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Scammer claimed to be a psychic, witch and Irish heiress, victims say as she faces extradition to UK
Read full article: Scammer claimed to be a psychic, witch and Irish heiress, victims say as she faces extradition to UKA woman jailed in Maine is facing extradition to the United Kingdom after victims say she ran numerous scams claiming be a psychic and Irish heiress.
Super Bowl ads keep it heavy on the celebrities, light on the politics
Read full article: Super Bowl ads keep it heavy on the celebrities, light on the politicsThe Kansas City Chiefs were crowned victorious over the San Francisco 49ers in this yearโs Super Bowl โ and, off the field, big-name advertisers competed for viewers' attention with celebrity-filled, glitzy messages.
From Uber Eats' 'Friends' reunion to Bud's Clydesdales, here are the buzziest Super Bowl ads so far
Read full article: From Uber Eats' 'Friends' reunion to Bud's Clydesdales, here are the buzziest Super Bowl ads so farIf you watch the Super Bowl for the commercials, you no longer have to wait until the big game to see what advertisers have in store for viewers.
Golden Globes fashion: Taylor Swift stuns in shimmery green and Margot Robbie goes full Barbie
Read full article: Golden Globes fashion: Taylor Swift stuns in shimmery green and Margot Robbie goes full BarbieTaylor Swift stunned in liquid acid green as the fashion parade that marks awards season kicked off Sunday in Beverly Hills at the Golden Globes.
Matthew Perry's 'Friends' co-stars reminiscence about late actor
Read full article: Matthew Perry's 'Friends' co-stars reminiscence about late actorMatthew Perryโs โFriendsโ co-stars are sharing more remembrances of the star in their first personal social media posts since the actorโs death last month.
Matthew Perry's 'Friends' cast mates mourn their friend, say they are 'all so utterly devastated'
Read full article: Matthew Perry's 'Friends' cast mates mourn their friend, say they are 'all so utterly devastated'The stars of โFriendsโ say they are mourning the โunfathomableโ death of Matthew Perry.
What's streaming now: 'Barbie,' Dan & Shay, 'The Morning Show' and 'Welcome to Wrexham'
Read full article: What's streaming now: 'Barbie,' Dan & Shay, 'The Morning Show' and 'Welcome to Wrexham'This weekโs new entertainment releases include an album from country pop duo Dan & Shay, the return of Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon for season three of โThe Morning Showโ and you can own โBarbieโ โ for a price.
Molly Shannon's tragedy and perseverance in 'Hello, Molly!'
Read full article: Molly Shannon's tragedy and perseverance in 'Hello, Molly!'Molly Shannon made a name for herself as a standout performer on โSaturday Night Liveโ with memorable characters including the hyperactive schoolgirl Mary Katherine Gallagher.
New this week: 'Sex and the City,' Juice Wrld and Will Smith
Read full article: New this week: 'Sex and the City,' Juice Wrld and Will SmithThis weekโs new entertainment releases include a double album from Alicia Keys and a posthumous one from Juice Wrld, Sandra Bullock playing an ex-con in the Netflix film โThe Unforgivableโ and Will Smith testing himself in a wildlife documentary series.
New this week: 'Cry Macho,' McCreery and 'The Morning Show'
Read full article: New this week: 'Cry Macho,' McCreery and 'The Morning Show'This weekโs new entertainment releases include new music from Lindsey Buckingham and Scott McCreery, as well as the return of Clint Eastwood, who has gone back to his Western roots with โCry Macho,โ starring as a former rodeo star hired to bring a young man in Mexico back to his father in the U.S. Fans of TV's โThe Morning Showโ will also get to see Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell and Billy Crudup kick off Season 2.
New this week: 'Friends' again, Mike Tyson doc & 'Cruella'
Read full article: New this week: 'Friends' again, Mike Tyson doc & 'Cruella'This weekโs new entertainment releases include DMXโs first posthumous album, the documentary โMoby Docโ and the gang from โFriendsโ getting together again.
Aniston is award-worthy first responder in Emmy fire skit
Read full article: Aniston is award-worthy first responder in Emmy fire skitLOS ANGELES โ Jennifer Aniston missed out on an Emmy but proved herself as an award-worthy first responder when a ceremony stunt got overheated. In a bit during Sunday night's Emmys, host Jimmy Kimmel sprayed an envelope holding a winner's name with disinfectant then, for good measure, dropped it in a wire wastebasket and set it on fire. A test had been run beforehand, with a booster added to make the fire more visible, and things were going as planned when the scene was shot โ including Aniston to the rescue. She sprayed the wastebasket again, but as she and Kimmel bantered the fire flared again, bigger, and "we're like 'uh oh,'" Hudlin said. But she "gets in there and and puts the fire out, for real,โ he said, and the production team relished the unplanned moment.
