NBC plans to expand episodes of "Friends" by 10 minutes and air live skits by the cast of "Saturday Night Live" to fight CBS's "Survivor" on Thursday nights beginning Feb. 1, USA Today reported. The paper said in Tuesday's editions that new NBC entertainment president Jeff Zucker met with the "Friends" cast last week to suggest expanding the episodes and include guest appearances by Susan Sarandon and Jason Alexander. It said the "Saturday Night Live" skits are now scheduled for the first two weeks of February, but might continue beyond that. Another possibility is using "Friends" highlights from previous shows from 8:40 p.m. ET to 9 p.m. The paper said NBC is focusing on blunting the impact of "Survivor," which is scheduled to run for 14 weeks, during the February sweeps period when stations set ad rates for the next few months.

November 22th: Best of Friends on VHS and DVD

Here are the episodes that will be included in the Best of Friends VHS and DVD:

1) "The Pilot"
2) "The One With Two Parts" (Two-part Episode)
3) "The One With All the Poker"
4) "The One Where Ross Finds Out"
5) "The One With the Prom Video"
6) "The One Where No One's Ready"
7) "The One With the Embryos"
8) "The One With Ross' Wedding (Two-part Episode)"
9) "The One With All the Thanksgiving Flashbacks"
10) "The One Where Everybody Finds Out"

The episodes are digitally remastered and offered in two volumes with five episodes on each or as a two-volume gift set. Best of Friends will include expanded versions of each episode with never-before-seen footage plus The Rembrandt's music video "I'll Be There for You."

This is a MUST for every Friends fans !!!!!!!!

October 9th: News about the new season !

It's almost there !!! The 7th season's premiere ! And they are showing us two new episodes the same night. This week we will see The One With Monica's Thunder followed by The One With Rachel's Book.
Ross and Rachel fans get ready !!! The two of them apparently share a secret.....will they or won't they...I bet we will finally know this season !
Also look out for Jennifer's Aniston new hairdo, a shorter hairstyle apprently ! Matthew Perry also lost some weight and is in better shape than ever. This is going to be a great season !
Tune in this Thursday at 8 for the beginning of it all !

Last night was Emmy's night . It was not a lucky night for Friends. Lisa and Jennifer were up for best supporting actress in a comedy but did'nt get it. Jennifer arrived on the red carpet with her new husband Brad Pitt who wore an homemade necklace that spelled Jen. Matthew Perry presented an award and so did Jennifer Aniston. David Schwimmer was also present. Friends also lost in the category "Best Comedy". The award went to Will and Grace. 
To know more about last night I suggest you go at ETonline. 

  This is nothing new to Aniston's husband. Five years ago Celebrity Skin published nude photos of Pitt and his then girlfriend, actress Gwyneth Paltrow, while the couple was on vacation. When Playgirl magazine attempted to re-publish the photos in 1996, Pitt sued successfully and was able to                block the publication.  Aniston is attempting to block the release of Celebrity Skin's September issue which features herself and Friends cast-mates Courteney Cox Arquette and Lisa Kudrow on the cover. Man's World Publications also published the same nude photo of Aniston plus an additional shot of the actress in the December issue of one of their other publications, High Society.  
www.etonline.com 

After months of rumors, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were married Saturday at a ceremony on an ocean bluff. About 200 guests attended the lavish sunset ceremony at an estate owned by television executive Marcy Carsey. Among the guests were Jennifer's costars Matthew Perry (arriving with Claire Forani, Brad's interest in Meeting Joe Black), Matt Leblanc, Courteney Cox Arquette and her husband David, Lisa Kudrow and her husband and David Schwimmer. Also there were Fight Club Edward Norton and girlfriend Salma Hayek and Cameron Diaz. The security was very severe, each of the guest had to wear pins and got check by security guards. Aniston wore a floor-length white satin silk gown designed by Lawrence Steele, according to a press statement. Her ivory-colored, suede high-heel andals were designed by shoemaker Manolo Blahnik for Steele. The bridesmaids wore pale green silk chiffon slip dresses with pale tafetta mules. Pitt wore a black tuxedo designed by Hedi Slimane. His attendants wore black tuxedos designed by Prada. The whole ceremony apparently cost 1 million dollar. 

