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May 14th 2003 February 13th 2002 February 12th 2002 August 19th 2001 May 21st 2001 His latest stint in drug rehab really helped put his priorities in place, and marriage is at the top of his list. After seeing how his on-again, off-again girlfriend Jamie Tarses stuck by his side while other friends started losing patience with him, Matthew is convinced he wants to settle down with the former ABC programming honcho and start a family. Now all he has to do is convince her that he'll stay clean! This isn't the first time the Friends star, 31, has asked Jamie, 37, to marry him. She turned him down a few years ago, after meeting him at the NBC studios in Burbank. But this time, devoted Jamie accepted a four-carat diamond ring. The catch is that she's keeping it in a safe place until Matthew proves he can stay sober for an entire year. We have our fingers crossed. May 6th 2001 The movie was shut down a few months back when the actor admitted he had a drug problem and checked himself into rehab. Before returning, though, Matt told producers he wanted to start a fresh with a whole new crew and set of stand-ins to work on the film. Few of the old crew people were invited back, and they were perplexed because they all got along so well. Maybe TOO well. Apparently, Matt and some of his set-siders enjoyed partying together and quite possibly he didn't want to be tempted again. May 5th 2001 Hurley, who co-stars with Perry in Servicing Sara, was forced to take
time away from the Texas film set, after the Friends actor was taken to
hospital for a reported addiction to prescription painkillers. And now work has resumed on the movie, the Estee Lauder model, 35, is
glad she finally has the opportunity to acquaint herself with Perry. She
says: "Matthew is unbelievably nice! I was fond of him before but we
didn't have much of a connection and now we realise why, because I guess
he was disconnected to himself at that time.
"Now we sit around on the set all day and giggle and laugh, playing
silly games, and he's lovely!" She adds: "He's so talented too. I think
he's going to get it together. And he's young, so hopefully this is his
time." April 20th 2001 April 19th 2001 April 19th 2001 April 17th 2001 A source says: "Matthew saw an article about acupuncture tapping into the central nervous system to re-channel the body's electricity in a healing way: During his treatments he gets 30 needles inserted in his feet, chest, legs and hands. It's done in a peaceful, darkened room, where a heat lamp is set up to keep him warm. He desperately wants to get well and the acupuncture is helping him stay in control."
March 28th 2001 March 25th 2001 March 23rd 2001 March 16th 2001 March 10th 2001 March 9th 2001 February 27th 2001 People magazine reported that he became addicted to the painkiller Vicodin after suffering wisdom-tooth problems and injuries from an accident on a watercraft. Last June, Perry wrecked his Porsche on the narrow streets of the Hollywood Hills. No one was injured, and investigators said Perry was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The crash occurred the day Perry ended a two-week stay at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles for what he said was a stomach illness. He later joked about rumors that he was suffering from pancreatitis, liver failure or a high-protein diet gone bad. "At one point there was this story in a London tabloid that all the 'Friends' had gathered around me, and I enjoyed the image of that," Perry said.
January 24th 2001 January 7th 2001 January 7th 2001 January 4th 2001 MATTHEW PERRY is tireless -- as he shoots another feature on his holiday break! We caught up with him and found out exactly how he's servicing LIZ HURLEY -- and whether or not he will play the next JAMES BOND!
ET: What a way to spend your holiday break. You don't have one!
MATTHEW PERRY: I don't have a break. No, I'm in Harlem, but with ELIZABETH HURLEY so it's not all bad.
ET: Tell us the title of the movie.
Matthew: 'Servicing Sara.' I have to service Elizabeth Hurley and they're paying me to do it, so it's quite an easy gig.
ET: And we should point out we're actually in Harlem.
Matthew: We're in Harlem. We're in a nail place in Harlem, that's where we are. I've just been beaten up by thugs and I'm servicing Elizabeth Hurley.
ET: What could be ...
Matthew: What could be better?
ET: So what is this about?
