"Eres" Interview

Eres: Now that Friends is ending and you'll have more free time, can we expect a movie co staring with Brad? Jennifer: It's a fact that we will like to make something together, but it is also a fact that it won´t be soon. Finding a good project and linking it both is really complicated. For the moment we feel that isn't the right time and we prefer to continue working separately. Maybe it is because we haven't been married that long and we still feel that the relationship is just for the two of us. Being a couple in big screen would be mixing personal life with work, besides, we feel really comfortable having our jobs separately, so you'll have to wait till the right moment.

E: We know that you and Brad just moved to a new house, are you already installed? JA: Anyone that has moved knows that having a brand new house is really exhausting. It is a process that seems to have its own life and you will never end with it. But for us is finally finished and we are happy with the result.

E: Did you talked about all the constructions details a lot? JA: No, not that much, Brad is the one who's in charge of all the construction and structure as well all the architect decisions. As for me, I prefer to focus on decoration details, that's the fun part.

E: Courtney Cox has done a big business with buying houses redecorating and selling them, would you like to do the same? JA: I know that we have moved so many times that it looks like we do this stuff (laughs), but no, the thing here is that for Courtney it has given her magnificent results, she is really good at it!

E: This year you made Bruce All Mighty, in which your boyfriend is God. are you a religious person? JA: I know that the polite answer would be yes, but I'm not that religious. I don't go to church every Sunday, but I do pray. I have my praying version, I don't kneel beside the bed, but I do have a dialog with God.

E: How do Brad and yourself deal with the paparazzi problem? JA: That's one of the things I pray for! For the paparazzi to be vanished! (laughs). I would love to see different kind of magazines, the tabloids are an insult for people's intelligence, and the worst of all is that, there are a few that believe what they read! . There are many other important thing around the globe, only to be focusing on harming ones image.

E: The tabloids are the worst part of being famous? JA: Yes, in fact, that is the only horrible thing! It is really uncomfortable being followed all the time, you can't enjoy a private moment. People will do anything for money.

E: What do you do to fight all this trash? JA: I suppose the first thing is to know that is only rubbish , you cant let something so absurd affects you. I get pregnant like every week, that is ridiculous!. I can't imagine why people still believes it. If I get pregnant it will be so obvious, l wouldn't ´t hide it. besides, is the most common thing in a marriage.

E: In spite of that, you and Brad manage to escape from the press and go on holidays. JA: We try, but in the end, they always find us. I just can remember a vacation where weren't discovered, and we had a great time!

E: Madonna vanishes tabloids magazines from her house, in that way she doesn't knows what they published about her, do you do the same? JA: Yes, we try to not read tabloids magazines, but is not that effective. Sometimes we go to friends houses and you see the magazine, or they call you to tell you what's been published. Eventually you find out, but you have not to pay attention to it. I'm lucky that my friends do know that I hate this, so they don't tell me, but you can't always not see it or hear it .

E: What you dreamed about when you were a little girl? JA: To tell the truth I was a very happy little girl; I didn't live dreaming about things I didn't have . The only thing I can remember is that when I grew up I was dying to live in California, but that was only because for me living there was becoming an adult. I wanted to be a grown up, it didn't matter where I'd lived, the problem here is that when you finally grow up, you want to go back to childhood, where life was so simple back then. (laughs) We always want what we don't have don't we?

E: You and Brad have a producer company. Do you have offstage projects? JA: Well the company recently bought the rights about an amazing story. So you'll have to wait a long time before you can actually see a movie or if one of us will be acting in it.

E: The fact of having a producing company is a B plan if you go out of acting business? JA: We don't think about it like that. We believe that it gives us the gift of creativity. It's fascinating to work with writers and to be looking for new stories in newspapers or buying stories rights. I love working offstage as well

E: In the couples there is always someone who is the more focused on reality. Which of you is? JA: I'll say both of us. We do help each other when we need it. There are times in which I manage a certain situation better than him or vice versa. We take turns, we really understand us really well.

E: Which of you cooks better? JA: No Brad, that's for sure. (laughs) Even if it sounds bad, only because I'm saying it, I really think that is me who's better in cooking.

E: It has been anytime where you were ashamed of doing certain scene in Friends or in a movie? JA: In Bruce Almighty. I had to do a really complicated scene where I had an orgasm. It was really humiliating do that in front of the crew, I felt so ashamed. (laughs) And at the end it came out better than I expected. But Jim Carey is really funny, it helped me a lot to relax and do the scene.

E: Now that Friends taping is ending, would you like to have children? JA: Yes, but first I have to close a chapter in my life and prepare to begin a new one, where children would be included. It will be easier to do that when I won't have the pressure of a TV show.

E: There is something that they could do to have a eleven Friends season? JA: No, there's nothing anyone can do to make me do another season. It's not about money; I think that the show already gave what it had to give and the 10th season is perfect for its ending.

E: Now that you want to focus to the movies and Brad is the same thing, how do you do it so you can see each other? JA: We will have to take turns not to work at the same time. We manage to work at the same time but in LA, so in that way we can see each other at home at night. Not just to long ago, I was making Friends and two movies at the same time, believe me is crazy. You don't want to do that ever!. We believe that we just work one at a time and really close to home, so we can achieve a peaceful life, more or less. We want to have children and one of us would have to stay home with them.

Special thanks to Ana for translating this interview from Spanish to English.

$550,000 please .

    Put your wallet away. That's not an offer, it's the amount awarded the Friends star in a settlement with a man accused of circulating photos of her sunbathing sans bikini top, her publicist said Thursday.

  The dispute stems from a 1999 incident, in which an overzealous "stalkerazzi" climbed Aniston's neighbor's eight-foot wall and, using a telephoto lens, snapped shots her "reclining topless in her backyard, wearing only her panties," according to a lawsuit filed against a magazine that published the shots.

  The intrusive snaps appeared in two American skin magazines, which Aniston sued in 2000 just days after tying the knot with hubby Brad Pitt (news). She settled with Celebrity Skin and High Society in 2002 for undisclosed damages.

  The pictures had found their way into three European publications prior to coming Stateside. Aniston sued each of those publishers as well, winning the grand sum of $1,000 from the French magazine Voici. A second case, against the Italian publication Eva Tremila, was settled out of court. Results of the third case, against Britain's Daily Sport, were undetermined.

  The current settlement effectively ends the suit accusing Francois Navarre of invasion of privacy, trespassing and misappropriation of Aniston's name and likeness, according to a statement from her rep.

  While Aniston accepted Navarre's plea that he wasn't the neighborhood looky-loo armed with a high-powered telephoto lens who snapped the shots, he has extended an apology to the perky TV star for passing the skin photos on to an Italian photo agent, who turned around and sold them for publication in Italy.

  Navarre will pony up $100,000; his insurance carrier will cover the remaining $450,000.

  Jennifer  will receive $550,000 in the settlement of her lawsuit against a photographer who admitted to transmitting unauthorized pictures of the 'Friends' star sunbathing topless, her publicist said on November 20, 2003. The out-of-court agreement between Aniston, 34, and the photographer, Francois Navarre, came 16 months after she settled a separate lawsuit against the publishers of two magazines that printed the topless shots.

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LOS ANGELES - The 55th Annual Emmy Awards, the U.S. television industry's top awards. Winners will be named in a Sept. 21 ceremony in Los Angeles that is scheduled to be broadcast on the Fox television network.

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BURBANK, CA. (May 27, 2003) - They're the best Friends we've ever had and now they're back to show us why, as Warner Home Video (WHV) releases Friends: The Complete Fourth Season on DVD on July 15, 2003. As fans gear up for the much-anticipated tenth and final season, Friends continues to be one of the top-rated comedy shows of all time, taking home acknowledgements from such prestigious organizations as the Emmy Awards, The People's Choice Awards and the Golden Globe Awards. Friends: The Complete Fourth Season includes 24 episodes, each containing never-before-seen moments. In addition, WHV will release The Best of Friends Season 3 which features the top five episodes from Season 3 as chosen by the series producers. Friends: The Complete Fourth Season four-volume boxed-set has been competitively priced at $44.98 SRP and The Best of Friends Season 3 is priced at just $14.98 SRP.

The Emmy-winning Friends-starring Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe), Courtney Cox-Arquette (Monica), Jennifer Aniston (Rachel), David Schwimmer (Ross), Matthew Perry (Chandler) and Matt LeBlanc (Joey)- continues to beat the odds, remaining the #1 rated TV comedy series both in its original airing, with over 36 million total viewers each week, and in syndication. Other honors heaped upon Friends, include citations by the American Comedy Awards, GLAAD, the Teen Choice Awards and the Screen Actors Guild. Friends: The Complete Fourth Season features a who's who of special guests including Sarah Ferguson, Teri Garr, Charlton Heston, Giovanni Ribisi, Jennifer Saunders, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Tom Conti. -more- Friends: The Complete Fourth Season 

DVD enthusiasts and Friends fans have embraced the previous Friends DVD sets, with over 3.3 million sets shipped to date. A recent TV Guide cover story called "The Best TV on DVD" showcased the Friends' DVD collections. Friends: The Complete Fourth Season is loaded with exclusive special features, including audio commentaries by the show's creators Kevin Bright, Marta Kaufman and David Crane on "The One With Chandler In A Box," "The One With The Embryos" and on the double-episode "The One With Ross's Wedding." Additional special features include the all-new documentary Friends Around The World, which explores the Friends phenomenon in other lands, "Who Knows Whom Best? Ross's Ultimate Challenge" Trivia Quiz, a "Friends of Friends" Video Guestbook which serves as a guide to the fourth season's guest appearances, Video Character Bios, Interactive Menus and Subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Chinese and Korean.

