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Friends Newsletters #8
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Friends Newsletters
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May 09, 2005 20:27 PDT
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F*R*I*E*N*D*S NEWSLETTERS
Newsletter # 8 Volume # 10
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News
Jennifer Aniston Laughs at Irony of 'Breakup' Film
The things I learnt from watching Friends
Signing Off: Brad and Jenn
Friends Fan of the Week
News
Matt LeBlanc will be on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno May 10. Then on
Thursday, May 12, he will appear on The Ellen Degeneres Show.
You can catch Courteney Cox in the Adam Sandler remake of the Burt
Reynolds football movie "The Longest Yard," which will be released in US
theaters on May 27. Courteney plays Lena, Sandler's girlfriend in the
beginning of the film.
David Schwimmer is the voice behind the hypochondriac giraffe in the
upcoming DreamWorks cartoon, "Madagascar." The story is about zoo
animals set free in the jungle. It opens May 27.
Cox and Arquette pay tribute to Aniston
Courteney Cox and David Arquette had a special way of making sure pal
Jennifer Aniston knew they were thinking of her as she claimed the
Showest Female of The Year prize last week - they paid for a trade
magazine ad. The Arquette's took out a full page advertisement in the
Hollywood Reporter late last week to honor their friend's award at the
Las Vegas convention. They wrote: "Congratulations Jennifer. Your
enormous heart makes you an incredible actress and a beautiful friend.
We love you. Courteney, David and Coco."
Friends Season 9 was released on DVD in the US March 8, 2005, no word
yet on the release date of the final season. For more information go to:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006ZM8M2/juditmcnauafa-20
I just got an iPod Shuffle for free! Yay! All I had to do was subscribe
to Blockbuster DVDs Online and then had three friends do the same. Check
it out at: http://www.freeipodshuffle.com/?r=14172205
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Jennifer Aniston Laughs at Irony of 'Breakup' Film
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jennifer Aniston's next movie is called "The
Breakup," but she gave no details about her own personal life in her
first interview since her highly publicized split from actor-husband
Brad Pitt in January.
"There is always going to be the tough and the nasty," Aniston told
syndicated TV show "Access Hollywood," referring to rumors and tabloid
reports surrounding the Hollywood couple's surprise separation. "You
just tune out to that."
The interview aired on March 21.
Neither the former "Friends" star nor Pitt have spoken publicly about
their decision in January to part company after 4 1/2 years of marriage.
But their silence has done nothing to quell weekly speculation in gossip
columns, ranging from tales of a happy reunion to an affair between Pitt
and actress Angelina Jolie. Both Pitt and Jolie have denied any romance
between them.
Aniston, 36, has been variously reported to be reluctant to have
children with Pitt or unwilling to set aside her high-profile career for
a quieter, less public life.
But she told "Access Hollywood" that despite being on the receiving end
of some negative publicity, she still feels the public is rooting for
her. "There has been so much love and support. It feels really good,"
she said.
Aniston laughed off the irony of her next movie being a romantic comedy
titled "The Breakup," about a couple separating. "Well, you know," she
said, "I just figured, seize the moment."
Although she has starred in big-screen comedies "Along Came Polly" and
"Bruce Almighty," Aniston said she felt she had yet to complete the
transition from TV to film.
"I feel like I have got one good foot in there, and we will see if they
still want to have me back," she said.
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The things I learnt from watching Friends
by Rache-@aol.com (Tara)
I learnt...
what amouz-bouche is. Monica served the pre-appetizer to Chandler who
said "Well.... it is amouz-ing." Whenever I see it on menus in the city,
I can't help but laugh.
how to arch my eyebrow like Chandler does.
that water rules!
what the term "closure" really meant. "That my friend is what we call
closure!" -- Rachel
how to say supposedly, because it's not supose-ably.
that ATM houses are really called ATM "vestibules."
how to dance The Routine.
you are not supposed to put beef in a trifle.
leather pants can shrink when sweating profusely and adding water to
baby powder will create a paste.
how to make a moist-maker sandwich out of turkey leftovers.
