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☆ Katy Perry’s mom was fooled by AI images of the singer at the Met Gala
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

CNN —Katy Perry did not attend the Met Gala on Monday, but some of the singer’s fans – and even her mom – thought she did. Pictures of the singer seemingly taken at the event circulated on X, but they were created through artificial intelligence (AI). The fake photos included Perry dressed in looks that fit the Met Gala’s garden theme this year. Perry also included a text from her mom, who complimented her on her gown. Her mom wrote, “Ha Feather!

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☆ House GOP embroiled in escalating primary feuds with majority on line
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Manu Raju | Melanie Zanona | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

For more on House Republican primary infighting, watch “Inside Politics with Manu Raju” on Sunday at 8 a.m. Washington CNN —GOP Rep. Don Bacon has had it with the far-right of his conference. Now McCarthy allies in the House GOP Conference are considering giving a boost to Aaron Dimmock, the retired Navy officer facing off against Gaetz in the August 20 primary. And while the outcomes in most of these primary races won’t impact the GOP’s efforts to keep the majority, they will shape the makeup of the next House Republican Conference and how they pursue their agenda. Several of Gonzales' colleagues in the House are backing a GOP primary challenger in his race for reelection.

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☆ These US restaurants and chefs are 2024 James Beard Award finalists
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Marnie Hunter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —A New Orleans restaurant featuring a modern Senegalese tasting menu and an Ethiopia-born chef who studied psychology before turning to a culinary career are among the restaurants and chefs named as finalists for the coveted James Beard Awards. The finalists for the Restaurant and Chef Awards were announced Wednesday in Washington, DC. In the Emerging Chef category, Fariyal Abdullahi, executive chef at Hav & Mar in New York, is among the five finalists. Masako Morishita moved to Washington, DC to be a cheerleader for the Washington Commanders. Fariyal Abdullahi, executive chef at Hav & Mar in New York, is among the five finalists in the Emerging Chef category.

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☆ I once dissed Journey in a concert review. Man, was I wrong
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Brandon Griggs | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

This last scene in the June 2007 finale of "The Sopranos" featured almost the entirety of Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'." For such a massive hit, “Don’t Stop Believin’” is sort of a curious tune. A scene from the pilot episode of "Glee," where the singers did an a capella version of "Don't Stop Believin'." ‘Don’t stop believing, Jon.’”Over the past 15 years “Don’t Stop Believin’” has become a karaoke staple and a sing-along favorite. What I wrote in that review wasn’t fairIs “Don’t Stop Believin’” a good song?

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☆ Biden could be the first president to deliver a State of the Union address during a shutdown
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Betsy Klein | Haley Talbot | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —When President Joe Biden convenes a joint session of Congress, his Cabinet, military leaders and Supreme Court justices for his highly anticipated State of the Union address next week, it’s possible that the government could be partially shut down – and barreling toward a full shutdown. Biden’s address, set for Thursday, March 7, falls between a pair of critical government funding deadlines. It would mark the first time a US president has delivered a State of the Union address during a government shutdown, partial or otherwise, and would reflect how an increasingly polarized Congress has repeatedly struggled to reach consensus on what was once a governing imperative. While it’s legally and logistically feasible for a president to deliver a State of the Union address during a partial shutdown, there are considerations about the message that doing so would send at home and around the globe. Trump ultimately delivered the address upon the conclusion of the 35-day shutdown.

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Tylor Perry scored eight of his 26 points in overtime and Kansas State beat No. Kaluma’s putback with 23 seconds remaining was answered by Adams' bucket with 14.2 seconds left to send the game to overtime. Kansas State hit five 3-pointers in the first half but went into the locker room trailing 32-30. Kansas State: The Wildcats need to keep up the sort of intensity they showed Monday night if they’re going to revitalize their fading NCAA Tournament hopes. Kansas State: Plays at No.

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☆ Julia Roberts breaks silence on ‘heartbreaking’ death of Matthew Perry
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Julia Roberts is remembering her ex-boyfriend, the late “Friends” star Matthew Perry. In an interview with “Entertainment Tonight,” the actress reflected on the loss of Perry, who died in October at the age of 54. “The sudden passing of anybody so young is heartbreaking,” Roberts said. Video Ad Feedback 'Friends' EP describes last conversation with Matthew Perry 02:31 - Source: CNNRoberts, he wrote, seemed as if she “was placed on this planet to make the world smile, and now, in particular, me. Roberts new film, “Leave the World Behind” actually references “Friends.”Her costar in the film Mahershala Ali said, “It’s beautiful he could sort of be honored in that way, or the show sort of be honored, coincidentally, at this time,” he told “ET.”

