Matthew Perry's Personal Items, Including “Friends” Memorabilia and Collected Art, Set to Go to Auction

Matthew Perry's legacy will be honored in an auction of personal items from the late actor's estate, nearly three years after his death

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• Heritage Auctions announced The Matthew Perry Estate Auction, featuring Friends memorabilia, personal art belonging to Perry and more

• Proceeds from the auction will benefit key initiatives of the Matthew Perry Foundation

Matthew Perry's legacy of giving back continues.

Heritage Auctions announced The Matthew Perry Estate Auction, a charity auction in partnership with the late actor's namesake nonprofit organization,The Matthew Perry Foundation, commencing Friday, June 5.

The auction will feature personal items from Perry's estate. It includes a range of items Matthew collected and treasured through meaningful chapters of his personal and professional journeys, together offering a thoughtful glimpse into his beloved sense of humor and the passions and influences that shaped him.

Highlights from the auction includeFriends-related pieces, such as a collection of 26 scripts spanning key episodes, including "The One With Ross's Tan," "The One Where Joey Speaks French," and the two-part series finale, "The Last One." There's also aFriendsphoto album, titled "The One with the Last Supper," that includes a letter from "Jenny" [Jennifer Aniston] in the back.

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Warner Bros. also contributed to the auction, donating a cast-signed "Six of One" pilot script and a cast-signed "The Last One, Part I" script, as well as two tickets to the premiere ofThe Batman Part II(to be released in 2027), starring Robert Pattinson and directed by Matt Reeves, and a "Mattman” framed 3D portrait with Batman mask from a 2016 appearance onJimmy Kimmel Live!

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Other items for auction include a 1995 Screen Actors Guild Award presented to Matthew Perry for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Television Comedy Series, accompanied by two additional nominations, Perry's personal replica of the iconic yellow peephole frame from Monica's apartment and a number of art pieces.

“Matthew believed addiction should be met with compassion and science, not stigma and silence,” said Lisa Kasteler Calio, CEO of the Matthew Perry Foundation. “This auction fuels the Foundation's work to expand access to evidence-based care and confront stigma. It is one more way we ensure that no one has to fight this disease alone.”

Perry died on Oct. 28, 2023 after an accidental ketamine overdose.

Net proceeds from the auction will advance Perry's most meaningful legacy: building a future free from addiction stigma, where every person seeking recovery has access to the care, resources, and community they need to thrive. Proceeds will support key Foundation initiatives, including the Matthew Perry Foundation Fellowship in Addiction Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, Grassroots Recovery Grants for frontline organizations, and Healing Appalachia, the nation's largest recovery-focused sober music festival.

The Matthew Perry Estate Auction will be previewed in person at Heritage Auctions' Beverly Hills showroom on Monday, May 18, through Friday, May 29. The auction will take place online and in-person at Heritage Auctions' Dallas showroom on Friday, June 5. Proxy bidding for The Matthew Perry Estate Auction opens April 30 atHA.com.

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Matthew Perry's Personal Items, Including “Friends” Memorabilia and Collected Art, Set to Go to Auction

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Rapper Lil Jon Details Final Father-Son Trip He Took With DJ Young Slade Before His Death at Age 27

RapperLil Jonencouraged his fans to “love your people hard” while looking back on the final father-son trip he took before his sonDJ Young Slade’s deathat 27.

“To anyone reading this — don’t put your family off,” Lil Jon (real name Jonathan H. Smith) wrotevia Instagramon Saturday, May 2. “Don’t say ‘I’ll see them later’ or ‘We can do that later.’ Don’t skip the long hugs dont be frugal. Make long lasting memories when you can. We all think we have time… but we don’t know Allah’s plan.”

Lil Jon, 55, confirmed in a statement toUs Weeklyon February 6 that his son Nathan Smith (a.k.a. DJ Young Slade) was found dead three days after going missing in Georgia.An autopsy revealedthat Nathan died from an accidental drowning in the setting of psilocybin use. (Psilocybin is an alternative name for magic mushrooms, which can elicit hallucinogenic effects due to a psychoactive compound.)

In Saturday’s post, Lil Jon reflected on how much it meant to bond with Nathan during a birthday trip to Japan in 2024.

“Two years ago, I asked Slade what he wanted to do for his birthday. He said, ‘go to Japan,’” he recalled. “I had no idea that trip would become our final father-and-son trip… or his favorite one ever.”

The musician went on, “I gave him options for everything, and he chose it all himself. We did everything — from museums and food tours to Michelin-star sushi spots. We even watched samurai swords being forged… and got to use them.”

