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Matthew Perry and Girlfriend Split

Originally posted 06/14/2005 08:00PM

Matthew Perry and his longtime girlfriend, Rachel Dunn, have called it quits, PEOPLE reports.

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Friends Worry Over Matthew Perry's Health

Originally posted 02/17/2005 08:00AM

When Matthew Perry was rushed to a Los Angeles hospital last week due to an adverse reaction to prescription medication, his rep said the actor was "fine" – but the former Friends star had several of his pals worrying.

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Matthew Perry Directs His Dad

Originally posted 11/23/2004 06:00AM

Matthew Perry is focusing on being a son rather than a Friend this week, appearing as a guest star on Scrubs on Tuesday night with his father, John Bennett Perry. The younger Perry, who plays his real-life dad's son on the show, also makes his directorial debut. "I wanted to take my career in a slightly different direction and challenge myself and I found that a one-camera show is where my interests lie. I think it's the best way to learn how to possibly direct a movie," says Perry. As for directing Dad, he "took direction great in the episode. The other thing that's great is my father is a great musician and we were able to incorporate that into the show as well, so he plays guitar. It adds a level of heart and sweetness to the show that I think is pretty great." Well, that's, um, great. But Perry says that although he's interested in pursuing more directorial work, he'll still be in front of the camera as well. "It's important once you've completed a project as significant as Friends to kind of keep things open," he says. "I'm not interested in doing another sitcom and that's where most of the offers have come. There's no talk of me stopping acting. I'm doing a movie with Sally Field in January called Two Weeks. It's a drama and I can't wait to act with Sally Field. I just want to keep things open. I've been offered to direct things in the past and I just simply didn't know how. Now I feel like I sort of know how so I want to be able to do both."

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Bono Watches His Tongue

Originally posted 05/31/2004 06:00AM

Bono issued a warning along with the commencement address at the University of Pennsylvania recently: "Don't get me too excited because I use four-letter words when I get excited," he told the crowd. "The only four-letter word I'm going to use today is 'Penn.' " But he had spoken too soon: "Come to think of it, Bono is a four-letter word," he added. The rock star and activist, who picked up an honorary doctorate of law at the Ivy League school, reminisced about his last visit to the campus seven years ago for a U2 concert. "I was wearing a mirror-ball suit at the time and I emerged from a 40-foot-high revolving lemon," he said. "I guess it was at that point when your trustees decided to give me their highest honor."

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Daily Insider for February 10, 2004

Originally posted 02/09/2004 10:36AM

February 10, 2004GUESS HE FOLLOWED THE RULES... Amy Davidson, star of 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, must be breathing a sigh of relief that Average Joe: Hawaii's Larissa Meek sacked Todd Mitchell from the NBC reality show. After all, Davidson's been secretly dating the 26-year-old trainer since August. The couple met almost a year ago when they were both working out at the same gym. When he left to shoot Joe last summer, he kept it a secret. "He told me he had to go away for four weeks to relax," said Davidson, 24. "He said, 'I need to get away.' " It wasn't until October that Mitchell spilled the beans, but Davidson didn't mind. In fact, the couple have been watching the show together. "He's a wonderful kisser on TV – and in real life," says Davidson. "But I don't think anyone likes to watch the person they're into kissing someone else."

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