Matthew Perry

Doctor pleads guilty in ketamine link to death of Friends star Matthew Perry

Mark Chavez (54) admits to conspiring to distribute the surgical anaesthetic ketamine

Wed Oct 02 2024 - 21:09

From Gunther’s first words to Smelly Cat: a fiendishly difficult Friends 30th anniversary quiz

Total episodes! The first and last lines! The Friends monkey! Joey’s stalker and Drake’s evil twin! The original theme! Friends games!

Tue Sept 24 2024 - 06:47

Slowly, an account of Matthew Perry’s fragmenting last days has been pieced together. It’s a desperate tale

Actor was part of a generation who dived into alcohol and substance escapism clueless to the consequences

Sat Aug 17 2024 - 05:00

Five people charged in connection with death of Matthew Perry

Actor, best known for role in Friends sitcom, was found dead at his Los Angeles home in October 2023 due to ‘acute effects’ of ketamine

Thu Aug 15 2024 - 18:18

Obituaries of 2023: Five notable figures on the world stage who died this year

Matthew Perry and Tina Turner were among those who died in 2023

Tue Dec 26 2023 - 07:15

Matthew Perry’s death ruled an accident from ‘acute effects of ketamine’

Friends star, best known for role as Chandler Bing in sitcom, found ‘unresponsive in the pool at his residence’ on October 28th, aged 54

Fri Dec 15 2023 - 21:52

New foundation will carry on Matthew Perry’s legacy of combating addiction

Five remaining Friends co-stars attended LA memorial service held for late actor on Friday

Sat Nov 04 2023 - 08:56

The idealised decade: Friends, the 1990s and a vanished world

Matthew Perry’s death has again turned the spotlight on the stubborn refusal of Friends to recede from either the screen or the general imagination

Sat Nov 04 2023 - 06:00

Matthew Perry spent millions on beating addiction, and we expect people to do it through stigma and willpower?

Emer McLysaght: Matthew Perry was our friend too. To have such a cultural impact on a whole generation is truly astounding

Fri Nov 03 2023 - 00:00

Friends was not a show about the 90s, it was a show about the timeless march to adulthood

Matthew Perry’s death is a reminder that TV can speak to universal truths while not being desperately serious or immediately relatable

Thu Nov 02 2023 - 05:45

Remembering Matthew Perry

Actor made laughter the best medicine

Thu Nov 02 2023 - 01:15

‘Utterly devastated’: Friends actors issue joint statement following Matthew Perry’s death

Friends cast said they wanted to ‘grieve and process this unfathomable loss’

Tue Oct 31 2023 - 07:16

Matthew Perry obituary: Actor who made big impact on popular culture but remained prey to personal demons

In his best loved role, as Chandler Bing in Friends, Matthew Perry made a big impact on popular culture

Mon Oct 30 2023 - 10:12

Irish Friends fans mourn Matthew Perry: ‘Did I cry on the way over here? Yes I did’

At the Friends Experience in Dublin’s Point Square, the show’s fans reflect on a troubled favourite

Sun Oct 29 2023 - 17:23

Matthew Perry could never shake off Chandler Bing or his demons

Friends actor, who died aged 54 in apparent drowning, was victim of demons far more pernicious than typecasting

Sun Oct 29 2023 - 14:13

Matthew Perry, actor best known for Friends, dies at 54 in apparent drowning

Warner Bros Television Group paid tribute to ‘our dear friend’ and ‘an incredibly gifted actor’

Sun Oct 29 2023 - 07:43

Could he BE any more like Chandler? Matthew Perry’s memoir is fizzing and frank

Friends star tells his story with flair, from teen neuroses and sudden stardom to dating (and dumping) Julia Roberts, plus years of substance abuse and rehab

Sun Nov 27 2022 - 04:30

Matthew Perry in his own words: Vicodin, impotence and sexy faxes with Julia Roberts

From beating up a young Justin Trudeau to 6,000 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, the Friends star’s memoir is a bombshell read. Here are the highlights

Wed Nov 09 2022 - 05:45

Matthew Perry: ‘There is a hell. Don’t let anyone tell you different. I’ve been there’

In his new memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, the Friends star gets serious about sobriety, mortality and colostomy bags

Tue Oct 25 2022 - 05:15

Friends, episode 237: the one where the takeover goes wrong

It turns out AT&T didn’t have room on its sofa for WarnerMedia after all

Mon May 24 2021 - 15:24

The one where they return: Friends reunion trailer released

Unscripted episode with cast, who will not be in character, to air on HBO Max on May 27th

Fri May 14 2021 - 08:38

Friends cast to reunite for special episode

All of the main characters from the hit series are to return for an unscripted special

Fri Feb 21 2020 - 23:54

Jennifer Aniston’s Instagram debut crashes social-media platform

Friends selfie attracts 8.3m likes and 6.5m followers for Hollywood star in first day

Wed Oct 16 2019 - 08:57

‘Jennifer Aniston cried in my lap’: the inside story of Friends

In 1994 the sitcom was just another TV pilot. How did it break through? Cast members reveal all

Thu Feb 07 2019 - 06:00

The 2018 Irish Times Christmas Prize Quiz

Test your knowledge of the past 12 months with these 100 questions – and you could win a prize

Mon Dec 24 2018 - 06:00

Matthew Perry as Ted Kennedy: the fake nose and ears are not a good look

Meanwhile, Katie Holmes dons an enchanted Jackie Kennedy wig that gives the bearer notions

Wed Jun 07 2017 - 13:25

Friends: they lived perfect lives in a time of plenty. Of course we want them back

Monica, Joey, Phoebe, Rachel, Ross and Chandler starred in sitcom that never grew up

Sat Jan 16 2016 - 04:00

Still Friends? US sitcom stars to reunite for two-hour special

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer on board

Wed Jan 13 2016 - 21:34

Jon Ronson: ‘I still see myself as marginal’

The writer often focuses on people who live in irrational bubbles, such as Frank Sidebottom – but then, it’s a state of mind he has personal experience of

Mon Mar 31 2014 - 01:00