Another record low in viewership for 'Pandemmys'
Read full article: Another record low in viewership for 'Pandemmys'(The Television Academy and ABC Entertainment via AP)NEW YORK โ The novelty of television stars getting Emmy Awards delivered to their homes wasn't enough to keep the annual show from slipping further in popularity. The Nielsen company said 6.1 million people watched the Emmys on Sunday night, down from 6.9 million in 2019 and the third straight year of record low viewership. Still, it illustrated how the Emmy Awards are becoming a boutique event. Last year was the first time viewership slipped under 10 million people. Viewership is also fragmented across many different networks and streaming services, and several shows don't have a wide audience.
The 'Pandemmys' were weird and sometimes wonderful
Read full article: The 'Pandemmys' were weird and sometimes wonderful(The Television Academy and ABC Entertainment via AP)It was Regina King, winning her fourth career Emmy on Sunday, who perhaps summed up the proceedings the most succinctly โ and accurately: โThis is freaking weird." Nobody was more thrilled than Daniel Levy, son of best actor winner Eugene Levy; the younger Levy won the award for comedy writing, shared a directing award and captured the supporting actor trophy. A CALL TO THE BOOTHLevy used some of his considerable mic time to urge viewers to vote in November. โI know this seems like a really weird time to be celebrating,โ Zendaya said. Sterling K. Brown gave out the showโs final award, best drama, in a Black Lives Matter shirt.
Zendaya becomes youngest lead drama actress to win Emmy
Read full article: Zendaya becomes youngest lead drama actress to win EmmyIn this video grab captured on Sept. 20, 2020, courtesy of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and ABC Entertainment, Zendaya accepts the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for "Euphoria" during the 72nd Emmy Awards broadcast. (The Television Academy and ABC Entertainment via AP)
Zendaya becomes youngest lead drama actress to win Emmy
Read full article: Zendaya becomes youngest lead drama actress to win EmmyIn this video grab captured on Sept. 20, 2020, courtesy of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and ABC Entertainment, Zendaya accepts the award for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for "Euphoria" during the 72nd Emmy Awards broadcast. (The Television Academy and ABC Entertainment via AP)LOS ANGELES โ Zendaya said her โheart was filledโ when she saw her fellow nominees, including Jennifer Aniston, cheering on the โEuphoriaโ actress for becoming the youngest drama lead actress to win an Emmy. She is only the second Black actress to claim the lead drama actress award, following Viola Davisโ groundbreaking 2015 win for โHow To Get Away With Murder.โZendaya along with her gleeful family and friends screamed, cheered, hugged and cried behind her as a stunned she accepted the award in what appeared to be a hotel suite. Itโs pretty crazy.โOn โEuphoria,โ Zendaya plays Rue Bennett, a teenage addict struggling with her sobriety and recovery on the series that delves into sex, drugs, trauma and identity among high-schoolers. โI definitely felt like this wrapping of love around me as I was sitting here,โ Zendaya continued.
A sweep for โSchittโs Creek,โ โSuccessionโ tops Emmy Awards
Read full article: A sweep for โSchittโs Creek,โ โSuccessionโ tops Emmy Awards(The Television Academy and ABC Entertainment via AP)LOS ANGELES โ โSchitt's Creek,โ the little Canadian show about a fish-out-of-water family, made history at Sunday's Emmy Awards with a comedy awards sweep, something even TV greats including โFrasierโ and โModern Familyโ failed to achieve. The awards for Pop TV's โSchitt's Creekโ included best comedy series and trophies for its stars, including Catherine O'Hara and father-son Eugene and Daniel Levy. Moments later, his son won the award for comedy writing for โSchitt's Creekโ episode, then shared a directing award and captured the supporting actor comedy trophy. As โSchittโs Creekโ gobbled up comedy awards, that left acclaimed โInsecureโ and its creator Issa Rae empty-handed. But Black stories, Black performances and Black Lives Matter,โ he said, urging Kimmel to shout with him.
Spicoli to the rescue with 'Fast Times' virtual benefit
Read full article: Spicoli to the rescue with 'Fast Times' virtual benefitLOS ANGELES Spicoli is making a virtual return to Ridgemont High to raise money for a pair of non-profit groups. Sean Penn, a cast member in 1982's Fast Times at Ridgmont High," will be joined by Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and other stars in a socially distanced reading of the film's script. Penn is handing the role of stoner Jeff Spicoli over to another actor, with details about who's playing what part to be unveiled at next week's event. None of those actors, nor Roberts or Aniston, appeared in the original film. It will be available on Facebook Live and TikTok via COREs Facebook page, www.facebook.com/CoreResponse.
Fresh comedy faces, 'Modern Family' farewell seek Emmy nods
Read full article: Fresh comedy faces, 'Modern Family' farewell seek Emmy nodsThis image released by Hulu shows Ramy Youssef in a scene from "Ramy." Nominations for the next Emmy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, July 28. Last year's best series winners Game of Thrones and Fleabag called it a wrap, clearing the path for others to prevail. The Handmaids Tale, which took the best drama trophy in 2017, is vying for its third nomination in the category. Big Little Lies, last year's winner for best limited series, is hunting for a drama series nod for its second season.
