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Woman pleads guilty to supplying drug that killed Perry

A woman branded the "Ketamine Queen" has pleaded guilty to selling Friends star Matthew Perry the drug that killed him.

Aniston mourning Perry 'for a long time' before death

Jennifer Aniston has said that, due to his struggles with addiction, it felt like she was mourning her Friends co-star Matthew Perry "for a long time" before his death.

Television • 11 Aug

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 11:Lisa Kudrow attends Netflix's "No Good Deed" Screening & Conversation at 92NY on December 11, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

Lisa Kudrow says it was 'a lot of work' playing Phoebe

US actress Lisa Kudrow has said it was "a lot of work" playing her Friends character Phoebe Buffay as she "was so far from who I was as a human being".

Television • 06 Jun

Matthew Perry left a note inside a cookie jar which he gave to Lisa Kudrow when Friends finished filming

Lisa Kudrow recently found a note from Matthew Perry

Friends star Lisa Kudrow revealed that she recently found a note from her late co-star Matthew Perry in a cookie jar he had given her from the set.

Television • 08 Jan

Lisa Kudrow (bottom right) said the cast got together a decade after the series finale aired in 2004 and did not manage to reunite again as a six before Friends: The Reunion (pictured), which aired in 2021

Friends stars 'had one reunion dinner in 17 years'

Lisa Kudrow has said that she and the rest of her Friends castmates only met up once in the 17 years between the broadcast of the final episode and the reunion special.

Television • 11 Dec 24

Courteney Cox and Matthew Perry, pictured in Beverly Hills, California, in May 2006

Courteney Cox remembers Matthew Perry on anniversary

Courteney Cox has paid tribute to her Friends co-star Matthew Perry on the one-year anniversary of his death.

Television • 29 Oct 24

Matthew Perry died on the 28 October 2023

Matthew Perry: One year on from Friends star's death

Matthew Perry, who played Chandler Bing in the hit US sitcom Friends, died on 28 October last year from the "acute effects of ketamine" at the age of 54.

Entertainment • 28 Oct 24

Memorabilia from the set of Friends sold at auction

Perry's jumper sold at Friends 30th anniversary auction

Memorabilia from the set of Friends, including a jumper worn by late star Matthew Perry, have been sold in an auction marking three decades since the US sitcom first aired.

Television • 24 Sep 24

Lisa Kudrow: "[It was] if not a year and a half, maybe two seasons, before I felt like I had Phoebe down"

Kudrow recalls struggles during early days of Friends

Lisa Kudrow has said she had to put "a lot of work" into the early days of Friends and admits it took her a couple of seasons to really settle into the sitcom.

Television • 02 Aug 24

Matthew Perry and Lisa Kudrow starred in Friends

Kudrow rewatching Friends to keep memory of Perry alive

Lisa Kudrow has begun to rewatch old episodes of Friends to remember her late co-star Matthew Perry.

Television • 27 Jun 24

Jennifer Aniston: "The fact that its had this long, wonderful life and it still means a lot to people is one of the greatest gifts I think all five of us — all six of us — we never could imagine."

Jennifer Aniston tearful discussing 30 years of Friends

Jennifer Aniston shed a tear while reflecting on the legacy of Friends, three decades after it first premiered.

Television • 07 Jun 24

The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that there is an open criminal investigation into Matthew Perry's death from acute effects of ketamine

Matthew Perry's death 'still under investigation'

A police investigation into actor Matthew Perry's death will continue after it was ruled an accident.

Television • 22 May 24

Hackers allegedly target Matthew Perry's X account

The X account of late US actor Matthew Perry has allegedly been targeted by hackers.

Entertainment • 27 Feb 24

Matthew Perry will be honoured at the Bafta TV awards

Friends actor Matthew Perry will be honoured at the Bafta TV awards in May after he was not featured in the in memoriam segment at Sunday's film awards ceremony.

Television • 19 Feb 24

Jennifer Aniston said Matthew Perry was "really healthy"

Aniston says Perry was 'happy and healthy'

Jennifer Aniston said she texted Matthew Perry on the morning of his death and he was happy, healthy, and "not in pain".

Friends • 12 Dec 23

Jennifer Aniston urges Matthew Perry Foundation support

Jennifer Aniston says her late Friends co-star Matthew Perry "would have been grateful for the love" showed to a foundation that has been set up in his name to help those struggling with addiction.

Television • 29 Nov 23

Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry pictured in 1995

Aniston pays tribute to 'brother' Matthew Perry

Jennifer Aniston has spoken about the loss she has felt over the death of her Friends co-star Matthew Perry, saying "this one has cut deep".

Television • 16 Nov 23

Matthew Perry pictured at an event in November 2022

Matthew Perry's funeral held in LA - reports

Actor Matthew Perry, who died last Saturday at age 54, was buried on Friday at a Los Angeles cemetery in a service attended by relatives and castmates from the hit 1990s television sitcom Friends, show business media reported, citing photographs.

Matthew Perry • 04 Nov 23

Matthew Perry Foundation set up to fight addiction

A new foundation has promised to continue Matthew Perry's commitment to "helping others struggling with the disease of addiction".

Entertainment • 03 Nov 23

Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow on the set of Friends

Friends stars 'devastated' by Matthew Perry's death

The cast of Friends have said they are "utterly devastated" by the death of their co-star Matthew Perry.

Entertainment • 31 Oct 23

Matthew Perry and Hank Azaria photographed together in 2004

Hank Azaria: 'Matthew Perry helped me get sober'

Hank Azaria has said that Friends co-star Matthew Perry helped him to get sober, and that it was "heartbreaking" to have to watch Perry deal with drug and alcohol addiction.

Television • 30 Oct 23

Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani in Friends

12 magic Matthew Perry moments in Friends

He was Chandler Bing. The most cutting of the sextet in Friends. The wise guy of the gang. The character who got us all going: 'Oh. My. God!' Some of the show's best lines were by, for or about him.

Entertainment • 29 Oct 23

Matthew Perry and Lisa Kudrow pictured together at the American Comedy Awards in 1996

Watch: Who was the funniest Friend?

In 1996 Friends stars Matthew Perry and Lisa Kudrow revealed who they thought offered up the most laughs on the hit US sitcom.

Entertainment • 29 Oct 23

Maggie Wheeler as Janice and Matthew Perry as Chandler on the set of Friends

Friends co-stars remember Matthew Perry

Friends co-stars Maggie Wheeler and Morgan Fairchild have remembered Matthew Perry for the joy he "brought to so many" following his "shock" death age 54.

Entertainment • 29 Oct 23

Matthew Perry attending the GQ Men of the Year party in 2022

Matthew Perry's life was a tale of two halves

Matthew Perry was the star of era-defining sitcom Friends, but behind the scenes, his life was dogged with addiction.

Entertainment • 29 Oct 23