of his co-stars, Perry stood out, for a rubbery, heedless way with physical comedy and a split-second timing that most stopwatches would envy. He had both an absolute commitment to what a line required and a way of gently ironizing that line. Perry was in on those same jokes.

Persons: Matthew Perry, Perry, Chandler Bing, ” Perry Organizations: NBC, “

Matthew Perry, the beloved actor who starred as Chandler Bing on “Friends,” has died. “We are devastated by the passing of our dear friend Matthew Perry. Matthew Perry at the 2022 GQ Men Of The Year Party on November 17, 2022 in West Hollywood, California. (l-r) Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry (second row) Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston. Reisig & Taylor/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty ImagesOn “Friends,” Perry starred alongside Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow in the comedy about a tight knit group of friends living in New York City.

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☆ Denise Mina: What I Learned By Stepping Into Raymond Chandler’s Shoes - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Denise Mina | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Marlowe is, of course, the most famous creation of Raymond Chandler, perhaps the most famous of American crime novelists. On the one hand, there is his glorious writing, his blue-collar heroes and the occasional profound observations about the human experience. It takes a strong stomach to read a story in which a woman needs a slap to calm her down. Crime fiction was, and is, anti-feminist. Chandler may have been a misogynist, but he definitely lived in misogynist times, and his fiction reflects that.

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☆ Rust shooting: Charges against Alec Baldwin could be refiled as forensic report shows trigger on gun used in shooting had to be pulled
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Jamiel Lynch | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

At the time, special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Jason Lewis said Baldwin could still face culpability and charges could be refiled. “The charges against Alec Baldwin were dismissed without prejudice because a possible malfunction of the gun significantly affects causation with regard to Baldwin, not with regard to Gutierrez. If it is determined that the gun did not malfunction, charges against Mr. Baldwin will proceed. When reached by CNN Wednesday, Morrissey said charges against Baldwin are still being considered and a final decision had not been made. According to the report attached to Gutierrez Reed’s motion, the experts say the trigger was in fact pulled on the weapon, which Baldwin has consistently denied.

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☆ Barbie, Her House and the American Dream
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Anna Kodé | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +17 min

Barbie, Her House and the American Dream Take a stop-motion journey with the young, single homeowner of the Dreamhouse. Today according to Mattel, the toymaker behind the iconic doll, a new Barbie Dreamhouse is sold every two minutes. A vintage Barbie doll puts a record on, dances and sits down. He came to Barbie’s house.”Now, Ms. Dalsing lives in Saint Joseph, Mo., in what she called her own dream house. “In the early 2000s, single women were the fastest growing group of home buyers in the United States,” she said.

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REUTERS/Bing Guan/File PhotoNEW YORK, April 2 (Reuters) - New York City police have thrown up metal barriers around Trump Tower and blocked roads near Manhattan Criminal Courthouse as they brace for potential protests ahead of Donald Trump's expected surrender to prosecutors on Tuesday. The downtown courthouse, home to criminal and supreme courts, will shut down some courtrooms ahead of Trump's expected appearance, a court official said. However, many Trump supporters online have expressed wariness about public demonstrations, even after Trump called for them, concerned they could be arrested. Trump is expected to fly to New York on Monday from Florida and spend the night at Trump Tower, before arriving early Tuesday morning at the courthouse, a Trump adviser said. A court official told Reuters that courtrooms on higher floors of the courthouse will be closed at 1 p.m., shortly before Trump's expected 2:15 p.m. (1815 GMT) arraignment.

☆ Influencers debate leaving Twitter, but where would they go?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

PHILADELPHIA — Pariss Chandler built a community for Black tech workers on Twitter that eventually became the foundation for her own recruitment company. I have lost hope in that,” said Chandler, 31, founder of Black Tech Pipeline, a jobs board and recruitment website. She now has more than 60,000 followers and her own company connecting Black tech workers with companies large and small. “This is the exact reason that Musk bought Twitter and didn’t just build his own social network,” Donovan said. “I’m personally going to stay on Twitter until there is really not a reason to stay anymore.

☆ Matthew Perry reflects on ending his relationship with Julia Roberts: 'I was broken'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Matthew Perry opens up in his new book about his attention-getting relationship with Julia Roberts in the mid-1990s and the reason it came to an end. “When I opened it, there she was, there was a smiling Julia Roberts on the other side. I believe I said something like, ‘Oh, that Julia Roberts,’” Perry says in the memoir, recalling his Chandler-style reaction. In his memoir, Perry also discusses his struggles with alcohol and addiction and what ultimately led him to sobriety. And the main thing was, I was pretty certain that it would help people.”“Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” by Matthew Perry, will be published by Headline on November 1.

☆ San Diego to pay $600K to woman who was severely injured in police dog attack
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

SAN DIEGO — San Diego officials on Tuesday were expected to approve a $600,000 payout to a woman who was severely injured when a police dog attacked her in her own yard after escaping from its trainer’s home nearby. A lawsuit filed by Jenna Cole in March called the bite a “vicious” and “unprovoked attack” and accused the city of negligence for how it trained, monitored and caged the K-9. The dog initially tried to attack Cole’s 5-year-old daughter, but the child was protected by the netting of a trampoline, according to court documents obtained by the San Diego Union-Tribune. It covers diminished earning capacity and medical bills for Jenna Cole and mental health counseling for her and her daughter. Bubo, a San Diego Sheriff’s Department dog, is also at the center of a civil rights case alleging excessive use of force against a man in Fallbrook, the Union-Tribune said.

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