jennifer aniston and co re unite the original friend said with a string of special guests unto the theories is still wildly popular. even among viewers, much too young to remember its original run, which ended of course way back in 2004 and the only pits in the photographer t. v presenter and a musician. but it's as an author that he's currently racking up the prizes. his 1st book entitled after p and one, germany's prestigious life sick book award for european understanding. and that book aims to normalize and blackness here in europe, and calls for europe to actually confront its colonial passed head on in the german city of life. take johnny pitts photos now. phil this square, by the central train station the british photographer and author took them on a winter journey through europe in berlin, paris, stock home, lisbon, brussels, and moscow pits went searching for black europeans and how their identities shape the continent. that was one of the virtues of ryan in this way. i didn't have any kind of theories. i wasn't, you know, searching for some kind of confirmation bias i was just op

reporter: abc news sitting down exclusively with david schwimmer, matthew perry, matt leblanc, jennifer anistons big reunion on hbo max. >> the truth is, i didn't cry walking onto the set. >> then we cried. >> today you can't stop her. >> now i can't stop, today i can't stop. delay. i'm on delay. >> the cork has been pulled, the floodgates opened. >> reuniting this cast again, i knew it was going to be really seriously emotional experience, and it has been. >> we were on the brink! >> reporter: the stars sharing what it was like to finally get together with all six cast members in the same room for the first time since that 2004 finale. >> let's do it, come on! >> what do you hope fans walk away with after they watch this reunion special? >> i hope the fans walk away with a sense of wa it was like for us to have made the show. >> we're equally excited to be finally doing it, and hopefully to give something back, and you know, put a little laughter, a little love out there to everyone. >> does courtney still have her lines written on the table? >> we've literally just slipped right back. >> repo

popular shows in re runs and on streaming platforms. friends reunion bring the stars including jennifer aniston and david schwimmer. back to the set for an emotional get together . and let's bring in scott roxborough from d w culture for more on this. hi scott. so why are we seeing this reunion now? well, i mean, the physical answer is money. warner brothers, which owns a feel mac, pete, a huge amount of money, something like $420000000.00 for reruns of all the friends episodes to watch their streaming service. they wouldn't have to reunion last year for the launch of each feel, mac coded delays that so they are now having it right now. but it really is an attempt to basically give fans of the show and there are hundreds of millions of them worldwide. a trip down memory lane, a sort of mist alger fast. and in doing so to sort of celebrate this new service that they, of course, have launch across the world. are those fans going to be happy with what they see? are they going to get what they expect? i guess it depends what you, what you want from a show like this. i mean, if you want to sort of c

. >> please welcome jennifer aniston, courtney cox -- [cheers and applause]. >> lieu is a lisa kudrowmay 27, 2021. ♪ my head and my heart ♪ >> we are the family watching from the buckeye state with our two "today" show superfans adriana and viviana >> we love you hoda. we love you savannah. >> finally celebrating our marriage in buffalo, new york. >> after a year of cancellations we're very excited to be sharing this special dayily, and you. ♪♪ >> after working 43 years between two school districts, knox county school, and jackson public schools, i'm looking forward to my first summer of retirement. >> like that. >> snapping the pencils. >> that's like a mic drop for teachers. i like that. >> welcome back guys. it's a thursday morning. we are so happy that you are starting this day with us. >> yeah. >> the memorial day weekend inching up. >> we got something fun tomorrow, too. >> we sure do. tomorrow from our "reopening america" tour we are headed to indy. >> perfect weekend for indy. the famed indianapolis motor speedway has served as a mass vaccination site. more than 90,000 shots g

the one where they get back together sees jennifer aniston and co re unite at the original friend said with a string of special guests. then show the theories is still wildly popular, even among viewers, much too young to remember its original run, which ended of course way back in 2004. i know the only pits in the photographer t. v presenter and a musician, but it's as an author that he's currently racking up the prizes. his 1st book entitled to f o. p and one. germany's prestigious life sick book award for european understanding. and that book aims to normalize blackness here in europe, and calls for europe to actually confront its colonial passed head on in the german city of life, take johnny pitts, photos now. phil this square, by the central train station, the british photographer and author, took them on a winter journey through europe in berlin, paris stalk home, lisbon, brussels, and moscow pits went searching for black europeans and how their identities shape the continent. that was one of the virtues of right in this way. i didn't have any kind of theories. i wasn't, you kno

