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• Kate Mara Had A Big Week

  The next big breakout actress, formerly of 24, will be breaking out all over the place... Read More... Posted Apr 27 2009, 10:28 AM by Jake Kalish with | with no comments Filed under: 24, Entourage, Kate Mara, Brokeback Mountain, Iron Man 2, Nightmare On Elm Street

• Today in WTF: "Entourage" Wins A Peabody Award!

  No lie, these guys won an award that recognizes . . . "the most outstanding achievements in electronic media, including radio, television and cable." Read More... Posted Apr 02 2009, 12:29 PM by Olivia Purnell with | with no comments Filed under: Jeremy Piven, Entourage, Peabody

• Hold On To Your Balls, Tom Brady Will Be On "Entourage"

  As if you needed another reason to covet Tom Brady's life. Read More... Posted Mar 05 2009, 03:33 PM by Chenda Ngak with | with no comments Filed under: Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven, Entourage, Tom Brady

• Autumn Resser Heats Up "Entourage"

  It seems Entourage is stocking up on sweet and innocent these days: first Alexis Dziena brings a little love to the set, and now Autumn Reeser is joining the cast as a junior agent at Miller/Gold.  We're taking bets on how long it will be before La Reeser is steaming up her office.  After all, she's already well-versed in stripper fantasy sequences from her stint on The OC... Click through for the video after the jump... Read More... Posted Mar 03 2009, 03:00 PM by Lindy Parker with | with no comments Filed under: Entourage, Alexis Dziena, The OC, Autumn Reeser

• "Invasion" Star Finds Love on "Entourage"

  Remember Invasion, y'all?  ABC's attempt at Invasion of the Body Snatchers: The TV Show?  We feel like it might have done better if the plot hadn't involved a town that gets ravaged by a hurricane -- ABC yanked the promos immediately following the real life disaster of Hurricane Katrina.  Bad timing all around.  Regardless, in the few episodes we did see, we enjoyed Alexis Dziena as the elfin Kira Underlay. Turns out Alexis is joining the cast of Entourage... Read More... Posted Feb 16 2009, 05:45 PM by Lindy Parker with | with no comments Filed under: ABC, Entourage, Alexis Dziena, Invasion

• Today in Photoshoots: Jeremy Piven Tears It Up, and Audrina Patridge Takes It Off

  Good news: Audrina Patridge is just the model for this Divine Rights of Denim ad, and -- at least for now -- the world is safe from yet another clothing line designed by a cast member from The Hills.  Alledgedly, she did help "merchandise and style" the company's new spring/summer line, but we're not really sure what that means, and we can assume she just showed up and said, "Um, could they be skinnier?" Bad news: We find this ad kind of lame.  First, under no circumstances do we believe she's actually talking to anyone on the other end of that phone, and second, for reasons we can't fully explain, the jeans themselves put us in mind of a lightning screensaver. In other news, Audrina Patridge wasn't the only one posing for the cameras this week: Page Six Magazine published some publicity shots that Jeremy "human thermometer" Piven did for his short-lived stint in Broadway's Speed The Plow.  Seems Piven rejects the idea of mediocrity in all aspects of his performance...   Read More... Posted Jan 23 2009, 06:00 PM by Lindy Parker with | with no comments Filed under: Heidi Montag, The Hills, Jeremy Piven, Entourage, Audrina Patridge

• See Adrian Grenier's Band The Honey Brothers In Brooklyn This Saturday

  You know, if you live in the New York City area. We don't want you to make a special trip or anything. Because that might be expensive. And your car might break down. And then you might blame us. We don't want to deal with all that, we got enough problems. Click through for a Honey Brothers video... Read More... Posted Jan 21 2009, 11:33 AM by Jake Kalish with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Adrian Grenier, Entourage, The Honey Brothers

• Jeremy Piven’s Sushi Story Might Cost Him

  Jeremy, Jeremy, Jeremy, how did you not see this coming, buddy? Of course the producers of Speed-The-Plow are going to investigate your claim of mercury poisoning. Of course they’re going to try to sue your pint-sized ass for all the cash they loose on the play in the wake of your impromptu departure. Because let’s be honest . . . Read More... Posted Jan 08 2009, 01:26 PM by Olivia Purnell with | with no comments Filed under: Jeremy Piven, Entourage, David Mamet, Speed The Plow

• ABC Drama Based On LeBron James' Experience As A Hoops Prodigy Will Be Co-Produced By LeBron and Ice Cube

  They're calling it Friday Night Lights meets Entourage... Read More... Posted Dec 23 2008, 01:29 PM by Jake Kalish with | with no comments Filed under: ABC, Entourage, Friday Night Lights, Spike Lee, He Got Game, Ice Cube, LeBron James, Ray Allen, Black Jesus

