Inside Jennifer Aniston’s Unbelievable 2019 Journey – From Turning 50 to Shattering Instagram

Aniston turned 50 on Feb. 11, celebrating the occasion with a star-studded party at the Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles on Feb. 9.

Stars in attendance included Kate Hudson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Katy Perry, Courteney Cox, George and Amal Clooney, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Downey Jr., Ellen DeGeneres, Barbra Streisand, Keith Richards, Laura Dern, Demi Moore and Lisa Kudrow — as well as Aniston’s ex-husband Brad Pitt.

A source told PEOPLE at the time, “Basically, every single person who Jen loves attended. That included Brad,” adding, “the party was a celebration of Jen’s life.”

Aniston was on a private jet heading to Mexico with her pals (including Courteney Cox) when they were forced to turn around due to problems with the plane’s landing gear.

Aniston recounted the scary story, telling her friend Ellen DeGeneres, “We had to fly around for like 6 hours to dump the fuel, which still wasn’t occurring to me this might be because if we land badly, it will explode.”

All’s well that ended well, though, and Aniston managed to get herself and her friends to Mexico the next day. What a wild start to her 50th year!

Aniston starred alongside Adam Sandler in Murder Mystery on Netflix, marking the second film the pair have worked on together. They also starred in 2011’s Just Go With It.

The movie was a total success, breaking a record for biggest opening weekend for Netflix, after being watched by 30.8 million accounts.

Ah, Jen! Why do you toy with our emotions like this?! Aniston told Ellen DeGeneres in June 2019 that she would love to do a Friends reunion, frazzling many a fan.

In her own words: “Why not? You know what, because, listen, I told you this. I would do it.”

She didn’t stop there. “The girls would do it. And the boys would do it, I’m sure,” she said before adding, “Listen. Anything could happen.”

Turns out there are no real plans to reunite, other than in photos the cast posts on Instagram when they hang out.