. >> jimmy: you love jennifer aniston. >> jennifer is the homie. >> jimmy: you met jennifer?resident who's a former president but you still have to call them mr. president? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah? >> that's what it's like when she's in the world. there's an assembly line of people waiting to bring their respects, bringing oils and sage and all kinds. [ laughter ] i was like, this is amazing. like, what? what is happening? >> jimmy: yes. people will actually like fall unconscious when they see her. >> yeah >> jimmy: they go absolutely crazy. >> yeah, yeah. "the morning show" premiere was nutty, like man. i got to talk to her after she's super chill, laid back. such a lovely human. >> jimmy: did you bring up" friends"? >> i did not. >> jimmy: the "friends" reunion is coming. >> it is. i'm going to watch this. i tell the "friends" cast this. they've got to bring the heat. "fresh prince of bel air" reunion set the bar pretty high. >> jimmy: oh, right, yeah. >> they brought the thunder, it was like a therapeutic session, childhood memories, like i just hope somebody from the

the one where they get back together sees jennifer aniston and co re unite that the original friend sat with a string of special guests unto the theories is still wildly popular. even among viewers, much too young to remember its original run, which ended of course wait back in 2004. tony pitts is a photographer, tv presenter, and a musician. but it's as an author that he's currently racking up the prizes. his 1st book entitled to f o, p, and one, germany's prestigious life facebook award for european understanding. and that book aims to normalize blackness here in europe and calls for europe to actually confront its colonial passed head on in the german city of life. take johnny pitts photos now. phil this square, by the central train station the british photographer and author took them on a winter journey through europe in berlin, paris, stock home, lisbon, brussels, and moscow pits went searching for black europeans and how their identities shape the continent. that was one of the virtues of brian in this way. i didn't have any kind of theories. i wasn't, you know, searching for som

the one where they get back together sees jennifer aniston and co re unite that the original friend said with a string of special guests unto the theories is still wildly popular. even among viewers, much too young to remember its original run, which ended of course way back in 2004. tony pits is a photographer, tv presenter, and a musician, but it's as an author that he's currently racking up the prizes. his 1st book entitled to f o, p, and one. germany's prestigious like facebook award for european understanding. and that book aims to normalize blackness here in europe and calls for europe to actually confront its colonial passed head on in the german city of life. take johnny pitts photos now. phil this square, by the central train station the british photographer and author took them on a winter journey through europe in berlin, paris, stock home, lisbon, brussels, and moscow pits went searching for black europeans and how their identities shape the continent. that was what the virtues of right in this way, i didn't have any kind of theories. i wasn't, you know, searching for some ki

in re runs and on streaming platform. friends the reunion brings back all the stars including jennifer aniston and david schwimmer. they come back the set for an emotional get together. you look and let's bring in scott roxborough from d w culture for more on this. hi scott. so why are we seeing this reunion now? well, i mean, the physical answer is money. warner brothers, which owns each bill, max paid a huge amount of money. something like $420000000.00 for reruns of all the friends episodes to launch their streaming service. they want to have to reunion last year for the launch leach field mac coded delays that have been having it right now. but it really is an attempt to basically give fans of the show. and there are hundreds of millions of them worldwide, a trip down memory lane, a sort of mistake alger fast. and in doing so, to sort of celebrate this new service that they, of course, have launch across the world. are those fans going to be happy with what they see? are they going to get what they expect? i guess it depends what you, what you want from a show like this. i mean, if you wan

