Wow, in all my time at Splash, I have never seen Courteney Cox throw the cameras a truly genuine smile. But yesterday, the paps got a rare treat. The usually stern and quiet actress openly chatted with the awaiting snappers, as she exited from The Melrose cafe. She even joked that she no longer dined at Il Sole because she "was trying to get away from you guys". Unluckily, no one managed to notice Courteney's bruise in time, so we missed out the mystery behind her painful looking mark.

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