• No One Believes Jeremy Piven Eats That Much Sushi

  The Broadway community has unanimously decided that J.Piv is an asswipe. Need proof? Read More... Posted Dec 22 2008, 04:00 PM by Olivia Purnell with | with no comments Filed under: Jeremy Piven, Entourage, David Mamet, Speed The Plow

• "Entourage": If Our Name Was [SPOILER], We Might Go With "Turtle" Too

  Jerry Ferrara, you old dog you. Not only do you manage to almost steal an episode where Vinnie's career actually sinks further down the drain -- totally didn't see that one coming! -- but then we actually learn what your character's real name is... Read More... Posted Nov 17 2008, 04:56 PM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: Entourage, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Jerry Ferrara

• Meadow and Turtle Are Actually Sitting In A Tree

  We're. Blown. Away. By the news that Jamie-Lynn Sigler, aka Meadow Soprano, is reportedly dating Jerry Ferrara from Entourage. As in, the kinda tubby dude who plays Turtle, the kinda tubby dude who hooked up with Jamie-Lynn Sigler, aka Meadow Soprano, this season on Entourage. Mind bending, right? Well, well done, Turtle/Jerry. For her part, Sigler says... Read More... Posted Nov 17 2008, 02:27 PM by Jake Kalish with | with no comments Filed under: Entourage, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Jerry Ferrara, Piven

• Ari Gold's Brother Josh Lyman To Run Obama White House

  President-Elect Barack Obama has asked Illinois Representative Rahm Emanuel to be his Chief of Staff, which for those of you who know nothing about politics, is a job that goes something like this: he'll be advising the President on who to have meetings with, brokering deals with the Congress, and shouting epithets at his homosexual assistant, who he's secretly in love with. Oh, wait, that last one might not be true, but it's an easy mistake to make, since not only was Rahm Emanuel -- who earned his stripes as a Clinton advisor in the '90's -- the basis for Bradley Whitford's character on The West Wing, but he's also the brother of Ari Emanuel, the real-life Hollywood agent that Marky Mark modeled Ari Gold after on Entourage. And just so's ya know: the real-life Emanuel family makes Josh and Ari look pretty damned reserved. Don't believe us? Click through for a peek at what we mean -- including a particularly satisfying confrontation between Rahm and newly deposed U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole. Read More... Posted Nov 05 2008, 12:20 PM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: Campaign 2008, Barack Obama, Entourage, The West Wing, Rahm Emanuel, Ari Emanuel

• "Entourage": So How Are They Gonna Bring Boobs Back?

  -- I can't let you go in there! You know there aren't any boobs! -- Hey, that's my line!   Is it possible that we are starting to like Entourage more now that it seems to be consumed less with its stars falling up and more with their averting failure and making good? Possibly; the show's growing more complex, and the comedy doesn't see  as hokey or jokey. And yet... it seems strange to us that we've gone so long without any big beautiful boobs popping up. There were a few out in the desert, but they weren't even in the same car as the boys. So we must ask: now that Ari's busy trying to make something of his business, and Vince is struggling to prove that he's an actual actor, are we gonna ever see the big naked breasts that made this show famous? We think perhaps... the question is how? Read More... Posted Nov 03 2008, 04:38 PM by Bryan Christian with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Entourage, Andrew Shue, Jason Patric

• "Entourage" Better Have Those TPS Reports Ready

  According to the Hollywood Reporter and last night's promo, Gary Cole will join the cast of Entourage... Read More... Posted Oct 27 2008, 03:37 PM by Jake Kalish with | with no comments Filed under: Entourage, Office Space, Gary Cole

• "Entourage": Ari Takes A Stand While Meadow Soprano Lends Turtle A Hand

  Admit it: he's kind of tug-worthy without that stupid hat, right?   Did we detect a note of meta in last night's exciting installment of Entourage? Y'know, the part where Vinnie was offered a role in a TV show by Frank Darabont, and someone said "It's not TV, it's Frank Darabont" and Vinnie and the gang were all kind of like "Ehhhhhhh..." Could HBO have possibly known that by the time this episode aired, their stock would be so far down through their disaster of a Sunday night (Entourage not withstanding) that cracking wise about being stuck for five years on a tv show that "wasn't TV" wouldn't be ironic, it'd be kind of sad? Maybe it's beside the point, because so much happened last night -- again, for like the 6th episode on a row -- that this was just one of many questions to flash through our mind. Number one:was that a daytime or overnight flight that the guys took back to CA from HI? 'Cause we kind of can't believe that any famous actress would jerk someone off in broad daylight like that, let alone Turtle. (Drama, we're with you on that one.) Read More... Posted Oct 27 2008, 02:17 PM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: HBO, Entourage, Jerry Ferrara