Jennifer Aniston is apparently trying to get out of her "good girl" image ! She stars in the upcoming film Metal God, in which she and onscreen boyfriend Mark Wahlberg participate in an orgy. 

When he leaned that he was nominated in the "best actor" category at the Emmy's, Matthew Perry asked to be removed of the list, due to the pact the cast has that they're all...suporting actors and that none of them is more important. It was to late for him to get nominated in the "best supporting actor" category. Lisa Kudrow said that it was stupid for him to do that because he clearly was the best this season ! 

May 26 : More news on Matthew Perry's health problems 

The mystery behind Matthew Perry's health problems received tabloid treatment Thursday. A story in Britain's The Sun reported the "Friends" star checked into Los Angeles Cedars-Sinai Medical Center because he needed a life-saving liver transplant. Perry's publicist released a statement Thursday saying 
that the story is "completely untrue," adding, "he had been out of the hospital for a number of days and is feeling much better." Recent stories on Perry's hospitalization, followed by accounts of his car 
crash on the day that he was released, has led to speculation regarding the state of the actor's health. Some rumors suggest that his current health problems may stem from past drug abuse problems.  

In 1997, Perry checked himself into rehab for an addiction to prescription painkillers. Perry's ex-girlfriend Rene Ashton rejected those rumors in an interview with People magazine, saying "No drugs. No alcohol...Generally when Matthew finishes working...he usually gets a cold or a little something. It's a pattern with him." In the same story, Perry said, "I went to the hospital to be treated for a serious stomach ailment and fortunately, I'm feeling much better." 
See Zap2It.com 

Actor Matthew Perry wrecked his Porsche Saturday when he swerved to avoid a car on the narrow streets of the Hollywood Hills and drove into someone's porch, police said. The 30-year-old star of the hit TV show "Friends" was uninjured, said Sgt. Paul Partridge. Perry was not under the influence or drugs or alcohol at the time of the noon accident, Partridge said. "Mr. Perry was driving downhill, and he swerved to avoid another vehicle, probably coming the other direction. He wasn't able to regain control and ran off the road," Partridge said. Perry's green Porsche was damaged and had to be towed, Partridge said. See www.infobeat.com 
 

May 18: Matthew Perry in hospital 

Matthew Perry, of the NBC hit "Friends," remains in the hospital for a second week while doctors 
try to figure out the source of what his spokesperson calls "mysterious stomach pains." Last week, Perry was well enough to join his five other cast-mates on a conference call to negotiate their new 
contract with NBC. Each actor will receive an estimated $40 million to appear on the show for the next two years. 
www.ultimatetv.com 
 

 NBC will keep its "Friends" for two more years, but the six actors who star in the sitcom will be getting a lot more money to hang around the coffee shop. After negotiations with Warner Brothers Television that ended in the predawn hours on Sunday, the actors agreed to return for $20 million per year each, according to executives close to the talks who requested anonymity. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox Arquette, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer will be getting a big raise from the reported $125,000 they made for each of the 22 episodes this season. The deal came a day before NBC was to present its fall schedule to advertisers in New York. The network had imposed a deadline of 3 p.m. EST on Sunday to get an agreement, or it was prepared to announce a schedule without "Friends" in its customary slot on Thursdays at 8 p.m. Losing "Friends" would have been a major blow to NBC, which has had trouble developing new comedies and seen its Thursday dominance somewhat eroded by ABC's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."  

Instead, negotiators beat the deadline by about 12 hours. The actors reached the deal with Warner Bros., the studio that produces the show. The six "Friends" will be paid $750,000 per episode for each year. They were also given a greater percentage of the profits from 
the sitcom's lucrative syndication deals, giving them each a total of $40 million over two years, executives said on Sunday. The stars had reportedly been demanding $1 million each per episode to return - a sum NBC paid Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser for the final year of "Mad 
About You." "'Friends' is one of the best written, produced and directed shows on television. We are thrilled and excited to continue," the actors said in a joint statement. The show finishes its sixth season with a one-hour special this Thursday. "We're thrilled to have our No. 1 sitcom on Thursday nights again in September," said NBC spokeswoman Shirley Powell.  
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2566522023-2bc  

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