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Courtney Cox naked made best friend Jennifer Aniston shocked and surprised

April 13th, 2010 | No Comments »

Cox naked made best friend Jennifer Aniston shocked and surprised! can anyone imagine that Courtney can really do this? but it’s true! She really did it! even she is proud about it! but Jennifer Aniston who has just turned 41 year old was shocked by her best friend’s appearance in the US based Television show in Cougar Town!

The Hollywood actress, Courtney Cox Arquette, 45 year old has to say that the scene and the role required it! the mother of a 5 year old, Coco said that the role wanted to show what a real woman looked like! So she says “I think it was an important thing to do. This show talks about real things and real experiences, so I think I had to. I know my friend Jennifer Aniston was shocked I did it.”

“Some people may not want to show parts of them that are not the very best and that’s alright. I decided to show, and I don’t care. it was important to show the real side of being 40”, Courtney added. She plays a woman who loves to romance with younger men! Why Jennifer is so shocked? even she has done this on long lasting and evergreen TV show F.R.I.E.N.D.S and in the movie Break-Up!



Cultural Impact of Friends

December 12th, 2009 | No Comments »

Cultural Impact of “Friends”

During the the series’ run, pop psychologists have “prattled” about the cultural impact of Friends, with the producers laughing, “It’s only a TV show.”

Aniston’s hairstyle was nicknamed “The Rachel”, and copied around the world. Joey’s catchphrase, “How you doin’?”, has become a popular part of Western English slang, often used as a pick-up line or when greeting friends.

The series has also impacted on the English language, according to a study by a linguistics professor at the University of Toronto. The professor found that the characters used so as an adjective more often than other intensifiers, such as very and really.

 

The professor believed that although the preference had already made its way into the American vernacular, usage on the series may have accelerate the change. Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, ratings increased 17% over the previous season as viewers tuned in for comfort.

 

The Central Perk coffee house, one of the principal settings of the series, has inspired various imitations worldwide. In 2006, Iranian businessman Mojtaba Asadian started a Central Perk franchise, registering the name in 32 countries. The decor of the coffee houses are inspired by the one in Friends, featuring replica couches, counters, neon signage and bricks.

 

The coffee houses also contain paintings of the various characters from the series, and televisions playing Friends’ episodes. James Michael Tyler, who plays the Central Perk waiter in the series, Gunther, attended the grand opening of the Dubai cafe, where he worked as a waiter.

 As part of a museum exhibit at Warner Bros. Studios, Central Perk was rebuilt and shown on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in October 2008. Lisa Kudrow revisited the set for the first time after the series finale in 2004



Friends - Memorable Quotes

December 12th, 2009 | No Comments »

 Here are some of our favorite quotes from Joey, Rachel and the gang!!

“Welcome to the real world! It sucks! You’re going to love it!”
- Monica, to Rachel in The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate

“‘You’re such a nice guy’ means ‘I’m going to be dating leather-wearing alcoholics and complaining about them to you.’”
- Chandler in The One With the Thumb

“Pheebs, who’s George Stephanopoulos?”
“That’s Big Bird’s friend.”
- Rachel and Pheobe in The One With George Stephanopoulos

“You’ll find someone. I know you will. The right woman is just waiting for you.”
“That’s easy for you to say. You found one already.”
- Carol and Ross in The One With the Candy Hearts

“Guys, guys, guess what, guess what?”
“Hmm, I don’t know…the fifth dentist caved and now they’re all recommending Trident?”
- Rachel and Chandler in The One With All the Poker

“I figured after work, I’d pick up a bottle of wine, go over there, and try to…woo her.”
“Hey, you know what you should do? Take her back to the 1980’s when that phrase was last used.”
- Ross and Chandler in The One Where the Monkey Gets Away

“Stop being so testosteroney!”
“Which, by the way, is the real San Francisco treat.”
- Phoebe and Chandler in The One With the Evil Orthodontist

“If I wanna get the money, I’m not allowed to conduct any personal experiments, if you know what I mean.”
“Joey, we always know what you mean.”
- Joey and Monica in The One Where Rachel Finds Out

“Let me get this straight. He got you to beg to sleep with him, he got you to say he never has to call you again, and he got you thinking this was a great idea?”
“Mm…hmm.”
“This man is my god!”
- Joey and Phoebe in The One Where Ross Finds Out

“Hey, hey, check it out! Guess what I got!”
“Rhythm?”
- Joey and Chandler in The One With Russ

“What are you getting so bent out of shape for? It’s not like we agreed to live together forever. We’re not Bert and Ernie!”
- Joey in The One Where Joey Moves Out

“You know what’s weird? Donald Duck never wore pants. But whenever he’s getting out of the shower, he always put a towel around his waist. I mean, what is that about?”
- Chandler in The One Where No One’s Ready

“Quick! How do you get a chick out of a VCR!?”
- Chandler in The One With a Chick and a Duck

“Monica Im quitting, I just helped an 81 year old women put on a thong and she didnt even buy it!”
- Rachel in The One With Rachel’s Crush

