As if we Entourage folks didn't already know the brilliance that is Jeremy Piven playing Ari Gold.
But alas, winning gold statues is always a good thing, so we salute Piven on another Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy. Lloooooooooooooooyd!
Two weeks ago, I asked readers to help me do my job and submit questions for me to ask the fellas at the "Entourage" Season 5 premiere in New York on Wednesday night. You did just that, and I did my best to work them in as much as possible.
Most of the questioning in this video was taken directly from your submissions. Sometimes, you just don't know what will make the final edit and what won't. But there are shoutouts to all those who sent in their questions in the closing credits, so I greatly appreciate all that you do to make this blog an enjoyable endeavor.
This is the main video from the night, and there are three earlier posts that include an interview with Bow Wow, a hilarious conversation with "Jacqueline" and some random funny moments. Enjoy them all.
(P.S. We apologize in advance for the lighting during the Kevin Dillon interview. It was HBO signaling it was time to wrap up the all the interviews.)
Newsday colleague Rob Kahn scored an interview with Jeremy Piven at the U.S. Open on Tuesday afternoon. Have a look at what Piven said and what Kahn wrote.
“This is kind of embarrassing, isn’t it?” Jeremy Piven asked yesterday in tennis-land, where he was dividing his attention between Novak Djokovic (on the court) and David Mamet (on his lap).The New York-born actor next week begins rehearsing Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow,” ahead of an Oct. 23 opening on Broadway. It’s a revival of the 1988 drama that was Madonna’s Broadway debut — and it’s why Piven had a dog-eared script balanced on his knees all afternoon.
“We have a short amount of time to mount this beast,” Piven said. “For me, it’s my Olympics.”
Yesterday marked the multi-tasking actor’s second day at Arthur Ashe Stadium. On Monday, he saw Serena Williams in her fourth-round victory, then took the court himself, smacking balls into the audience at the bequest of USTA honchos.
“It’s every kid’s dream to lob balls at people,” Piven said, equating the experience to “performing theater-in-the round.” “One of the perks of being a person of some profile is that you get to walk onto a court that you have no business being on.”
“Speed-the-Plow” is about Hollywood dealmakers, not a stretch for Piven, who plays name-dropping power agent Ari Gold on HBO’s “Entourage.”
The series begins its fifth year on Sunday. The season finale, already wrapped, was filmed around Queens, which made it “like playing a home game.”
“I really feel like this is my favorite of all the seasons, because it’s finally getting to something,” Piven said. “If it’s just about a bunch of guys [looking for sex] because their best friend is famous, that’s not really that interesting. You start to wonder, ‘So what else have you got for me?’ This season, you’ll see.”
HBO released the first official photos for Season 5 of "Entourage" on Friday afternoon. Have a look.
The first photo below has the potential right now, full scene unseen, to win at least two Joshie Awards this season. Take a look at the background and then notice who is conspicuously absent from the photo.
Yeah, that's going to be a great episode!
OK, what if I could show you another photo from Season 5? Would that be something you might be interested in?
Yep, that's going to be another gem!
Had enough yet? No? OK, fine. Let me serve a nice little "Entourage" Season 5 photo gallery for you to enjoy. Are 25 photos enough to get you rolling?
Emmy Award nominations hit the masses this morning and there were few surprises in the "Entourage" camp.
Once again, Kevin Dillon tests the strength of his work as Johnny Drama against Jeremy Piven as Ari Gold in the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy category. It would be grand to see Dillon win this time, if only for the high probability of a "Victory" chant. The competition is tough in this category: Neil Patrick Harris ("How I Met Your Mother"), Rainn Wilson ("The Office") and Jon Cryer ("Two And A Half Men").
"Entourage" is also in the Emmy running for Outstanding Comedy Series, up against defending champ "30 Rock," "The Office," "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and "Two and a Half Men." That is some stiff comp right there.
That about does it for the TV awards you'll see handed out Sept. 21 at the Nokia Theater. Other Emmy nominations for the show are:
• Dan Attias for Outstanding Directing For A Comedy Series (Episode: No Cannes Do).
• Steve Morantz, Dennis Kirk and Bill Jackson for Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (half-hour) And Animation (Episode: Adios Amigo).