Matthew: This is a story about a down-and-out guy. He's really down on his luck and he has to service a subpoena to Elizabeth Hurley, it's kind of a "Midnight Run-ish" kind of road picture except instead of CHARLES GRODIN I get Elizabeth Hurley.
ET: That is so cool.
Matthew: There you go. She's really funny. Who knew that she was funny? Beautiful and funny, it's like three girls I know on some TV show.
ET: How was shooting in New York City?
Matthew: It's freezing cold. It's freezing, freezing, freezing cold. I'd much rather play, you know, Chandler on "Friends" than run through the streets of New York in the middle of winter but what the hell, they're paying me!
ET: One last thing.
Matthew: No, no that's it. Okay. What else?
ET: We're hearing you're going to be the next "James Bond." Is that true? Honestly, this is the report....
Matthew: The report is that I'm the next James Bond? Really? Don't you have to have a British accent to be the next James Bond? (with accent) I could possibly be James Bond. I don't know (loses accent). Is that really a rumor?
ET: Honestly, this is what is coming out.
Matthew: Come talk to me. We'll see. Maybe when I'm finished with this.
ET: Wouldn't that be fun?
Matthew: Yeah, interesting.
ET: Shaken not stirred.
Matthew: Yeah. The new Bond. Interesting.
January 3rd 2001 December 29th 2000 December 20th 2000 December 18th 2000 December 10th 2000 November 10th 2000 November 5th 2000 October 30th 2000 October 28th 2000 October 27th 2000 October 26th 2000 October 20th 2000 October 16th 2000 October 11th 2000 September 2000 August 9th 2000
August 8th 2000
July 14th - 20th 2000
Matthew will be appearing in a play in London entitled 'Sexual Perversity in Chicago' from today until 2nd August 2003. Tickets can be obtained from The Comedy Theatre box office and also at online ticket agencies.
Matthew will be making a guest appearance in two episodes of 'Ally McBeal', playing a lawyer. To read more, visit the articles page.
The 'Friends' cast has signed a deal to make a ninth series. They will be paid $1 million per episode each for 24 episodes. To read more, visit the articles page.
Matthew celebrates his 32nd birthday today. Happy Birthday!
(from Star Magazine Online)
MATT PERRY TOLD: STAY SOBER FOR 1 YEAR AND I'LL MARRY YOU
Matthew Perry is hooked on ... marriage!
May 17th 2001
There are a couple of pictures and a bit of writing in this issue of Now Magazine. BEWARE! The article may contain spoilers for those that haven't seen the series 7 finale of Friends. Click here to see the article.May 7th 2001
People Magazine, May 7th 2001
Behind the Seams
That much anticipated Monica-Chandler wedding on May 17 will
have the femmes of Friends dripping in enough diamonds to make
even Elizabeth Taylor squeal. New York City designer Lorraine Schwartz
supplied the rocks for the episode, adorning bride Courteney Cox Arquette
in a snazzy $80,000 yellow-and-white-diamond necklace and putting a
$75,000 ca. 1920s emerald bracelet on Lisa Kudrow's wrist. But guest
star Kathleen Turner - who plays groom Matthew Perry's cross-dressing
father - boasts the top trinket: a 55-carat diamond necklace valued at
a whopping $800,000 . . . May 7th 2001
People Magazine, May 7th 2001
Mishap
On April 18 a 75-year-old woman ran a stop sign in L.A.
and slammed into a BMW driven by Friends star Matthew Perry, 31.
Neither was injured. There was also a little bit in the May 6th issue of Entertainment Weekly. Click here to see it.
(from Star Magazine Online)
SERVICING MATT
Matthew Perry is preparing to return to work on the Texas set of his new flick, Servicing Sara.
(from www.mykindaplace.com)
Elizabeth Hurley is happy Matthew Perry is back because she can finally
get to know him properly.
(from Associated Press)
'Friends' Perry in Car Accident
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A car driven by a woman who ran a stop sign collided with ``Friends'' co-star Matthew Perry's silver BMW at a West Side intersection, police said.
Read more here.