Watch Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon reenact scene from 'Friends'
Read full article: Watch Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon reenact scene from 'Friends'Aniston, left, as Rachel, with Witherspoon as her sister, Jill, in a scene they originally played in 2000. (NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images)(CNN) - It's been almost 20 years, but Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston still got it. The two reenacted a scene from the hit TV show "Friends" in a press interview, which Witherspoon later posted on Instagram. Witherspoon briefly played Jill Green on the show, the sister of Rachel Green, Aniston's character. To fan's delight, Witherspoon posted the clip from the interview Friday, with the caption, "One of the best parts of working with Jen is reliving my favorite lines from #FRIENDS!"
Jennifer Aniston literally broke Instagram with her debut
Read full article: Jennifer Aniston literally broke Instagram with her debutWhen Jennifer Aniston joined Instagram, the volume of people trying to follow her crashed the app. MENLO PARK, Calif. - Jennifer Aniston's debut on Instagram started with a bang -- by crashing the app. "We are aware that some people were having issues following Jen's profile," a spokesperson for Facebook, which owns Instagram, said in a statement to CNN. Aniston took to her new Instagram page to acknowledge the glitches with a funny video. "As of now, people should be able to access and follow her profile with no problems," a Facebook company spokesperson said.
Jennifer Aniston joins Instagram with help from some 'Friends'
Read full article: Jennifer Aniston joins Instagram with help from some 'Friends'JenniferAniston/Instagram via CNN(CNN) - Jennifer Aniston's "Friends" co-stars will always be there for her -- even for her first day on Instagram. The actress on Tuesday joined the social media platform with a bang, posting a photo with her former co-stars Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc. "And now we're Instagram FRIENDS too," she wrote. Aniston's foray into social media comes as her new Apple TV+ show, "The Morning Show," prepares to launch. At a junket for the drama over the weekend, Aniston spoke with Entertainment Tonight about the appealing parts of joining Instagram.
Jennifer Aniston tells Variety why 'Friends' movie will never happen
Read full article: Jennifer Aniston tells Variety why 'Friends' movie will never happenSadly, Jennifer Aniston -- who played Rachel Green throughout the sitcom's 10 seasons -- has now squashed hopes of a reboot. In an interview with Variety, the 50-year-old actress revealed that although there was some interest in a movie, producers wouldn't allow it. "Our producers wouldn't want it, wouldn't let us," she told the publication. Aniston said she was surprised that fans are still watching reruns of the show on Netflix, 25 years after it first premiered. "One, the show is about a time in your life when your friends are your family.
'Friends' co-stars reunite for a rare selfie, and it's perfection
Read full article: 'Friends' co-stars reunite for a rare selfie, and it's perfectionCourteney Cox posed with former co-stars Jennifer Aniston and Matt LeBlanc on Saturday night. Thanks to this awesome selfie that Courteney Cox shared on Instagram, we're doing great. The "Friends" actor posed with former co-stars Jennifer Aniston and Matt LeBlanc on Saturday night. "A rare night and I love it," Cox captioned the photo. Well yeah, if the other three besties -- Matthew Perry, Lisa Kudrow and David Schwimmer -- were also in it.
10 celebs who guest starred on 'Friends'
Read full article: 10 celebs who guest starred on 'Friends'Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer are shown in a scene from the NBC series "Friends." (CNN) - It's been 25 years since "Friends" premiered, and fans are still watching reruns over and over. The one with Brad PittIn an episode of season eight, Monica runs into former high school classmate Will Colbert, played by Brad Pitt (then married to Jennifer Aniston, who played Rachel Green). Crystal and Williams play friends Tomas and Tim. The ones with Tom SelleckBefore Monica and Chandler, there was Monica and Richard -- and he was played by none other than Tom Selleck.
Google marks 25 years of 'Friends' with Easter eggs
Read full article: Google marks 25 years of 'Friends' with Easter eggs(L-R) Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller, Matt Le Blanc as Joey Tribbiani, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay. (CNN) - This weekend marks 25 years since "Friends" hit TV screens -- and Google is marking the occasion with a sparkling special feature. The search engine has launched seven "Friends"-themed "Easter eggs" that show users special icons when they search for their favorite character. A search for Ross Geller, pop-culture's most famous paleontologist, brings up a couch -- click on it, and you'll hear Ross' helpful suggestion to "pivot!" For fans who search for "Friends glossary," the search engine will pull definitions for "unfloopy," "phalange," "hand twin" and "mississipily" -- just in case you needed reminding.
Apple releases first look at star-powered drama 'The Morning Show'
Read full article: Apple releases first look at star-powered drama 'The Morning Show'CNN imageCUPERTINO, Calif. - Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell and Jennifer Aniston are ready to give viewers the full story on "The Morning Show," a new drama coming to Apple TV+. Apple on Monday released the first look at the series, which is set to debut this fall. The overlapping voices of Witherspoon, Carell and Aniston are also heard in a cacophony of dramatic moments. "I'm a journalist, I can feel when the world needs me," Carell can be heard saying at one point. "The Morning Show" was one of several shows Apple highlighted earlier this year at an event previewing the content coming to the forthcoming streaming service.