. >> jennifer aniston was the first to cry. >> rachel always cries. >> that's not true. >> reporter:e. >> reporter: the cast revealing their on screen chemistry real . >> lobster. >> reporter: jennifer calling lisa kudrow and courteney cox her sisters who ate lunch together every day. >> we got george stephanopoulos' pizza. >> phoebes. who is george snuffleupagus. >> who swiped mementos. >> matt took an i love friends license plate frame and put it on david schwimmer's car. >> how you doing? and said david did not realize it for a week. >> reporter: jennifer aniston took a dress from monica's closet that to this day she still wears. >> what chandler bing's job. >> that iconic -- >> has something to do with trans funding. >> he's a trans monster. >> that is anot even a word. >> reporter: where monica and rachel lose their apartment to chandler and joey. >> no! >> reporter: expect a little bit of that fun in the special too. >> david asks trivia questions about the series to the other actors. they also did a table read of a partial episode. the one with the jellyfish. >> jellyfish stin

>> i got a lot of, you're the best of all the guys. [ laughter ] >> announcer: and what made jennifer aniston. >> to see them all together again is magic. >> announcer: on abc's "gma." >> good morning, america. >>> i don't think i've ever been more afraid. wow no braces, everything's hands free i wasn't so lucky invis is not your parents' braces invis is faster than braces and the clear aligner brand most trusted by doctors. invisalign. ♪ reynolds wrap makes this whole cooking and cleanup thing so easy. it speeds up this... so i can get to them. eaean rnolds wrap. our retirement plan with voya, keeps us moving forward. hey, kevin! hey, guys! they have customized solutions to help our family's special needs... giving us confidence in our future... ...and in kevin's. voya. well planned. well invested. well protected. >>> building a better bay area. this is abc7 news. >> well everybody is really excited to be able to have the freedom again to visit with each other. they are still careful. >> it's official. california is set to fully reopen in just over three ow what that will look like. good mor

jennifer aniston the first guest.y gay talk show host could succeed, ellen proved them wrong. >> many famous and talented people have tried to do this job and not succeeded. why did it work for you? >> you're right. i am more talented than the rest. i wanted you to say it. i don't know. i'm kind of made for this. i'm quick on my feet and i know what it's like as a comedian to read the room. >> it's been a difficult season of ellen's life. last summer headlines swirled calling her kind image into question. former staffers calling the work environment on her show toxic. >> there will be people who think ellen is leaving because of everything that went on. >> if i was quitting i would not come back this year. i did think about not coming back because it did, you know, it was devastating. i am a kind person. i am a person who likes to make people happy. >> i just kept saying to portia, if i was a fan of somebody and even though if i loved them, i would think there must be some truth to it because it's not stopping. then r

. >> and it got the stamp of approval from jennifer aniston herself responding "love it" with a fireation of a classic scene. >> it was when ross and monica resurrected their middle school dance routine for a chance to be featured on dick clark's new year's rockin' eve. >> courteney cox recreated the same scene almost frame by frame with the four-time grammy winner. almost. >> sheeran shared the video saying we had a reunion of our own this weekend, #obviouslybetterthan ross. >> he's got tough critics when it comes to his singing. take a look at this. his daughter in his own home confessing to bbc radio over the weekend that his daughter's clearly not a super fan or even a fan. the british crooner is still getting used to his fatherhood, and his 8 month old daughter lyra antarctica is still getting used to her dad. >> she cries when she hears him sing, especially anything loud or belty, which is pretty much all of his hits, right? they're all loud and belty. that would be like asking taylor swift to sing a song that's not about a breakup. but he said his daughter likes "the shape of

