Entourage: Let's Blog It Out

By Mark La Monica

Flipping through the channels on the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend during a break in the Jets-Texans game, I came across "A Walk to Remember" on TBS. It's no longer possible to see that movie -- or even see a mention of the movie -- without laughing about "the incident" between Mandy Moore and Vincent Chase.

But, it did spark the desire to drop Volume 5 of the Entourage hot stove report.

* Adrian Grenier's band, The Honey Brothers, played at the Borgata the night after Thanksgiving. He then hosted the after-party at the Atlantic City casino's new club, mur.mur. Would've been nice to know that before I just wrote it.

* Watch The Honey Brothers' video for Some Of Them Are Nice Days. Grenier's mustache is classic.

Visit their MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/thehoneybrothers.

* Season 3 just debuted in Australia this past weekend. If you don't have HBO On Demand, perhaps you could vacation in Australia some time soon to catch up on any episodes you may have missed. Did you know Ari Gold is Australian for tsetse fly?

* The boys of "Entourage" co-hosted the 2nd annual Comedy Cares Celebrity Poker Tournament at Pure nightclub in Las Vegas on Nov. 18. Peep the pix.

* I think Ari-killer agent Adam Davies spent part of his offseason doing a commercial for Kay Jewelers. I'm not sure yet and their Web site doesn't give much detail, but it really did look like him in the commercial. More details later on that one. Davies, if you're reading this, since you screwed Drama out of representation at the end of Season Two, the least you could do is chime in here to confirm or deny this rumor.

By Mark La Monica

Think fans of this show aren't starting to long for new episodes? Even Boss friend Lil Jon can't stop sending me info for the next Entourage Hot Stove report.

It's getting out of hand, this offseason, but we're back with Hot Stove No. 4:

* Hinder is now my favorite band of all time. Not because of their music but rather because of their video for "Lips of an Angel." The angel in that video is Emmanuelle Chriqui, aka E's girlfriend Sloan. If you've been reading this blog for any length of time more than three minutes, you know my feelings toward Ms. Chriqui. If you've seen the video, or any photo of her, you know my feelings are pretty much on point. We'll forgive the lead singer of Hinder falling into the worst video cliche ever -- singing into a phone -- if it brings up more clips of Chriqui. Speaking of clips, watch Hinder's video for "Lips of an Angel" video.

* Beau Garrett, aka Fiona the vegetarian who slept with Vince non-stop for an episode or two, was in the November issue of GQ. It was just one of those one-page "Here's this hot chick in skimpy clothes with a few quotes from her" things, but she is a pretty hot chick . . . and the clothes covering her patoot were quite skimpy.

* This one is a few months past due, but I never watched "Shark" on CBS until last week. The show includes Sarah Carter, better known to "Entourage" fans as Cassie, the girl who voluntarily -- more impressively, without money exchanging hands -- had a threesome with Turtle and Drama in the Sundance episodes. Oh yeah, "Shark" is a pretty good show, too.

* After watching the E! True Hollywood Story on Jack Nicholson, I'm thinking Vincent Chase's has a bit of Jack in him. Just a bit. If this is an obvious observation that you've all made already, my apologies for not seeing it earlier. But, I didn't know too much about Jack until this show. Of course, Jack's golf club to the windshield incident was pure Drama. Keep an eye on E! for its next airing. (Hint: It won't be on until Saturday Nov. 25 at the earliest, based on their Web site's schedule.)

* Kevin Connolly's uncle, Pat, was struck by a van in Bay Shore last month. (Read the story here) He's reportedly doing OK, with no major injuries and no broken bones. Raise a glass and toast to his good health. I've chatted with him before for a story. He's a good man.

* I hung out on Queens Boulevard two weekends ago and had trouble not laughing about it.

* Some punk was driving a little too close to my rear bumper the other day. I channeled my inner Drama and yelled out to him, "Why do you find it necessary to drive UP my ass?" He kept driving. Clearly, he's not a fan of the show. Or maybe he is and knew he'd get his windshield smashed.

By Mark La Monica

The hot stove is heating up and we're still three months or so away from Season 3.5 of "Entourage."

Levittown friend 0-2-2 has been taking his cheap shots at me via IM of late, questioning the need for an "Entourage" offseason report. I repeatedly tell him to shut up, since this is the best show on television and I feel the need to treat my readers to some "Entourage" information when possible.

So here we go with Hot Stove Report No. 3:

* Medellin is going to happen! Javier Bardem is set to star in "Killing Pablo," the movie about notorious Colombian druglord Pablo Escobar. According to the Oct. 27 issue of Entertainment Weekly, Paramount just put the project into turnaround.

* Blog favorite Emmanuelle Chriqui was listed as No. 14 on the Young, Hot Hollywood list in the November issue of Maxim. Always nice to see her get some pub. Even nicer to see pix! Emmanuelle, you're still No. 1 on our list and that's all that counts.

* If you want more Chriqui, keep an eye on your local movie listings for the release of "After Sex." She's co-starring with Bai Ling (another "Entourage" cameo girl), Zoe Saldana and Taryn Manning in the edgy comedy that uses sex as a background to examine intimacy and vulnerability. Fellas, I know what you're thinking but I doubt it.