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Sunday, September 12, 2021

facts about friends part 2! -By Neha

I'm back with the second part of friends facts, I love writing these and you guys seem to like them too. and yeah it does take a really long time to write but I love friends and talking about it all day seems like an amazing thing. this show is amazing, everything about it is, thank you guys for reading these blogs where I pour my heart out. 




1. David Schwimmer directed 10 episodes of friends (he's also a director, he's directed many other tv shows as well) these are:
the one on the last night (the one where Chandler and Monica move in together) S06E06 1999 
the one with Rachel's assistant (the one where Rachel has a crush on tag) S07E04 2000
the one with ross's library book (the one where ross writes a book and he guards the paleontology section) S07E07 2000
the one with all the candy (the one where all the neighbors love Monica's holiday candy) S07E09 2000
the one with the truth about London (the one where chandler finds out Monica actually wanted joey) S07E016 2000
the one with the red sweater (the one where everyone finds out the father of Rachel's baby) S08E02 2001
the one where joey dates Rachel (the one where Joey and Rachel try to date) S08E012 2001 
the one with the stripper (the one where chandler finds out Monica had a secret bachelorette party) S08E08 2001 
the one with Pheobe's birthday dinner (the one where pheobe is having dinner with her friends to celebrate her birthday but everyone is late due to a series of events) S09E05 2003 





2. courtney cox was the only one of the six friends who hasnt received an emmy award, i find this completely absurd. courtney has done such an amazing job playing monica. but she did find get a golden globe nomination for "cougar town which probably made her feel better. i mean i don't understand why, she CAN act, she's a great actor. she's done an amazing job in emotional scenes. she really did deserve more. but nevertheless, she has been nominated for an emmy in 2021 after the friends reunion, and the reunion itself has been nominated for 14 emmys. 

3. ross was 29 for 3 seasons, apparently ross says he's 29 is season three, four and five Well, that isn’t possible because we have seen 3 Christmas & Thanksgiving celebrations in these seasons, then how come Ross didn’t grow up? and there's another thing, ross doesnt have a single birthday date.  when ross was in a conversation with gunther he says that his birthday was somewhere in december, but when in a conversation with joey he says his birthday is on october 18th 

4. courtney's pregnancy was hidden in season 10 of friends, courtney gave birth in 2004 (when friends was still going on) but they couldnt write it into the show because monica couldnt have kids, she wore baggy clothes and coverd up. i read in a book that courtney was actuallty pregnant through season 10 but she didnt look pregnant in the show. but then i also saw pictures of her and jen sitting on the freinds couch. in which i could see the baby bump. (that and i watched a youtube video: https://youtu.be/XHQdfwcfCt4

and courtney and david were really trying to have a baby. and she has had 7 miscarriages, and i have got to say she is a storng and wonderful woman. she also had a miscarraige the day rachel gave birth to emma. and she was happy in the episode. but in reality she was very sad. but she pulled it together and did a wonderful job, i couldnt even tell she was sad, not even a little bit. and this is truly one of the things that proves courtney as an amazing actor. 

5. lisa kudrow didnt knwo how to play guitar and she hated playing it. so after a few lessons she gave up learning and then smelly cat was born, which is an amazing song by the way. lisa was good though and the way she plays her guitar is really good. but hearing that lisa didnt like playing guitar definetly surprised me, because i always thought lisa was the one who was like her character among everyone the most but turns out she's the least like her character! and lisa liked the character rachel played by jennifer aniston 



6. friends was filmed in front of a live audience (exept for cliffhangers) its like to see if the jokes and the material and storyline works. and do you guys remember the laughs in funny scenes, well some of them were real! not all of them are from live audience because well, honestly (before im about to say this remeber I LOVE FRIENDS) not all of friends jokes are funny, some of them are kind of funny and some arent and some are completely hilarious, and the other thing is that, in friends there's a joke every 2 minutes, and youre tired of laughing from a completely hilarious joke and when a kind of funny joke comes on, you just cant laugh 



7. many people, including lisa kudrow thought chandler was gay, Kudrow said that she was surprised to hear Perry’s interpretation of Chandler at the first table read because when she first read the script, she thought Chandler was supposed to be gay. and she wasnt the only one, many fans thought chandler was gay and i thought chandler was gay too! but in 1997 david crane told entertainment weekly that he wasnt gay. 