jennifer aniston's favorite friends guest star wasn't her character's biggest fan. >> rachel. aria: that's aniston's ex-husband, brad pitt, making a cameo in season 8. they were married at the time of filming. he played an old high school classmate who hated rachel green. the cast was asked about celebrity cameos. she loveses that one, dagen. dagen: brad pitt was so terrific in that episode. i asked matt during one of the earlier commercial breaks, did you watch friends and he went ehh, like that. then i played part of that very episode for matt and we were sitting here laughing and now matt's going to go back and watch the entire series. it's that funny. [laughter] maria: bob, were you a friends -- are you a friends fan? are you looking forward to the reunion? bob: i love the show. i love the show. i love all the actors in that. it's been great. maria: [laughter] right. we're going to take a break. when we come back, ceos of the big banks are testifying on capitol hill today. we're talking with north dakota senator kevin cramer ahead of the testimony, when we come back. it all

and is not a 28 -year-old beauty like betty white was at the time she was not jennifer aniston that has presence you would not even believe. my god. if you read reviews of her work very funny they did not even like her play version this is a mask that my god. one of them said something incredible but that dramatic performance on broadway and said something we're all children when gertrude is on the stage. i said yep. was never in her presence but it doesn't matter what she did you just wanted to keep watching. she did a number of appearances on golden girls usually and character. that is the closest we can see with her on as an out. on the show of the golden girls you don't even know anymore it is hilarious. she completely takes over and the camera is on her. she was such a force. >> i love characters and actors like that where they we deem anything they are in , they elevate everything if it is i bad they we deem it. >> this is her. if you watch a staffer you cannot get anywhere else when she was doing the equivalent of the movie of the week. it didn't matter that you were in because i

she was not what we think of as she was not jennifer aniston, you know, but she is has this presencethat you would not even believe. i mean my god, nobody had a shot against her and if you read reviews of her work, which i quote a lot in the book, it's very funny because she she was you know, they all the reviewers just lost it when she they didn't even like her play version of the goldbergs, but they would all be like this is kind of a mess, but my god. gertrude bird when she one of them said something incredible. she actually won a tony later in her life for a dramatic performance on broadway and the reviewer at the time said something like we are all children when gertrude berg is on the stage. and i just thought like yep. i can totally see i mean i was never in her presence obviously, but just seeing her on the show it sort of she's one of those. it doesn't matter what she did you just wanted to keep watching and having seen her on she did a number of appearances on milton berle. they were really good friends her in milton burl, and she did a lot of appearances usually in charact

>> who are ben affleck and jennifer aniston? >> no. amanda? eitgeist. we may never know, but one person is writing, quote, excuse me, but "jeopardy!" filmed weeks in advance, manifested bennifer 2021, and their getaway to montana with the clues that aired tonight. another person joked, what power this show has. meanwhile, jennifer lopez getting back in the recording studio, teasing on instagram for her followers with the picture and a caption writing, sexy summer fun coming. yeah, jennifer. we bet there is, and we can't wait. with that, i send it back to you guys in the studio. >> did you have to say it like that? about her summer, lara. oh, my goodness. you had a good weekend. thank you. thank you so much. i thought about that too when i saw the clue because we know how -- >> yeah. >> -- well in advance they tape "jeopardy!." >> smart people. >> yeah. they got it. >>> we have the "gma" cover story now. backlash after two volleyball coaches who were new moms were kicked out of a tournament for bringing their nursing infants. kayna whitworth joi

i wish i had jennifer aniston's hair.ropping my daughter off for sunday school. at our temple. and literally, my rabbi stopped me and said, what's gonna happen with ross and rachel? >> you look really pretty tonight. >> oh, thanks. >> the one with the prom video is one of my favorites. >> you guys, we don't have to watch this. >> yeah. come on. >> where is chip? why isn't he here, yet? >> he will be here. okay. take a chill pill. >> this seemed like a really surprising way to get rachel to know how ross feels. >> i can't go to my own prom without a date. >> take her. you can wear my tux. >> dad, she won't want to go with me. >> she is learning something new, and he thinks, oh, god, please, don't let her see this. please, don't let her see this. >> rachel, ready or not. here comes your knight in shining -- oh, no. >> chip. >> oh, dear. >> ross sees himself, and you see that look on his face and how sad he is. because he wanted to take her to the prom. >> when she crossed the room, i still kind of get chills from it. when s