The Best of Friends Season 3 will feature the popular episodes "The One With Frank, Jr.," "The One Where Monica and Richard are Just Friends," "The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break," "The One With the Morning After" and "The One With the Flashback."

FRIENDS: THE COMPLETE FOURTH SEASON EPISODE SYNOPSES:

1. The One With The Jellyfish: Ross falls asleep while reading Rachel's 18-page letter and, when confronted by her, pretends to agree with what she wrote. Monica gets stung by a jellyfish and must resort to drastic measures. 2. The One With The Cat: Phoebe believes her adoptive mother's spirit inhabits a stray cat. Joey finds the experience of selling his entertainment center not entertaining at all. Monica upsets Rachel by dating a guy who teased her in school. 3. The One With The Cuffs: Monica "pulls a Monica" when she caters her mother's party. Chandler gets himself locked into a compromising position with Rachel's boss. 4. The One With The Ballroom Dancing: The girls get an eviction notice and Joey comes to their rescue by agreeing to give the building superintendent dancing lessons. 5. The One With Joey's New Girlfriend: Ross and Rachel continue their power games to make each other jealous. Chandler falls hard for Joey's new girlfriend, Kathy. 6. The One With The Dirty Girl: Ross's beautiful new girlfriend has a disgusting secret. Chandler gets closer to Kathy and buys her a pricey birthday gift. Rachel proudly completes a crossword puzzle without help.

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7. The One Where Chandler Crosses The Line: Chandler kisses Kathy after thinking Joey has lost interest in her. Encouraged by an awed Phoebe, Ross debuts his keyboard "sound" in public. 8. The One With Chandler In A Box: Still angry over the Kathy kiss, Joey punishes Chandler by shutting him in a box on Thanksgiving. Monica gets a surprise when she visits the eye doctor. 9. The One Where They're Going To Party: When the guys try to be wild and crazy, they reluctantly realize they'd rather act like adults. Monica writes a scathing restaurant review - and gets a job offer as a result. 10. The One With The Girl From Poughkeepsie: Ross debates whether to date a faraway beauty or a less desirable woman who lives nearby. Chandler tries to set up a date for Rachel with some co-workers. 11. The One With Phoebe's Uterus: Phoebe's half-brother Frank Jr. makes an astounding announcement - and an even more astounding request of Phoebe. Ross gets Joey a job as a museum tour guide. 12. The One With The Embryos: Phoebe undergoes the embryo implant. A seemingly harmless game between the guys and the girls escalates into a full-blown contest to see which pair knows more personal data about the other. 13. The One With Rachel's Crush: Rachel schemes to get a handsome client to ask her on a date. Chandler's jealousy causes problems with his girlfriend. 14. The One With Joey's Dirty Day: On Joey's first day on a major movie, one of Hollywood's legendary stars finds him in a compromising position in his trailer. Rachel regrets asking Ross for a favor when it sparks a new romance. 15. The One With All The Rugby: Chandler's abrasive ex-girlfriend Janice reappears. Monica finds a mysterious switch in Joey and Chandler's old apartment. Ross tries to impress Emily by playing rugby. 16. The One With The Fake Party: To become better acquainted with her crush Joshua, Rachel inadvertently thwarts Ross's weekend plans. Phoebe's pregnancy cravings evoke a sympathetic response from Joey. 17. The One With The Free Porn: Chandler and Joey are glued to their TV after discovering an unscrambled adult cable channel. Monica helps Ross tell his girlfriend he loves her. Phoebe gets some surprising pregnancy news. 18. The One With Rachel's New Dress: Rachel takes a provocative pose to get Joshua into a romantic mood - but her plans go awry. Chandler and Joey are at odds to persuade Phoebe to name one of her triplets after them. 19. The One With All The Haste: Drastic developments blight Ross's relationship with Emily. Monica and Rachel try to win back their old apartment, much to Chandler and Joey's delight. 20. The One With All The Wedding Dresses: Distraught over Ross's engagement, Rachel takes Joshua aside and suggests they also get married. Chandler forces Joey to go to a sleep clinic to stop his loud snoring. 21.The One With The Invitation: Rachel and Ross each reminisce about when they used to date each other. Everyone's disappointed when Rachel decides not to attend the wedding in England.

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22. The One With The Worst Best Man Ever: When Joey's duck swallows Ross's wedding ring, he is worried he'll have to sacrifice his beloved fowl to retrieve it. 23. The One With Ross's Wedding, Parts 1 & 2: Arriving in London, Joey and Chandler go sightseeing but Joey's overly enthusiastic behavior compels Chandler to go off on his own. Back in New York, Rachel realizes her feelings for Ross are stronger than ever and rushes off to the airport as wedding time nears.

THE BEST OF FRIENDS SEASON 3 EPISODE SYNOPSES:

1. The One With Frank, Jr.: Phoebe tries to be more friendly with her half-brother. Ross meets Isabella Rossellini (herself). 2. The One With The Flashback: The friends recall secrets from their pasts. 3. The One Where Monica and Richard Are Just Friends: When Monica and Richard (Tom Selleck) accidentally meet; they become friends - with dire consequences. 4. The One Where Ross and Rachel Take A Break: Phoebe becomes involved with a foreign diplomat. Ross becomes involved with another woman after a fight with Rachel. 5. The One The Morning After: Ross wakes up with Chloe, but an oblivious Rachel wants to resume their relationship.

Jennifer is featured on this weeks cover.

The Celebrity 100  

  How do you measure celebrity? Start with earning power and add media hits. Jennifer Aniston has a smaller bank account than George Lucas but shows up far more often on the magazine rack. But where's her husband? Brad Pitt didn't make the cut.

The Top Ten

Jennifer Aniston 
Eminem and Dr. Dre 
Tiger Woods 
Steven Spielberg 
Jennifer Lopez 
Paul McCartney 
Ben Affleck 
Oprah Winfrey 
Tom Hanks 
Rolling Stones

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This year's Most Beautiful List

• Ben Affleck, actor
• Christina Aguilera, singer
• Angella Ahn, classical musician 
• Lucia Ahn, classical musician 
• Maria Ahn, classical musician
• Eva Amurri, actress
• Jennifer Aniston, actress
• Carlos Bernard, actor
• Halle Berry, actress 
• Chilli, singer
• Elizabeth Cho, TV anchor
• George Clooney, actor
• Daniel Day-Lewis, actor
• Leonardo DiCaprio, actor
• Eve, rapper/actress
• Colin Farrell, actor
• Farruquito, dancer
• Mark Feuerstein, actor
• Tina Fey, writer/comedian
• Jennifer Garner, actress
• Salma Hayek, actress
• Katie Holmes, actress
• Kate Hudson, actress
• Nancy Ives, nonprofit executive
• Hugh Jackman, actor
• Norah Jones, singer
• Andrew Dan Jumbo, carpenter
• Nicole Kidman, actress
• Peter Krause, actor
• Ashton Kutcher, actor
• Diane Lane, actress
• Jennifer Lopez, actress/singer
• Derek Luke, actor
• Steve Martin, actor/writer
• Eric McCormack, actor
• Julianne Moore, actress
• Ashley Olsen, actress
• Mary-Kate Olsen, actress 
• Tony Parker, basketball player
• Lisa Marie Presley, singer
• Queen Latifah, singer/actress 
• Julia Roberts, actress
• Susan Sarandon, actress
• Ryan Seacrest, TV/radio host
• Britney Spears, singer
• Gary Stevens, jockey
• Daniel Sunjata, actor
• Usher, singer
• Reese Witherspoon, actress
• Catherine Zeta-Jones, actress

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Jennifer Appears on May Cover of  "Harper's Bazaar"
Advanced Notice of Jennifer Exclusive & Cover Shot Complements of Harper's Bazaar.

Jennifer Aniston on Fashion:

    From her signature staples to the looks she covets for spring, the star invites Bazaar into the Hollywood Hills home that she shares with husband Brad Pitt to reveal her style secrets. Jennifer talks about everything, from Gwyneth Paltrow, her husbands ex-girlfriend, to their plans of having babies when Friends concludes in this exclusive interview.

I'm sure this will this will be yet another GREAT Photo Shoot! Can't wait to see it. The COVER says it all! 

"Could she be anymore GORGEOUS on that cover? " in a Chandler like tone.

Jstig aka Tony

The photos from Bazaar shoot 3-03-03

New Project in the Works

New Line Cinema has just bought the movie rights to the as-yet-unpublished novel The Time Traveler's Wife, slated to be Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston  first producing venture (with Brad Grey and Nick Wechsler . Pitt may even want to consider keeping his toga handy to star in the time-traveling flick described as a modern version of The Odyssey.

If the bra fits your budget, buy it for a good cause.

Sixty celebrities designed Frederick's of Hollywood bras for an auction to benefit breast cancer charity Expedition Inspiration Take-A-Hike. Six of the bras were auctioned and brought in $40,000. Julianne Moore design -- with white bugle beads on both cups -- went for $9,000. Frederick's of Hollywood CEO Linda LoRe paid $7,000 for Sharon Stone bra, decorated with feather butterflies, for the company's collection. 'I love Sharon Stone's bra,'' said Garry Shandling. ''I think that's something I can wear for a fancy occasion.'' Shandling's bra consisted of two large royal-blue yarmulkes. ''I don't know whether to call it a bramulke or a couple of Jews,'' he joked. Every celeb designer was given a black 34B bra to start with, but Shandling's was big enough to fit, say, Pamela Anderson, also a participant. ''It's a preference for Garry, I suppose,'' said event chair Tea Leoni. ''He got the biggest yarmulkes he could find.''