8. at the 10th season everyone in the friends cast were receiving 1 million dollars, and they were the first tv cast to negotiate as a group, during the first season each cast member were receiving 22,000 dollars  During the first season, each cast member was receiving around $22,000 per episode. But by the second season, each actor had a slightly different salary. In 1997, all six cast members refused to work until they all earned an equal salary of $100,000 per episode. This was big news. “Stars of hit shows often threaten to boycott their series in pursuit of higher salaries," The New York Times reported. 

9. Ursula was also a character on a tv show called "mad about you" when she was cast on friends, accoring to lisa it was the producers of friends who decided to adress this and say they're twin sisters. she went on to play ursula in eight episdoes of friends as well, and the one thing that i cant beleive is that, i can't beleive mad about you let lisa play ursula in friends too. i thought this was illegal. and i guess most of you might agree, urssula migtht be the worst character on friends. 



10. the apartment numbers changed during the series, monica's door had the number 5 on it but the producers realised that it didnt make any sense because monica and chandler live on the 3rd floor and it was later it was changed to 20, chandler's apartment was also chnged from 4 to 19, i notcied the number on monica's door before they changed it and thought it didnt make any sense. but then later i saw that it was changed to 20. 

anyway thats it for this blog! i hope you guys liked it, i loved writing it. and comment down below if you guys want a part 3. and also comment down below what you guys think about friends, and i'll see you guys in the next one ciao! 
 

mumbai diaries 26/11 review -by Neha

a new web series was released 3 days ago on prime video called Mumbai diaries 26/11,

 and I'm sure most of you guys must have seen this. the series imitates the real incident that happened in the taj hotel on 26th November 2008, it happened almost exactly13 years ago. the screenplay that is written is amazing. it's like you're waiting to find out what's going to happen next, they did a great job keeping the audience on their toes. the story is about 3 resident trainee doctors who are trying to join the government hospital. Doctors, nurses, first responders, and other hospital personnel deal with a crisis of immense magnitude in Mumbai.
all the characters are well executed. this is a really good show you guys could watch it. and the storyline is very well done. this show is 4 stars from me. 

Friday, September 10, 2021

facts about friends! -By Neha

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you know that friends is my favourite tv show. and i love writing blogs about it. and most of them also get a lot of views, so i decided to do another one. in this one i'll be stating facts about friends you probably didn't know. and i also research about my favourite tv shows and movies A LOT, so i already know these. 



1. jennifer aniston actually auditioned for monica and courteney cox auditioned for the role of rachel, but she convinced the producers and directors that she herself was actually a lot alike monica (a neat freak and super organized) and so the role of monica was given to courtney, and the role of rachel was given to jennifer. i can't imagine anyone else playing monica, but jen playing monica and courtney playing rachel? i gotta admit that would be interesting. and jennifer is also the godmother of courtney's daughter coco arquette. that is so sweet. they're just like monica and rachel in real life and that makes me so happy. 



2. the iconic orange friends couch was actually found in the basement of the warner bros  studios, they probably used it as an extra but its so iconic. the couch that was in the basement is now the iconic friends couch. the couch is also used in the intro. now i'm pretty sure this is not just me, but some dedicated friends fans never skip the intro, i just have never skipped the intro. it makes me smile and dance with them and the reason why friends is so iconic and popularized because everything about this show is amazing and iconic. 

3. all the friends keep in touch with each other and hang out with each other. almost like in the series, lisa kudrow said in the reunion"we keep in touch with each other, maybe not everyday but we do. being a part of this show has bonded us in such a way that we can't forget" (i've seen the reunion 3 times but i'm still not exactly sure if she says the last word. so excuse me if i've said it wrong) what she said brought tears to my eyes, it's really beautiful, i've seen quite a few tv series and sitcoms in where, the actors are not how they seem on tv, but in friends it's sort of exactly like the tv show and that's what makes me so happy, that their lives are actually like that, and i keep imagining how amazing it would be to be a part of this friend group. and while they were greeting each other at the beginning of the friends reunion, you can truly tell how close they are with each other. and yes im crying as i'm writing this. this entire friend group just makes me so happy, 

4. do you guys remember at the end of each episode this pops up: 

does this name sound familiar? well it's  because these are the last names of three people that is kevin s bright, martha kauffman and david crane. david crane and marta kauffman actually created the series. i love that there is a meaning behind this end slate. i remember (i mean when i didn't know the meaning behind this, i watch friends everyday i wouldn't say i remember for that.) looking at this end slate and thinking about what it means and wondered if it was just some names of the producers and it definitely sounded familiar. it was revealed in the reunion about the end slate. 

