Category: News & Rumours

MR. SUNSHINE Smiles on Jorge Garcia

Posted by admin on September 26, 2010

Hurley’s back–sort of. While Jorge Garcia may not be going back to the island, he is returning to ABC.

Entertainment Weekly reports that Garcia (Lost) will guest star in an episode of Matthew Perry’s midseason comedy, MR. SUNSHINE. He will play a worker at the second-rate San Diego sports arena managed by Perry’s character and will appear in the pilot, which is being retooled.

Perry, who is also a Mr. Happy executive producer, is a self-professed Lost fanatic, so this casting only makes sense.

Mr. Sunshine, about a self-involved arena manager (Perry) who begins to re-evaluate his life when he turns 40, also stars Allison Janney (The West Wing), Andrea Anders (Better off Ted), and James Lesure (Las Vegas).

Matthew Perry Takes Credit For Sarcasm!

Posted by admin on August 12, 2010

MATTHEW Perry is proud that his role on Friends still influences modern language.

The actor — who played Chandler Bing alongside Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox among others — takes credit for modern-day sarcasm.

“It’s very flattering that it changed the way that people talked a little bit,” says Matthew.

“It’s that sarcastic way of going about things. That is just really flattering.”

Perry recently revealed he wants his former Friends costars to appear in his new show Mr Sunshine.

“People ask a lot about guest stars but we’re a little bit early for that,” says Matthew. “There’s a lot of talk about will I ask some of my former cast mates to be on the show, and I think ultimately, yes.

“In the third season then maybe some of them can come back, but I don’t want to use them as sort of a launching pad.”

Matthew in Fallout: New Vegas character voice shocker

Posted by admin on August 12, 2010

As Obsidian’s Fallout: New Vegas looms large on videogaming’s horizon, the game’s accompanying PR and marketing machine is clearly keen to use any snippet of information – regardless of how banal – to help push consumer awareness.
Case in point, the latest announcement designed to whet gamer appetites is that none other than former Friends star Matthew Perry will be lending his voice to Benny, the silver-tongued leader of the Geckos family (pictured above).
Let’s face it, if your videogame is in need of instant gravitas, you’d be mad to look any further afield than an actor who made his name playing the irritatingly sarcastic Chander Bing – in a sitcom that ended several years ago.
That being said, Perry’s vocal talents should slot right in alongside the likes of Zachary Levi (Chuck), Wayne Newton (Mr. Las Vegas), Michael Dorn (Star Trek: The Next Generation), and Felicia Day (The Guild).
“The voice acting provided by these actors helps drive the compelling and immersive story of Fallout and further adds to the overall gameplay experience,” commented Pete Hines, vice president of PR and Marketing at Bethesda Softworks, in a USA Today report.
If the prospect of listening to Matthew Perry’s dulcet tones somehow fails to stimulate your enthusiasm gland, other, more notable performers providing character voices in Fallout: New Vegas include the likes of Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Kris Kristofferson (The Blade Trilogy), and William Sadler (The Shawshank Redemption).
Fallout: New Vegas is a continuation of Bethesda’s critically acclaimed Fallout 3 and will be released on October 19 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Games for Windows.

As Obsidian’s Fallout: New Vegas looms large on videogaming’s horizon, the game’s accompanying PR and marketing machine is clearly keen to use any snippet of information – regardless of how banal – to help push consumer awareness.Case in point, the latest announcement designed to whet gamer appetites is that none other than former Friends star Matthew Perry will be lending his voice to Benny, the silver-tongued leader of the Geckos family (pictured above).Let’s face it, if your videogame is in need of instant gravitas, you’d be mad to look any further afield than an actor who made his name playing the irritatingly sarcastic Chander Bing – in a sitcom that ended several years ago

.That being said, Perry’s vocal talents should slot right in alongside the likes of Zachary Levi (Chuck), Wayne Newton (Mr. Las Vegas), Michael Dorn (Star Trek: The Next Generation), and Felicia Day (The Guild).“The voice acting provided by these actors helps drive the compelling and immersive story of Fallout and further adds to the overall gameplay experience,” commented Pete Hines, vice president of PR and Marketing at Bethesda Softworks, in a USA Today report.If the prospect of listening to Matthew Perry’s dulcet tones somehow fails to stimulate your enthusiasm gland, other, more notable performers providing character voices in Fallout: New Vegas include the likes of Ron Perlman (Hellboy), Kris Kristofferson (The Blade Trilogy), and William Sadler (The Shawshank Redemption).Fallout: New Vegas is a continuation of Bethesda’s critically acclaimed Fallout 3 and will be released on October 19 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Games for Windows.

Matthew Perry at 40: Another ‘Friend’ Going Gray

Posted by admin on August 4, 2010

Taking a page out of former costar Matt LeBlanc’s book, Matthew Perry refuses to work too hard at hiding the gray.

Asked if he’d resist covering up any silver streaks, the handsome-as-ever actor, who turned 40 last year, told a Television Critics Association panel while touting his new ABC sitcom, Mr. Sunshine: “I think so, until it doesn’t look [right] … and then I’ll change it. But I’m fine with the fact that some of my hair is gray. I think if it was all gray overnight that would be scary.”

The former Chandler Bing of Friends was equally relaxed about having hit the milestone last Aug. 19, saying, “It just happened a year ago. So, it’s okay.” Still, he’s had to make some lifestyle adjustments in order to stay fit at 40.

“You end up doing stuff like hiking and going to the gym and all those things that you said you’d never do,” Perry admits, adding , “I haven’t played tennis in a while.” Instead, Perry says. “I play Wallyball. Wallyball is volleyball inside of a racquetball court. I play that often.” (The game, also known as rebound volleyball, actually takes it name from “wall” and “volleyball”).

As for how else Perry now spends his spare time, he deadpans, “I just watch porn. That’s it … I actually like to hike now and I live near the ocean and I just kind of walk around and look at that. That’s nice.” One thing Perry won’t be doing anytime soon is reuniting with his Friends wife, Courteney Cox, on her show Cougar Town.

“I sort of subscribe to that thing where I want a little bit of time to establish my character in this [upcoming sitcom]. I love the show. I think that Courteney is hilarious and obviously a really good friend of mine, but I just want there to be some more distance before we do that,” Perry says. “I didn’t think that people would be able to watch it and not see Chandler and Monica.”