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PEOPLE & ARTS Wednesday 21 august 2019
Could we be any more excited? ‘Friends’ fans nuts for merch

By LEANNE ITALIE In New York, tickets sold out
Associated Press in two hours for “The One
NEW YORK (AP) — See your with the Pop-Up” immer-
“Friends” on the big screen. sive experience in Manhat-
Deck out your place with tan. The monthlong pop-
“Friends” furniture. Wear up opens Sept. 7 and runs
your “Friends” as jewelry. through Oct. 6. It includes
Heck, buy the “Friends” Central Perk, props for pho-
Lego set and pretend it’s tos, and some of the iconic
for your kid. looks for Ross, Rachel, Joey,
If you’re a “Friends” super- Monica, Chandler and
fan, there are lots of ways Phoebe.
to celebrate the show’s “It’s for the ultimate
25th anniversary on Sept. ‘Friends’ fan,” Zarakas said.
22. “You can peek through
“It transcends genera- Rachel and Monica’s very
tions,” Maryellen Zarakas, famous purple door. You
a Warner Bros. senior vice can relax on Chandler and
president, said of the show Joey’s recliner.”
that ended after 10 sea- Lines have been around
sons in 2004. “Everybody the corner for the Central
still goes through growing Perk pop-up in Santa Mon-
up into your 20s when you ica, California. The Coffee
get your first job, your first Bean & Tea Leaf created
heartbreak, your first time a ‘gram-worthy “Friends”
your friends really become experience, orange couch
your family.” In this Sept. 22, 2002 file photo, the stars of “Friends,” David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew included.
The studio has partnered Perry, Courteney Cox Arquette, Jennifer Aniston and Matt LeBlanc pose at the 54th Annual There’s memorabilia from
Primetime Emmy Awards, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
with a range of companies Associated Press the sitcom and specialty
to celebrate the quarter- drinks named for its cast:
century mark. Here’s a look “It’s those really iconic mo- Lucas said. the stage where Phoebe The Rachel Matcha Latte,
at some of the fun: ments that people want to THE LEGOS performed “Smelly Cat.” The Joey Mango Cold
THE FATHOM EVENT see over and over again,” Is your brick building stuck There’s a brick-built coffee Brew Tea and The Phoebe
Fans broke Fathom Events’ Zarakas said. “That’s how in second gear? Maybe a machine, walls, a window Cookies & Cream Ice Blend
website, for about 15 min- the Fathom Event came Central Perk set will help. with the Central Perk logo, among them.
utes anyway, when tickets about.” It goes on sale Sept. 1 for TV studio light rigs, coffee The Coffee Bean did the
went on sale for three days Tom Lucas, a Fathom vice $59.99 at Lego stores and mugs, flowers and the fa- same pop-up in West Holly-
of movie house screen- president, said the idea on Lego.com. miliar low table. wood. Both end Friday.
ings of popular episodes. A was to “allow a group of The collectible set recre- The set came together with THE BLING
dozen episodes are hitting friends, for lack of a better ates the gang’s coffee the help of Lego fans who The moments, the one-lin-
movie theaters Sept. 23, word, to go together and shop and comes with fig- are asked each year what ers, the memories. You can
28 and Oct. 2. Each night enjoy it on the big screen.” ures of the six buddies, plus sets they’d like to see. have them all in accesso-
includes four “Friends” epi- Fathom has more than Gunther. “It’s the fans who really ries from the eco-conscious
sodes that have been new- 1,400 theaters on board. There’s a seating area, in- wanted to do a ‘Friends’ Alex and Ani. The brand
ly remastered in 4K from That amounts to well over cluding — YES — the couch, set,” Zarakas said. “When has created a seven-piece
the original 35mm camera 200,000 seats available an armchair and two other we heard about that we “Friends” capsule line of
negatives. There will also be each night, making it the chairs. were, of course, all in.” mostly charm bracelets to
never-before-seen extras. largest Fathom Event ever, Builders can construct THE POP-UPS mark the anniversary.q

‘A Dangerous Man’ is suspenseful, tightly written

By BRUCE DESILVA Pike, the dangerous man the two partners are other- shal Pryor Gregg is inves-
Associated Press of the title, catches the car wise profoundly different. tigating the torture and
“A Dangerous Man: An El- at a stoplight, smashes the Cole is a sociable fellow murder of a retired mar-
vis Cole and Joe Pike Nov- driver’s side window, drags who wears Hawaiian shirts, shal. When Gregg realizes
el” (G.P. Putnam’s Sons), the driver and his accom- can chuckle about him- the murder and Isabel’s
by Robert Crais plice out, and roughs them self and would be a hoot abduction are related, he
Joe Pike is about to climb up enough to give one of to hang out with. Pike is a pays Cole a visit and the
into his Jeep on Los Ange- them a concussion. scowling former Marine action ramps up.
les’ Miracle Mile when he But when the young sniper and an enigmatic This is the 17th Cole and
sees a man force a young woman, Isabel Roland, loner who doesn’t find Pike novel, putting it well
woman into the back seat is promptly kidnapped a much of anything to laugh past the point that many
of a waiting car. When the second time, it’s appar- about. crime fiction series be-
car pulls away from the ent something more than This time around, Pike come repetitive or other-
curb, Pike follows. a simple abduction is at drives the action with Cole wise lose their steam.
Fans of Robert Crais’ fine work. Pike, determined and medical examiner But “A Dangerous Man”
series of private eye nov- to solve the mystery and John Chen, another recur- suspenseful, fast-paced, This cover image released by
els featuring Elvis Cole and save the girl, calls his pal ring character, in support- tightly written and peo- G.P. Putnam’s Sons shows “A
Joe Pike can predict what Elvis Cole for help. ing roles. pled with compelling Dangerous Man,” by Robert
happens next in “A Dan- Although Cole and Pike As they search for Isabel, characters is one of Crais’ Crais.
gerous Man.” stand up for the underdog, Stetson-wearing U.S. Mar- best.q Associated Press