Entourage: Let's Blog It Out

By Mark La Monica

Props to Jeremy Piven for winning another Emmy for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy. No props to the sportsbook at Mandalay Bay for not letting me bet on the Emmy Awards.

That cost me $50. Of course, it also prevented me from losing $50 on Best Comedy, seeing how "30 Rock" bested "Entourage" and others for that award. (Note: "30 Rock" is a fantastic show. Alec Baldwin is ridiculous. Tina Fey is hot. What else do you need?)

I had no doubt in Piven winning, even with the deserved inclusion of Kevin Dillon as a first-time nominee this year. I was all set to drop some coin on Piven, then go into full-on Ari Gold mode upon collection of my winnings. I never even got the chance. Lloooooooooooyd!

What kind of world do we live in where you can't bet on the Emmy Awards? I mean, really. Sure, it's the Emmys, not the Oscars. But at least we're talking primetime Emmys, not those awful daytime Emmys.

Whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, they say. I say, whatever isn't allowed to happen in Vegas gets written about here.

(P.S. As to why this didn't get written about here until a week after the Emmys, well, my Vegas Vacation didn't start until Emmy Sunday and didn't end until much later in the week.)

By Mark La Monica

We gave you categories. We gave you nominees. You voted. Now, we give you the winners of the Season 4 Joshie Awards, honoring excellence in "Entourage."

Best Johnny Drama Moment

We knew it once we saw it for the first time, but in the interests of democracy, we provided a few other options. It didn't matter. Drama in the bunny suit with the furry smoked the competition with 46.9 percent of the vote.

Best Random Hot Chick

This was a hotly contested battle, but eeking out the win by two votes was Kat, Billy Walsh's girlfriend. She squeaked by the village girl from "Medellin" (played by Sofia Vergara), 29.2 percent - 28.7 percent. Anyone else interested in seeing those two battle it out in an "I Demand a Recount!" no disqualification match on Monday Night Raw?

Best Storyline

It seems the personal life of Ari Gold struck a chord with people besides me. With 36.8 percent of the vote, Ari Gold doing whatever he can to get his kid into private school won this Joshie.

Best Location

No shocker here. Cannes stuffed the other nominees in a crepe and hit them with a baguette . . . and 53.8 percent of your votes.
Cannes (161 responses)

Best Guest Star

No doubt fueled by his brilliant performance in the final episode, Adam Goldberg (Nicky Rubinstein on the show) stormed past Anna Faris for this Joshie. "Line up some rails, we're celebrating!" with 34 percent of the vote, compared with Anna Faris' 26.5.

Best Character You Want to See More of

Sexy lingerie scenes vs. sexy powerful business woman scenes. It's a tough decision, evidenced by Mrs. Ari's five-vote win over Dana Gordon for this Joshie. Final margin: 31.7 percent to 30.3 percent.

Best Overall Performance

Not even close! Ari Gold set a Joshies record with 83.7 percent of the vote.

Best Ari Gold Moment

Despite the sketch on the dashboard, Ari lying to Lloyd's boyfriend Tom brought home 31.3 percent of your votes for this Joshie.

Best Scene

We knew it once we saw it for the first time, but in the interests of democracy, we provided a few other options. It didn't matter. Drama in the bunny suit with the furry smoked the competition with 34.2 percent of the vote.

Best Episode

We knew it once we saw it for the first time, but in the interests of democracy, we provided a few other options. It didn't matter. "The Day ----ers," aka the bunny suit/furry episode, smoked the competition with 42.4 percent of the vote. Honorable mention to "Sorry, Harvey" and its 36.7 showing in the polls. Turtle's Harvey impersonation still makes us laugh.

Recap these and the inaugural Joshies.

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By Mark La Monica

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By Mark La Monica

Named after an epic Ari Gold moment, the Joshie Awards salute excellence in "Entourage."

We picked the categories and the nominees and it's up to you to vote for the winners of the second round of Joshies, based solely on Season 4. (The first round incorporated Seasons 1-3.5, mostly because I didn't think of the idea until then.)

