‘Like looking into a mirror’: Perry was a friend to Gen X
Chandler’s cynicism and sarcasm were a reflection of our own outlook on life. For those of us who were in our 20s when the show first aired, it was like looking into a mirror.
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‘Devastated’ Friends cast breaks silence on Matthew Perry’s death
The stars have spoken about the death of their former colleague at the age of 54.
‘It wasn’t that I thought I could play Chandler, I was Chandler’
Matthew Perry was so similar to the wisecracking character he played that when he first read the script for Friends in 1994, he said it was as if somebody had followed him around for a year.
First millennial group heartbreak
Chandler Bing was an iconic character that turned self-deprecation and sarcasm into personality traits for generations of Friends fans.
Friends star Matthew Perry dies aged 54
Matthew Perry was best known for his portrayal of the wise-cracking Chandler Bing on wildly popular Friends, which ran for 10 seasons.
Larrimah gets a gossipy true crime doco
HBO peels back the layers of the disappearance of resident larrikin Paddy Moriarty in this glossy outback tale.
Binge adds Gravy to recipe for streaming success
Binge has announced its first original film, inspired by the unlikely Christmas hit from Australian troubadour Paul Kelly.
Le Carre spy truths exposed in new doco
This documentary shows how intelligence officer turned author John le Carré perfected the art of hiding in full view
Actress ‘shunned’ by royals for playing Camilla
Haydn Gwynne was best known for playing Margaret Thatcher, Queen Camilla and the cynical news editor in Drop the Dead Donkey
Israel-Hamas war sows division within entertainment industry
Dave Chappelle spars with a fan; writers union members criticise leaders over silence.
When private pain becomes political
The artist Nan Goldin takes on America’s opioid crisis; a literary horror about Big Pharma, and everything else worth streaming this week.
Why season 3 of Lupin could be the best yet
Humour, suspense, crime and mystery combine in one of the best shows on television.
Three’s Company star Suzanne Somers dead at 76
The sitcom star and Thighmaster spokesman died at home following a battle with breast cancer. She was one day shy of her 77th birthday.
‘Inappropriate content’: children’s TV legend blasts programming
Kids go through “awful things” as a result of the content they are devouring, says Noni Hazlehurst. “It’s very distressing that people don’t care enough to join the dots and do something about it.”
A vibrant doco on one of Australia’s best-loved bands
A classy and long-overdue Wiggles documentary; an unsung drama about San Francisco life; a hidden gem of the made-for-tv era, and everything else we’re watching this week.
The best thing Taylor Swift has done is promote the Kelce family
I don’t care if she did it for the plot, for even more publicity for herself, but this TV fan thanks her for her service to social media.
Comedian’s death ‘tears hole in heart of our community’
The New Zealand comic and writer died in Sydney after a ‘short illness’.
Final season of The Crown set for November release
Season six will be released in two parts, covering the events of 1997 through 2005.
Luhrmann to debut new project at SXSW Sydney
The six-part series, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman, is a reimagined cut of Baz Luhrmann’s 2008 film Australia.
A hallucinatory study of the fall of the Soviet Union
Adam Curtis’s seven-hour documentary series revisits the chaos of the collapse.
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