5. i don't know if you guys noticed this but friends has always been on the top 10 list on netflix 

when the reunion first aired friends was on top 1 again. this is the thing that amazes me, after 27 years, it's still on top 10. im probably responsible for half of that. friends is my comfort show and i watch it all the time. i've seen all of the 10 seasons of friends 10 times. in 1 year. i know. 

6. im sure many of you have heard of this but friends was originally called Insomnia Café

 and six of one. (and so many other things) insomnia cafe sounds very weird and doesn't really make sense, and it was also called six of one because. there were six people in the group and all of them were one together. but the producers decided to go with friends. it's such a simple word, but because of this show the word "friends" is so popular, even when you search friends the definition of friends doesn't show up, what shows up is the tv show. and the show is just amazing, every aspect it is just beautiful. there's not only laughter but also tears. and how they all get through it together. 


7. david schwimmer was kept in mind when ross was written. i wasn't really surprised when i read this. you can tell david schwimmer and ross are very similar. 

david schwimmer had actually quit acting and he started acting in plays  He was also "fed up" with the industry after a bad experience on an unnamed, short-lived series he starred in. "I told my agents not to send me anything," he said. "I was in Chicago doing a play with my company [Lookingglass Theatre Company.] I got the call from my agent, and she said, 'Look, I know you told me not to send you anything, but there's a show I really think you should take a look at.'"
Schwimmer's agent went on to explain that the show was written by Marta Kauffman and David Krane, who wrote the pilot for a show he had previously auditioned for. "And I go, 'Oh, yes. I remember loving the writing.' And she said the magic words to me: 'It's an ensemble show. There's no star. There are six people, all similar age,'" Schwimmer revealed. "And I say, 'O.K., I'll read it, but I'm not going to do it.'" and so he loved the script, obviously how could he not its friends. the writers revealed some of this in the reunion. 

8. when the cast received their paycheck check,

 matt leblanc bought himself a nice hot dinner, where as courtney cox bought herself a car, when matt leblanc auditioned for friends he had 11 dollars in his pocket. and he had an injury where a thick piece of skin came out of his nose, and a huge scar was left on his nose. 

9. joey and monica were actually supposed to be the main couple

 but they ssw the chemistry between david and jennifer and they were the main couple and plus jen and david actually crushing on each other (I JUST CAN'T ANYMORE) so win win. but it would be interesting to watch joey and monica as a couple, how amazing would that be? but at the same time i love monica and chandler so... i guess it would be fun if they wrote monica and joey as a couple in one of the episodes. 

10. the opening credits were actually not shot in new york. i still can't believe this is true, i thought the opening credits was shot at a set or at central park. but it wasn't shot in new york, but fans can still visit it.  it was actually shot in los angeles


Before the series decided on the opening credits sequence, there was a plan to film the cast on a rooftop. The series was shot at Warner Bros. Studios, so the showrunners hoped the Los Angeles background could pass for New York City. The rooftop idea proved to be too expensive so the crew went searching for a backdrop around the studios' backlot. They came upon a fountain sitting in front of row houses that were originally built in the 1930s. The cast was then brought in and wound up filming the opener at four in the morning. They weren't exactly pleased with the cold conditions, especially when they had to jump in the water, but it turned out better than expected.
Even though Friends fans won't be able to visit the filming location of the opening in New York, they can still find in California. The iconic fountain can be seen during the Warner Bros. studio lot tour and visitors are even given the chance to take photos in front of it. Even more interesting is the fact that the same location was used for a scene in Hocus Pocus. The fountain can be seen in the movie which came out in 1993, a year before Friends premiered. Rather than act as New York City, this version of the fountain was supposed to reside in Salem, Massachusetts.

and how do i know all of this? well i did some research and read a ton of trivia books about friends. (not for writing this blog, because i find it fun) 
anyway that's it for this blog, i hope you guys liked it. i've wanted to write this from a long time but i've been putting it off because it takes such a long time, but i knew it was going to be worth it. and that's an ideal day for me, i could talk about friends all day and i did. i'll see you guys in the next one. caio! 

