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Making it special. While celebrating Diwali, stars including Mindy Kaling, Priyanka Chopra and more made sure to offer a glimpse at their festivities.

Matthew Perry is no stranger to high-profile romance — but he’s still searching for “The One.”

Matthew Perry dropped out of the all-star film Don't Look Up after his heart stopped for five minutes while undergoing surgery.Perry, 53, recounted having to give up the role in the film in his upcoming memoir Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, where he revealed eight of his ribs were broken by a doctor attempting to revive him on the operating table by performing CPR, according to Rolling Stone. The Friends alum was cast as a Republican journalist who shared three scenes with Meryl Streep in what he called 'the biggest movie I'd gotten ever.' Matthew Perry was forced to drop out of the all-star film Don't Look Up after his heart stopped for five minutes while undergoing surgery; pictured 2017Perry was still grappling with alcohol and opioid addiction at this time, and recalled being on 1,800 milligrams of hydrocodone while filming a group scene with Jonah Hill.The actor ended up seeking treatment at a luxury rehab in Switzerland during this time and attempted to procure more prescription drugs from doctors by lying of severe stomach pain. 'In fact, I was OK,' he recounted.

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A necessary expense. Matthew Perry opened up about the cost of battling drug and alcohol addiction for more than half of his life.

Whoa! A group of police officers went to deliver a standard eviction notice earlier this month — only to be faced with the wrath of a swarm of bees after a woman unleashed them to protest it!

Always in his corner. As Matthew Perry struggled with addiction, Friends costar Jennifer Aniston was there to lend her shoulder.

Lucy Simon, the Tony Award-nominated composer of Broadway’s 1991 musical The Secret Garden and sister of singer Carly Simon, died of breast cancer Thursday at her home in Piedmont, New York. She was 82.

Three-time Emmy nominee Elizabeth Banks brought the late eighties/early nineties glam to the Los Angeles premiere of Call Jane, which was held inside the Skirball Cultural Center on Thursday.The Massachusetts-born 48-year-old looked elegant in a strapless black cocktail dress, featuring a thigh-high slit, with matching opera gloves and pumps selected by styling duo Wendi & Nicole Ferreira.Banks (born Mitchell) finished off her retro look with side-parted blonde waves, disco ball-style earrings, and a bright red pout. Turning heads: Three-time Emmy nominee Elizabeth Banks brought the late eighties/early nineties glam to the Los Angeles premiere of Call Jane, which was held inside the Skirball Cultural Center on ThursdayElizabeth stars as 1968-era Chicago housewife Joy, whose life-saving abortion introduces her to an underground feminist group called the Jane Collective, in Phyllis Nagy's drama hitting US theaters October 28 and UK theaters November 4.'I really hope that when people watch this film it opens up their sense of empathy for a road that they might never have to travel, but have a little less judgment for those who do,' the Press Your Luck host said on the red carpet.

EXCLUSIVE: Scott Free has pre-empted the rights to Tracy Sierra’s debut horror novel The Corner.

“Glass Onion,” is set for a Netflix release next month and Johnson confirmed at a BFI London Film Festival press conference that Blanc is queer.Johnson was asked about a particular scene in the upcoming movie that seemingly showed Blanc having a male lover.“Yes, obviously he is,” the “Looper” filmmaker bluntly told reporters.“There’s nobody in the world I can imagine in bringing me more joy for Benoit Blanc to be with,” he added.Craig, 54, then interjected, saying: “No spoilers [but] who wouldn’t want to live with that person?”The stand-alone sequel will have a one-week limited theatrical release on Nov. 23 before moving to Netflix on Dec.

Boston police made an arrest after an early Sunday morning stabbing rampage in the city’s theater district left four people wounded, including one victim who suffered life-threatening injuries.  Daryl Diamond, 39, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, is expected to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court on four counts of assault with intent to murder and four counts of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon – knife, Boston police said. No motive has been announced in the stabbings.  The incident first unfolded at approximately 2:10 a.m.

Basketball Hall of Famer and eight-time NBA All-Star Dikembe Mutombo is receiving treatment for a brain tumor in Atlanta. "He is receiving the best care possible from a collaborative team of specialists in Atlanta and is in great spirits as he begins treatment," Mutombo's family said in a statement distributed by the NBA. The family did not release any other details on how Mutombo learned about the tumor but said they are thankful for all the well wishes.

Former President Barack Obama is traveling to Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin this month to stump for Democratic candidates weeks before the midterm elections. First, on Oct. 28, he heads to Atlanta, where Stacey Abrams is making another gubernatorial run against incumbent rival Gov.

A 91-year-old education equity pioneer and civil rights activist who was stabbed while walking her dog in a Boston park released her first public statement Friday since the attack, keeping the focus on her lifetime work of helping children. "We as a community can never forget that we need to stand together and continue working to empower our children through learning," Jean McGuire said in the statement released by her family. "We are at our best as a people; when it’s about ‘we’ not ‘me’.

Ben Affleck was enjoying a smoke break when out early in the morning on Friday in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles.The Oscar-winning actor kept it comfortable in dark clothing as he looked to be in a serious mood while heading to his car.This comes the day after the 50-year-old Cambridge, Massachusetts native made his first red carpet appearance as Jennifer Lopez's fourth husband. Solo smoke break: Ben Affleck was enjoying a smoke break when out early in the morning on Friday in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles Chilled Friday: The Oscar winning actor kept is comfortable in dark clothing as he looked to be in a serious mood while heading to his Santa Monica officeBen wore aviator sunglasses which he took off to look at his cell phone.

A woman has died after storms in Tennessee knocked down a tree that landed on the car she was driving. A Tennessee Highway Patrol preliminary report says 22-year-old Laurel Flaherty from Massachusetts died after the incident Wednesday in Williamson County.

From the Golden State to the Silver State. Mark Wahlberg recently revealed that he and his family no longer call Hollywood home and have settled for “a better life” in Nevada.

Six-time Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling reposted a throwback Thursday snap of a viewing party for The Office that her castmate Angela Kinsey hosted at her home in 2005.The 43-year-old Massachusetts native - who boasts 19M social media followers - wrote on Instagram: 'Ange posted this yesterday and I couldn't believe how young we all look and also how hot Steve [Carell] was.'Not only did Mindy (born Vera Chokalingam) play Dunder Mifflin staffer Kelly Kapoor, she also served as co-executive producer and staff writer for NBC's mockumentary sitcom. '#TBT': Six-time Emmy nominee Mindy Kaling (2-R) reposted a throwback Thursday snap of a viewing party for The Office that her castmate Angela Kinsey hosted at her home in 2005 On Wednesday, Kaling's castmate Jenna Fischer also shared a snap of a viewing party she hosted at her home, gushing: 'The tradition of gathering and watching the show together each week went on for years.'I think @paulfeig and Laurie Feig get the award for hosting the most of these but it seems like everyone hosted at some point.'Both Jenna and Angela host a weekly Earwolf podcast called Office Ladies where they reminisce about all things The Office on Wednesdays.

Us Weekly, the is looking to extend an “olive branch” to her sister-in-law when she and visit Boston, which just so happens to be around the same time the and will be in New York City. While the awards ceremony is being held in Massachusetts in early December, Meghan and Harry are being honored by the Robert F.