“Phoebe, there is no secret, okay? I didn’t propose!”
“Are you lying? Is this like that time you tried to convince us you were a doctor?”
- Ross and Phoebe in The One Where No One Proposes

“If you don’t like this one, I can find you a better one,” (looks around restaurant) “Mike, Mike!”
- Joey in The One Where Emma Cries

“Did I leave the stove on?”
“You haven’t cooked since 1996!”
- Rachel and Ross in The One With Phoebe’s Birthday Dinner

“You got a manny!?”
- Chandler in The One With The Male Nanny

“So let me get this straight. My friends die, then we get Emma, then my wife dies, then Emma, the one tiny ray of hope left in my life gets taken away from me?!”
“Now there’s your movie!”
- Chandler and Phoebe in The One With Rachel’s Other Sister

“Emma is the product of a bottle of Merlot and a 5 year old condom.”
- Monica in The One With Rachel’s Other Sister

“What is the difference between beer and lager?
“I don’t know. We could look it up.”
“Thing’s are about to get wild.”
- Mike and Ross in The One With Rachel’s Phone Number

“No, I want you to have a job that you love. Not statistical analysis and data reconfiguration.”
“I quit, and you learn what I do?”
- Monica and Chandler in The One Where Rachel Goes Back To Work

“You really think she’s hot?”
“Are you kidding? If I wasn’t married she’d be rejecting me right now.”
- Rachel and Chandler in The One With Phoebe’s Rats

“If she wants to go out there kissing guys that she barely knows, then so will I!”
- Ross in The One Where Monica Sings

“They shouldn’t be having S-E-X around the B-A-B-I-E!”
- Joey in The One With The Blind Dates
 



Friends- Cultural Impact

December 8th, 2009 | No Comments »

Set of Central Perk at Warner Bros. Studios

Although the producers thought of Friends as “only a TV show”,[1] numerous psychologists investigated the cultural impact of Friends during the series’ run.[1] Aniston’s hairstyle was nicknamed “The Rachel“, and copied around the world.[1] Joey’s catchphrase, “How you doin’?”, became a popular part of Western English slang, often used as a pick-up line or when greeting friends.[91] The series also impacted the English language, according to a study by a linguistics professor at the University of Toronto. The professor found that the characters used the word “so” to modify adjectives more often than other intensifiers, such as “very” and “really”. Although the preference had already made its way into the American vernacular, usage on the series may have accelerated the change.[13] Following the September 11 attacks, ratings increased 17% over the previous season as viewers tuned in for comfort.[60]

Friends is parodied in the twelfth season Murder, She Wrote episode “Murder Among Friends”. In the episode, amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury) investigates the murder of a cast member in Buds, a fictional television series about the daily lives of a group of city friends. The episode was devised after CBS moved Murder, She Wrote from its regular Sunday night timeslot to a Thursday night timeslot directly opposite Friends on NBC; Angela Lansbury was quoted by Bruce Lansbury, her brother and Murder, She Wrotes supervising producer, as having “a bit of an attitude” about the move to Thursday, but he saw the plot as “a friendly setup, no mean-spiritedness”.[92] Jerry Ludwig, the writer of the episode, researched the “flavor” of Buds by watching episodes of Friends.[92]

The Central Perk coffee house, one of the principal settings of the series, has inspired various imitations worldwide. In 2006, Iranian businessman Mojtaba Asadian started a Central Perk franchise, registering the name in 32 countries. The decor of the coffee houses is inspired by Friends, featuring replica couches, counters, neon signage and bricks. The coffee houses also contain paintings of the various characters from the series, and televisions playing Friends‘ episodes. James Michael Tyler, who plays the Central Perk manager in the series, Gunther, attended the grand opening of the Dubai cafe, where he worked as a waiter.[93] Central Perk was rebuilt as part of a museum exhibit at Warner Bros. Studios, and was shown on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in October 2008. Jennifer Aniston revisited the set for the first time since the series finale in 2004.[94] From September 24 to October 7, 2009, a Central Perk replica was based at Broadwick Street, Soho, London. The coffee house sold real coffee to customers and featured a display of Friends memorabillia and props, such as the Geller Cup from the season three episode “The One with the Football”.[95] In 2009, a dance remix of the song “Smelly Cat” became a popular internet meme.[96]



Friends named Most Watched TV Show of Last Decade

December 8th, 2009 | No Comments »

Acccording to figures published by the Hollywood Reporter, the show finale in 2004 is the highest-rated boradcast in America since 2000, attracting 52.5 million viewers.

The series based on lives of six friends was followed by the 2000 episode of US reality show Survivor: Borneo with viewing figures of 51.7 million at the second spot.

Dating show Joe Millionaire came third with a 2003 show garnering an audience of 40 million.

An episode of medical drama E.R. came fourth, with 39.4 million, and TV talent show American Idol rounded out the top five with 38.1 million.

Other entries in the top 10 include episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, Frasier and Spin City.