Jennifer Aniston and Courteney Cox apparently took the "Friends" theme song to heart.
In the spirit of The Rembrandts, "I'll Be There For You," Aniston spent Christmas Eve with her best friend and former co-star, who is still in the midst of a separation from David Arquette.
The two pals, who became BFFs while working on the hit NBC series, took comfort in each other during a holiday usually celebrated with relatives.
"Jen and Courteney are tired after a long year," a source told People.com. "They celebrated Christmas [with] each other and just focused on making things special for Coco," Cox's six-year-old daughter with Arquette.
Both Aniston, 41, and Cox, 46, spent much of 2010 unlucky in love. Aniston was linked in the gossip magazines to a number of men, from Gerard Butler to Jason Sudeikis, but no guy proved a match for the movie star. Cox and Arquette split shortly after their 11th anniversary in June, though it didn't become public until the fall.
Cox told Australia's TV Week in early November that she's been relying on Aniston as she copes with the fall-out of her separation.
"We just have fun, we laugh, we're inseparable and it's great," Cox explained. "It's funny, a lot of really close friends are kind of going through this right now or like Jennifer [who] has gone through it [with ex-husband, Brad Pitt]. I don't know what's going on in the planets or what, but things are being shaken up and I don't know what's going to happen, but, yeah, Jennifer has been amazing for sure."
The "Cougar Town" star also revealed to the publication that while she didn't "know what will happen" with Arquette, it was "not like we're getting divorced" - a statement that the People sources still say is true.
In fact, Arquette, 39, did spend some time with Cox and their daughter during the holiday, although sources told the site that the "Scream" actor is still struggling with the split.
Perhaps he could use a 'Friend' of his own.


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Many of us crave to look 10 years younger. However, a new research has revealed that we are not helping ourselves to stay youthful.

The study has revealed that unhealthy lifestyles are fuelling a premature ageing epidemic with the average woman looking more than four years older than their actual age, reports the Daily Mail .

According to a poll of 8,000 British women aged over 25, unhealthy habits, including smoking, drinking, eating junk food, using sun beds and not looking after skin, are making women look old.

The results indicated that modern lifestyles are having a detrimental effect on looks, making women look 4.25 years older than they actually were.

In this image-conscious age, the survey also uncovered that a quarter of women spend 10 minutes a day worrying about their ageing, adding up to two and half days every year.

Recently, Jennifer Aniston, 41, topped the list of celebrities who looked best for their age, while Amy Winehouse, 27, was voted the celebrity who looks the worst for her age.

Women in the North East are ageing the fastest, feeling that they look an average of six years older than their years, which is no surprise considering they also smoke and drink the most, use sun beds and a third regularly go out in the sun without wearing any protection.

While scientists did not analyse participants' skin, the group were asked what age they felt they looked.
The questions revealed that one in five don't use moisturiser, 40 per cent regularly go out in the sun without any SPF protection, a quarter eat junk food two to three times a week and the average woman drinks 448 units of alcohol and smokes 894 cigarettes a year.

Dr Ravi Jain, from the Riverbanks Clinic, in Bedfordshire, said his mantra was to stub out the cigarettes and wear sun protection every day.

He also encouraged drinking lots of water and eating berries to stop going over the hill prematurely.

"Collagen production in our skin naturally slows as we age, with a loss of about a third of collagen normal by the age of 45 causing a reduction of facial volume and the appearance of wrinkles and folds," he said.

"However, smoking, alcohol consumption, sun damage, poor diet and even a lack of exercise can accelerate collagen breakdown and cause us to age prematurely," Dr Jain added.

For a third of the women who took part in the poll, by collagen replenishment treatment Sculptra, the biggest concern was looking less attractive, while one in 10 people aged 25 to 30 were anxious their partner would leave them.

One in ten women aged 51 to 55 said they agonised about looking like their mother.

Around one in ten women, who were aged between 25 and 66, said they would have an injection to look young, while nine percent would opt for plastic surgery and 66 per cent would fancy a makeover to help them shave off the years.

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JENNIFER Aniston, Julia Roberts, Halle Berry, Drew Barrymore and Jessica Simpson are said to have tried it. Los Angeles Lakers basketball coach, Phil Jackson, believes it helped him secure three national victories. These celebrities are talking about the latest craze -- feng shui beauty. It relates to hairstyle, in particular.

It has apparently even caught on in Malaysia.

Hairstylist Alex Lim believes that a person's hairstyle can significantly change their life, for better or worse.
"In my 27 years of dealing with clients and through close observation, I've seen all sorts of characters, more often than not it's reflected through their hairstyle.

"So, it's impossible to overlook or deny the fact that one's crowning glory can greatly impact one's life.

"I've read and learnt about face feng shui for many years, and realise that hairstyle plays just as important a role in bringing in good energy and warding off bad energy."

About five years ago, when Lim discovered the correlation between face, hair and lifestyle, he experimented his theory on clients.

"When I offered free hair feng shui reading to women and men who walked into my salon, many were taken aback. Some were even a bit apprehensive.

"Based on their hair texture, it was simple to read their personality, character and the lifestyle they lead.

"I then advised them on the hairstyle and colour they should have to look more appealing, be more approachable and improve their quality of life.

"Basically, the key is to find a hairstyle that complements the face and balances a lifestyle," says Lim, the founder of La 'Mode Coiffure.

Hair texture can be categorised as fine, medium, coarse, curly, straight or a combination of types.

Knowing the texture of a person's hair is the most important aspect of getting to the root of the problem.

"For instance, if a person has very thick and coarse hair, rebonding is essential. People who have this hair texture usually face struggles in life.

"They would most probably have had to work their way up all by themselves. And even when they are in top management positions, more likely they would still find themselves facing stressful situations.

"Those with coarse and long hair will find themselves facing a lot of obstacles in life because their hair constantly weighs them down, so cutting it short is the best way to have things come by more easily in life," says Lim, who was recently named Asia's top fashion hair stylist of 2010.

Those with fine hair have their share of problems, too, he claims.

"Generally, people with fine hair have it much easier in the later years of their life. As they age, their lifestyle gets better.

"Unfortunately, during their early years, these people tend to over think matters and worry unnecessarily.

"People with fine hair tend to stress over what other people think or say about them.

"Although they may have a good life already, they still worry way too much. For them, a perm is best."

For those with fine to medium textured hair with natural curls, life is one speed bump after another.

However, Lim says, feng shui is all a matter of choice.



"There are many ways to enhance and improve your quality of life. It's merely a matter of having the willingness to change areas that are bringing in bad energy, when it should be bringing in good chi.

"And once you've styled your hair in a way that enhances your lifestyle, you don't have to stick to that one particular look.

"There are many, many different looks that can fit one person."

Is it the same for men? Most definitely, Lim says.

"For men, it's more difficult to change hair styles as there is only texture and colour that can be altered.

"You can't expect men to keep long hair or try to hide their jawline, especially if they're in the corporate sector.

"But once they know what hair texture balances their life, it's much easier to play around with style and colour.

"Balding men should find out why they are losing their hair. If it's not hereditary, it could be that they are too stressed.

"Maybe they need to take a break and relax a little."


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