News, features and blogposts about the beloved US sitcom Friends, starring Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow and Matt LeBlanc.
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
Matt LeBlanc and Courteney Cox pay tribute to Matthew Perry
Zac Efron would be ‘honoured’ to play Matthew Perry in biopic
Weekend
Louis Theroux, Marina Hyde on the Covid inquiry, and remembering Matthew Perry – podcast
Matthew Perry buried in service attended by family and Friends co-stars
‘Kind of weird but loving’: the intense bond between Friends stars that made Matthew Perry $30m
Matthew Perry ‘happy and chipper’ before death, say Friends creators
‘Exceptionally brave’: why Matthew Perry’s finest acting wasn’t as bungling Chandler Bing
From Studio 60 to The Good Wife, the star’s post-Friends career rings with deep, dark and astonishing performances – be they haunted comics or snake-like villains
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