Brooke Shields went on stage to help emcee Kevin Nealon attract bidders for the bra he designed -- which looked exactly like a pair of breasts. Once she slipped it on, the price quickly rose to $3,500. (The Marilyn Monroe themed bra that Shields designed is available online.) ''I feel unbelievably sexy,'' she told the crowd. ''As an expectant mother, you feel like you're going to lose your sex appeal, but not with these.

''It wasn't quite as risqué as it sounds, both women wore the bras over their tops, and it was all for a good cause.

The others can be bid on at Sothebys through April 15. Opening bids start at $575.

Among the designers: Shields, Crow, Goldie Hawn Jennifer Aniston, Cindy Crawford, Sarah Jessica Parker, Will Farrell, Kristin Davis and Debra Messing.

Jennifer's design is on a black nylon/spandex molded cup strapless bra and  has a female's left hand on the right cup (a scan of Jennifer's left hand) with acrylic, French manicured nail tips and a rhinestone on the left finger. On the left cup, there is a male's right hand (a scan of husband Brad Pitt's right hand) equipped with a wrist watch too! On the top edge of each cup is accented with black letter beads that spell out "Lay Your Hands on Me". Hand-made by Fredrick's of Hollywood.

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2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards
Sun Mar 22 10:00 P.M. EST -Bravo- 

"The Good Girl" has nominations in the following categories:

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Jennifer Aniston
The Good Girl

Maggie Gyllenhaal
Secretary

Catherine Keener
Lovely & Amazing

Julianne Moore
Far From Heaven

Parker Posey
Personal Velocity

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the Producer)
* Executive Producers are not listed.

Far From Heaven
Producers: Jody Patton, Christine Vachon

The Good Girl
Producer: Matthew Greenfield

Lovely & Amazing
Producers: Anthony Bregman, Eric d'Arbeloff, Ted Hope

Secretary
Producers: Andrew Fierberg, Amy Hobby, Steven Shainberg

Tully
Producers: Hilary Birmingham, Annie Sundberg

BEST SCREENPLAY

The Good Girl
Mike White

Lovely & Amazing
Nicole Holofcener

Roger Dodger
Dylan Kidd

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
Jill Sprecher and Karen Sprecher

Tully
Hilary Birmingham and Matt Drake

Brad & Jen Under Pressure

  You be the judge..............read the article on news stands now. I'm not going to post the smut. But here are the feature photos accompanying the latest US Weekly.

Nominees for Screen Actors Guild Awards

   Nominated for another well deserved award for Actress in a comedy series Jennifer Aniston, "Friends," NBC her competition are the following:
Kim Cattrall, "Sex and the City," HBO; Patricia Heaton, "Everybody Loves Raymond," CBS; Jane Kaczmarek, "Malcolm in the Middle," Fox; Megan Mullally, "Will & Grace," NBC.

All told, NBC led the SAG nominations with 12, followed by HBO with 10, CBS with eight, Fox with four, TNT with three and FX, the USA Network and the WB each with one apiece.

Golden Globe Awards 2003

Jennifer Wins Golden Globe  

    Jennifer who was getting  with a cane, also hobbled  around on crutches at the backstage bask. said " I stubbed my toe into an ottoman running to answer the phone". Winning the Globe for her Friends role BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES - MUSICAL OR COMEDY ''is a good anesthetic. I'm not in any pain right now.''

Congrats Jennifer on yet another well deserved award !

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"The Actress"

   Were Jennifer Aniston’s life a movie, she’d be on the verge of some very big trouble. After all, as every filmgoer knows, it’s always just at that glowing, warm-fuzzy moment when the heroine seems to have found success, true love and a generally soft-focus, montage-like existence that you can be sure all hell is about to break loose.

To recap: The actress recently agreed to a 10th season of Friends, thereby making the show’s 26 million fans very happy and some NBC executives positively ecstatic; she’s contentedly married to Hollywood’s number-one golden-streaked princeling, Brad Pitt; she’s banished her wicked (or at least, very ill-mannered) memoir-writing mother from the proverbial kingdom until further notice; she’s won over the fire-breathing critics with her turn as a windbreaker-clad Madame Bovary in The Good Girl, and she’s bought herself an enormous manse in Beverly Hills, where she and Mr. Pitt plan to raise somewhere between two and seven children, depending on whom you ask. In movie land, storm clouds would be gathering fast.

Of course, Jennifer Aniston’s life is not a movie, and instead of heading for a third-act reversal, she just keeps leaping from mountaintop to mountaintop. While many small-screen stars move on to roles in KFC commercials, watered-down spinoffs and straight-to-video flops, she’s nabbed coveted starring parts opposite two of Hollywood’s biggest box-office deities, Jim Carrey and Ben Stiller, thereby finding herself in the tiny golden circle of first-name-only stars like Cameron and Julia and Reese.

“Jennifer just has ‘it,’” says Tom Shadyac, who’s currently directing her in the Carrey film Bruce Almighty. “If you look at the handful of A-list actors that exist in Hollywood, you realize that the thing they all share, in addition to being beautiful and talented, is this amazing relatability. When you watch Jennifer, she manages to amaze you and make you feel like she might be your next-door neighbor at the same time, which, when you consider how much money she makes and who she’s married to, is pretty incredible.”

All of which helps to explain why, despite letting herself be dragged back to Central Perk for another round of lattes next season, Aniston is just about ready for life after Rachel. “I mean, I’m completely terrified about Friends coming to an end, but I’m also dying for it to end, you know?” she says cheerfully, sitting on the terrace of the modest Hollywood Hills “love nest,” as it’s invariably described, that she and Pitt will soon surrender in favor of the $13.5 million six-bedroom French Normandy number they recently purchased. It’s a crisp, clear December afternoon, and the actress—who’s dressed in faded Levi’s and a tight charcoal-gray turtleneck sweater—looks terrific, her fabled honey-toned hair tumbling casually around her shoulders.

“The weird thing about The Good Girl was that suddenly all these people were like, ‘Wow, look what you can do!’” adds the 33-year-old actress, who had previously earned raves for her roles in Office Space and Wendy Wasserstein’s The Object of My Affection. “Like I’ve been doing sh---y work for the last nine years or something. Suddenly they’re like, ‘Hey, she’s really an actress,’ as if I were just some bulls--- comedienne before.”

“People who do comedy are always underrated because they make it look so easy,” says Aniston’s agent, Kevin Huvane. “So it was exciting to see Jen challenge herself with a film like The Good Girl—which is pretty much the antithesis of Friends—and get the sort of recognition she deserves. I don’t think there’s any limit to what she can do.”

The film has opened up a “whole new horizon” for her she says. “It feels like this new set of opportunities.” For instance, she’s been thinking about doing a Broadway musical. “Singing scares me, so I think that might be fun.”

Which is not to say that she’s about to forgo her comedic roots. Despite the Oscar buzz swirling around her dramatic turn in The Good Girl, she’ll return to comedy in both Bruce Almighty and a new project by Meet the Parents writer John Hamburg. “It’s a pretty big departure for her,” Hamburg notes. “She plays this wild woman who draws Ben Stiller out of his shell—someone who’s very loose, which is not the way Rachel is at all.” Hamburg chuckles. “I mean, I’m not asking Jennifer to wear a prosthetic nose or anything, but it’s very different, and she’s very conscious of that. I remember when she first came on the set, she said, ‘If you feel like I start doing a Rachel thing, just tell me, okay?’”

As is true of many comic performers, Aniston developed her breezy charm to cope with a difficult childhood. Born in the San Fernando Valley to struggling actors John and Nancy, she spent her kindergarten year in Greece before the family relocated to New York’s Upper West Side, where her father found work playing the sexy devil Victor on Days of Our Lives. But as the marriage disintegrated, Aniston found herself trying desperately to ease the tension. “I was always the mediator,” she says. “I was always trying to smooth things over and get everybody to laugh.” Despite her best efforts, her parents divorced when she was nine, and she spent the rest of her childhood living with her mother and unwittingly honing her comedic timing with a steady after-school diet of sitcoms. “God, I loved Joanie Loves Chachi,” she says with a grin. “We didn’t have a VCR, so I used to sit by the TV with a tape recorder when it was on, and then go to sleep singing along with the theme song.”

Her goal, in those days, was to be a soap star. “General Hospital was my favorite,” she says, “because their makeup was always perfect, and the hair, and the clothes—I loved that.” Aniston takes a drag off her Merit cigarette. “Looking back, of course, I realize it wasn’t a good thing. I was always reading those beauty magazines and wanting to become this unattainable thing. Then one day, you’re in it—you’re the girl in the pictures, and suddenly you realize it’s all smoke and mirrors, airbrushing, lighting, stretching. No wonder people are killing themselves. Starving themselves. Popping pills. They’re all trying to achieve something impossible.”

That may seem easy for her to say—especially if you believe the press reports about how Aniston lost 30 pounds to become Rachel. “It was actually 10,” she says with a laugh. “I mean, I was huge, apparently.” She rolls her eyes. “The idea that I got Friends because I got thin isn’t true at all.”