• "Entourage": It's Surprisingly Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday

  People be whining about this season of Entourage -- but we think they're totally missing the point. Seems to us that this is a show whose creators -- not to mention whose protagonists -- are starting to wonder where they're going, what they're doing with their lives, if there's an end to this constant quest for boobs and bucks, and if so, how to get there. To put it another way: are you gonna be interested in Vinnie Chase when he's 35, checking his hairline, and in the middle of a paternity suit? No; us neither. Read More... Posted Oct 20 2008, 04:12 PM by Bryan Christian with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Entourage, Jamie-Lynn Sigler

• Wake Up And Smile: Maybe We Got An "Entourage" Defection Too?

  Hey, you still like us, right?   Not everyone's digging on this (admittedly all over the place) season of Entourage like we are. Well, we got a theory about that, plus more news on a new CBS/YouTube agreement, the latest on the whole McCain/Letterman/Palin/Fey clusterfuck -- and The View not a nice place to work? For Star Jones? Never. Read More... Posted Oct 14 2008, 09:24 AM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: The View, John McCain, David Letterman, Tina Fey, Entourage, Sarah Palin

• Death Springs Eternal On "Entourage" And "True Blood"

  Don't worry, Sookie. I'm sure that Ari will get Vince that deal anyway.   We're suspending our weekly recaps of Entourage and True Blood today -- or at least, heavily amending them -- because we couldn't help but notice how last night, in some interesting ways, they were both kind of the same. Read More... Posted Oct 13 2008, 05:39 PM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: True Blood, Entourage, HBO Original Programming

• Mark Wahlberg to "SNL": That's Not Funny!

  So you know that sketch SNL did last week about Mark Wahlberg and some farm animals?  He doesn't approve. "Someone showed it to me on YouTube. It wasn't like Tina Fey doing Sarah Palin, that's for sure. And Saturday Night Live hasn't been funny for a long time.... I used to watch it when Eddie Murphy was there and Joe Piscopo and Bill Murray. I don't even know who's on the show now." Okay, so it's easy to criticize the buff rapper-turned actor-turned Entourage producer for missing the Joe Piscopo age of comedy, but as for this particular sketch? We actually kind of agree. Read More... Posted Oct 13 2008, 05:25 PM by Ben Kallen with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Mark Wahlberg, Saturday Night Live, Entourage, Sarah Palin, Andy Samberg

• Wake Up And Smile: Kim Kardashian Wins Argument With Jailbait-y Picture

  Hang on, are we going to jail for this?   Click through for the latest news on Kim, Dancing with the Stars, Entourage, Jason Statham, So You Think You Can Dance?, Smallville, 30 Rock -- and a Will and Grace spinoff? Read More... Posted Oct 07 2008, 09:33 AM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: Smallville, NBC, spinoffs, Dancing with the Stars, Kim Kardashian, Entourage, 30 Rock, The Graysons, Jason Statham, So You Think You Can Dance?, Snapple, Will and Grace, SoyJoy, National Enquirer

• "Entourage": Eric Roberts Is Vince's Psychedelic Shaman? Good Luck.

  Entourage took a trip this week.  'Cause they're fun guys! Get it, fun-gi? That's right, Ari, E, Vince, Drama, Turtle and of course Eric Roberts all hopped in the magic Winni and hightailed it out to Joshua Tree to ingest some of the juiciest lookin’ shrooms this side of Kentucky.  Turns out that in Entourage’s Hollyworld Eric Roberts is not only Julia’s bro, but also a purveyor of fine hallucinogens. Does that explain his presence in The Dark Knight? No. Read More... Posted Oct 06 2008, 05:25 PM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: Entourage, Seth Jacobs, magic mushrooms, psychelics, Eric Roberts

• "Entourage": Keep Your Friends Close

  Entourage seems to have dropped a bit of its goofy frat boy past and become the grown-up Hollywood insider comedy we’ve always wanted it to be.  That is not to say that we don’t enjoy seeing Drama shed a few man tears on The View, but last night’s episode was basically a master class in how flicks actually get green lit. Read More... Posted Sep 29 2008, 03:10 PM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: Entourage, Seth Jacobs

• "Californication": Wherein We Nibble At The Hand That Feeds Us

  Do you guys care about Californication? Yes, we know, right now they are paying the bills. (Thanks, guys.) But we really do want to know. 'Cause we sort of do, but maybe that's just in light of recent events that indicate that the show's isn't so much Showtime's middle-aged version of Entourage as it is David Duchovny's version of Curb Your Enthusiasm: a televisual delivery system for the most- and least-attractive aspects of the star's unruly id? In any event, last night Hank got a vasectomy... Read More... Posted Sep 29 2008, 02:11 PM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, Californication, David Duchovny

• Sunday-Night TV Party!