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Signing Off
It's really over. Jennifer Aniston quietly files for divorce while – how
weird is this? – Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie pretend to set up house
Thursday Mar 31, 2005
"People"
By Tom Gliatto, Allison Adato and Brooke Bizzell Stachyra. Todd Gold,
Michael Fleeman, Kwala Mandel and Pamela Warrick in Los Angeles
Only last December, Brad Pitt told Diane Sawyer he was ready to start
having babies with wife Jennifer Aniston. "Yeah," he said, "I got family
on the mind."
He sure did: There he was Easter weekend at a luxe late-'50s home in
Rancho Mirage, Calif., proudly pushing a stroller and romping in a sunny
suburban paradise with five little boys. (Boys, even though he had said
he wanted all girls.) One of them was Pitt's spitting image and sat on
the star's lap in an old-fashioned paneled station wagon.
"Brad was having a blast," says one witness. "Just playing with them
like crazy. One kid kept beating him with a toy and Brad thought that
was funny as hell."
But Aniston, 36, was no part of this paradise. On March 25, the same day
Pitt was playing dad in the desert, she filed for divorce from the
41-year-old actor in Superior Court in L.A. County, emphatically ending
any talk that the couple, who announced their separation Jan. 7, might
reconcile. She then headed for the Malibu home of her close friend
Courteney Cox.
And Pitt the papa? Pure fantasy – or maybe a weird joke, given the
"wife" at his side: Angelina Jolie. Gearing up the promotional machinery
for Mr. and Mrs. Smith, their upcoming romantic thriller about a married
pair of professional assassins, he and costar Jolie, 29, were doing a
two-day photo shoot March 25 and 26 for the June issue of W. With Pitt's
friend and favorite photographer, Steven Klein, handling the camera, he
and Jolie play-acted a happily married couple in a retro,
picture-perfect style suggesting an American family of the Kennedy era.
False smiles all around. The kids? Hired models.
In short, there was a funhouse-mirror aspect to the whole shoot (which
Aniston didn't know about, a source says). How could anyone see those
five boys and not think about the flawless marriage that had now proved
unsalvageable, and childless, after less than five years? Or the rumors
(denied by all parties) that Jolie and Pitt had fallen for each other
during the movie's protracted shoot? Even though Pitt and Jolie were
also photographed for steamier shots minus the children, "the only time
Brad and Angelina came in contact was to take a picture," says the
onlooker. Otherwise they kept to separate trailers (Jolie had toted her
son Maddox, 3, along with her) and separate rooms at a nearby hotel. Yet
"there was definitely that wink-wink feeling on the set."
At one point a member of the crew tried to set the mood by playing Frank
Sinatra's "Love and Marriage" on the stereo. "The whole set was laughing
– even Brad and Angelina," says the source. "They just kind of
snickered."
While Mr. and Mrs. Smith got ready for their close-ups, Mr. and Mrs.
Pitt were quietly bidding the world farewell. In the brief, five-page
divorce papers, Aniston cites "irreconcilable differences" as the reason
for the split, asks to have her name restored to Jennifer Joanna Aniston
(she had legally taken Pitt's last name when they married) and,
unsurprisingly, doesn't ask for spousal support. (She's worth an
estimated $80 million to Pitt's $100 million.)
From here, expect the divorce to proceed with a minimum of fuss. If
Aniston and Pitt can privately agree on how to divide their property,
Pitt need not respond to her filing in court. "Most likely the public
will never see their settlement agreement," says L.A. divorce lawyer
Lynn Soodik, who has represented Meg Ryan.
The divorce could be finalized as soon as September after a mandatory
six-month waiting period. "There'll just be some notice that a judgment
has been entered," says Soodik, "and that'll be it."
One possible point of contention has already ben dealt with: Sources say
Aniston wants to keep their showcase $13.5 million Beverly Hills
mansion. Pitt was ready to sell it and move on, but he doesn't want to
make her unhappy: He'll leave it off the market and in her hands.
Not that anyone expected the couple – who remained so close after their
separation that reconciliation rumors flew constantly – to come out
fighting at this point. Friends and family reacted to the news of
Aniston's filing with disappointment and resignation. "It's sad," one
close relative said simply.
