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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

New Behind the Scenes of the first Episode

Music Episode 1 Season 7

Music

Big Boi - Shutterbugg
(Show opening)

Hugo - Bread & Butter
(Vince filming holding a gun)

Postive Force - Skeleton
Vince dazed, Turtle gets E on the Phone

Diplomats of Solid Sound - Hurt Me So
(Turtle walking with Alex at Airpot)

Taddy Porter - Mean Bitch
(Ari interupts Nicks poker game)

Shawn Anthony ft Aqua - Rough Out Here
(Boys sit by the pool)

The Windmill Vandals - Slow Motion
(Vince Prepares for a stunt)

Taddy Porter - King Louie
(Vince attempts the stunt for the new film)

Gang Starr - Above the Clouds
(End Credit)

Eminem on Entourage

Eminem will help close out the seventh season of HBO's "Entourage" with a guest spot on the cable hit's finale. According to Entertainment Weekly, the rapper will appear as himself on the show, celebrating the success of his real-life album, Recovery, with a blow-out bash. Show creator Doug Ellin told EW that some drama will go down between Em and Adrian Grenier's character. "He has a little conflict - a little beef - with Vince," said Ellin.

RapRadar.com also posted a photo of Em shooting the scene, which features the hip-hop star in the foreground as a gigantic First Aid sign - which is part of the artwork for Recovery - looms above a crowd of actors and crew members.

Even though Recovery dropped just last week, Ellin is confident that the album will be a smash. Ellin told EW that the Eminem scene is set "at a platinum record party for his album, which by the time this airs [on September 12] will be platinum, I'm sure."

Em's "Entourage" guest spot also probably means that everything is cool between the hip-hop star and the show's executive producer Mark Wahlberg, with whom Mathers shared a famously tense appearance with the beefy rapper-turned-actor on MTV's "TRL" in 1999.
Christina Aguilera will also appear on the "Entourage" finale as a client of Ari Gold. "She's doing Ari a favor and performing at a party for him," Ellin said. The season seven send-off is shaping up to be a star-packed episode as John Cleese, Minka Kelly, and professional athletes like Super Bowl MVP Drew Brees and more are set to appear.

Monday, June 28, 2010

Entourage - Ep1.S07

I thought that was pretty shit. I rewatched that episode a couple of times, and I don't think there was a single joke? Whats the deal with that.

The Bads

- Too many story lines going on, and none of them had any substance(I know its only the first episode, but they should focus on two storylines and work on them to fill in the show for 30min). They tried to pack too much into this episode, and everything went by too quick.

- Ari seems so bored. How many times do we have to hear "I'm the biggest agent in the world" "I can do whatever" " I have no competition"

*If the creators of Entourage learned nothing from Vince McMahon, is that you need competition to create interests and in turn gets *YOU* to work harder to beat your competition.

- E, was he even on?

- Turtle business was cool, but again, they should designate two story arcs in each episode and have them somehow relate(well, you don't have to)

- Vince, great to see Vinny back on set. But that stunt thing was lame, and I feel bad because I know how hard those people worked on that(I watched the behind the scene video). But it was so lackluster, but what can you expect...HBO doesn't wanna spend money on Entourage and in turn creates shitty episodes.

What did you guys think?
I rewatched the first couple of season, amazing. I miss the good ol days.

Friday, June 25, 2010

'Entourage's' Jeremy Piven: 'I'm not Ari Gold' - latimes.com

'Entourage's' Jeremy Piven: 'I'm not Ari Gold' - latimes.com


By Greg Braxton, Los Angeles Times

June 26, 2010




Ari Gold, the ruthless Hollywood player of HBO's "Entourage," commandeers his agency's conference room with his typical force-of-nature bravado. No longer content with being the planet's most successful agent, he outlines a bold plan for conquest.

"I'm bringing an NFL team to Los Angeles!" he proclaims before warning his underlings to keep quiet about the high-level negotiations with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones: "I'm not threatening your jobs, I'm threatening your lives! I'm serious."

Moments later, Hurricane Ari had blown over. Jeremy Piven, who portrays the uber-agent, walked off the set and settled in behind the show's creator, Doug Ellin. Gold's brashness stands in stark contrast to Piven's low-key, thoughtful demeanor.