(from E!Online)
Another Matthew Perry Car Crash
Matthew Perry just can't seem to get a break.
Not long after completing a stint in rehab, the Friends star suffered a scraped arm Wednesday morning when his BMW collided with another car in a West Los Angeles intersection, authorities said.
Read more here.
(from www.hollywood.com)
Kathleen Turner: proud pop?
Actress Kathleen Turner will take on a role she's never tackled before in a May 17 episode of Friends: a transvestite man. People reports that Turner, 45, will play Matthew Perry's father in the hour-long episode, in which the characters played by Perry and Courteney Cox-Arquette discover daddy's little secret after years of no contact. Morgan Fairchild will star as Perry's mother.
(from http://www.mykindaplace.com)
Friends star Matthew Perry has turned to acupuncture in a bid to beat his drug demons. He checked himself into a rehab clinic again on the advice of his doctors in February to battle his addiction to painkillers, and has turned to the ancient Chinese medicine in the hope of kicking the habit for good.
(from Star Magazine online)
Matt Perry's Last Chance
"DRUG-ADDLED Matthew Perry was given a dose of "tough love" from co-star Lisa Kudrow as he returned to work on Friends after his latest addiction scare." For more from this article go here.
(from Heat magazine (UK))
Matthew Perry has dumped one anti-social habit only to take up another. In order to keep himself on the straight and narrow on a flight from the set of his latest movie to his rehab clinic, the actor chain-smoked and poured cups of coffee down his neck. An air stewardess on the flight afterwards complained that her clothes "reeked of smoke".
Matthew Perry is returning to the set of Friends to film the wedding with Monica. Read more here
(from Star magazine Online)
Matthew Perry: Back for Wedding
Matthew Perry should be out of rehab and back on the set of Friends in time to film Chandler and Monica's wedding, reports the website www.imdb.com (Internet Movie Database).
According to the site, an NBC exec confirmed that the 31-year-old actor will finish up his rehab stint and be ready to film the blockbuster end-of-season finale, in which Matthew's onscreen persona, Chandler Bing, will finally wed Courteney Cox's character, Monica Gellar.
Filming of the big wedding is expected to start in about two weeks, with the episode scheduled to air in May.
Details emerge on Perry's rehab
LOS ANGELES (Launch) - New details are emerging about Matthew Perry's most recent battle with addiction. The new issue of US magazine reveals that the star of "Friends," who checked himself into a detox program last month, "was riding a pharmaceutical roller coaster," according to the magazine. Perry, who had begun drinking again, was reportedly hooked on Vicodin, a prescription drug that prompted a rehab stay years before, as well as methadone and methamphetamines. The magazine reports that Perry sought the attention of a doctor while on the set of the new comedy "Servicing Sara" because his stomach pain - caused by his drug-and-alcohol cocktail - was becoming unbearable. The doctor suggested Perry enter rehab, and the actor conceded, flying from the Dallas location to Los Angeles, where his father escorted him to a rehabilitation facility.
There is a feature on Matthew going back into rehab in the current issue of Now magazine (UK).
March 2001
Film Review, March 2001
Not a Perry Good Idea
Friends star to play Bond? We're shaken, not stirred
Friends sitcom star Matthew Perry may be the first
American to play James Bond. The comedian is said to be in serious talks
to take over the 007 role when Pierce Brosnan gives up the part after
completing his fourth spy adventure Beyond the Ice. Sources
close to the new Bond production, which starts production in July, say
Perry has the charm, youth and talent to take the long-running
franchise into the new Millennium. But Bond movie-makers Eon Productions
deny any proper discussions have started about a replacement for Bond.
Ralph Fiennes, Rupert Everett, Ioan Gruffudd and even singer Robbie
Williams have all been linked with the part in the past and if Perry
did indeed land the plum role his Bond would obviously be more along
the lines of Roger Moore's jokey protrayal than Sean Connery's charming
macho one.
There have been various reports of Matthew going into rehab yesterday (Monday, 26th). Below is the report from Associated Press.