Friends have said that after their separation, the two did entertain
thoughts of getting back together. "The separation is a step back to see
if their relationship is going to be forever or if it's not," a source
said at the time. That Aniston, not Pitt, was the one to cast the
official vote for not may reflect her decision-making in the breakup.
She initiated the separation just a step ahead of her husband, sources
have said.
Of course, once the decision to divorce was made, Good Friday is an
excellent day to drop news into the media pond and hope to reduce the
ripples. Aniston may have been the one to file simply to get the ball
rolling, according to lawyer Soodik. "It can be like they'll ask each
other, 'Who's going to file? Oh, I'll do it.' "
They certainly had ample time together to discuss their options. After
the separation announcement, the two sometimes stayed together at their
Beverly Hills home, though each also decamped to hotels and other digs
for stretches.
On Feb. 12 they threw open their home to celebrate Aniston's birthday
party with guests such as Gwen Stefani, Gavin Rossdale and Cindy
Crawford. During Oscar weekend in February, they showed up separately at
a party hosted by CAA agent Bryan Lourd, hung out together (even as Pitt
chatted with ex-girlfriend Gwyneth Paltrow and cooed over photos of her
baby Apple), then left separately.
Next night, same deal at an industry benefit. They stood in a corner
with each other and Cox and her husband, David Arquette, Jamie Foxx and
Sean Combs. A friend later said that Aniston's pleasure that weekend was
genuine – but a reunion? No, said the friend, not in the cards.
That seemed even less likely a few weeks later at Las Vegas's ShoWest,
Hollywood studios' annual preview extravaganza for theater owners. Pitt
and Jolie jetted in together (along with Fox executives) March 17 and
gamely touted Mr. and Mrs. Smith while carefully planting their feet at
a safe distance from each other.
But Aniston, arriving several hours after Pitt and Jolie departed, kept
to herself and appeared noticeably glum, even though she accepted a top
acting award. Was she girding herself for the unhappy eventuality? Asked
by Access Hollywood about dealing with the public fall-out of her
problems, she said only, "There is always going to be the tough and the
nasty. You just tune out to that."
That may be easier for the busy Pitt. As of last week, he and Jolie were
still shooting scenes for Mr. and Mrs. Smith, due out June 10 (he was
also spotted scooting around L.A. on his motorcycle). "We just finished
up with the last little go-around of reshoots last Tuesday," says an
insider from the set. "But we're still threatening to do one more little
piece."
With that done, Pitt, who last November visited South Africa and
Ethiopia to learn about land mines and the HIV crisis, may be possibly
returning there as soon as next month on another humanitarian mission.
Meanwhile, with the release of her comedy Rumor Has It delayed until
winter, Aniston now has the whole summer to herself – if she so desires.
She has rented a house just up from Cox and Arquette on Carbon Beach.
Pitt was said to be eyeing a summer beach house even farther north.
Maybe they can train their telescopes on each other, or meet at a
cookout in the sand. But however amicable the aftermath, it's done.
"Neither of us wants to be the spokesman for happy marriage, for
coupledom," Pitt told Vanity Fair last June. "I'll tell you what I
despise: This two-becomes-one thing where you lose your individuality.
We don't cage each other with this pressure of happily-ever-after."
Aniston has opened the cage. For better or worse, they're free.
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Friends Fan of the Week
E-mail: hesp-@americafirst.com
Name: Heidi
Age: 23
Location: Utah, USA
Q: When did you start watching Friends?
A: ½ way through the second season.
Q: Why do you like Friends?
A: It always makes me laugh, no matter what mood I'm in.
Q: Who's your Fave Friend?
A: CHANDLER!!! ALLL THE WAY!!
Q: Fave Episode?
A: "The One With Phoebe's Uterus."
Q: How obsessed are you?
A: I'm right there on the edge of liking the show and being obsessed!
But my husband would tell you otherwise.
Q: Friends related fact:
A: I taped all the newer episodes (when it was on air) and I taped the
re-runs, until they started comming out on DVD. Now, I have all of the
seasons, even the last episode.
Q: Have you been to a taping or met a Friend?
A: I ran into Matthew Perry in the LAX, not knowing who he was, I just
kept on walking. After about a minute, I realized who I had seen and
when I turn around, he had disappeared.
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associate )
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