Below, you will find 10 categories, each in their own individual blog post. The voting begins as soon I hit the save button and lasts until noon Sept. 12. On Friday, Sept. 14 at 2 p.m., we'll announce the Joshie Award winners. Now get to voting (and vote as many times as you wish.) Victory!

He's Johnny Drama, king of the meltdown and the outrageous antics and comments.

Best Johnny Drama Moment
• On the beach with Jacqueline
• Getting painted by Gary Busey
• Losing out on Lisa Rinna in the hot tub
• As a soldier storming Pablo Escobar's home in "Medellin"
• In a bunny suit with the furry
• Kicking people out of his condo
• Trying to get a medical marijuana card and then bugging out

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting.

Is it possible to have a show about a young movie star and his friends making their way through Hollywood without including smoking hot women? Nope. And away we go with the Season 4 Joshie nominees for Best Random Hot Chick on "Entourage."

• Sammy, the girl that takes Vince to Dennis Hopper's house
• Juliette, E's British chick
• Heather, Vince's British chick
• Jacqueline, Drama's French paramour
• Kat, Billy Walsh's girlfriend
• The village girl from "Medellin"
• Morgan, the girl that Turtle brought home for him

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting.

We get plenty of laughs from "Entourage." But, we also need some plot to help carry us from one laugh to the next, and one episode to the next. Here are the Season 4 Joshie nominees for Best Storyline on "Entourage."

• The rise and fall of "Medellin"
• The Beverly Hills mayor getting caught on YouTube
• Ari Gold doing whatever he can to get his kid into private school
• Unemotional sex and furries
• E branching out to work with other clients
• The leaked "Medellin" trailer on YouTube
• Drama's French paramour

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting.

Studio sets smell. "On location" doesn't smell. Here are the Season 4 Joshie nominees for Best Location on "Entourage."

• Cannes
• On the set of "Medellin"
• E's new office
• Drama's condo
• The pool at W Hotel

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting.

Cameo isn't just a watch or an old-school rapper. These cameos on "Entourage" had us saying "Word up!" Here are the Season 4 Joshie nominees for Best Guest Star on "Entourage."

• Anna Faris
• Kanye West
• Shanna Moakler
• The Sklar brothers
• Snoop Dogg
• Adam Goldberg

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting.

Some characters leave you wanting more. Here are the Season 4 Joshie nominees for Best Character You Want to See More of on "Entourage."

• Mrs. Ari
• Harvey
• Dana Gordon
• Nicky Rubinstein
• Shauna

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting.

Even in an ensemble cast, certain characters stand out. The Season 4 Joshie nominees for Best Overall Performance by a Character on "Entourage" are:

• Ari Gold
• Billy Walsh
• E
• Vince

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting.

You don't win a Big Knish Award without having several memorable scenes. Here are the Season 4 Joshie nominees for Best Ari Gold Moment on "Entourage."

• Hiring a private investigator to dig up dirt on the Briar Country Day headmaster
• Locking Dana Gordon out of her boss' office to tell him to make "S.I.L.O."
• Pulling his daughter out of Briar Country Day
• Lying to Lloyd's boyfriend Tom
• Sandbagging Josh Weinstein to get Heath Ledger off "Lost in the Clouds"
• Convincing Javier not to kiss Mrs. Ari in a soap opera scene
• Discovering the valet gave him the wrong car

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting.

So many scenes, so few nomination slots. Here we go with the Season 4 Joshie nominees for Best Scene from "Entourage."

• Billy Walsh interrogating the "Medellin" crew about who was sleeping with the girl in the film
• Drama as a soldier storming Pablo Escobar's house in "Medellin."
• E and Walsh fighting at Barney's
• Ari and Mrs. Ari discovering the valet gave them the wrong car
• Turtle in the bunny suit
• Drama in the bunny suit
• E meeting Sloan and forgetting the other girl's name
• Turtle in the SUV with the girls, the weed and the police
• Billy Walsh in the bathroom with a gun and a bottle of whiskey

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting.