listen to what david schwimmer and jennifer aniston had to say. >> i had a major crush on jen, and --ng. one of us was always in a relationship. >> can you imagine the gossip magazines at the time, how crazy that would have been? >> we would have liked it. >> math nagement they shared bes gossip from the hit that wrapped 17 years ago. perry admitted he'd freak out if his jokes didn't land with the audience. you know, one of the other cool parts of this was that ladies g&a appeared -- lady gaga appeared. they had celebrities in and out. and a nice moment when lisa kudrow and lady gaga not only sang "smelly cat," who doesn't love that, but lady gaga said thanks for being different, and lisa kudrow responded "thanks for carrying it on." >> when the show ended in may, 2004, 52 million-plus people watched the finale. that's amazing. >> the other thing that's amazing is in the 17 years since, the six of them have only been together once. this is only the second time. >> yeah. >> i don't know if you guys noticed but when they walked in and saw each other, i felt like it was me seeing my mom

countless adopting the rachel named for the hairstyle worn by jennifer aniston on the show.e years, regularly going viral online whenever they got together. and now more than 25 years after the show premiered. ♪ >> where is the tissue box? >> reporter: our friends are back. this time in a reunion special airing on hbo max. >> no one had to be convinced. we all wanted to do it and we were actually hoping to do it a year ago when it was the 25th anniversary of the show. >> reporter: "gma" sitting down with the cast for their first morning show interview. >> all right, let's do it. >> come on. >> reporter: sharing what fans can expect. >> you've been bamboozled. >> no! this is the best game ever. >> what do you hope fans walk away with after they watch this reunion special? >> i hope the fans walk away with a sense of what it was like for us to have made the show. >> we're equally excited to be finally doing it and hopefully to give something back and, you know, put a little laughter, a little love out there to everyone. >> and we're going to have a lot more of our exclusive in

jennifer aniston was dominating in this game. >> taped appearances from famous stars with the cast sitting out there. they're still trying to put it together >> oh, my gosh >> you'll be able to see the "friends" reunion on hbo max >> >>> good morning to you. it is 8:26. i'm marcus washington. just into our newsroom, firefighters say one person has died in a house fire this morning in san francisco's coal valley. this is video posted to the citizens app. you can see right there those flames shooting through the roof of a three-level home. this is shrader street. so far there's no word on a cause. >>> new overnight, two people were rescued from a house fire in san lorenza tweeted by alameda firefighters, it happened around 2:30 a.m.. the cause of that fire still under investigation. >>> well, it is time to get a look at that forecast for you on this wednesday. meteorologist kari hall is standing by. >> we are going to have gusty winds so we're watching out for those areas that have downed trees especially near the coast and for some of the hills reaching over 50 miles per hour especially lat

marcel his pet monkey and how about, a spoiler alert, the bombshell revelation that schwimmer and jennifer anistoneason. >> yeah, the first season we -- i had a major crush on jen. we both -- at some point we were both crushing hard on each other but it was like two ships passing because one of us was always in a relationship, so -- and we never crossed that boundary, you know. >> aniston did reveal that they used all that pent-up requited crushing on each other for their characters culminating in that classic first kiss scene in central perk and, yes, the rest of the cast mates confirming that schwimmer and aniston may have thought they were hiding it but the rest of the friends fully knew about the situation. it generated 7 billion likes mentions and shares on social media. definitely very fun to watch. guy, i don't know if you saw it yet but put it on your rainy weekend schedule. >> definitely. >> it will be for sure, lara. >> thanks, lara. >> look they got the crush out of the way with that kiss, pretty steamy. >>> our "gma" cover story. an amazing transformation we heard about. a young mom wh

jennifer aniston posting the trailer writing it's official. could we be any more excited?tter than ever. the streaming platform also revealing that the cast will be joined by some a-list friends like tom selleck who played monica's love interest and reese witherspoon who was also on the show as rachel's little sister. the reunion special appropriately called "the one where they get i don't know about you but always a big deal if i could get my mom to buy these cereals. count chocula, booberry, frankenberry, oh, yes, loved them and they are coming together for one very special cereal. very sugary cereal. general mills announcing it will bring their monster brands together to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their release in 1971. dating myself, yep. general mills also bringing back two discontinued monsters, fruit brute and yummy mummy. okay. to add to the monster mash. look for the scary delicious sugary monster mash in grocery et golden trievewhs havieally tough time with thse the name.t. here's why. those big scary waves. yeah, those are the waves. very, very scary. ver