The birthday trip included Lil Jon and his son taking an anime drawing class together and gaining some experience in “drift culture.”

“It was expensive, but I didn’t care — I saw how happy it made him. He told me it was the most fun he’d ever had on any trip,” he remembered. “It hits different now, knowing we won’t get to make memories like that again.”

He closed his tribute with some crucial advice for fans, writing, “Love your people hard. You never know when it’s the last hug.”

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When news broke about Nathan’s death in February, Lil Jon toldUsin a statement that he was “extremely heartbroken for the tragic loss” of his son.

“His mother [Nicole Smith] and I are devastated,” he said. “Nathan was the kindest human being you would ever meet. He was immensely caring, thoughtful, polite, passionate and warmhearted — he loved his family and the friends in his life to the fullest.

His statement went on, “He was an amazingly talented young man; a music producer, an artist and engineer and graduate of NYU. We loved Nathan with all of our hearts and are incredibly proud of him. He was loved and appreciated, and in our last times together, we’re comforted in knowing that we expressed that very sentiment to him.”

On February 20, Lil Jon shared thathis son had been laid to resttwo weeks after his death.

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“On the first day of Ramadan yesterday, We laid my only son to rest. In this holy month, I’m asking for extra du’a for him and for our family,” he wrote alongside a memorial video. “I love you, son. Life will never be the same without you. Allah, give me strength.”

Georgia police announced on February 6 that they’d recovered Nathan's body at Mayfield Park pond near his home. He’d reportedly run out of his home “disoriented and in need of assistance,” according to the Milton Police Department.

“We extend our deepest condolences to the Smith family during this difficult time,” police said in a statement. “The department respectfully asks the community and members of the media to honor the family’s request for privacy as they grieve and navigate this tragedy.”

Lil Jon is also a father to daughter Nahara, whomhe welcomedwith his girlfriend,Jamila Sozahdah, in 2024.

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Newly engaged Zoë Kravitz keeps her left hand hidden at Met Gala as fans hope for ring sighting

Zoë Kravitz attended the 2026 Met Gala solo after recently getting engaged to Harry Styles.

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• The actress kept her left hand tucked inside a black lace dress, hiding any peek at an engagement ring.

• The actress and singer confirmed their engagement in April after eight months of dating.

Zoë Kravitzkept things coy at the 2026Met Gala.

TheBatman stararrived at the fashion-focused event without fiancéHarry Styles, and made sure to keep any evidence of an engagement ring tucked away in her figure-hugging black lace dress that kept up with the evening’s"Costume Art" theme.

Kravitz wasn't entirely alone as she walked the carpet with her 2026 co-chair Anthony Vaccarello.

The actress and "Watermelon Sugar" singer confirmed theirengagementto PEOPLE on April 27, with a source saying the couple had shared the news with "a small circle," and Kravitz was showing off her ring to friends.

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Speculation over their engagement kicked off when theBig Little Liesactress was spotted rocking a very noticeable diamond on her ring finger in April, first during an outing on April 19 and again in photos published byThe Sunon April 21.

Kravitz and Styles first sparked dating rumors in late August 2025, whenthey were spotted by a fan while walking arm in armin Rome.

Both Kravitz and Styles connected after ending high-profile relationships.Kravitz ended her engagement toMagic MikestarChanning Tatumin October 2024, after three years together. The former couple got together while filming Kravitz's directorial debutBlink Twicein 2021 and got engaged in October 2023. Kravitz was previously married to actor Karl Glusman in 2019 and filed for divorce the next year. Their divorce was finalized in August 2021.

Styles was last linked to actress Taylor Russell, and the tworeportedly split in 2024 after less than a year of dating.

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Scott Patterson Admits He 'Was Not Interested' in Watching“ Gilmore Girls ”While Making It

Scott Patterson says he never watched Gilmore Girls while filming due to long workdays and a lack of interest

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• He began watching the show for his podcast, I Am All In, and says he now understands its fan appeal

• Patterson praises the show's creators and Lauren Graham's comedic talent, calling the series funny, sweet and unique

Scott Pattersondidn't watchGilmore Girlsuntil over 20 years after the show first premiered.

During a recentinterview with Mike Jerrickon FOX 29's late-night program,MIKE, the 67-year-old actor opened up about his time on the show and why he chose not to watch it while it was airing.

“Because I made the sausage for 14 hours a day, I didn't want to eat it," Patterson explained. "I just was not interested in consuming it after I did it for so long. When you're on a TV series, you barely have time to eat, sleep or take a shower.”