Almost as soon as the word “thin” comes out of her mouth, Aniston checks herself. “I got healthy,” she says. “I don’t think I got thin. I think I got healthy. I eat food now.” She pauses, and it’s clear that food has not always been a simple issue in her past. “Like a year before I met Brad, I started getting to a place where I was sick a lot, and my energy was low and I wasn’t happy,” she continues, “so then I started taking vitamins and exercising like a fiend, and maybe went too far on that, because you get in that Zone Diet thing and you get kind of addicted to that. But now I am kind of in a happy medium where I just do what I do. If I can work out, I do, but I don’t go crazy. I’m just healthy.” The past few years, she adds, have brought a sense of self-acceptance with regard to her body, which leaves room for indulgences like a “killer” homemade Thanksgiving sandwich with plenty of mayo and stuffing.

Aniston glances out toward the Pacific sunset and shakes her head. “But I mean, I just don’t get why anyone still cares about this stuff,” she says. “Who starts the intrigue, you know? Who starts the fascination? Let me tell you, it’s not the actors. Never is there an actor who says, ‘I want to be everywhere! I want to be so disgustingly everywhere that people are saying, Okay, that’s enough. We’ve seen enough of her.’”

In Aniston’s case, despite the fact that her life has been pondered and repondered from every conceivable angle, the public thirst for her remains unquenched. “It’ll be interesting to see if it dies down at all once Friends is over,” says the actress, who was once approached in the sauna at L.A.’s Burke Williams Spa by fans requesting a group photo and who recently had to have a police escort shuttle her home after being swarmed by paparazzi while out shopping. “At the moment, there are those days when you drive out of your driveway and there’s a car parked at the bottom of the hill, just waiting for you, and you look at them and think, ‘This is what your life has come to? You’re going to follow someone to the market and to the doctor and to get their hair colored? This is how you’ve chosen to spend your day?’”

Paparazzi aren’t the only ones who’ve sought to profit from Aniston’s personal life. In 1999, her mother published her memories of Jennifer’s childhood—including the gory details of the divorce—in a stomach-turning tell-all called From Mother and Daughter to Friends. “I don’t think my mother understood how it would make me feel to have all that stuff broadcast,” says Aniston, who is clearly still emotionally bruised by the experience. “But then, of course, when I told her, she still didn’t get it,” she continues, her tone twisting slightly in anger, “or she just didn’t care how I felt.”

Still, Aniston seems certain that the two will reconcile eventually. “It’s just a matter of time,” says the actress, who credits “years of therapy” with helping her understand the situation. “I don’t need an apology because I already know the truth, and if I approach her with an expectation of an apology it could just lead to disappointment,” she says. “I just, at some point I’ll just have to let go and decide to forgive her, which I can’t do yet.”

She shakes her head sadly. “The bummer is that we were so dirt poor when I was growing up, and now there’s plenty of money, and I feel like we should be able to enjoy it together.”

Indeed, Aniston says she’s still routinely floored by the paycheck she takes home every week for Friends. “That’s not something I’ll ever get used to,” she says. Not that she and Pitt aren’t having an awfully good time trying. In addition to the Beverly Hills house—complete with waterfall pool—the couple also purchased a sprawling oceanfront estate in Santa Barbara that Aniston refers to as Brad’s Baby.

“Brad’s a land man,” she explains. “He wants land, land, land.” And land isn’t Pitt’s only domestic interest either. He and Aniston have been renovating the Beverly Hills house since they purchased it in June 2001 and are still “not quite there yet,” she admits. “We were just going to do the floors,” she says drily. “But Brad has such an incredible eye, and he gets in there and sort of says, ‘Well, how high can this ceiling go?’ and ‘What’s behind that wall?’

“He definitely has strong opinions about aesthetics, and I admire that so much,” she goes on. “It’s hard, though, because the one thing I thought I could do well was put homes together, but it’s something that really matters to him, so we’ve learned to make decisions that we both feel good about. And I actually think our marriage is even better now because we’ve been through this stuff. We’ve settled in; we’ve survived the whole house-construction aspect, and that’s a big thing. It’s not always easy. It takes work.”

And yes, even the occasional dustup. “We do fight,” admits Aniston, a self-confessed “conflict avoider.” Then she clarifies, “Well, we have discussions. I am not a fan of fighting when it is screaming. I like accomplishing something. But I don’t trust a couple that says they don’t fight.” Nevertheless, she remains in awe of what she refers to as her husband’s general kindness. “He’ll hate me for saying that,” she chuckles, “but when you grow up in a family where people are not always very kind to each other, you realize how important that is.”

Asked how it feels to have found the love of her life, Aniston offers a rather cryptic answer: “Is he the love of my life? I think you’re always sort of wondering, ‘Are you the love of my life?’ I mean, I don’t know, I’ve never been someone who says, ‘He’s the love of my life.’ He’s certainly a big love in my life.” She pauses. “And I know that we have something special, especially in all this chaos. In this nutty, brilliant, wonderful, hard business that we have, it’s nice to have somebody who’s anchored and knows you, really knows all of you.”

That sort of unconditional acceptance, Aniston adds, seems gradually to be helping her to come to terms with herself as well. “If there’s one thing I’m proud of, it’s that I’ve finally gotten over not liking myself,” she says. “It’s took me 10 years to really notice, Wow, you’re not really nice to yourself, are you? You really don’t like yourself very much. And then it took a long time to get to the point where I do like myself, but I actually do now. I’m a pretty happy person these days.” She smiles that sad, beautiful smile. “I think too much, but otherwise, I’m happy."

"The Actress," by Kimberly Cutter, this is a edited version.

People's

Choice 

Award 

People's Choice Win for Jennifer & F*R*I*E*N*D*S  

Jennifer receives her Third in a row People's Choice Award Sunday for Favorite Television Actress.

Congrats Jennifer & the cast of  F*R*I*E*N*D*S on yet another well deserved award !

Red

 "I'm still afraid of losing it all."

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The incredible life of Jennifer Aniston.

When Jennifer Aniston was on an hour long flight from Toronto to New York,
one of her worst nightmares came true when the plane became caught up in an
electrical storm. The tiny plane began to shake, throwing trays around,
smashing glasses and causing the lights to flicker.  Round and round they
flew but there was no calming the storm.

"There was a point when I honestly did not think we would make it", she says,
back in her LA home where the weather is as balmy as ever.  "When we landed I
cried for a solid hour, I just couldn't get out of my seat, even the pilot cam
e to see if I was OK." She says.

"Brad was on a plane to meet me, but he landed before the storm started.  He
was sitting there going, 'oh my God she must be a mess'. He knows how
terrified I am of flying.  He has always been my calming force".

It was 5 years ago that her fear of flying started.  Ironically when Friends
was at its peak. She was dating Tate Donovan at that time, an ex of Sandra
Bullock.  It was at that time that I first met her in a hotel lounge in
Manhattan, when she was promoting picture perfect - another thing that was
going well for her.

When I asked if she was afraid that everything she had might someday crumble
apart, she confessed that everything was such smooth sailing that she was
afraid the rug might be pulled out from underneath her.  And so, poetically
displacing those fears, she developed a fear of flying.

"I've always thought it would all suddenly go away, I mean that's a terrible
thing to admit and its something that I'm working on. I really do try to
enjoy the moment.  But there is that part of me that has never known how to
take a compliment or how to be excited about something.  Which is a shame,
because one day, I'll reach the end of my life and think, why didn't I enjoy
that? was it guilt? did I not deserve it?".

Now 33, the Jennifer of today is far more sure of herself than the one at
that first meeting.  She strides into the suite at the Four Seasons in
Beverly Hills where our interview is taking place, with a purposeful and
super confident air, her tiny frame dressed in cashmere hooded sweater, jeans
and coral sandals. Her famous hair is familiarly poker straight, sitting just
below her shoulders, awash with honey blonde, chestnut and coppery
highlights.  There's just a hint of makeup - mascara, blusher and rose pink
lip gloss, resting on a flawless complexion.  All in all, she looks,
contradictory to how she insists she feels, ridiculously perfect.

So far, her major fears - flying and failing - have proved unfounded.  Life
is as good as it gets.  Along with her colleagues, she reportedly earns
$1,000,000 an episode in Friends, and has recently been awarded and Emmy.  
Although it looks like the ninth season of friends, will sadly be the last.  
Her new film "The Good Girl" has justly achieved critical acclaim, and she is
one half of Hollywood's most golden couple.  

All that without gaining a reputation for bring 'precious', that clings to so
many of her peers.  She is renowned for being down to earth and within
minutes of meeting her, you feel like an old friend.  As Lisa Kudrow has said
of her "no matter what going on, she is always tuned to you," this surely is
a women who has it all, although she would beg to differ. "When people say
that", she says, with a crinkle of the nose, "It makes me sound like I don't
know what I have which couldn't be further from the truth. I didn't grow up
surrounded by wealth and I didn't have a happy family life. Gods knows, I
have a happy life now...one I've worked hard for."

She did however, grow up determined to follow her Father's footsteps in to
acting, a choice which he tried to talk her out of, fearing she'd be 'chewed
up and spat out'.
She sought advice from her godfather, Kojack's Telly Savalas, who encouraged
her to enroll at New York's high school of performing Arts - the real fame
school.  Thereafter she embarked upon the stereotypical combination of
waitressing and auditioning.

Initially, the roles were fairly insignificant and scarce.  But that all
changed when her agent famously advised her to lose weight.  After a diet and
exercise regime she shed 30 pounds.  Soon after, in 1994 she auditioned for
the role of Monica in a new sitcom with a working title "Friend's like
these."  Jennifer managed to persuade the producer's that the role of Rachel
would be better suited to her, and the rest is television history.