Persons: CNN — Julia Roberts, Matthew Perry, Perry, ” Roberts, “, Roberts, ” Perry, ” “, ’ ”, CNN Roberts, ”, Chandler Bing, Mahershala Ali Organizations: CNN, “ Entertainment

☆ Target is taking booze-less spirits mainstream
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —With sales of non-alcoholic beverages recently becoming a nearly half-billion dollar industry, even Target is becoming sober curious. Drinks in the lineup include two celebrity-backed companies: Kin Euphorics, a trendy brand co-founded by model Bella Hadid, and Katy Perry’s De Soi, which makes non-alcoholic apéritifs. Other brands include NOPE and Ghia, both of which produce non-alcoholic canned cocktails, and alcohol-free wine company Surely. “Séchey is a great curator of non-alcoholic brands and will help Target to really elevate its offer,” Neil Saunders, retail analyst and managing director at GlobalData Retail, told CNN. That has created a boom in sales for non-alcohol spirits, wine and beer, which surpassed $500 million this year according to research firm NIQ.

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CNN —Veteran NHL forward Corey Perry apologized on Thursday for the “inappropriate behavior” which saw him waived by the Chicago Blackhawks. Corey Perry in a Thursday statement regarding his release from the Blackhawks. He was signed to a one-year deal in July and played in 16 games, scoring four goals and assisting on five others. “In the event Mr. Perry clears waivers, we intend to terminate his contract effective immediately,” the team stated. Perry has played in 1,273 NHL games while scoring 421 career goals.

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☆ Scott Perry’s texts reveal details about efforts to overturn Trump’s loss in 2020
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Katelyn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

I read it just as you dictated,” according to court records. The disclosure of the texts illuminate more of the behind-the-scenes discussions as Trump used powerful allies across the federal government to challenge the 2020 election results. The Washington Post has made public the full court document, and Politico also reported on the text messages. John Rowley, an attorney representing Perry, called the disclosure of the text messages this week “unfortunate.”“The communications reflect his efforts to understand real-time information about the 2020 election. Howell confidentially reviewed more than 2,000 documents Perry had sought to keep from investigators after they seized his cell phone last summer, including the text messages.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Matthew Perry’s “Friends” co-stars are sharing more remembrances of the star in their first personal social media posts since the actor’s death last month. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer posted heartfelt notes about Perry, who died Oct. 28, on Instagram. The stars, including Lisa Kudrow, issued a joint statement a few days after Perry's death, saying they were "all so utterly devastated by the loss of Matthew. Cox shared a video clip of a “Friends” scene where her and Perry's characters are in bed, trying not to have their relationship discovered. “In this scene, before we started rolling, he whispered a funny line for me to say,” Cox posted.

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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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☆ Zac Efron says it would be ‘extraordinary’ to play Matthew Perry in biopic as the ‘Friends’ star wanted
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Zac Efron has shared his response to finding out that Matthew Perry wanted the “High School Musical” actor to play him in a biopic. “I was hugely honored,” Efron told Extra TV during the premiere for his upcoming movie “The Iron Claw” in Dallas on Wednesday. Zac Efron played the younger version of Matthew Perry's character in the 2009 comedy film "17 Again." Perry revealed last year that Efron had, however, once turned down an opportunity to play a younger version of him. He added that the dream younger version of himself “was Zac Efron, but he said no.

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☆ Matthew Perry: ‘Friends’ guest star says he stopped Chandler cheating storyline
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Lisa France | Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Plenty of memories are being shared in the wake of the death of Matthew Perry. Lisa Cash was an actor who appeared on “Friends” during its fifth season in 1999. During an interview with TMZ she shared that while her role was as a flight attendant, that wasn’t what it was originally. “The scene was Chandler and Monica were arguing in Vegas about Monica having lunch with Richard. Initially in our script, Chandler goes up to the hotel room, orders room service and I bring it up (to him) as a hotel worker,” Cash said.

Persons: Matthew Perry, Lisa Cash, Cash, Chandler, Monica, Courteney Cox, Richard, Tom Selleck, ” Cash, Perry, ” Organizations: CNN, TMZ, ” CNN, Warner Bros . Television, Warner Bros . Locations: Los Angeles, Vegas

☆ Matthew Perry Learned Something That We All Need to Discover - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Heather Havrilesky | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In fact, the one person Mr. Perry can’t seem to forgive, at least for a majority of his book, is himself. There is no positive byproduct of shame.” If you carry shame with you to heaven, heaven itself will feel like hell. Very few of us can understand the particular strain of shame that comes with the celebrity Mr. Perry attained. We continue to have our own versions of the conversation Mr. Perry had with his mother, looking for love and forgiveness from figures in our lives instead of locating these things within ourselves. We shouldn’t paint a life like Mr. Perry’s as fatally flawed or doomed from the start.

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☆ Matthew Perry was an imperfect person, which made him the perfect Chandler Bing
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( Analysis Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Something to sip on…"Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing," Matthew Perry's memoir, published in 2022. It feels incomprehensible to imagine Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer without Perry. HIs romantic, sweet, yet sarcastic portrayal of Chandler made Perry feel like the heart and soul of the show. But Perry still managed to pour the best of himself into Chandler, bringing laughter to audiences around the world for multiple generations. In his imperfection as a human being, Perry was able to give us a brashness mixed with vulnerability on the small screen.