  Okay, so Friday night we get two guys debating over whose plan will fix the economy (answer: neither), and Saturday is mostly reruns because the networks assume you're out getting drunk. That leaves Sunday as the next big night for new shows and season premieres. So here are your many choices for Sunday-night viewing entertainment: Read More... Posted Sep 26 2008, 05:08 PM by Ben Kallen with | with no comments Filed under: HBO, ABC, CBS, The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Showtime, NBC, The View, Dexter, Family Guy, Mad Men, AMC, Entourage, Californication, David Duchovny, Desperate Housewives, The Amazing Race, 60 Minutes, Cold Case, The Amazing Race 13, Home Edition, Raquel Welch, Extreme Makeover Home Edition, The Unit, Extreme Makeover, Little Britain USA, Sunday Night Football, Brothers & Sisters

• "Entourage": Everyone Gets A Taste Of Gold

  Even real people!   If week one got us hooked, and week two reeled us in, then week three yanked us into the boat, cleaned us, gutted us, and turned us into Morton’s Fishfries™. (If that’s not a brand than it should be.) Read More... Posted Sep 22 2008, 04:08 PM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: Jeremy Piven, Emmys, Entourage, Seth Jacobs

• "Entourage": Will A "Gossip Girl" Revive Vinnie Chase's Career?

  In cae you guys had forgotten Leighton Meester's first appearance on the show... which we're pretty sure means you must be dead below the waist.   Hey, what's the only way to justify Vinnie's ditching an ongoing beach threesome and coming back to LA? How's about finally kicking it with the virginal pop-singer from Season One? (And if that don't work, how's a cast of thousands grab ya?) Read More... Posted Sep 15 2008, 10:28 AM by Bryan Christian with | with no comments Filed under: Gossip Girl, Mark Wahlberg, Entourage, Tony Bennett, Leighton Meester, Giovanni Ribisi, Lukas Haas, Carla Gugino

• The Weekly Rewind: Floating in a Sea of Television

  The new TV season is here, and so far it's going pretty well. None of the new shows have bowled us over yet, but that's okay, because we still have other things on our minds... such as politics, and stars' naked booties. Let's remember it all fondly with the highlights of the week. We gawked at the stars on the Video Music Awards, and examined what they were wearing. But we were glad host Russell Brand didn't offer Britney a drink. We saw far more than we should have of Julianna Margulies and Jessica Simpson. But Pam Anderson? We've seen it all before. Read More... Posted Sep 12 2008, 05:35 PM by Ben Kallen with | with no comments Filed under: Charlie Gibson, MTV, 90210, Barack Obama, Gossip Girl, Fringe, Dollhouse, 24, David Letterman, True Blood, Britney Spears, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Tina Fey, Entourage, Roger Ebert, Blake Lively, Paris Hilton, Pam Anderson, Shirley Manson, Russell Brand, Sarah Palin, Video Music Awards, Jessica Simpson, Julianna Margulies, Kanye West, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Marilyn Manson, The Wonder Years

• Does "Gossip Girl" Hate Blake Lively?

  Look, we get it: In a scene on last night's Gossip Girl, Serena was trying to sex up Dan by seductively eating a chocolate-covered strawberry she just happened to have with her on the Hamptons Jitney. But guess what? It's not so sexy when it's a humongous strawberry, especially when you film someone struggling to eat one in a tight shot from the side. We happen to think Blake Lively's very pretty, but this closeup of her is one of the most unattractive images of an attractive person we've ever seen. Where's this poor woman's agent? In the future, maybe she should be like Johnny Drama in the season premiere of Entourage, and refuse to be photographed from that side... while eating, anyway. Screenshots: TheRemoteIsland.com, from the CW PREVIOUSLY: Our Gossip Girl Archive Posted Sep 09 2008, 11:20 AM by Ben Kallen with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: CW (The CW), Gossip Girl, Entourage, Blake Lively, penn badgley

• A Haiku for the Return of "Entourage"

  Vinnie's hiding out   With babes on a beach. If that's   Failure, what's success?   Previously: Play Viking Quest: The Video Game A Haiku for the Return of Big Brother Posted Sep 08 2008, 11:25 AM by Ben Kallen with | with no comments Filed under: HBO, Entourage, Haiku Review, Haiku