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

matthew perry is replaced in the new netflix movie "don't look up"? -by Neha

 As you guys know, there's a new movie called "don't look up" starring all the stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Timothe chalamet, Ariana grande, cate Blanchett, jonah hill, and Matthew perry... BUT GUESS WHAT, Matthew perry is now being replaced by someone else, 



I also wrote a blog about this a few weeks ago. here's the link if you guys wanna read it: https://krmadhukar.blogspot.com/2021/07/dont-look-up-netflix-movie-by-neha.html

 to be honest Matthew perry was the one who I was looking forward to, but Matthew perry is an amazing actor and, he was in my favorite tv show (and the really popular sitcom) "friends" obviously I like all the other actors too. I mean Leonardo DiCaprio was in my favorite movie (and the best) titanic. and he's my favorite actor and stuff but so are Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, and Matt Leblanc (right after Leo)

Netflix tweeted this tweet 2 hours ago:  

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I wrote this blog because I saw this tweet and I checked the cast of don't look up but in the cast, it says Matthew perry plays dan pawketty, but I did see an article that said Matthew perry was being replaced, and it also said that he did have a role in the movie but it was a smaller part. and he isn't in the trailer anywhere. so I'm still not exactly sure, don't take my word for it, but I think he probably won't be in the movie, but if he is, that will make me very happy. 
and we also just got the release date for the movie! it will be releasing on 24th December, yes! on Christmas eve. that sounds pretty exciting, and it's only 3 months away! 
wow, I can't believe it's almost been a year since I've seen (and loved) titanic for the second time. yes, I said the second time, click the link here if you want to understand what I exactly mean: https://krmadhukar.blogspot.com/2021/02/how-i-am-obsessed-with-titanic-by-neha.html 
that's it for this one, I hope you guys liked it, comment down below what you think about this movie and the trailer! ill catch you guys in the next one ciao! 

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

my opinions on la casa de papel a.k..a money heist

I'm pretty sure most of you know this tv show called "la casa de Papel" a.k.a money heist. 

this is a very popular tv series on Netflix which is originally in Spanish but I'm sure you guys have seen it in English.  
this is why I think that the tv show is called la casa de Papel (which translates to "the house of paper" in Spanish) because they raid the bank, and the bank is the place where they print money (in la casa de Papel) and that's why its called la casa de Papel. 
and the intro looks like the picture above. 

When Money Heist made its debut on Spanish television in 2017, nobody knew that three years down the line, it would become the most-watched non-English language series on Netflix globally. Created by Álex Pina, Money Heist has an ensemble cast comprising of actors like Álvaro Morte, Úrsula Coberó, Itziar Ituño, Pedro Alonso, Miguel Herrán, Jaime Lorente and Esther Acebo, among others. It was recently renewed for its fifth and final season by the streaming giant. It, however, debuted on Spanish network Antena 3 in 2017 as La Casa de Papel, which means The Paper House. It got the name Money Heist when Netflix acquired it for its international audience.
and it was also supposed to be a limited series with 2 episodes. but it had a lot to the story. 
and you guys must have seen the fifth season, but I didn't know that it was the last season until my dad told me.  
I started watching season 1 yesterday and I'm already on season 2 today... 
my dad used to watch it when it first came out in 2017, and he loved it (obviously) but I was also watching it with him before and I didn't like it, because I thought that there was a lot of violence. it is violent, but now that I'm older I feel like it wasn't just violence. there's also a lot of beautiful moments about life and family and friends, I love this show, it's my 3rd favorite TV SHOW. I meant tv show, not movie so the first is not titanic, if you guys can guess what my 1st and 2nd tv shows are, comment down below! 
that's it for this one, I'll catch you guys in the next one, ciao! 

he's all that might be the worst teen movie of 2021 so far?

he's all that is a new Netflix movie starring Addison rae, who is a huge tik tok star with over 83 million followers on TikTok. he's all that is a remake of the 90's teen hit film "she's all that"


(but the genders are reversed) starring Freddie Prinze jr. (who is also in this movie.) and Rachel Leigh cook (who plays the main character's mother in he's all that) Addison rae is good at dancing don't get me wrong, but acting just isn't for her, she looked emotionless when she was delivering lines that were meant to be emotional. I'm sure you guys have seen very bad reviews stating that this movie's cringy and bad...... 


and that's because it is. it is cringy and bad. he's all that is an exact retelling of she's all that. it wasn't needed. and nobody asked for it. and Kourtney Kardashian's also in it. it would've been better if Kourtney Kardashian was herself. the story follows Padgett swayer who is an influencer much like Addison Rae, and she specializes in makeovers, and she makes a bet to turn an unpopular classmate into prom king. and she falls in love with him. (no this is not a spoiler because it's revealed in the trailer) 
and YouTubers keep roasting this movie and well, to be honest, it's fun to watch. 
although it's cringy it's not all bad. there are some parts that are nice and sweet. 
and that's it for this one, I'll catch you guys in the next one, ciao! 