Backstage, however, things were not as perfect. Her parents divorced when she
was young and further devastation was to follow, when in 1996, Jennifer's  
Mother talked about her on a chat show and thereafter published a very
personal book about their relationship.  Nancy was not invited to Jennifer's
wedding to Brad Pitt in 2000, however, Jennifer insists that she maintains a
strong support system around her - 'her very own group therapy'.

"I have the most amazing group of  friends who I've known for years. There are
around 12 of us - no famous people - and we meet every week.  I love them. If
one isn't doing so well, we all rally round to rescue them.  Even though we
have moved on in our lives and some even have families of their own, we still
keep one another together.  They are my everything".

Putting her own baby plans aside until the end of friends, one area that is
acquiring attention in her life is the matter of finding a nesting place.  
After living for the past couple of years in her Hollywood Hills bungalow,
using Brad's bachelor pad as an office, the couple are renovating there first
home together - A $13.5,000,000 Beverly Hills mansion.

One area of her life in which she remains completely secure within is her
marriage.  Ask her about the first time someone called her by her married
name, for instance and she turns positively gooey.  "I was sitting in the
dentists office at seven in the morning, waiting to get my wisdom teeth
pulled.  All of a sudden the nurse comes out and shouts 'Mrs. Pitt?' we were
both like, WOW!".

She isn't concerned either about the Hollywood divorce rate.  I never think,
"we are going to end in seven point eight years," she says with a roll of the
eyes.  Sometimes celebrity couples stay together, sometimes they don't. you
just try your best. I don't think it has to do with Hollywood."  So what's
the couples secret?  "Just be sweet and honest to each other and always
communicate," she says, mantra - like.

"It helps that we are both actors, equally successful at what we do. We
understand the pressures each of us are under. There are times you get sick
of not being able to have a normal day because of all the fame stuff.  We are
going through the same things of any married couple...except we are in a fish
bowl".

It also means that every decision she makes is under scrutiny - non moreso
than with her role in The Good Girl.  Its her most challenging role yet.  Not
merely because her character is down and dowdy (-"what I look like most of
the time," she laughs).  The film touches on far more dark and depressing
themes than we are used to seeing Jennifer take part in.  "I never knew how
in touch with depression I was!...I dragged up things from 20,30 years
ago...although it would have been easier if I was an unknown actress in the
film," she says wit a relieved sigh.  The film has received good reviews,
with box office receipts being healthier than first anticipated.

That's not to say that she gets only positive reaction from people I'm the
street. They want her to justify herself, to explain why she is worth the
life she has obtained, a question she often asks herself.  "Sometimes you
just don't want to be bothered. I swear, if one me person asks me 'what's so
great about you?' Ill probably take them out!"  She says, hitting her hand
hard on the table.

So, has she ever told anyone where to go? I told someone to 'F@$! off' the
other day, she says, a wicked smile crossing her face. "I'm allowed that
aren't I?".

Maybe the good girl isn't so good after all...

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New Woman

"I just LOVE kissing him!"

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Jennifer Aniston Talks about making babies with
Brad Pitt.

As told to Jenny C. Carrillo

What can possibly be missing in Jennifer Aniston's life?  She's the girl with
everything - great job, sexy, devoted hubby and an Emmy on her mantelpiece.
But she still hasn't got the latest Celebes accessory - a beautiful firstborn
baby to kick of the Pitt-Aniston super clan.  Although It hasn't happened yet,
she reckons that its time for a mummy break.  We're all ears....

As she turns up for our interview, Jen looks glowing in her usual clean - cut
Americana style - the combination of a simple white linen top, white tank top
and jeans looks amazing.  We get comfy in an armchair and start chatting...

Is it true that you blubbed when Rachel gave birth?

That moment was real! I cried because there was a 20 - day old infant with
jelly smeared over his face.  That was the most disturbing thing to me.  It
had to be done, but all the way through, this little angel was so good and
quiet until cold jelly was smeared all over him.  And then there's the fact
at that I'm an emotional person - my husband call me a leaker. I was a sucker
when it came to the emotional scenes between Ross, Rachel and the Baby.

What was it like pretending to be pregnant?

I wore this big prosthetic bag that made it easier for Mr. to play it like it
was real.  By the end I was pretty big and in agony by the end of the day -
and that was just for eight hours at a time!

Any baby plans of your own?

We definitely want to and at some point in the next couple of years we will
be going down that road. I hope I've sure read enough books on the subject
researching for Rachel's pregnancy to have picked up a few tips!  

How do you feel about friends being over?

I think its just done, and its been an amazing time.  Its been nine years and
I don't know where else it can go.  We don't want to over stay our welcome,
we want to bow out gracefully Saying that, its gonna rip my heart out to say
goodbye.  Its been like family - a wonderful, dysfunctional family!

Brad is obviously your family now. Did you ever imagine married life would be
so great growing up?

I was never the kind of person to have dreams or expectations of marriage,
being a child of divorce.  Its not the first thing you want to run out and
do.  But now I've redefined it for myself and its exceeded my expectations.  
Right at the heart of our marriage is support, love and friendship.

What did you think about both being nominated for an Emmy?

Wee were at home when we heard the news and I have to say we were really
excited.  We were happy for the whole show as its been a really once year for
everybody.  (The Emmy Jennifer won for Outstanding lead Actress in Comedy
Series is now on a table in their Malibu home).

What is the strangest story you've ever heard about yourselves?

I read the other day that I crush aspirin in my shampoo to solve my itchy
scalp! Where do they come up with this stuff? (Laughs.)  Its a weird breed of
people who spend their lives doing that but what can you do? you must take
the good with the bad.

What did you think of kissing Brad when he had his fuzzy, beardy face?

I love kissing him anyway but it was a necessary evil for a role.  I had to
accept it even if it was a bit scratchy.  But he started conditioning it for
me - with aspirin in shampoo, of course!

We know you love painting, staying in, reading scripts together and playing
games with friends, but didn't Brad once take you horse riding?

(Laughs.) I made such a fool of myself, I will never get on a horse again!  
Well, maybe, but not wearing flip-flops, or riding that same horse! I used to
take lessons when I was a kid and of course Brad gets on a horse and can do
anything!  I just assumed that I would be able to! forgetting I hadn't been
on one for 15 years.  The horse had a bad twitch. When he came to water he
would charge, side-step, charge again and send me flying.  By the end there
was blood all over my face, thank god my friends were in front and didn't see
any of the falls.  I ended up being the comic relief.

How did it feel playing someone frumpy and depressed in the Good Girl?

I welcomed the challenge and was relieved not to be given something less
glamorous.  I wanted to do something different as its easy to get complacent
as a product on a show.  I can relate to Justine's frustration as we can get
stuck if we don't move on in our wok or personal lives.  Making people laugh
was my defense mechanism s a kid. I tried to find humor in things as I don't
like to be too down and dark.  It was nice to explore that par of myself,
although I was petty bummed for about a month afterward.  That feeling can be
hard to shake off.

Your fist love scene is in the Good Girl, how did it go?

It was uncomfortable, but lasted only about 10 minutes.  During filming we
had our chastity pillows and wore our underwear.  If its not gratuitous and
serves a story I think loves scenes can be beautiful.

How do you manage to stay so down to earth, considering your fame?

There are some, can I say the word assholes, out there.  If you don't have
a solid idea of who you are it can be easy to get caught up in it all.  I
live for my chosen family, so to speak, and have known my friends a long
time.  I've met some people I wish I hadn't. Power and fame can be seductive
in this business.

Did you ever image your life would be like this?

I never had any expectations for greatness, especially as my teachers always
thought I was a disgrace to the theatre.  I got only two jobs whilst
waitressing before Friends, a hamburger commercial and an off-off-off
Broadway production.  So, I never thought I would be destined for greatness,
just happiness.

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Entertainment Weekly

Best of 2002 Entertainers of the Year

 In 2002, something extraordinary happened to Jennifer Aniston: her acting received almost as much attention as her private life. Along with the gossip she favors a high-protein diet! she likes hubby Brad Pitt's Grizzly Adams beard! came a wave of professional praise. After eight seasons, Aniston, 33, scored Emmy gold as Rachel on NBC's ''Friends.'' She also won over film critics a feat few of her TV costars have managed -- with her portrayal of the forlorn Justine in ''The Good Girl.''

Aniston's previous film characters were often just Rachel once removed, but Justine -- a morose, dead-eyed retail clerk -- required more. The actress delivered, imparting the desperation percolating beneath Justine's mundane life. ''Who knew?'' reviews and Oscar talk followed. ''Some actors can be dazzling, but you don't watch them and think, 'Wow, I'm just like that person,''' says ''Friends'' guest star Paul Rudd, who played opposite Aniston in 1998's ''The Object of My Affection.'' ''But [Jennifer] seems like somebody you'd know.''

Aniston says she knew Justine, a woman ''feeling trapped in an image.... There's this feeling of  I want to be challenged.''' Not that wandering into territory like adultery and depression didn't scare the cappuccino out of her. ''You don't have to deal with that much on 'Friends,''' Aniston deadpans. ''You just get to say a good joke and give a good reaction.''

Actually, there's a lot more to it, and few pull it off with Aniston's grace and crack timing. At last, Emmy voters noticed  as Rachel found her center through motherhood -- and awarded statuettes to not only Aniston but also, for the first time, the series itself. ''It means a lot,'' she says. ''We did get to a point where we felt like the Susan Lucci of nighttime TV.''