Patterson played a diner owner named Luke, the on-and-off love interest ofLauren Graham's Lorelai Gilmore, in the fictional Stars Hollow.Gilmore Girlsran for seven seasons, from 2000 to 2007.

However, in 2021, theSullivan's Crossingalum launched his podcast,I Am All In with Scott Patterson, in which he watched the series for the first time and shared his commentary and off-camera moments with listeners.

“I called iHeart, made a deal and that was my pitch. I had never seen the episodes. They said ‘Really?' They felt sorry for me, so they gave me a show because they felt bad for me," he told Jerrick.

When he ultimately did watch the show for the podcast, though, he “loved it.”

“I understood what the fans were talking about. It's funny, it's endearing, it's sweet, it's unusual, it's abstract, it's experimental,” Patterson said.

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“Amy Sherman-Palladino and her husband Daniel — they are two very unique creative minds and you know, they're once in a generation people," he added. "They created it, and their unique background, it comes out of their backgrounds and how they grew up, and it's just so rife with comedy."

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Patterson compared Graham's character to “a Borscht Belt comedian” who is “going through her life in small town Stars Hollow, and we're all the beneficiaries of that.”

“I was just sort of an anchor for the show, and to be a straight man to her jokes," Patterson said. "But she's delivering 50 jokes an episode and people understand half of them and the other half they look up and have to rewatch and now they know what the joke is."

One of the most enduring things about the show, according to Patterson, is that the audience “sees it from a different point of view now and they relate to other characters as they get older.”

“That's another reason why people continue to rewatch and discover it. They watch it at 16, they relate to certain characters, they watch it at 30, it's a completely different experience for them, they watch it at 50, it's a completely different experience,” Patterson said.

Along with Patterson and Graham,Gilmore Girlsfeatured Alexis Bledel, Jared Padalecki, Milo Ventimiglia, Matt Czuchry, Melissa McCarthy, Kelly Bishop and Edward Herrmann, to name a few.

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Van Halen’s David Lee Roth Says He Made the Song 'Jump' with One Specific Audience in Mind

David Lee Roth says Van Halen's music, including ‘Jump,' was intentionally made to appeal to women with its 126 bpm

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• Roth performed ‘Jump' with Teddy Swims at Stagecoach and described the song's universal emotional and physical appeal

• The Grammy-winning band's hit ‘Jump' was their only Billboard Hot 100 chart-topper and won the first MTV Video Music Award

David Lee Roth confirmed that ‘Jump' and other Van Halen songs were for the girls.

In an interview withBillboardat Stagecoach, the Van Halen frontman wanted to set the record straight on why they made the music at the BPM that they did.

“I purposely licensed only to contact sports, girl-friendly commercials and movies that were really physical, but girl-friendly,” he shared.

The interviewer noted, “and alsoGlee.”

“Let me show you,” he said to the interviewer, getting up to demonstrate. “Most rock and roll is meant for fellas. It's all what we call tits and pits. All right. This is Ozzy. I'll demonstrate. Tits and pits, that's for fellas,” Lee Roth shared.

“All Van Halen music is 126 bpm. There you go. Miracle perhaps. And it goes here,” he said, mimicking dancing to the beat of the music. “Hey, see that's not for fellas.”

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The song "Jump" was ranked No. 177 on Rolling Stone's500 Best Songs of All Timelist, which noted that it was “the only chart topper the band ever achieved.”

Roth joined Teddy Swims for a performance of ‘Jump' at Stagecoach. In an interview withRolling Stoneafter the performance, the rocker said that “Classic Van Halen is probably 30 percent cowboy hat and boot.”

When asked why he keeps playing "Jump," the frontman said that the song has a universal appeal that is both physical and emotional.

“It's a song about ascending, taking a shot, testing the deep end,” he said. “It's about leading with your forehead, and I've been places with mine you wouldn't go with a pistol — which is cowboy humor.”

Roth was the lead singer of Van Halen from 1974 to 1985, 1996 and again in 2007 up until bandmate Eddie Van Halen's death in 2020. The Grammy-winning band won the inaugural MTV Video Music Award for "Jump."

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Alan Cumming Says He Kept in Touch with “X2 ”Costars Over the Last 20 Years Since They Were 'Bonded in Trauma' (Exclusive)

Alan Cumming says filming X2 was "miserable" but helped bond the cast, many of whom he remains close with

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• When talking with PEOPLE at the TriBeCa Ball in New York City, he shares that the cast is "bonded in trauma"

• Avengers: Doomsday, featuring returning X-Men actors, is set to release in theaters on Dec. 18, 2026

Alan Cumminghas kept in touch with hisX2castmates despite their traumatic on-set experience.

