The Hollywood Walk of Fame welcomes a new friend on Monday: Friends Superstar Courteney Cox.
The 58-year-old actress, producer, director and businesswoman passed away with a star at the star-studded event that showed a loving tribute from her. Friends Longtime collaborators Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow and Laura Dern. In the end, Cox, who is joined by boyfriend Johnny McDaid and his daughter Coco, choked up as she recalled how she never gave up on her Hollywood dreams despite struggling financially.
The honor comes before the debut of another episode of mine Scream franchise where she reprises her beloved role as Gale Weathers and a season for her Starz series. Shining Vale. Dern launched the tribute by calling Cox a friend, sister and “the best person possible.” She detailed a trip to Disneyland when she saw first-hand the “joy and happiness” in people’s eyes when they recognized Cox. Some fans came out of their seats to say hello because they loved her more than they loved Space Mountain, Dern said. “God protect them.”
She met Cox on a plane, and by the time he landed, “we knew we had found a sister” in each other. “If you’re lucky enough to know her, you’ll learn that she can’t help herself. She has to be honest about who she is, about how she sees the world and, in fact, about what she sees in us. It’s not always easy but it makes you grow by knowing it, working with it and if you’re really lucky you’ll love it.
Next came Aniston and Kudrow, and they both said the same thing when they got their gigs Friendsthey were anxious to meet Cox who, at the time, was the most famous member of the cast, thanks to credits like the Bruce Springsteen video, Family Ties, Ace Ventura: Animal Explorer Same to you Scientific Problemsand others.
“I was really nervous to meet her because I’m a big fan,” Aniston explained about the founder of Homecourt. “I remember seeing her at the Flowering Tree, a yogurt shop we used to go to. I was nervous, sweaty, and not sure what it would be like when we got our job.
Because of Cox’s expertise and influence, Kudrow said he had a profound influence on Friends throw. “This really makes us one of the closest, most loving and supportive, I would say, television history.” Aniston and Kudrow then praised Cox’s side hustling of flipping houses with the latter saying, “I remember Courtney saying, ‘Look, y’all, I make more money in houses than in acting.’ Yes, that has changed.”
Aniston praised Cox’s attention to detail, describing him as “very serious.”
“You want to hope that you don’t have any kind of like a stain or a stain on the wall or the pillow doesn’t have a spot or hair or something that needs to be removed,” Aniston explained to Cox, whose Monica Geller was the same as the oil attention to detail. “I just said, thank God this star has risen.”
In an important statement, Kudrow gave, “Courteney, we want to say that we are deeply, and proud to know you. You are the definition of truly beautiful, talented and, most importantly, a truly good and decent human being. Thank you for enriching our lives and ourselves.”
Aniston added: “And as fans, we want to thank you for making us laugh. Watching you on screen and just in life in general, you are one of the most beautiful human beings on the planet. Nothing he makes me happier like Courteney’s jokes and always makes us smile, and thank you for enriching our lives with your work. We are proud of you. We love you. You are brothers from another god, and we love you. “
In accepting the award, Cox admitted that she hates and is terrified of public speaking, “which is why I’m not going to present it unless I’m actually holding Lisa and Jennifer.” She thanked Aniston, Dern and Kudrow for showing her “in public, how you often do it in private.”
Cox, who says she values equality and long-term relationships, then listed the many people in her life, including her creative collaborators and band members. Those who have heard their names called include “m” promoter Melissa Kates, Paramount, Spyglass, Warner Bros. Television, Channing Dungey, Starz’s Jeff Hirsch, and Friends the team of Marta Kauffman, David Crane and Kevin S. Bright, Cougar Town Bill Lawrence, Scream insiders Kevin Williamson and “the late, great” Wes Craven, manager Cynthia Pett-Dante, WME representatives Gaby Morgerman and Richard Weitz, “honest” business manager for more than 30 years, Rick Shephard and her “amazing” assistant Tracy Reese who” may not get my job, but she sure helps me keep them.
Cox turned her attention to her “longest and most important” projects – boyfriend McDaid and daughter Coco. “Thank you for teaching me to be a better person,” said McDaid, who she called an amazing and talented person. “Thank you Coco, for reminding me every day that I am not,” she said.
The Friends The alum closes her eyes as she tells the story of her first career when she got a call from her father. With about two weeks to go before she ran out of money, her father, who loves all things television, movies and all things entertainment, suggested she come home to Alabama and put her marketing skills to work. way to sell parks.
“I got it the next day Family Relations,” she said. “This will make me cry because I love my father, but I want to say that I know he is very proud of me, and it seems that I am here to stay.” With this, she showed her star that will be planted forever on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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