But the Emmys don't change one fact: ''In my mind, I'm done,'' she says, when asked if ''Friends'' should go on past May. ''I want to start my family.'' Aniston has growth on her mind: ''Getting married, and doing the therapy thing -- if I'm going to be closed off, not in touch with everything I feel, I'm not going to be able to bring anything to any character,'' she says. ''The best thing to come out of this year is, I took a tiny step forward in allowing myself to continue.''

The Good Girl 
Release on DVD & VHS

The Good Girl Release on DVD & VHS

Set for release on  Tuesday January 7, 2003.

Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Jake Gyllenhaal, See more

Director: Miguel Arteta

Encoding: Region 1 (US and Canada only) Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby

Rated: Not for sale to persons under age 18. Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Video DVD Features: Commentary by director Miguel Arteta, writer Mike White, actress Jennifer Aniston

9 deleted scenes with optional commentary

Alternate ending and outakes with optional commentary

Full-screen and widescreen anamorphic formats

From IMDb: Quotes & Trivia ASIN: B0000797IO Other Formats: VHS, VHS subtitled in Spanish, Theatrical

Technical Information Release Information: Studio: Twentieth Century Fox Home Video Theatrical Release Date: January 1, 2002 DVD Release Date: January 7, 2003 Run Time: 94 minutes Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox Home Video Package Type: Keep Case

Aspect Ratio(s): Widescreen anamorphic - 1.85:1 Full Screen (Standard) - 1.33:1

Discographic Information: DVD Encoding: Region 1 Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Available subtitles: English, Spanish

Edition Details: • Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only) • Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby • Commentary by director Miguel Arteta, writer Mike White, actress Jennifer Aniston • 9 deleted scenes with optional commentary • Alternate ending and outakes with optional commentary • Full-screen and widescreen anamorphic formats • ASIN: B0000797IO

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Jennifer talks about Brad, her childhood and the Friends backlash.

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January 2003 

"What you want always comes with a price."

So, I'm at this restaurant and my friend goes to the bathroom. At a nearby table, a woman is eyeing me and I know she's waiting for the right moment to swoop in for the kill. This happens all the time. people feel a certain level of comfort with you when your in there living room. They feel you're approachable. And the truth is, I like to feel that way. When a kid comes up to you with a sketch he's mad and he says he wants you to have it, its a real tear jerker. But as this woman's heading over, I can tell she's had a few. "I don't understand your life," she announces. "Neither do I," I laugh. "What's the big deal?" "Beats me." "Look at you, you're a bunch of nothing' aren't you," I'm like, "what did you think? that I was something? I never claimed to be anything, I just do my job."

Her face (Jennifer's) is crinkling up like a kid trying to work out a jigsaw puzzle. "then my friend returns, gives the women the laser eye and she leaves. We joke about it, saying, 'Well, I guess we'll go back to our nothing' meal." But tell me, what was I supposed to say, "why don't you sit down and ill figure it out with you?".

Good Times.

My dad has this laugh that made you want to laugh. Same with my mom. When one started the other followed, my moms face would go red, her eyes would water and her vocal cords would close up. It would be so funny that you would get swept up in it and you couldn't stop. there's nothing better than contagious laughter...its the most peaceful feeling in the world. My best times as a kid where when my Dad (Actor John Aniston) got a job in a soap opera and we moved to New York. I remember this one party, maybe 15 of my Parents' friends were over, Scotch or Sherry in their glasses. I'm not sure if I belly danced that night but I use to cut a real mean one for my Greek relatives. I used to sing too - in the car, in front of the mirror - anywhere. I was 7 and fearless. I remember playing charades with the grown ups and all the laughter. Then it was time for me to go to bed. But you could never put me down when there was a good time to be had. I tried to sneak out of my bedroom but they kept making me go back until I was exhausted and fell asleep.

As the years passed, tension came between my Mom and Dad and I'd do things to try and bring the laughter back. Its hard to try and remember what ties things were...I guess I've made a living by doing the things I did when trying to heal myself as a kid. When I was about 9 I came in from a party and my Dad wasn't there. Divorce happens to a lot of kids and I don't want to sound the violins but that was that.

I was enrolled at the Rudolf Steiner School, which recommends that kids don't watch TV. Id sneak a peak at it all the time of course. You become obsessed with things your parents tell you not to do. Plus Dad has left, how could I connect with him? he was on TV! One day my dad got me on the soap search for tomorrow, as an extra. I Must've been 13. I can still see the little yellow dress that I was psyched to be wearing. At that age it was thrilling just to be sitting in the makeup chair. In the middle of the scene I was asked to switch place's with this other girl. Thinking nothing of it, I did as I was told. On the way home, Dad mentioned how I wouldn't have been picked up by the camera if our places hadn't been switched.

I felt terrible, and humiliated that the poor girl had been bumped because of me. I remember walking down Broadway in silence after he told me. I didn't have that kind of ambition, you know, when people burn with the feeling of " I'm gonna make it?" I never has that. Yeah i wanted to prove that I could do it, but I'm ashamed to want it; Its a paradox - which is what I am at times. Maybe that's why I love Friends - its an ensemble. Even the recent Emmy that I won isn't really about me. It would never have happened if it weren't for those other five people. But there was another thing that I learn that day as an extra. in order for me to get what I wanted something had to be compromised. What you want always comes with a price.

When I was in school, I think there must have been a Teachers Who Hate Jennifer Aniston Anonymous group and ill bet Mr. Piening never missed a meeting. There were these palm trees in this English class. I don't remember what I did but one day he got so mad at me that he shouted in his German accent, 'Jennifer, I want to tie a palm tree to each of your feet and throw you out the window!". When I got in trouble, my parents would have to meet in the principles office, There was that manipulation for a while, but it didn't work out. Its hard to impress your dad when your in the principals office for being stupid.

It was the 'school' part of school that I has a problem with. Otherwise there were some great times. At one point I had really short hair, about an inch above the ear. I had black outfits and wore eyeliner and makeup that made me look like a vampire. and all sorts of pins sticking out of my body parts. I made up excuses so that I didn't have to sing in a play, I doodled the answers to my SAT's. I'd go 'a,b,a...lets see, haven't has a c in a while.' When schools threatened to kick me out I had to focus to et the work done. Only time I ever got A's. One of the first jobs that I ever got psyched about was at the public theatre. This as of Broadway. I was at that time in my life when I didn't know any better so I didn't know I was in the worst play of my life.

Anyway, there was this part where I had to sit up, look at the audience and say this line that always got a laugh. This one night I say the line, and realize that I'm staring into this huge gaping cavern that is the mouth of Al Pacino. I couldn't believe it! here was Al Pacino and he was really laughing . I made Al Pacino laugh! That was one of the greatest moments I ever had. A moment like that cam carry you for a year or two.

The fame game.

I'd done about 700 failed shows before Friends, and there was no reason to believe that it would any different. Right before it aired, the director, Jimmy Burrows - Papa as I like to call him, flew us to Las Vegas. He took us out to dinner and said "You don't know what you are about to embark on, you b better take care of each other." Having no Idea what he was talking about, we were given $500 each and told to 'enjoy it' as it 'would be the last time we could walk through a casino without being bothered.'

The first year we shot to number one. One day I'm standing in a drugstore and these people come over and say, 'We've followed you for blocks just to see if it was you...could you sign your autograph for us'? So I'm standing there with toilet paper and soap under my arms and I'm like, 'Sure!'

I remember when I was a teenager, getting up at 5 am one morning to go to a record signing by Duran Duran, Me and my girlfriends had every one of their albums. Anyway, I'm standing there in the freezing cold for hours, when I eventually get to fourth in the line. All of a sudden the doors were shut in our faces. Everybody went crazy and I'm standing there with this bent rose that has been crushed by all these animals. I was bummed. Looking back I still don't know what I was expecting or why I was expecting it, and I know the real person isn't worthy of the adoration of all those innocent girls. and yet, those girls are allowed to have that, aren't they? I still cant understand it, even now that I have seen it from both sides.

Going back to Friends, it was success at the rate of a stealth bomber. I'd go on dates and there would be paparazzi waiting. I wouldn't even no if there was a second date on the cards and I would read that I was getting engaged! The guy wasn't even calling back! I remember the six of us would be saying to each other 'you ok? JEEZ! this is intense!".

Then there comes the inevitable backlash. I guess a group of young actors making good money is bound to piss people off. The media had us down as being spoiled brats, but there was more to is than that: 'Cast of Friends trying to act in movies? Hey, keep your day job!". And so there emerges this fear that to challenge yourself and try something new might jeopardize you career. The compromise starts to get the better of you and something you love starts to get lost.

Firm Friends.

Nine years have passed and we are still taking care of each other. No matter what problems we might be facing there's always Lisa Kudrow's laugh. She has one of the all time great's. Its like a roller coaster - tick, tick, tick, then the big drop. Then she loses it and we cant shoot for two hours!

What that saying? friends are family that we choose? the dark side never overpowered the light side but sometimes it feels like there's no sanctuary. I wish I had a better situation with my Mom. Lots of daughters have difficult relationships with their mothers but when your under a microscope it gets played out in public. Some say it goes with the territory but can you tell be where I signed up for that? whether you act or dig ditches shouldn't you have the right to sunbathe in your own back yard without some peeping Tom taking pictures of you? I'll gladly play by the rules of someone will, just tell me what they are.

Hey, I subscribed to Teen Beat when I was younger, I wanted to know about Shaun Cassidy and so I know that people want to know about me and Brad. But I wont go into the details because its best not to. What I will say is that, when he laughs, it sounds like a 12-year old has just thrown a water balloon down on someone. just the other night we were watching the HBO special on Robin Williams when he let this huge, mischievous laugh out. I just looked up and giggled.