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☆ Somewhat Guiltily, Ukrainians Miss Matthew Perry
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Maria Varenikova | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was the middle of the night in Ukraine, and Natalia Sosnytska couldn’t sleep. So she opened the Instagram app on her phone — and saw that the actor Matthew Perry had died. “We need to remember those dying here in Ukraine daily, but maybe also those who inspire us,” she said, trying to come to terms with her layered emotions. Mr. Perry’s death last Saturday resonated with the many Ukrainians who had watched “Friends,” which was shown on broadcast television in the country and was popular especially with younger people. Yet Ukrainians found space in their hearts for sadness about the death of an actor who had touched their lives.

Persons: Natalia Sosnytska, Matthew Perry, ”, Perry’s Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Kherson, Volnovakha

In the wake of Matthew Perry's death at 54, fans in China are mourning the loss of the star who felt less like a distant celebrity and more like an old friend. “People shared their own memories about Chandler and ‘Friends’ and many teared up.”A large poster displayed on the bar featured pictures of Perry over the years. Once Chinese fans added Mandarin subtitles to the show, which ran in the U.S. from 1994 to 2004, it quickly gained a following. “This TV show actually offered a way to imagine this kind of so-called metropolitan utopian imagination.”Many Chinese fans learned English through watching the show and got a peek into American life and culture. “It feels like I just got to know this long-lost friend, but he’s just gone.”___Fu Ting reported from Washington.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Less than a week after his death, a foundation has been established in the name of Matthew Perry to help people dealing with addiction. “In the spirit of Matthew Perry’s enduring commitment to helping others struggling with the disease of addiction, we embark on a journey to honor his legacy by establishing the Matthew Perry Foundation, guided by his own words and experiences, and driven by his passion for making a difference in as many lives as possible,” said an inaugural statement establishing the Matthew Perry Foundation on Friday. The Emmy-nominated “Friends” star often spoke publicly about his struggles with drug and alcohol addiction. Perry was declared dead at age 54 after paramedics found him unresponsive at his Los Angeles home on Oct. 28. Political Cartoons View All 1233 ImagesHe starred along with Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer for 10 seasons on NBC's “Friends.”

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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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Ryan and Duchovny did not really know each other before “What Happens Later," but you’d never know it to watch them on screen or hear their off-camera rapport. AP: You have such lived-in banter and chemistry, it’s surprising that you two didn’t really know each other before this. DUCHOVNY: I’m thankful to Meg for giving me the opportunity to work in a movie like this. RYAN: That’s exactly what it is. I’m going to google that to make sure I’m right.

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☆ Matthew Perry was ‘happy and vibrant’ the day prior to his death, friend says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Lisa France | Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The day before he died, Matthew Perry was photographed having a meal with a friend who is now speaking out about their get together. “I want to emphasize that Matthew was in extremely good spirits and talked to me enthusiastically about the things he had coming up in his life,” Crosby wrote. “He was so happy and vibrant.”“Know that man was on a comeback and truly deserved more time on this earth,” Crosby added. Crosby, 25, told TMZ that she was not romantically involved with Perry, whom she said she met via a mutual friend a few months ago. She also talked to “Entertainment Tonight” and said Perry was “doing great” and “cracking jokes the whole time” while they were together.

Persons: Matthew Perry, Athenna Crosby, Perry, Crosby, “, Matthew, ”, ” Crosby, ” “, Zac Efron, ” Perry, Efron Organizations: CNN, Bel, TMZ, Entertainment

☆ Matthew Perry Was an Ambassador of Gen X Snark for Today’s Young ‘Friends’ Fans
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( John Jurgensen | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

As a voice of his generation, Matthew Perry’s was the one with the sarcasm. “I’m Chandler. I make jokes when I’m uncomfortable,” says his signature character, Chandler Bing, in one episode of “Friends,” meeting an awkward moment with a self-deprecating grin and a quip that sums up Perry’s crucial role in the comedy.

Persons: Matthew Perry’s, “ I’m Chandler, ”, Chandler Bing

☆ The First of Our Friends to Go
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( James Poniewozik | More About James Poniewozik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Instead, “Friends” became a show about the first decade of adult life. This may be part of the reason it found a perpetually renewing audience among Millennials, who found it in syndication, and Gen Z, who found it streaming. Your job might be a joke, you might be broke, your love life D.O.A., but it would get better. You and your friends would make it better. The “Friends” finale, in 2004, left the characters at the end of the beginning, getting married, having kids, moving away.

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☆ Opinion | Matthew Perry and the Loneliness of Addiction
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Patti Davis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I had committed myself to quitting cocaine, which was my second addiction, the first being years of amphetamines. It would be a nice, clean story if I said I never did drugs again. But addiction is never nice and clean. I want to tell you something about addiction: no matter who it is or what substance that person is hooked on, loneliness is at its root. “Nobody wanted to be famous more than me,” Mr. Perry said at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books in April.

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