"Everyone needs an outlet, and playing Ari feeds my adrenaline junkie," he said softly. "But I'm not Ari. I don't think he would have the patience for an actor like me."


As "Entourage" enters its seventh and penultimate season Sunday, Piven is moving at full foul-mouthed throttle in the role that has scored him three consecutive Emmy awards as outstanding supporting actor in a comedy. Though the show theoretically revolves around the struggles of up-and-coming movie star Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) and his posse of friends from their New Jersey neighborhood, the 45-year-old Piven has emerged as the show's not-so-secret weapon and its most recognizable star.

He's particularly pumped that Ari, who always seems to land on his feet despite his often risky maneuvering within the Hollywood fast lane, will hit a few walls this season. "He's incredibly reckless and will be taken down," Piven said. "He's drunk with power. I love it. It's what continues to give this show its edge. We're going to show what happens to a person when they have success and wealth, and it's still not enough."

But whatever comeuppance Ari Gold receives in the show's final two seasons, the overpowering character will have enough juice left for a planned "Entourage" movie. In fact, Piven may become so closely identified with the role that he may find the Ari aura hard to shake — some of his recent films such as "Smokin' Aces" and "The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard," did not exactly set the box office on fire.

But for now, Ellin is concentrating on Season 7 and he's particularly pleased with Gold's story line and Piven's performance. "Jeremy is so great, and has been great since the beginning of the series," he said. "He's always up to whatever I give him. The more pressure I put him under, the more he excels."

Though Piven assures fans that Ari will still have plenty of fictional slings and arrows to fire this season, he's still a bit stung by the real slings and arrows aimed at him over his controversial exit from the critically acclaimed Broadway production of "Speed-the-Plow" in 2008. Piven abruptly left less than two months into the production after his doctors said he was suffering from mercury poisoning brought on by the heavy consumption of fish and sushi for decades.

Even though Piven had received rave reviews for his performance in the David Mamet play, some observers thought the actor was lying. Any illness, critics charged, came from an overactive dating and night life. "My understanding is that he's leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer," Mamet said at the time.

The suggestion that he was faking his illness in order to ditch a demanding role still hurts Piven, who in addition to "Entourage" has appeared in several TV series ("Cupid," "The Larry Sanders Show") and films ("Old School," "Runaway Jury"). It hits particularly hard given his theater roots — his parents founded the Piven Theatre Workshop, which was the training group for noted performers John and Joan Cusack, Rosanna Arquette and many others. (A professional arbiter ruled last year that the actor did not breach his contract by leaving the play.)

"That talk really did hurt," Piven said. "I grew up in a family that dedicated its life to the theater. There's the truth and reality, and there's the spin and perception. There was this misconception that the Hollywood boy tried to do Broadway not realizing what it was. Doing Mamet on Broadway is the Holy Grail. If anyone thinks I would take something like that for granted, they've got the wrong guy."

But he chose not to speak out and publicly defend himself: "I didn't retaliate, decided to take the high road. Now I think I did the wrong thing in doing that."

He knew early on in the production that he was very sick and was suffering from the Epstein-Barr virus, a debilitating illness characterized by fever, aches and extreme fatigue. There were times when he was on stage that the pain was so intense that he could barely see.

"My body was literally trying to survive," Piven said. "I was in bed every day until the moment I hit the stage. As soon as I was offstage, I was in bed. I never had a drop of alcohol."

Finally, his doctors told him that if he continued, he could die.

Piven, who has since adjusted his diet, said he is now focused on bringing balance to his life — and being the best Ari Gold he can be.

"I'm dedicated to my health and to getting into the best shape of my life," he said. "I want to deliver work I'm proud of."

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Two NEW ENTOURAGE CLIPS!!

OBVIOUSLY SPOILERS IF YOU WATCH!
Drama - Ari - Lloyd




Turtle and Lim"Hoes"(We'll see how this works out, but I'm already rolling my eyes)


Monday, June 21, 2010

Billy Walsh!!!!!! BACK!!!!!!!!


My favourite character will be back this season according to an article in the WSJ

What do you guys think.

Hate or Love Walsh?

Want him back for 1 episode or more?