Saturday, August 14, 2021

Is Motovlog getting banned in India?? Yantralay Helmet mount setup for gopro.

Hello there... I have done 3-4 moto vlogs on my Youtube channel before. You could have noticed that the camera angle was slightly shifted or placed towards my left view. The reason being that I use modular helmets due to which I cannot mount the GoPro camera right towards the center on the helmet. But I found a solution recently on Youtube for attaching a GoPro camera without actually sticking it permanently on the helmet. You can just use the buckle clips provided by this particular mount. The product is from a company called Yantralay. You can buy it over here https://amzn.to/3xMbXNI 

However, there is news recently that in Kerala the helmet-mounted action camera setup has actually been banned. Watch my video to find out more. 

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

jennifer anniston and david schwimmer rumoured to be dating? -By Neha

 so one of my friends tagged me in a reel on Instagram. about this and 

OH. MY. GAWD. this was literally my reaction! 

well, I didn't know if it was actually true, but guess what...

AFTER 27 FREAKIN YEARS they're still rumored to be dating right now. so technically no one knows officially yet... but oh my freakin Gawd!!!



but I did see a lot of posts and blogs about them like actually rumored to be dating. so who knows! maybe they are, but all the friends fans cannot breathe. INCLUDING ME! 



I also saw a tweet from someone that said that they thought maybe Jennifer Anniston and Brad Pitt got back together and then she apparently saw a lot of blogs and Instagram posts about it too and now yeah Jennifer Anniston and David Schwimmer might be dating IRL! (in real life) and I also saw a lot of comments saying "they really were on a break!" and "he IS her lobster" "finally "the break" is over. and I really do hope it's true...

and these blog and Instagram posts were released about 3 hours and 5 hours ago. none longer than that. and the reason everyone thinks they may be dating is that according to a report they have been spending more time with each other at Jennifer's LA home and have grown closer than ever before. 

Jennifer Anniston and David Schwimmer had dropped a bomb that they had been crushing on each other during the first few seasons on friends. they revealed in the friends' reunion. and it seems like they've finally done something about it.  but both of them still haven't confirmed anything yet... 


Tuesday, August 3, 2021

what's wrong with blogger- By Neha

 you guys have probably seen thousands of posts explaining what blogger is the best platform and so much other stuff, but I'm sure you haven't read a lot of posts about some things that are wrong with blogger 

so now I'm going to talk about things that are likely wrong with blogger 

the first thing that I think is wrong with blogger is that it won't let you report blogs that contain abusive content or something against you, I tried to report a blog that had so much content against me but guess what, blogger wouldn't let me, it kept saying something about submitting another form, but it never gave me another form, blogger needs to fix this problem 



and the second thing that is wrong with blogger is that hello! PLAGIARISM ALERT!- I spoke about this topic in my other blog 

https://krmadhukar.blogspot.com/2021/07/talking-about-plagiarism-on-pretty.html - link to the plagiarism blog! and I also wanted to thank everyone, that blog has crossed over 3k views! thank you so much for making this possible! also, another thing should be cleared that i'm not hating on aybody, i'm just bring out the truth:) 

coming back to the topic there are so many blogs that are plagiarised nowadays, and they get so many views but well that is only because of the topic that was plagiarised and the views don't really matter 

and the third thing is that lack of high-quality content also, pay attention to the very real tradeoff between quality and quantity. There may be exceptions, but typically the well-researched original piece of reporting you spent three days writing is better than the genial shower thought.

and finally, the last thing I would like to say is that not keepjng on topic- now i know i've done this many times too and i literally did it in this blog-

but dont drift off the topic too much, it is very important that you come back to what you were speaking about. 


anyway thats it for this blog, i hope you comment down below and let me know what you guys think! 

i just want to inform this again, i'm not hating on anyone. 

ciao! 

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