At the TriBeCa Ball at the New York Academy of Art on April 20, Cumming opens up to PEOPLE about reprising his role as Nightcrawler from theX-MenmovieforAvengers: Doomsday.

When asked what it was like to reconnect with past cast members, the Emmy winner notes that he has actually remained in contact with several of them over the last 20 years.

“The ones that I did reunite with, I've seen them since,” he tells PEOPLE.

“I also didn't reunite with that many because we did it all sort of separately; it was a bit of a modern way of doing things," he says. "I'm very chummy with Ian [McKellan], I've seen Rebecca [Romijn] over the years. Patrick [Stewart], I've seen quite a lot. Jimmy [Marsden], I've seen a lot of them actually."

"It's one of those films where I think we all were so traumatized we were bonded in trauma, so we stayed in touch,” Cumming adds.

Last year, Marvel announced that Cumming was one of the actors reprising their roles in the forthcomingAvengersfilm, which is set to arrive in theaters in December 2026, over two decades after Cumming's first appearance as the mutant in 2003'sX2.

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Recently, Cumming toldPEOPLEat the TIME100 Gala that it was “really lovely to go back to something all those years later that I never thought I was going to go back to and I actually think, 'Oh, I really enjoyed playing this character.' "

"It was really nice. And the people who made it, the brothers, are really lovely and very conscious of making sure everyone on set feels valued and what more could you ask for," he added.

While speaking with PEOPLE before apanel forThe Traitorsat the Televerse2025 conference last year, however, the actor noted that his experience filming the first superhero film was much different. Cumming said filmingDoomsday"was amazing" and, "in a sort of ooey, gooey way, it was really healing and really nice to go back to something that it was a terrible experience when I did it the first time."

TheTraitorshost emphasized that he was "miserable" makingX2,which was "awful for a variety of reasons that I have talked about at length" — such as having to spendup to five hours in the makeup chairand difficulties working with directorBryan Singer.

The returningDoomsdaycast is set to include the likes of Anthony Mackie, Danny Ramirez,Paul Rudd,Tom Hiddlestonand Simu Liu, as well as Cumming, Romijn andKelsey Grammer, who costarred with Stewart, McKellen and Marsden in theX-Menmovies released in the 2000s and 2010s.

Avengers: Doomsdayis in theaters Dec. 18, 2026.

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Colin Jost Breaks Down Scarlett Johansson’s Reaction to His Ferry Buy

Colin Jostand Pete Davidson shocked the nation years ago by purchasing a decommissioned ferry from a New York auction. Recently, Jost appeared on the Smartless podcast to open up about the deal. He also shared his wifeScarlett Johansson’s reaction to the purchase.

Colin Jost shares Scarlett Johansson’s reaction to him buying a ferry

Colin Josttalks about Scarlett Johansson’s reaction to his ferry ownership at theSmartlesspodcast. Co-host Sean Hayes asked the comedian, regarding the deal, “You paid, you still have to pay, like, don’t you?” Jost replied, “These are [the] exact questions a financial advisor asks me.”

As reported byEW, he shared how he consulted Davidson regarding the purchase. The “Saturday Night Live” writer said, “texted Pete, which is the wrong person to text with when you have an idea like this. And I was like, ‘Should we buy this?”

However, Davidson replied, “‘F— yeah, we’ve got to do this.” Moreover, Jost texted his father, Daniel A. Jost. “And he literally was like, ‘Did you do your homework?’ Which is such a teacher thing to say. I was like, ‘Dad, I’m just sort of texting you as a formality,” he shared. Soon, Jost broke the news to his wife as he stated, “I already bought the boat. Then I texted Scarlett, like, ‘Guess what? We own a ferry now.’ And she was like, ‘We?”

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The father of one also explained how it has been misreported that the ferry is “some sort of crazy money pit. “I joke about it a lot, but it is, we’ve done some events on it where we really have already made back the money we’ve invested and the money we’ve spent on stuff to dock it and all that,” Jost said. Additionally, shared his, Davidson, and their architect co-owner, Rob Castellano’s plan for the ferry.

“I was thinking in a real estate way, if you put it somewhere, it’s 70,000 square feet,” the 43-year-old shared. He continued, “So I was like, ‘If you put that on a dock in Manhattan, you’ve suddenly got basically a building on the waterfront.”

Originally reported by Ritika Singh onMandatory.

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