The Good Girl.

When I got the script of the good girl I read it in an hour. Mark White creates characters that are creepy and dysfunctional, but at the same time make the audience empathetic towards them because other vulnerability. My fist thought was 'Have they got the right person?' I called my agent and said 'lets say yes before they realize they have the wrong person!'

The fist day if shooting, we started in the middle of the movie, right at the center of my characters arc when she's losing her mind. She's got to get rid of her illicit lover and she doesn't know what to do. So, she buys these blackberries and I don't want to give too much away but I had to do this tense scene where the fear just welled inside me. I asked the director, Miguel Artera, if we could start with another scene and I'll never for get he told me. 'The way I look at it, you might as well jump chest first into the empty pool.'

So I jumped and I'm glad I did. Who knows, one say maybe all be alto belly dance again, or even sing karaoke!. A while back, I went to a Bar with Courtney Cox Arquette and some other friends, she sang her heart out and so did they. They're all hollering' at me to get up and I'm slinking back, looking for a place to hide. You know what I'm hoping? one day there will be a moment when I can get up and sing Karaoke. Lets face it, of I make a living making people laugh, why stop here?".

Cal Fussman.

Special Thanks to Natalie for typing up the article and the scan !

People's 
25 Most Intriguing
&
Top Dresses of the Year 

jennifer aniston 
                     MORE THAN A FRIEND

When she was sent the script for the indie drama "The Good Girl", which called for a sullen , stringy-haired, very un-Rachel-like store clerk, the Friends star was certain a mistake had been made. "Let's say yes before they realize they've sent it to the the wrong person!"  Jennifer Aniston told her agent. As it turned out, Hollywood's glowing star did dreary exceptionally well. So well that talk of an Oscar nod was included in her many rave reviews. But Aniston, 33,did more than take her biggest dramatic leap this year; she also did her best comedic work yet.  In September she took home a leading actress Emmy to keep the mantel warm.  It was a crowning achievement for an actress once so unsure of her skills that she confesses, "There was a part of me that felt like, 'If I'm a waitress for the rest of my life , then I'll be a waitress.'"  Who knew she'd become the special of the day?   "What makes her extraordinary is that she can do emotional stuff in a way that feels so moving," says Friends executive producer David Crane.  Adds costar Mathew Perry: " I don't know anything that she is not capable of."  As Friends winds down, Aniston is eagerly testing more waters.  Up Next: Playing opposite Jim Carrey in this Springs's Bruce Almighty. " I've always known she was amazing, says her husband of two years, Brad Pitt, 39,with whom she has just moved into a $13.5 million 1930's mansion in Beverly Hills. " I don't think anything blossomed in her this year that wasn't there already. It just seems the rest of the world is waking up to what has been there all along."

Aniston Avenue "I totally have to agree with Brad , I don't think he could have said it any better."

Dresses of the Year 

1. Oprah Winfrey in Bradley Bayou at the Emmys.

2. Jennifer Aniston in a vintage beaded Christian Dior. 
   (which was donated to charity auction)

3. Salma Hayek in Narciso Rodriguez at the premiere of "Frida".

4. Sarah Jessica Parker in Narciso Rodriguez at the "Sex in the City" premiere.

5. Gwyneth Paltrow in a lace Valentino at the Venice Film Festival.

6. Halle Berry at the premiere of "Die Another Day" in Oscar de la Renta.

7. Kate Beckinsale in Gucci at the Screen Actors Guild Award.

8. Garcelle Beauvais Nilon in Chiffon Escada at the CFDA fashion award.

9. Kylie Minogue in Ungaro at the MTV Music Awards

10. Jennifer Connelly at the Golden Globes in Narciso Rodriguez.

11. Debra Messing in Christian Dior at the 100th EP cele of "Will&Grace".

12. Nicole Kidman in Chanel at the Oscars.

13. Kim Cattrall at the Emmys in Hervé léger.

14. Sarah Michelle Gellar wearing Vera Wang in gala in N.Y.C.

15. Liv Tyler in Alexander McQueen at the premiere "Lord of the Rings"

   Nominations for the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards  (which will air on NBC Sunday, Jan 19) were announced this morning. HBO has the most nods with 26 followed by NBC at 13. Third is Fox with seven followed by CBS and FX (three each), ABC and TNT (two each) and one for A&E, Sci Fi and USA.

Nominations by individual category in television are as follows:

BEST TELEVISION SERIES - DRAMA 24 (Fox) The Shield (FX) Six Feet Under (HBO) The Sopranos (HBO) The West Wing  (NBC)

BEST TELEVISION SERIES -- MUSICAL OR COMEDY Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Friends (NBC) Sex and the City (HBO) The Simpsons  (Fox) Will & Grace (NBC)

BEST MINSERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE-FOR TELEVISION The Gathering Storm (HBO) Live From Baghdad (HBO) Path to War (HBO) Shackleton (A&E) Steven Spielberg Presents: Taken (Sci Fi)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES -- DRAMA Edie Falco  (The Sopranos) Jennifer Garner  (Alias) Rachel Griffiths  (Six Feet Under) Marg Helgenberger  (CSI) Allison Janney  (The West Wing)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES -- DRAMA Michael Chiklis (The Shield) James Gandolfini  (The Sopranos) Peter Krause  (Six Feet Under) Martin Sheen  (The West Wing) Kiefer Sutherland  (24)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES -- MUSICAL OR COMEDY Jennifer Aniston  (Friends) Bonnie Hunt (news) (Life With Bonnie) Jane Kaczmarek  (Malcolm in the Middle  Debra Messing  (Will & Grace) Sarah Jessica Parker  (Sex and the City)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES -- MUSICAL OR COMEDY Larry David  (Curb Your Enthusiasm) 
Matt LeBlanc  (Friends) Bernie Mac (news) (Bernie Mac Show) Eric McCormack  (Will & Grace) Tony Shalhoub (Monk)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION Helena Bonham Carter  (Live From Baghdad) Shirley MacLaine  (Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay) Helen Mirren  (Door to Door) Vanessa Redgrave  (The Gathering Storm) Uma Thurman  (Hysterical Blindness)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MINISERIES OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION Albert Finney  (The Gathering Storm) Michael Gambon  (Path to War) Michael Keaton  (Live From Baghdad) William H. Macy  (Door to Door) Linus Roach (RFK)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION Kim Cattrall  (Sex and the City) Megan Mullally ( (Will & Grace) Cynthia Nixon  (Sex and the City) Parker Posey  (Hell on Heels: the Battle of Mary Kay) Gena Rowlands  (Hysterical Blindness)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, MINISERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION Alec Baldwin  (Path to War) Jim Broadbent  (The Gathering Storm) Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle) Sean Hayes (Will & Grace) Dennis Haysbert (24) Michael Imperioli  (The Sopranos) John Spencer  (The West Wing) Donald Sutherland  (Path to War) Bradley Whitford  (The West Wing)

    NBC's six "Friends" aren't breaking up yet. The network announced a surprise agreement Saturday to keep the top-rated comedy on the air for another season. No details of the agreement between the network, Warner Brothers Productions, Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions and the six lead actors were released. But NBC spokeswoman Rebecca Marks confirmed the deal had been sealed early Saturday morning. It was a welcome holiday present for NBC, which counts on "Friends" to kick off its powerful Thursday night lineup each week.

   Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer are all being paid $1 million per episode this season.

When NBC announced in February that "Friends" would be back this fall, it was said then that this would be the final year. But in the months to follow, NBC Entertainment President Jeff Zucker made certain the door remained open to a return. He consistently refused, in speaking publicly, to rule out the chance it would return.

Some of the actors had also seemed warm to the idea. Kudrow, interviewed on NBC's "Today" show in recent weeks, noted how the sitcom filming schedule, with its regular hours, was ideal for a young mother.

Although Aniston drew strong reviews last summer for her performance in "The Good Girl," none of the actors has established a solid career in the movies.

The last two seasons have been a revival for the series. It drew strong reviews last season and was the No. 1 series of the year in the Nielsen Media Research rankings. "Friends" also won its first Emmy as best comedy series and Aniston won for best comedy actress. The series is generally the highest-rated comedy this year, although the CBS drama, "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (news - Y! TV)," has supplanted it as television's most popular show.

This season Aniston's character, Rachel, is dealing with motherhood after giving birth last May. Cox and Perry's characters, a married couple, had to deal with a separation when his job transferred him to the Midwest.

Although the same thing was said when February's agreement was reached, Marks said Saturday that "I'm sure it will be the final year." The series of six close-knit pals living in New York City spawned many imitators at its initial success — including on NBC — but no show could match its formula for success. The show is already being seen frequently in syndication.

Archive Update. The mp3.com/themightyrams/ was a dead link. Which has now been replace thanks to 
Roger Ferguson of
"The Mighty Rams"

Thanks Roger!

"The Mighty Rams" Song 'Jennifer Drives Me Crazy'

  Check out a song Roger Ferguson & Billy Anderson "The Mighty Rams"   wrote. A heartfelt and danceable tribute to their favorite picture perfect good girl and friend-- Jennifer Aniston! 
CD: The Joy Nut Club 
Label: AQUAPOP 
Credits: WRITTEN BY ROGER FERGUSON AND BILLY ANDERSON

Download the song "Jennifer Drives Me Crazy"

You can write them at fergs1@msn.com to purchase the CD via paypal.