Just like when someone else buys a box of donuts, you've got 12 but you really love just four of them. The Season 4 Joshie nominees for Best Episode of "Entourage" are:

• "Welcome to the Jungle"
Behind the scenes on the set of "Medellin"
• "The Day -----rs"
The Turtle Bunny episode
• "Sorry, Harvey"
E sells Harvey "Medellin" then they screw him again, and Ari gets the wrong car
• "The Cannes Kids"
The boys head to Cannes for the premiere of "Medellin" at the Cannes Film Festival

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting.

By Mark La Monica

In perhaps his finest work to date (and that's saying a lot), Ari Gold secured his second Big Knish Award for the most Best Printable Lines on Season 4 of "Entourage."

So stand up at your desk and give a round of applause to the man who said, among other things, "Do you know that your man broke out of the Oompah Loompah factory and is up to no good?"

I also suggest an old-school tribute: Walk around your office and whisper "Tse tse fly" to everyone you see.

This is the first solo Big Knish for Ari, who shared the Season 3 title with Turtle.

By Mark La Monica

The international love affair, whether consummated for three hours on a French beach or not at all, is as time-honored and respected by Americans nearly as much as the "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" mantra.

If "International Love Affair" fit on a T-shirt, it would be right up there in the pantheon of Americana with apple pie, baseball, Betsy Ross and "These Colors Don't Run."

This would help explain why we loved the Drama storyline in the Season 4 finale.

We've got the BPL and the Writer Props and the new season in review photo gallery below, as per usual.

Here's a quick reminder of what's ahead this week. (Just because Season 4 is over doesn't mean we're done!)

Tuesday: The Big Knish Award ceremony (2 p.m.)
Wednesday: The Joshie Award nominees are announced and the voting begins (4 p.m.)
Thursday: Voting for the "Pick the plotline for Jessica Biel in Season 5" poll ends (Noon)

By Mark La Monica

For a television comedy to film in Cannes during the actual film festival is pretty impressive. As was that epic scene of the guys walking the red carpet and up the stairs for the screening. Great filming right there.

And prior to that walk up the carpet, we had delivery of this week's Best Printable Line. In a show that was as much about Drama as it was about Cannes and "Medellin," it's fitting that Drama would deliver the BPL.

Just before reconnecting with his French paramour outside the theater, he's lamenting about losing her. E suggests that it's his celebrity status that landed him a hot and horny Jacqueline.

"Nobody's ever wanted to sleep with me just because I'm a celebrity," Drama said in a tone that was part touching and part pure Drama. "It makes me feels wanted and validated all at the same time."

Well done, Drama.

Ari Gold wrapped up the Big Knish Award for Season 4 last week. The e-ceremony will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2 p.m. Don't miss it!

By Mark La Monica

"Medellin" bombed, just as E (and Raul the film editor) predicted way back in the beginning of Season 4. (He must have read the script for this finale beforehand, huh?)

So, what's next?

We've heard about "Medellin" since Season 2 and now it's a clunker of "Gigli" proportions, at least in the French sector of the movie-viewing world.

Will Harvey actually buy it for a buck and re-cut it? Will it be shelved and never be spoken about next season? So many ways to go with the storyline.

What do you think? Use the comments function here to post your thoughts on the fate of "Medellin."

By Mark La Monica

In today's world, finding love has been made easier by Web sites such as match.com, eharmony.com and similar sites. Heck, even MySpace counts to some degree.

Finding a lost love has not quite been simplified by the Internet, Google notwithstanding. However, Drama taught us that such specific technology is not too far behind.

He combed the streets of Cannes searching for his Jacqueline using a picture he took on his cell phone. Simple. yet smart. The perfect way to wrap up this season of Writer Props.

(P.S. BPL rules prevented us from awarding the Writer Props to that ice statue in the second Lloyd scene.)

Read all Writer Props from Season 4.

By Mark La Monica

A little visual treat for you to help ease the pain of Entourage Season 4 ending. Click the pic below to recap the season in photos.

Entourage Season 4 photos

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