LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux are separating after two and a half years of marriage.

The couple said Thursday in a statement to The Associated Press released through a publicist that the decision to split "was mutual and lovingly made at the end of last year."

The couple said they are making the announcement publicly "in an effort to reduce any further speculation."

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux released the following statement Thursday through spokesman Stephen Huvane:

NEW YORK (AP) — New Year's Eve is the party of the year, so what's on the playlist of Neil Diamond? How about Amy Adams?

We asked celebrities for their ideal jams to ring in 2017:

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OCTAVIA SPENCER: "I love Katy Perry Roar. Roarrrrrrr. Oh ah ah ah ah."

WILL SMITH: "I want to be moved physically by the music, so Calvin Harris would be up in that kind of tempo, joy, energetic range."

JENNIFER ANISTON: "I let Justin Theroux take care of the music. We hear a lot of Steely Dan."

Jennifer Aniston says she spoke out against tabloid culture because she "has worked too hard in this life and this career to be whittled down to a sad, childless human."

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Courteney Cox wants people to leave the name of her close friend and former "Friends" cast mate Jennifer Aniston out of any discussion about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's divorce.

Aniston and Pitt divorced in 2005 after five years of marriage.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — #Brangelina may be the top trending hashtag Tuesday, but Jennifer Aniston's face is the one saturating social media.

Aniston memes of all kinds were the Internet's response to the Tuesday morning announcement that Angelina Jolie Pitt had filed for divorce from Brad Pitt.

The couple fell in love during the making of 2005's "Mr. & Mrs. Smith," when Brad Pitt was still married to Aniston.