Lisa Kudrow celebrated by Friends co-stars Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox on her 60th birthday
Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox have heaped praise on their funny Friends co-star Lisa Kudrow, marking her 60th birthday.
Aniston and Cox each shared a selection of photos from their time working together on the hit US sitcom, as well as hanging out in real life.
Pic: Instagram @lisakudrow
Kudrow, who studied biology at university before achieving worldwide fame in Friends, played loveable and eccentric Phoebe Buffay.
She’s gone on to have success in films, including cult classic Romy And Michele’s High School Reunion, and further TV shows including The Comeback, Space Force and Feel Good.
Aniston, 54, who played Rachel Green in Friends, wrote: “Please join me in celebrating one of my favourite people on the planet. LISA KUDROW!!
“She’s been my friend and my family for nearly 30 incredible years. I cherish you… I love you, my sweet Floosh.
“One of the most talented comedians/actors I’ve had the great honour to work with for all these glorious years and more to come! Happy Lisa’s Birthday!”
One of the pictures Aniston shared was from their 1996 Milk magazine advertisement, with the pair sporting milk moustaches.
Kudrow replied: “My Joooiest Joooo I love you beyond my dear friend forever!”
Cox, 59, who played neurotic but loveable Monica Geller in Friends, said: “Happy Birthday my Loot. This is my second attempt: ChatGPT didn’t give you nearly the amount of love I feel for you.
“You are the smartest, funniest, most thoughtful person. I always feel seen and loved when I’m around you. That’s the gift you give to those you love.”
Kudrow replied: “Oh Cahoot. I love you so much and guess what? I always feel seen by you.”
Kudrow shared an Instagram Story of her blowing out candles on a cake, with a large bunch of flowers in the front of the shot, with the message: “Thanks for all the happy birthday wishes. This wish is for all of you!”
US actors David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc and Matthew Perry also starred in the hit show.
Friends: The Reunion. Pic: Sky/ Warner Media/HBO
In 2021, a much-hyped reunion special marked the first time the cast had been together on screen for 17 years.
Friends, which focused on a group of six 20-somethings living in New York, was first broadast on 22 September, 1994, staying on our screens for 10 seasons, with the final episode airing on 6 May 2004.
A pop culture phenomenon, and one of the most successful TV shows of all time, it’s said that you are never more than 20 minutes away from a re-run somewhere in the world.
Donald Trump has said he is considering “taking away” the US citizenship of actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell, despite a Supreme Court ruling that expressly prohibits a government from doing so.
In a post on Truth Social on Saturday, the US president said: “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship.”
He also labelled O’Donnell, who has moved to Ireland, as a “threat to humanity” and said she should “remain in the wonderful country of Ireland, if they want her”.
O’Donnell responded on Instagram by posting a photograph of Mr Trump with Jeffrey Epstein.
“You are everything that is wrong with America and I’m everything you hate about what’s still right with it,” she wrote in the caption.
“I’m not yours to silence. I never was.”
Rosie O’Donnell moved to Ireland after Donald Trump secured a second term. Pic: AP
O’Donnell moved to Ireland with her 12-year-old son in January after Mr Trump had secured a second term.
She has said she’s in the process of obtaining Irish citizenship based on family lineage and that she would only return to the US “when it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America”.
O’Donnell and the US president have criticised each other publicly for years, in an often-bitter back-and-forth that predates Mr Trump’s move into politics.
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This is just the latest threat by the president to revoke the citizenship of someone he has disagreed with, most recently his former ally Elon Musk.
But the two situations are different as while Musk was born in South Africa, O’Donnell was born in the US and has a constitutional right to American citizenship.
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Amanda Frost, a law professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, said the Supreme Court ruled in a 1967 case that the fourteenth amendment of the constitution prevents the government from taking away citizenship.
“The president has no authority to take away the citizenship of a native-born US citizen,” he added.
“In short, we are nation founded on the principle that the people choose the government; the government cannot choose the people.”
A farmer who fell from a greenhouse roof during an anti-immigrant raid at a licensed cannabis facility in California this week has died of his injuries.
Jaime Alanis, 57, is the first person to die as a result of Donald Trump’s Immigration Compliance and Enforcement (ICE) raids.
His niece, Yesenia Duran, posted on the fundraising site GoFundMe to say her uncle was his family’s only provider and he had been sending his earnings back to his wife and daughter in Mexico.
The United Food Workers said Mr Alanis had worked on the farm for 10 years.
“These violent and cruel federal actions terrorise American communities, disrupt the American food supply chain, threaten lives and separate families,” the union said in a recent statement on X.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it executed criminal search warrants at Glass House Farms facilities on Thursday.
Mr Alanis called family to say he was hiding and possibly fleeing agents before he fell around 30ft (9m) from the roof and broke his neck, according to information from family, hospital and government sources.
Agents arrested 200 people suspected of being in the country illegally and identified at least 10 immigrant children on the sites, the DHS said in a statement.
Mr Alanis was not among them, the agency said.
“This man was not in and has not been in CBP (Customs and Border Protection) or ICE custody,” DHS assistant secretary for public affairs Tricia McLaughlin said.
“Although he was not being pursued by law enforcement, this individual climbed up to the roof of a greenhouse and fell 30ft. CBP immediately called a medivac to the scene to get him care as quickly as possible.”
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Four US citizens were arrested during the incident for allegedly “assaulting or resisting officers”, the DHS said, and authorities were offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of a person suspected of firing a gun at federal agents.
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In a statement, Glass House, a licensed Cannabis grower, said immigration agents had valid warrants. It said workers were detained and it is helping provide them with legal representation.
“Glass House has never knowingly violated applicable hiring practices and does not and has never employed minors,” it added.
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