Aniston to Sandler before kissing scenes: 'Oil up the beard'

When it came to their kissing scenes in Netflix's "Murder Mystery ," Jennifer Aniston had one requirement of co-star Adam Sandler.

"I did have him learn to oil the beard up a little bit," the actress said in a joint interview this week. "Conditioned."

Sandler said kissing his longtime friend on camera isn't all that awkward, except when his wife Jackie and children are on set encouraging him a little too much.

Adam Sandler arrives to the premiere of Netflix's film Murder Mystery, or "Misterio a bordo," in Mexico City, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (AP PhotoBerenice Bautista)

"The only awkward part is hearing my wife on the side going, 'Harder! Harder! Kiss her harder! Deeper!" he joked. "They (Jackie and the kids) watched the kissing. They love it. They love Aniston, and they want her to have good things and they say, 'Give her something nice.'"

"That was awkward," Aniston said.

"Murder Mystery" follows a longtime married couple who get framed for murder while they're unlikely guests on a billionaire's yacht in Europe. The movie premiered on Netflix on Friday.

American actor Adam Sandler jokes during a press conference for the Netflix film 'Murder Mystery' in Mexico City, Thursday, June 13, 2019. (AP PhotoCristina Baussan)

Asked what the movie gets right about marriage, Aniston said teamwork.

"Right, that when it's working good, it's teamwork," Sandler said. "I like that there was no question you and I, our characters, are together, even when we were not getting along. When it was going back and forth with being upset with each other it was never an option of saying, 'I don't know if I can handle this anymore.' It was more like, 'We've got to figure this out.' That's nice."

"Murder Mystery" is the second film for Aniston and Sandler, who've been friends for 30 years after meeting at a deli. The first was 2011's "Just Go With It."

Jackie Sandler and Adam Sandler arrive at the Los Angeles premiere of "Murder Mystery," at the Regency Village Theatre, Monday, June 10, 2019, in Westwood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan StraussInvisionAP)

The actors said knowing each other for so long makes their jobs on the set much easier.

"We like to laugh, like to enjoy, like to collaborate, and that just makes it really fun," Aniston said.

Sandler and Aniston are among the few celebrities who've chosen to stay off social media. Though Sandler has social media accounts, he said his friends handle his posts.

Cast member Jennifer Aniston arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Murder Mystery" at the Regency Village Theatre on Monday, June 10, 2019 in Westwood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan StraussInvisionAP)

Aniston said she doesn't think she'd be very good at it but that she also likes "the idea of keeping certain things private, to yourself."

She said she thinks privacy will eventually win out over the urge for likes and shares on social media.

"Why do people like 'Friends?' 'Friends' is still really loved and watched. They didn't have iPhones. They talked to each other. They connected. They communicated," she said. "It'll come back."

Cast member Jennifer Aniston arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Murder Mystery" at the Regency Village Theatre on Monday, June 10, 2019 in Westwood, Calif. (Photo by Jordan StraussInvisionAP)

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels on Saturday claimed shooting down another of the U.S. military's MQ-9 Reaper drones, airing footage of parts that corresponded to known pieces of the unmanned aircraft.

The Houthis said they shot down the Reaper with a surface-to-air missile, part of a renewed series of assaults this week by the rebels after a relative lull in their pressure campaign over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Bryon J. McGarry, a Defense Department spokesperson, acknowledged to The Associated Press on Saturday that “a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 drone crashed in Yemen.” He said an investigation was underway, without elaborating.

The Houthis described the downing as happening Thursday over their stronghold in the country's Saada province.

Footage released by the Houthis included what they described as the missile launch targeting the drone, with a man off-camera reciting the Houthi's slogan after it was hit: “God is the greatest; death to America; death to Israel; curse the Jews; victory to Islam.”

The footage included several close-ups on parts of the drone that included the logo of General Atomics, which manufactures the drone, and serial numbers corresponding with known parts made by the company.

Since the Houthis seized the country’s north and its capital of Sanaa in 2014, the U.S. military has lost at least five drones to the rebels counting Thursday's shootdown — in 2017, 2019, 2023 and this year.

Reapers, which cost around $30 million apiece, can fly at altitudes up to 50,000 feet and have an endurance of up to 24 hours before needing to land.

The drone shootdown comes as the Houthis launch attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, demanding Israel ends the war in Gaza, which has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians there. The war began after Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and taking some 250 others hostage.

The Houthis have launched more than 50 attacks on shipping, seized one vessel and sank another since November, according to the U.S. Maritime Administration.

Houthi attacks have dropped in recent weeks as the rebels have been targeted by a U.S.-led airstrike campaign in Yemen. Shipping through the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden has declined because of the threat. American officials have speculated that the rebels may be running out of weapons as a result of the U.S.-led campaign against them and after firing drones and missiles steadily in the last months. However, the rebels have renewed their attacks in the last week.

A Houthi supporter raises a mock rocket during a rally against the U.S. and Israel and to support Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, April. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)