. >> i could be jennifer aniston. >> there was an ad for a guy who looks like matthew schwimer from behindgend. >> it's like the yeti? >> i don't know. big guests are said to be parts of it, celebrities cindy crawford, lady gaga, mindy kaling bts, lots. also coming back a handful of actors who appeared on the original show. tom s tom selleck is allegedly going to be there, ross and monica's father and of course reese witherspoon, she was rachel e's sister jill a lot to look forward to when this never happens "friends, the reunion. >> there is a date. >> a deadline. >> a suggestion. >> yeah. >>> next up, oprah winfrey stopped by the ellen degeneres show yesterday following ellen's announcement she is going to be ending her talk show next spring winfrey had words of wisdom, on what it was like to say good-bye to the oprah winfrey show after 25 years on the air oprah also revealing the thing that she misses the most about her old talk show and the one thing that was very easy to say good-bye to. >> what i miss the most was the audience i don't mean just oh, audience applause but i always felt

jennifer aniston the first guest.ose who had doubted an openly gay talk show host could succeed, ellen proved them wrong. >> many, many talented and famous people have tried to do this job and not succeeded why did it work for you? >> you are right i am more talented than the rest i just -- i wanted you to say it i'm -- i don't know. because i'm kind of made for this i'm quick on my feet and i know what it's like as a comedian to read the room. >> but its been a difficult season of ellen's life last summer headlines swirled calling her kind image into question former staffers calling the work environment on her show "toxic." >> there will be people who think oh ellen is leaving now because of everything that went on. >> if it was why i was quitting, i would have not come back this year i really did think about not coming back. because it did -- you know, i mean, it was devastating i am a kind person i am a person who likes to make people happy i just kept saying to porsha, i was like, if i was a fan of somebody, and e

gen z is finding fashion inspiration for jennifer aniston's iconic friends character.ost searched character styles on google last year, her boots, skirts and t-shirts look are being recreated all over social media. lee, what do you make of this. lee: she has timeless style. i think everybody when they originally watched it wanted to look like rachel. more people were focused on her hair style back then. i even had one, the rachel hair style. now people are trying to recreate her look. good for them. it's a classic look and i think she's a fashion icon. dagen: exactly. we'll be right back, everybody. oh, i've traveled all over the country. talking about saving with geico. but that's the important bit, innit? showing up, saying “hello! fancy a nice chat?” then we talk like two old friends about sticky buns and all the savings you could get by bundling your home and car insurance. but here's the real secret. eye contact. you feel that? we just had a moment. [chuckles] who would've thought it? geico. save even more when you bundle home and car insurance. (vo) ideas exist i

. >> there's a mean that's going on about the friends reunion, how jennifer aniston and david schwimmer crush on pressure is over each other and they kind of channel that into ross and rachel but never crossed the line. i guess outside of, you know, on camera. so i feel like that's just one of the many little nuggets that friends fans will really little sob story out about. all going make it even more interesting exactly. so you should definitely check that one out. we do want to let you know, construction is officially underway for the 25th annual pink triangle on san francisco's twin peaks. it's being done to mark the 50th anniversary of san francisco pride. it stands as a symbol of hope and a quality that's visible for everyone to see that triangle will be eliminated this year on june 27th and today is the final day to take in the sights and sounds of roma of san francisco, carnival festivities, including music dancing and tasty food are well underway this weekend. this year celebration last just 2 days instead of a full week. this is a little bit of video from yesterday's celebratio