Doug Ellin Interview with WSJ



By Jon Friedman

Doug Ellin, the creator and executive producer of HBO’s hit series “Entourage,” still gets a kick out of directing episodes of the show, which will launch its seventh season on June 27. And he still dreads the task of writing the scripts because -– as any writer will tell you -– it’s hard work.

When I caught up with Ellin late last month on the set of “Entourage” in Culver City, he was good-naturedly kvetching about the task at hand. “I still have two scripts to write,” he said in an interview (see video below) He added: “I hate writing so much, I try to avoid it.”

That would come as a surprise to the legion of “Entourage” fans who have to come enjoy the lively dialogue between the four pals at the core of the show, Vince (Adrian Grenier), E (Kevin Connolly), Johnny Drama (Kevin Dillon) and Turtle (Jerry Ferrara). Plus, the ever-combustible agent, Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven), has morphed into one of the most recognizable characters on the tube.

One of Ellin’s skills is finding time to develop each character’s personality in only 30 minutes on each show. “We pack a lot into a half-hour,” he said proudly.

Ellin has also created popular and familiar guest roles, especially the crazy-director Billy Walsh (Rhys Coiro). “Everyone’s asking me about Billy,” Ellin said.

Fans of the show, numbering people who work in the entertainment industry and those who are outside of it completely, both marvel at the perfect pitch of “Entourage.” The show has a knack for holding a mirror up to the mercurial ways of Hollywood.

That is by design, Ellin stresses. He understands the vicissitudes show biz. “One minute. you think you’re on top of the world,” he pointed out – and the next, you’re leaving town.

By Hollywood standards, “Entourage” has defied the odds in its longevity. So far, the core players have remained on the show. There have no reports of disruptions on the set or major conflicts. It is a happy, informal set.

Ellin nodded when I told him how I was struck by the relaxed nature of the “Entourage” atmosphere. That is also by design, he emphasized. The key is working with “grounded people who don’t get sucked in” by the fast lane of Hollywood.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Puff Daddy & Lenny Kravits & Jerry Jones(Dallas Cowboys Owner)


TVGuide.com reports that Combs will play a potential investor in Turtle's (Jerry Ferrara) new business.

Kravitz will play a client whom Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven) is urging to star in a film.

The episodes will air on American television in August.

The castings were first reported by Entertainment Weekly.

Friday, June 18, 2010

"Old habits die hard... Ari can't help but abuse... everybody" -Rex Lee

"It's what we live for, to be able to make great illusions. The thing about 'Entourage' is everything we do is realistic. We go to the real places, we shoot on location. We get the real people. It's a perfect marriage between fact and fiction." -Adrian Grenier

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Plot Synopsis for the first 4 episodes. SPOILERS!

79 1 "Stunted" Doug Ellin Doug Ellin June 27, 2010 701
In the season premiere, the director of Vince’s latest action film talks his star into doing his own driving stunt, agitating both Eric and Ari. Turtle’s attraction to an underperforming employee named Alex threatens to damage his fledgling carservice business. Ari looks to add to his resume as “the biggest agent in the world” by eying an alliance with the NFL. Worried that his holding deal is about to expire, Drama pressures Lloyd, now his agent, to land him a project.

80 2 "Buzzed" Tucker Gates Ally Musika July 11, 2010 702
In the midst of a public relations crisis over Vince’s movie, Ari has a face-to-face with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and other top NFL figures, and gets unexpected help from black-sheep agent Lizzie Grant (Autumn Reeser). At Vince’s behest, Eric agrees to help Drama find the perfect script. Turtle ends up with egg on his face when he accuses Alex of maxing out his corporate credit card. Sporting a bold new look, Vince takes his risk-taking proclivities to new heights.

81 3 "Dramedy" Ken Whittingham Doug Ellin July 18, 2010 703
Envisioning the possibilities in a partial script written by an old-school scribe, Eric and Phil try to convince Drama that he has talent on the sitcom front. Ari resists Barbaraʼs urgings to have Lizzie promoted at TMA. With his car-service business in shambles, Turtle is intrigued by a business proposal from a suddenly sympathetic Alex. Scott Lavin continues to ingratiate himself with Vince following a wine-auction road trip, rankling Eric in the process.

