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☆ To Matthew Perry, God Was a Bunch of Drunks in a Room - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Hank Azaria | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In fact, Step 5 in the program is you admit to God — there’s that word again — and to yourself and another human being the exact nature of your wrongs. Tragically, I think he had a lot more compassion for me and for everybody else than he did for himself. Because I think it’s really valuable for people to hear that folks like Matthew can struggle and that they can find help. And there’s no shame in getting help for feeling that bad. I was unfortunate to have needed his help — or fortunate, depending on how you want to look at it.

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☆ Matthew Perry’s life full of joy and pain
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Matthew Perry achieved global fame and career success, bringing joy to audiences around the world. Perry wrote of the loneliness he experienced during his cycles of substance abuse and recovery and worked hard to help others doing the same. In his book, Perry wrote that Roberts agreed to appear in the series only if she could be in a storyline with Chandler Bing. Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer. That’s what I want.”“When I die, I don’t want ‘Friends’ to be the first thing that’s mentioned,” he added.

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☆ ‘The Idol’ Creators: ‘This Is Not Going to Be for Everybody’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Manohla Dargis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

the Weeknd) and Lily-Rose Depp, walked into the Lumière Theater at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of the first two episodes of their show, “The Idol,” to a standing ovation. Created by Levinson, Tesfaye and Reza Fahim, “The Idol,” which premieres on Sunday, was already a heat-seeking target by the time it played at Cannes. Levinson, Tesfaye and other “Idol” collaborators have vigorously defended the show and its creators. “The process on the set was unbelievably creative,” Azaria said at a news conference a day after the Cannes premiere, as Adams nodded along. “I’ve been on many, many a dysfunctional set, believe me,” Azaria continued.

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☆ ‘Hello Tomorrow!’ Review: Billy Crudup Sells Crater-Front Property
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The dark comedy and shiny retrofuturism of “Hello Tomorrow!” may suggest a few alternative titles—“Mrs. Maisel in Space” or “The Jetsons Like Ike” or “Glengarry Glen Ross on Ketamine,” none of which would be wrong, exactly. Billy Crudup gives a genuinely remarkable performance as Jack Billings , a man who is mostly façade, which helps his mission—selling real estate on the moon. He’s a master at his craft and Mr. Crudup gives Jack sufficient self-awareness to make him charming, even when both he and a client know he’s playing a part and pushing a scheme. But even as the shilling for lunar time-shares plays out in a universe seemingly caught between eras, the production design is a constant wonder and curiosity, if not a positive distraction.

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