Matthew Perry enters rehab
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Matthew Perry, the star of "Friends," has entered a rehabilitation clinic for treatment of an undisclosed condition, the actor's spokeswoman said Monday. "Following the advice of his doctors, Matthew Perry has entered an undisclosed rehabilitation hospital," publicist Lisa Kasteler said. "Matthew has every intention of completing his treatment so that he can continue his dream of entertaining people and making them laugh." The statement offered no clues to why the 32-year-old actor needed rehabilitation or where he was hospitalized. Kasteler's office refused to disclose further details. Perry is one of six co-stars of the wildly popular "Friends," a staple of NBC's Thursday night lineup. In 1997, he entered a rehabilitation hospital for the "early stages of chemical dependency," Kasteler said at the time. February 14th 2001
Star Magazine (UK), February 14th-27th 2001
Friendly Prank
Friends' David Schwimmer has proved he's just as
gullible as his alter ego, Ross Geller. When an LA garage lent him a
Jeep, he couldn't believe how economical it was, as he never had to
fill it with petrol. He only realised co-stars Matt Le Blanc and Matthew
Perry had been playing a prank when they confessed to filling the tank
up every day. Just before David splashed out £20,000 on the motor!
It has been rumoured in the National Enquirer that Matthew and Elizabeth Hurley,
currently filming Servicing Sara together, are dating. However, this has only appeared in the Enquirer and elsewhere Matthew has said he is dating someone 'behind the
camera' and it has been widely reported that Hurley is currently dating Steve Bing.
Friends was voted Favourite Television Comedy in this year's People's Choice Awards. Jennifer Aniston also won Favourite Female Television Performer.
In this weeks People magazine, there is a picture of Matthew in Servicing Sarah. To see it, go here.
(from ET Online)
"I've just been beaten up by thugs and I'm servicing Elizabeth Hurley!"
-- Matthew Perry
I'm a process server. I serve subpoenas, but who knows what'sgoing to happen by the end of the movie! I'm trying as hard as I can to get some love scenes put in the picture but Elizabeth, actually Elizabeth's really been trying hard to get some love scenes, and we'll see what happens.
You can watch the video of this interview at etonline.com.
It has been reported that Elizabeth Hurley, currently starring with Matthew in 'Servicing Sarah', is to appear in an episode of 'Friends'. She was given the role because she showed "good comic timing in movies such as 'Bedazzled' and 'Austin Powers'."
(from Yahoo! News)
The TV Guide Award nominations have been announced. Friends has been nominated for 'Comedy Series of the Year' and Matthew Perry has been nominated for 'Actor of the Year in a Comedy Series'. Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer were also nominated in this category. Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox Arquette and Lisa Kudrow are also nominated, in the 'Actress of the Year in a Comedy Series' category.
The awards will be taped on February 21st 2001 at the Shrine Expo Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast on March 7th 2001 on Fox. For a full list of nominations and more information visit Yahoo! News. To vote for Matthew or in any of the other categories, go to tvguide.com
(from Yahoo! News)
Battle-tested Campbell adds 3 feature roles
By Zorianna Kit
LOS ANGELES (The Hollywood Reporter) --- Bruce Campbell has been added to the cast of Mandalay Pictures' "Servicing Sarah" for director Reginald Hudlin. He also has signed for roles in Columbia Pictures' "Spiderman" for director Sam Raimi and Frank Darabont's "Bijou" for Castle Rock Entertainment.
"Sarah" is shooting, "Spiderman" is scheduled to get under way next month, and "Bijou," starring Jim Carrey, is set for a February start.
"Sarah" centers on a process server (Matthew Perry) who is persuaded by a New York wife (Elizabeth Hurley) to serve her husband (Campbell) in Texas with divorce papers. The process server and the woman embark on a road trip to the Lone Star State from the Big Apple to do the job.
Campbell recently toplined the syndicated television action-adventure comedy series "Jack of All Trades." Before that, he had recurring roles in two other syndicated action-adventure series from the same producers, "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" and "Xena: Warrior Princess."