82 4 "Tequila Sunrise" Adam Davidson Doug Ellin July 25, 2010 704
Turtle gets a south-of-the-border business pitch from Alex, but has a hard time believing he isnʼt being used. Drama enlists Bob Saget to help him smooth out a rough first impression with John Stamos, a potential sitcom co-star. Ariʼs euphoria after making an NFL pitch to a group of Hollywood high rollers is tempered when he learns that Lizzie may be siphoning off some of his prized clients. Eric and Scott patch up their differences with an eye on Vinceʼs future – and the shared success of their company.

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Entourage Movie?

We've all heard it...being promised that a film will come out of your favourite television show(with its original cast, not like the string of shitty films based on tv shows ie Dukes of Hazards)

Anyways, the list goes 24, Arrested Development, SATC, Skins, etc

Now the boys behind Entourage are looking to end off with a film...

Mark Wahlberg(producer & whose own Hollywood back story inspired this show) has stated that he's working on developing a film.

"I am more focused on making that movie than my own films," Wahlberg told MTV News, exhibiting all the passion of Jeremy Piven's energetic talent agent, Ari Gold. "I just think we can make a great movie. I think people always wanted [it] and have complained that the episodes are too short — they've always wanted more. I think we're going to do it. We just have to end strong, and this season is, by far, the best season so far."

Over the course of six seasons, "Entourage" has covered a lot of ground: Vinnie has gone from rising star to leading man (with the world's highest-grossing blockbuster among his credits), only to see the work dry up, going from out-of-work actor and back to emerging star once again. It's been quite the journey. So what story line could an "Entourage" movie explore? Wahlberg offered up one particularly memorable scene, though it had nothing to do with Vinnie.

"In the trailer, you see [Ari and his associate, Lloyd] waking up together in Vegas not knowing what happened," Wahlberg imagined. "It would be pretty cool!"

If that's not enough to sell you, then "Entourage" probably isn't your cup of tea. But Wahlberg's enthusiasm for the project was palpable. He's already considering making a cameo in the film: "Possibly, yeah. I've been on the show so many times, and we've got some great cameos coming up this year. It's getting pretty good."

Saturday, June 5, 2010

Spoilers for the first 2 episodes of Entourage

Here's a brief summary of the next two episodes of Entourage Season 7

Episode #79: “Stunted”

Debut: SUNDAY, JUNE 27 (10:30-11:00 p.m. ET/PT)


The director of Vince’s (Adrian Grenier) latest action film talks his star into doing his own driving stunt, agitating both Eric (Kevin Connolly) and Ari (Jeremy Piven). Turtle’s (Jerry Ferrara) attraction to Alex (Dania Ramirez), an underperforming employee, threatens to damage his fledgling car-service business. Ari looks to add to his resume as “the biggest agent in the world” by forging an alliance with the NFL. Worried that his holding deal is about to expire, Drama (Kevin Dillon) pressures Lloyd (Rex Lee), now his agent, to land him a project.

Written by Doug Ellin; directed by Doug Ellin.

_______

Episode #80: “Buzzed”

Debut: SUNDAY, JULY 11 (10:30-11:00 p.m.)



In the midst of a public relations crisis over Vince’s movie, Ari has a face-to-face with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and other top NFL figures, and gets unexpected help from black-sheep agent Lizzie Grant (Autumn Reeser). At Vince’s behest, Eric agrees to help Drama find the perfect script. Turtle ends up with egg on his face when he accuses Alex of maxing out his corporate credit card. Sporting a bold new look, Vince takes his risk-taking proclivities to new heights.

Written by Ally Musika; directed by Tucker Gates.

Friday, June 4, 2010

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

New Entourage Trailer

Here's a link to a new trailer that has actual footage for the upcoming season of Entourage

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQTLvU725fA&feature=youtube_gdata



Some highlights

We actually see Vince on set. Apparently a director is pushing for him to do his own stunts for a pretty cool looking action film

Ari is one of the biggest agents in the world, seems like he's going to become an owner of a sports team. Looks like it's the cowboys.

Turtle has started LimHoes and might have found a new love

E is just E

Drama looks to be struggling to have a show picked up. Seems like he wants to start to pitch his own idea, better not be a show about their lives.

Enjoy





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