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Lifestyle 17 MONDAY, APRIL 13, 2020
BANG! NEWS - The cast of Friends
recorded a 90-minute special, ac-
cording to a TV insider.
An unscripted reunion special
of the hit sitcom was originally set
to be ilmed in March, before it had
to be postponed due to the coro-
navirus pandemic - but Courteney
Cox and director Ben Winston re-
cently ilmed a “mock rehearsal”
of the show over Zoom, with the
ambition of releasing it before the
reunion airs.
A show insider told The Sun
on Sunday newspaper, “As soon
as ilming was cancelled, every-
one started panicking as it took
so long to get their schedules
to align, there was a deep fear it
may take a year or even longer
to get them all back together
again.
“Courtney immediately set
up a Zoom meeting for them
and they all logged on to discuss
ideas - brain-storming and bring-
ing in the producers for a ses-
sion which they called a mock
rehearsal and chatted for almost
two hours.
“They’ve been having daily
meetings and Jen (Aniston) - who
has the busiest schedule of the six
- has assured them she’ll do what-
ever she can to ensure they don’t
have to wait months to get the re-
union ilmed.
“Their Zoom sessions have
been brilliant fun, and there’s
some hilarious material on there
which they hope can be aired as
either a series of teasers, or even
a stand-alone special.”
The show’s original cast - in-
cluding Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeB-
lanc, Matthew Perry and David
Schwimmer - agreed to appear in
the reunion special.
However, TV bosses still need
to set a new date to air the show
amid the ongoing pandemic,
which has halted production on
lots of high-proile TV series and
ilms over recent weeks.
Friends cast ‘recorded
90-minute special for reunion’
Mandy Moore has
grown ‘closer’ to
husband during
coronavirus lockdown
BANG! NEWS - Gavin Rossdale is
“missing” his sons - whom he has
with his ex-wife Gwen Stefani -
amid the coronavirus pandemic,
as he has not been able to see
them for “10 days”.
The 54-year-old singer has
three sons - Kingston, 13, Zuma,
11, and Apollo, six - with his ex-
wife Gwen Stefani, and revealed
that due to social distancing
rules put in place as a result of
the global health crisis, he hasn’t
seen his brood in person for
“10 days”.
He said, “I spent the irst two
weeks with them, and then they
went to Oklahoma. They’re on
a 10,000 acre ranch so I’m just
thinking it’s okay for now, but
we’ll see.
“That is the real big dilemma,
for parents ... kids ... with split
custody. Because you don’t wan-
na ... I don’t wanna ... you know
what I mean? You’re mindful of
like, I know who’s around me, no-
one. No one’s bringing me the
corona, no one. But when you
send your kids out somewhere
else, when they come back to
you, now you’re prone to whoever
they’re with. It’s a tricky one for all
divorced parents.”
Gavin normally sees his sons
“every ive days or so”.
Gavin Rossdale misses his sons amid coronavirus
BANG! NEWS - Justin Timberlake
got his son “free ‘Trolls’ merch”
for his birthday.
The Trolls World Tour star and
his wife Jessica Biel celebrated
their son Silas’ ifth birthday last
week, and the singer and actor
confessed he bagged some free
Justin Timberlake got free Trolls merch
for son’s birthday
merchandise from the animated
ilm franchise as gifts. He said, “I
feel lucky that he’s still so young.
There’s LEGOs. I have no shame
in my game saying that we op-
tioned some free Trolls merch.”
Justin, 39, splashed out on a
“bouncy house” for Silas to play
in on his birthday, but admitted
he thoroughly cleaned the in-
latable before blowing it up for
his son, because he was worried
about the threat of coronavirus.
Speaking during an ap-
pearance on The Kelly Clarkson
Show last Friday, he added, “We
actually got a little - we went a
little all out - we bought him
his own bouncy house. I Lys-
oled that thing down, I’m not
gonna lie to you. Then I jumped
until I couldn’t jump anymore
with him.”
Meanwhile, Justin’s wife Jes-
sica marked her son’s birthday by
donating to Save the Children
and Feeding America, who are
working hard to “keep kids and
families healthy” during the on-
going coronavirus pandemic.
Posting an old picture on
Instagram of herself hold-
ing Silas over her shoulder,
the 38-year-old actress wrote:
“This little man is 5 today! We’re
at home, covered in legos and
birthday cake right now... but I
just found this pic on my phone
from last summer and it made
me so happy. To celebrate his
big birthday, we’re supporting
@savethechildren and @feed-
ingamerica, who are doing so
much good work to keep kids
and families healthy and fed
during this time. Scroll through
your old pictures today and
post something that brings you
a little bit of joy! Sending lots of
love to you all... (sic)”
BANG! NEWS - Mandy
Moore and her husband Tay-
lor Goldsmith have grown
“closer” thanks to the
coronavirus pandemic.
The This Is Us star and
the Dawes frontman have
been spending more time to-
gether than usual amid the
global health crisis as they
have both been staying in-
side and following social
distancing guidelines.
And in a post praising Man-
dy on her 36th birthday, Taylor
revealed the quarantine rules
helped them “to love each oth-
er more”.
HewroteonInstagram,“April
10th . The birthday of the most
incredible human being on the
planet. These weird times have
been challenges for all of us,
but only she could turn it into
an opportunity to get closer, to
learn new things, to love each
other more. To say I’m grate-
ful would be the understate-
ment of my life. Happy birthday
@mandymooremm, I promise
I’ll change out of sweats some-
day. (sic)”
But one thing that may be
getting on the pairs nerves dur-
ing self-isolation is their pet
cat Figaro, as Mandy recently
revealed the it loves to mewl
whenever she or Taylor, 34,
sings around the house.
Mandy claimed Figaro only
began the strange behaviour
after a visit to a pet psychic,
who told the couple to rename
the cat to the musical moniker,
which comes from the Mozart
opera The Marriage of Figaro.
She said, “One of the last
times I was on the show we talk-
ed about Fig, our cat who had
to have his name changed ... it’s
a very long story - we talked to
a pet psychic, she told us that
we needed to change his name
to Figaro.
“Andhe does ... truly anytime
I start singing or Taylor sings,
especially when we harmonise
... he could be on the other side
of the house fast asleep, and
it’s like, suddenly he’s up on the
piano with us. And he sings! I
mean, he meows.”