No, no, no to Friends feature says Warners
Thanks to the success of the Sex and the City movie — and talk of more to come — the rumor mill has been bubbling with other TV shows making the leap to the big screen. In the case of Arrested Development, it sure sounds like the truth.
However, the Friends feature is a rumor that has no legs. Warners owns the property and on July 4th, even though all U.S. offices were closed for the holiday, denied the rumors via the London office.
Jayne Trotman, Warner’s director of publicity, said of the Friends movie, “(There’s) no truth in the story.”
Just to be sure, Matthew Perry’s press rep also denied the rumor. She told the BBC that nothing is happening and the rumor is just that, a shred of news with no value attached to it.
So, where are the affirmatives that have made the media think there was a chance for a Friends big screen production? MailOnline.com started it. The web site posted on July 2nd that all the Friends, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matthew, were willing to reprise their roles for a picture to be filmed within the next 18 months.
In what can only be called a fanciful — unsupported by named sources — story, the writer went on to say that Jennifer and Courteney had been talking about what they wanted the feature to be about and how to get it done. Whether they ever really talked about a movie or not remains uncertain.
What is certain is this: if Warners says it’s not happening, it’s not happening. Not any time soon, anyway.
But even if Warners was hot to make the film, would a Friends feature really be such a great thing? I don’t think so. As it was, the series probably should have ended in 2000, when Monica and Chandler proposed to each other.
I know it may seem like heresy to some, but for me, that was the last, great Friends season. A feature film might be a real let down, when you think about it.
Gossip Guy Turns 21 Minus His Costar
A little gossip doesn’t bother Ed Westwick.
“I just laugh it off,” he tells People about the rumors that he and his Gossip Girl costar (and roommate) Chace Crawford are more than just friends.
“People who know me and Chace and the cast know that we are all great friends,” Ed tells the mag. “And that’s the extent of it all. Those things that go around are just amusing to us, really.”
But how does Chace feel?
Who knows? He was expected to attend his friend’s celebration but canceled at the last minute.
Still, Ed had plenty of company for his 21st birthday weekend even without his costar. Thirty friends and family members joined him for dinner at Tao. After the meal, he headed to a VIP table at the nightclub upstairs, where he had his first legal drink.
His beverage of choice? Champagne.
Chuck Bass would be proud.
Karina Smirnoff Talks Mario, Tears Up on Chelsea
Karina Smirnoff sat down with E!’s Chelsea Handler Monday for an appearance on tonight’s Chelsea Lately.
In the interview, which will air in its entirety on tonight’s show, Smirnoff spoke for the first time about her split with Mario Lopez and about an News report in which Hooters model Meaghan Cooper claims Mario cheated on Smirnoff with her.
What did she have to say? You might be surprised…
When asked by Chelsea how she was holding up in the wake of news that “some girl who works at Hooters” was claiming Mario cheated, Smirnoff, who was choking back tears, replied: “You know, I am okay now. I was little bit upset earlier. But there is no easy way to break up, and, especially when you’re in the public eye, it’s that much harder. But, you know, it could be worse. It could be Divine Brown [the prostitute caught with Hugh Grant]. But, again, it’s not that bad.”
To lighten up the emotional moment, Chelsea suggested it might be worse if he had cheated on her with another guy. Smirnoff replied, “Yeah, that would have been worse.”
Smirnoff, who just got back from a vacation to the Bahamas and Las Vegas, was on the show to promote an exercise DVD.
And for inquiring minds who want to know, Chelsea asked Smirnoff about reports she was romantic with E!’s Michael Yo. “Michael and I are great friends,” Smirnoff said. “He has been consoling me through all of this. I think the world of him.”
Kristen Bell Clears Up Hayden’s Dating Rumors
Kristen Bell Clears Up Hayden’s Dating Rumors
With Hollywood romance as fleeting as it is, sometime you gotta go right to the source to confirm rumors. And Kristen Bell was more than happy to report on the status of her co-stars supposed hookup.
The new Heroes starlet was in attendance for the Alliance for Children’s Rights benefit in Beverly Hills earlier this week. She definitively denied that her co-stars Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia were anything more than friends.
Bell told press, “They’re just great friends. They’re not dating.” And it sounds like singlehood is running rampant on the set of the NBC drama… Bell is without a beau as well.
She commented, “I’m taking single life moment by moment. It’s uncomfortable for me because I haven’t been single in a long time. I’m a homebody. I’m a Blockbuster girl at heart.”
Something tells us that with a look as hot as her career, Kristen won’t be single for long.