Nominations Announced for 2003 Independent Spirit Awards

   Nominations for the 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards were announced this morning including nominations for Best Feature, which are Far From Heaven, The Good Girl, Lovely & Amazing, Secretary, and Tully. Also announced were the finalists for the Motorola Producers Award, the Turning Leaf Coastal Reserve Someone to Watch Award, and the DIRECTV / IFC Truer Than Fiction Award. Anthony La Paglia, Carrie-Anne Moss, Mena Suvari, and Isaiah Washington served as nomination presenters at the event.

2003 IFP INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS (BY CATEGORY) WHICH JENNIFER & "THE GOOD GIRL" WERE NOMINATED. 

BEST FEATURE 

Far From Heaven Producers: Jody Patton, Christine Vachon

The Good Girl Producer: Matthew Greenfield

Lovely & Amazing Producers: Anthony Bregman, Eric d'Arbeloff, Ted Hope

Secretary Producers: Andrew Fierberg, Amy Hobby, Steven Shainberg

Tully Producers: Hilary Birmingham, Annie Sundberg

BEST SCREENPLAY

The Good Girl Mike White

Lovely & Amazing Nicole Holofcener

Roger Dodger Dylan Kidd

Thirteen Conversations About One Thing Jill Sprecher and Karen Sprecher

Tully Hilary Birmingham and Matt Drake

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Alan Arkin Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

Ray Liotta Narc

Dennis Quaid Far From Heaven

John C. Reilly The Good Girl

Peter Weller ivans xtc.

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Jennifer Aniston The Good Girl

Maggie Gyllenhaal Secretary

Catherine Keener Lovely & Amazing

Julianne Moore Far From Heaven

Parker Posey Personal Velocity

Aniston Entertains E! Award

Good guys may finish last, but The Good Girl? She finishes first.

   Jennifer Aniston, who did 2002 right by Emmy-ing for Friends and generating Oscar buzz for the indie drama The Good Girl has been tapped as E! Entertainment Television's Entertainer of the Year.

  The 33-year-old actress will be presented with the award by Rank host Brooke Burke in a special edition of the list-loving series, Rank: The Top 25 Entertainers of the 2002, scheduled to premiere 10 p.m. (ET/PT) on Monday.

  E!'s Entertainer of the Year Award, first presented to Kevin Costner in 1990, is in its 13th year. The honor recognizes celebs who have enhanced their celebdom with breakout years. Nicole Kidman was the winner in 2001.

  Aniston's past 12 months certainly meets the criteria. She completed work on her eighth top-rated season of NBC's Friends, and following a group negotiation that netted each cast member $1 million an episode, began work on a ninth top-rated season of the Must-See sitcom. In September, she earned her first Emmy, for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, in part because 2002 was a breakout year, literally, for her baby-birthing Friends alter ego, Rachel Green.

  On the big screen, Aniston garnered the best reviews of her career, as well as Oscar nomination talk, as the straying spouse in the comedy-drama The Good Girl.

  On top of all that, she got to be married to Brad Pitt. For another whole, entire year.

  In an exclusive interview with Rank, Aniston talks about coping with success--or trying to, anyway.

  "I have to really make myself enjoy it," Aniston says. "I mean, I don't sit there and say, 'God, how do I cope with all of this?' "

Aniston says she keeps it real with her friends, TV and otherwise, and family.

  "It's hard in this business," Aniston says. "It's very seductive...You can buy into the bull easily...I've gone through all that....I still have a hard time just kind of stepping outside and letting it be what it is."

  In addition to Aniston, the all-new Rank special taps 24 other actors, singers, reality TV stars, even an entire primetime cast of characters for year-end honors.

  Those making the cut include: George Clooney, who bared his bum in the sci-fi think piece Solaris, and tried his hand as director in the upcoming comedy, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind; Tobey Maguire, who scaled new heights--and walls--in Spider-Man; Reese Witherspoon, who raised her asking price with yet another hit movie, Sweet Home Alabama; and, Eminem, who crossed over from MTV to the multiplex with 8 Mile.

  Halle Berry, Denzel Washington and Everybody Loves Raymond's Ray Romano were Ranked for scoring big wins--the Oscar for Berry and Washington; the Emmy for Romano. Jennifer Lopez got a nod for seemingly being everywhere--on the charts (This Is Me...Then), in the theaters (Enough, Maid in Manhattan) and in Ben Affleck's wedding plans.

  Some entertainers made the list for just being themselves--see: MTV's f-bomb dropping Osbourne clan, E!'s Anna Nicole Smith and American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson.

  TV's most-watched show, CBS' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, was recognized with a group honor for the show's cast, led by William L. Petersen and Marg Helgenberger.

The complete list, in order, will be unveiled on Monday.

    Entertainment Weekly is currently running a Sweepstakes for 2 free tickets to see F*R*I*E*N*D*S ! Enter as often as you like.  Sweepstakes Eligibility is open to legal residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia age 18 and older as of October 11, 2002. Drawing will be on or about December 19, 2002, winners will be randomly selected from all eligible entries received by Sponsors. Entry is free you have nothing to loose!

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Good LUCK !

The Hollywood film festival reveals it's 2002 Hollywood movie of the year, ACTOR OF THE YEAR, & ACTRESS OF THE YEAR WINNERS

AND THE WINNERS ARE...

 JENNIFER ANISTON & TOM HANKS

   The motion picture "Minority Report," actor Tom Hanks, and motion picture "The Good Girl" actress Jennifer Aniston will be honored by the Hollywood Film Festival, October 7, at the Hollywood Movie Awards Gala Ceremony Monday, October 7, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

   The winners were chosen by the public voting at the Yahoo! Movies website, movies.yahoo.com, Entertainment Tonight's website, .ETOnline.com , and Hollywood Video's website, HollywoodVideo.com, and at over 1,800 Hollywood Video stores nationwide.

   The announcement was made by Carlos de Abreu, Founder and Executive Director of the Hollywood Film Festival. "The response by the public was tremendous, and we're very pleased to honor their choices of "Minority Report" and the talented stars Jennifer Aniston and Tom Hanks," said Mr de Abreu.

  The public had six nominees in each category to choose from when casting their ballots. The nominees for "Hollywood Movie of the Year" were "The Bourne Identity," "Minority Report," "Monsoon Wedding," "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," "Road to Perdition," and "Y Tu Mamá También." The nominees for "Hollywood Actor of the Year" were Matt Damon, Hugh Grant, Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Dennis Quaid, and Robin Williams. The nominees for "Hollywood Actress of the Year Award" were Jennifer Aniston, Ellen Burstyn, Jodie Foster, Diane Lane, Bebe Neuwirth, and Nia Vardalos.

Congratulations to Jennifer on her 
Hollywood film festival Actress of the Year Award !

Jennifer Wins Her First Emmy

Emmy Win for Jennifer & F*R*I*E*N*D*S

     Here's a run down on what I'm sure you all already know about, but I had a hard drive crash  that kept me from a timely posting; The Emmys was hosted by Conan O'Brien, there was a funniest little sketch where him and Jennifer are flirting, much to Brad Pitt's annoyance. It was SO FUNNY !!!!! ( This was the clip I was dieing to do after the show when my hard drive decided to take a permanent nap, of which I'm still piecing back together ) O'Brien received many congratulations. He's still on Cloud Nine, glowing from the fun he had doing the show, which included Jennifer Aniston blowing kisses to him while hubby Brad Pitt stewed. ''Jennifer and Brad, God love them. They liked the idea and said, 'It sounds funny; we'll do it.' I really owe them.''

   Jennifer won her first Emmy as best comedy actress, for her role as Rachel Green. She gave a tearful but happy acceptance speech, which thanked her cast mates crewmembers and even the show's caterer for the ''Best nine years of my life.'' Jennifer was accompanied by her husband Brad. In prior years 2000 & 2001, she was nominated in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series category for "Friends," but had been beat out by the competition. It's way past Jennifer's time to been presented with an Emmy.

    While were still of a Emmy topic "Friends" also won it very first Emmy too, as best TV comedy series ! NBC's top rated show, is heading into its ninth and said to be final season. The show just as Jennifer is long over due to have won an Emmy. This is the fourth nomination for "Friends" in the best comedy series category and its first win! "Friends" became eligible for The Emmys in 1995 and had 11 nominations this year, including acting nods for 3 of its cast members. It has a total of 44 nominations in its run, with 5 wins.

    On a money raising note Jennifer's Emmy Gown Goes to Charity see page for details http://www.ubid.com/actn/opn/getpage.asp?AuctionId=701349984 Bradley Whitford and Jane Kaczmarek brainstormed the benefit auction of Emmy apparel that has so far raised over $10,000.00 just with Jennifer alone! Jennifer's vintage Dior from Sunday's Emmy Awards could be yours. Called the "Clothes Off Our Back" auction, the campaign is offering many other items worn by Sunday night's nominees and will benefit such groups as Cure Autism Now, Heifer international, UNICEF and Union of Concerned Scientists. The auction will run now through Oct. 7.

Congratulations to Jennifer on her first Emmy & the entire cast and crew of Friends for winning the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series!!!

Esquire

Jennifer is featured on the cover of this month Esquire magazine.

On Friends: "I'd done about seven hundred failed shows before Friends, and there was no reason to believe that Friends would be any different. Right before it aired, the director, Jimmy Burrows—or Papa, as I call him—flew the six of us to Las Vegas. He took us out to dinner and said, 'You don't know what you're about to embark on. You better take care of each other.' We had no idea what he was talking about. Then he gave us each $500 and said, 'Enjoy it. This is the last time you'll be able to walk through a casino without being bothered.' Papa is one psychic Jew."

—As told to CAL FUSSMAN

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