In the spring, Campbell was a strong contender to replace David Duchovny in Fox's "The X-Files," a role that went to Robert Patrick. Campbell appeared in the Ellen DeGeneres comedy "Ellen" on ABC, and his feature credits include roles in "The Hudsucker Proxy," "Congo" and "Escape From L.A."
Campbell is repped by Agency for the Performing Arts' Barry McPherson and manager Robert Stein. He is also an author whose autobiography, "Leading With My Chin: Confessions of a B Movie Actor," is due out in June from St. Martin's Press.
(from Hot Tickets magazine)
When Matthew Perry heard Melanie Griffith was addicted to the same painkillers as he was he pulled strings to contact her at the Daniel Freeman Hospital offering his support.
In the Smash Hits Poll Winners Party (UK), Matthew was voted as 5th most popular TV actor. The winner was Jack Ryder who plays Jamie on Eastenders. Neither Matt LeBlanc or David Schwimmer featured.
In the same awards show, Friends was beaten to the top spot in the 'Best Programme on Television' category by Eastenders. All winners were voted for by the readers of Smash Hits magazine.
There is an interview with Matthew in the latest issue of Now Magazine, dated 15th November. To see the article, click here.
Advanced [Median, a German firm] said it
will set up a Los Angeles-based subsidiary, Consolidated Film Works,
for feature production together with production and FX group United
Film Organization. Advanced controls 51% of UFO. Advanced said
Consolidated will produce three or four low- to mid-budget features a
year, starting with a $6 million romantic comedy tentatively titled
Snatched starring Matthew Perry. Production for Snatched is set to
start in February in New York.
The Whole Nine Yards, rated 15, will be available to rent on video in the UK from November 20th. Read what Film Review had to say about the release here.
According to London newspaper the Evening Standard, Liz Hurley has been cast to play the lead in Servicing Sarah. More information about the film here.
Friends star reveals reason for weight loss
Matthew Perry has revealed he lost 20lbs after suffering from pancreatitis.
When he was taken to hospital in May, reports claimed he needed a liver transplant.
In the first episode of the new series of Friends Perry looks gaunt and a lot skinnier than last season.
He told US Weekly: "I was still healing. I couldn't eat more than chicken soup.
"By the second episode, you can see I'm better."
Perry, who was treated three years ago for addiction to painkillers, says his stay in the hospital scared him.
"It was time to put the pieces together and that's what I did," he said.
"I'm back on my feet again and feeling fine."
Click here for an article from E!Online about Matthew's hopes for his thirties.
(from NY Daily News Online)
It looks as if Matthew Perry is dating Jamie Tarses again. The Friends star and the former ABC programming exec, who were an item a couple of years ago, haven't been together in a while, at least not publicly. But there they were, hand in hand at the recent Bruce Willis American Cinematheque dinner in Los Angeles.
(from E! Online)
Matthew Perry is snooping around the role of the world's most slothful detective in 'The Lazy Private Eye'. Perry, of Friends fame, is attached to the pitch recently sold to Revolution Films. Paul Adee will write the script, which will feature Perry in search of the ex-girlfriend who broke his heart. Click here for more information.
According to UK magazine Now, Matthew is now dating Gina Gershon, an actress who was in Face/Off and Showgirls. To see the whole article and pictures, click here
Matthew has signed up to do a new movie called ‘Servicing Sarah’, which begins shooting in late November. For more details, go here.
Pictures of Matthew at Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt's wedding appear in the current issues of Now Magazine and OK! Magazine (both magazines have Brad and Jennifer on the front).
Now Magazine also has a small article and picture about Matthew's cameo in Bruce Willis' film The Kid
The National Enquirer has 2 articles on Matthew. One says that his ex-girlfriend Jamie Tarses is looking after him after his stay in hospital, and the other tells what he was doing with a group of other men at a baseball match . . .
(from Hot Tickets (London tv guide/magazine))
Matthew Perry just gave the heave-ho to the architect remodelling his house in Hollywood Hills.
