Month: April 2026

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Lisa Kudrow has been spilling some incredible tea about her Friends days this week.

Some of it is nauseating, like Kudrow’s claim that some of the show’s writers sexually fantasized about Courteney Cox and Jennifer Aniston.

But some of the remarks Lisa has made during her current press tour have fans applauding the beloved actress for securing the bag.

Yes, more than two decades after Friends signed off, the paychecks are still rolling in. And, according to Kudrow, they are nothing short of staggering.

In a new interview the Times of London, Kudrow revealed that she and the surviving five members of the iconic sitcom’s cast still earn about $20 million a year in residuals from the show’s syndication and streaming success.

Yes, you read that correctly: $20 million per year.

Kudrow, who played the eccentric masseuse and folk singer Phoebe Buffay, even joked about the jaw-dropping number when asked why the checks remain so large.

“Because Phoebe Buffay was so great?” she replied when asked why still earns so much from the character.

Of course, the truth is that the long-term financial windfall is rooted in Friends‘ historic popularity, as well as the groundbreaking deal that the cast negotiated during the show’s final seasons.

By the end of the series, the six stars had secured $1 million per episode along with a 2 percent share of syndication profits, a move that continues to pay off 22 years after the finale aired.

Kudrow revealed that she only started rewatching the series following the 2023 death of Matthew Perry.

And she says that rewatching it gave her a renewed appreciation for what the cast created.

“Before, I only saw what I did wrong or could have done better. But for the first time, I truly appreciated just how great it was,” she poignantly revealed.

“I felt I did OK, but Jennifer and Courteney? Amazing. David and Matt? They had me laughing so hard. And then Matthew — he was just beyond us all.”

“Before, I only saw what I did wrong or could have done better,” she continued, adding:

“But for the first time, I truly appreciated just how great it was.”

Kudrow went on to praise her fellow cast members individually, singling out Perry in especially heartfelt terms.

“I felt I did OK, but Jennifer and Courteney? Amazing. David and Matt? They had me laughing so hard. And then Matthew — he was just beyond us all,” Kudrow said/

The actress also shared why she believes Friends continues to resonate with younger viewers who were not even born when the show originally aired.

“Friends captured a kind of innocence that maybe a younger generation has never gotten to experience,” she speculated.

The show continues to enjoy a sort of cultural staying power is almost unheard of. And apparently, so is the paycheck.

Lisa Kudrow Says ‘Friends’ Stars Still Earn $20 Million a Year From Reruns, … was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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We previously reported that Kendra Caldwell pleaded not guilty to the charges of child endangerment and false imprisonment.

Her disgraced husband, Joseph Duggar, has now done the same.

Unlike his wife, Joseph entering a plea does not mean that he’s allowed to see his kids. Or any kids, given the other charges that he’s facing.

But one detail from the court records may shine a light on the defense’s legal strategy.

He has once again pleaded ‘not guilty’

According to court documents that The Ashley acquired, Joseph entered a not guilty plea to the Arkansas charges.

Like his wife, Kendra, Joseph is facing four charges of false imprisonment and four charges of endangering the welfare of a child. Each charge is in the second degree.

He entered the plea by way of his attorney on Monday, April 27.

One interesting detail is that Joseph and Kendra have the same attorney.

Travis Story has represented the Duggar clan time and time again. In a moment, we’ll explain why this particular gig is a surprise.

Kendra also entered a not guilty plea to the same charges as Joseph. In exchange, she is now allowed contact with her children. (Joseph, obviously, is not.)

(In this Arkansas case. No charges have been filed at her in connection with Joseph’s alleged molestation of a 9-year-old girl in 2020 during a Florida vacation.)

As we previously reported, authorities automatically searched the couple’s home — given the nature of Joseph’s charges.

Inside, investigators uncovered enough for eight charges for each parent. We only know a limited amount, but it appears that the children’s bedrooms locked from the outside, like prison cells.

Though the Duggar world may think nothing of mistreating children — certainly, Jim Bob and Michelle locked the children in their rooms and seemed to think that this was defensible — thankfully, that is not a universal mindset.

Wait, they have the same attorney?

Early in April, we reported on the jailhouse phone conversation between Kendra and Joseph.

“I’ve been talking to Travis,” Kendra revealed to her husband during the awkward call.

“I’ve got him as my attorney now,” she revealed. “I wasn’t sure if you knew that, I’ve asked him to be my attorney.”

Joseph replied: “I wasn’t sure who we settled with but this guy’s good.”

Kendra then corrected him: ‘Well it’s not for you, it’s only for me.” Clearly, that has now changed.

Despite confessing twice prior to his arrest, Joseph pleaded not guilty to molesting the little girl in Florida.

(One can only assume that his attorney intends to get the likely police recording of that second confession removed from evidence. But that is pure speculation.)

The disgraced Duggar is due in court on May 18.

Meanwhile, he and Kendra are both due in court in Arkansas on August 10 of this year.

Given that they now have the same attorney, we can only assume that the legal strategy will not be for, say, Kendra to throw Joseph under the bus when it comes to child endangerment.

That said, we are not legal experts. And it’s possible that Travis Story is only representing them both on a temporary basis — for paperwork and such — before court proceedings move forward in earnest.

Joseph Duggar Enters ‘Not Guilty’ Plea for Child Endangerment was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Move over, Wilt Chamberlain!

There’s a new champion of male promiscuity, and his name is Ray J!

Yes, Wilt famously claimed to have slept with more than 10,000 women, but Ray says he’s thoroughly slutmogged the NBA legend.

The revelation that the R&B singer is the new King of Conquests came during a recent interview on Cam Newton’s podcast.

At one point, Ray J revealed that a strip club hosted a party to celebrate his 10,000th hookup.

“We did a celebration, Booby Trap celebrated my 10,000th,” he claimed (via Page Six). “I had about 400 or 500 girls that I f–ked with, came through, supported, it was a massive parade.”

The R&B singer, now 45, admits that he’s been forced to slow down in recent years.

“I can only f–k a thousand more b–ches,” he added. “I can’t do any more.”

When Newton called Ray J’s math into question — noting that he would have needed to sleep with one and a half women a day for 30 years — the singer pushed back.

“Yeah, the math is different ’cause when we’re on tour, we’re thinking five to ten a day,” he explained.

This is not the first time that Ray has claimed to be a member of the ultra-exclusive Five Figure Club.

“Here’s what’s crazy. I just did the big celebration. They did the whole confetti at Booby Trap,” he said during a November 2025, during his appearance on the “BagFuel” podcast (via Page Six). “I was celebrating 10,000 bodies.

“It’s probably like 11,900….. I don’t know if that’s for sure, but I know it reached 10 once I got all the way there.”

It’s been a while since we’ve seen the boastful side of the man who rose to fame with the Kim Kardashian sex tape.

In recent interviews, Ray J has claimed that he only has months to live.

“2027 is definitely a wrap for me,” he said in a video shared to social media. “That’s what they say.”

“I shouldn’t have went this hard, bro,” he continued, adding:

“My baby mama gonna be straight, my kids gonna be straight, if they wanna spend all the money, they can spend it. I did my part here.

“And damn, when it’s all done, burn me, don’t bury me.”

Needless to say, Ray J has a lot going on these days. Hopefully, it won’t interfere with his ability to hit the 13,000 milestone.

Ray J Claims to Have Slept With 12,500 Women was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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