Entourage: Let's Blog It Out

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.
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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.

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

Apologies in retrospect for not creating the Joshie Awards until after Season 3.5. Such is life, I suppose.

But isn't there some kind of something that people who think of cool things late in the game say? Something about good things and the time it takes to be able to enjoy them?

Anyway, the Joshies are back!

The Joshies, named after (of course) an Ari Gold moment, salute the best in "Entourage" performance at the end of each season. We pick the categories and the nominees. You vote for the winners.

For those who need a refresher course on that scene and want to relive the last Joshie Awards, click here.

(P.S. Guess who's the happiest man in town since he only has 12 episodes to go through instead of 42 like when he created the inaugural Joshies that incorporated the entire series through the Season 3.5.)

The nominees for the Joshies will be announced at 3 p.m Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2007. You will have one full week to vote as many times as you wish. The polls close at 3 p.m. Sept. 12. The winners of the second Joshie Awards will be announced Friday, Sept. 14 at noon. The red carpet arrivals are at 11 a.m. The afterparty is wherever you want it to be.

And now, here we go with the categories for this year's Joshies:

• Best Episode
• Best Scene
• Best Storyline
• Best Overall Performance by a Character
• Best Random Hot Chick
• Best Location
• Best Ari Gold Moment
• Best Character You Want to See More of
• Best Johnny Drama Moment
• Best Guest Star

By Mark La Monica

We'll dispense with the formalities and get directly into who the readers voted as the winners of our inaugural Joshie Awards, which honor excellence in "Entourage."

Best Character You Want to See More: Sloan
Sloan scored a plurality with 30.7 percent of the vote.

Best On-Location Setting: Playboy Mansion for pajama party
The Mansion won fairly easily with 37.9 percent of the vote.

Best Lady Friend of Vince: Mandy Moore
In a heated contest, Mandy edged out Amanda, 20.32 percent to 19.78. It was a matter of three votes.

Best Guest Star: Bob Saget
In a bit of an upset, Saget took home the Joshie with 26.1 percent of the vote.

Best Johnny Drama Meltdown: Golf club attack on a car on PCH
Drama's attack on Point Break scored a Joshies record 44.3 percent of the vote. Even Drama agrees. I asked him. Watch the video next Wednesday.

Best Turtle-Drama Hijinks: Searching for food at the bat mitzvah
34.4 percent of the vote, and make your own ice cream sundaes.

Best Ari Gold Moment:Verbal undressing of Josh Weinstein at beach party in Malibu
The scene that spawned the title of these awards garnerded 30.5 percent of the popular vote.

Best Scene: E and Seth Green's entourages fighting in Vegas
27.5 percent of the voters belong to the "We don't drink Jager" crew.

Best Episode: Season 3: One Day in the Valley (Episode 24)
Somewhat surprisingly, this episode scored with 28.7 percent. No blackouts here.

Thanks for playing along. In the future, we'll do the Joshies after each season, so remember to vote in September. (Don't worry. We'll remind you a few times.)

By Mark La Monica

Thanks to all who participated in the voting for our inaugural Joshie Awards. The winners of the Joshies will be announced at noon this Friday.

In the meantime, as a small token of our thanks for your participation. here's a little photo gallery from an "Entourage" filming in Cannes late last month.

P.S. We'll also have video of Season 4 New York premiere on Friday afternoon for your viewing pleasure.

Photos: Entourage in Cannes

By Mark La Monica

To help get us through the bye week between Season 3.5 and Season 4, we here at Entourage, the blog have created the inaugural Joshie Awards.

The Joshies celebrate excellence in "Entourage" over the first 3.5 seasons (42 episodes) of the show.

Below you will find nine categories to vote on. The winners ae determined solely by the readers, so vote as early and as often as you wish. Spread the word across the Internet if you wish. Digg it, Technorati it, email it, link it. Your choice.

Polls close at noon on Tuesday, June 12, thus giving readers a full week to cast their votes. The winners of the inaugural Joshies will be announced at noon on Friday, June 15, the day after the Season 4 premiere in New York and two days before the new season starts airing on HBO.

Note: With 42 episodes to work through, the Joshies committee did its best to compile the most worthy in each of the nine categories. In the future, we'll do the Joshies after each season.

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From the show's pilot, when Mark Wahlberg and his entourage crossed paths with Vince and his entourage, we've been treated to guest stars and minor-arc recurring roles from established stars.

The nominees for Best Guest Star on "Entourage" are:

• Gary Busey (played himself in Season 1)
• Beverly D'Angelo (played agent in Seasons 2-3)
• Seth Green (played himself in Season 3)
• Val Kilmer (played a sherpa in Season 1)
• Martin Landau (played a producer in Season 3)
• Malcolm McDowell (played Terrance in Season 2)
• Bob Saget (played himself in Season 2)
• James Woods (played himself in Season 3)

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting. Winners will be announced Friday, June 15.

Comedy has its individuals and its tag teams. The emergence of Turtle and Johnny Drama as the comic relief duo has had as big an effect on "Entourage" as did the uniting of Randy "Macho Man" Savage of Hulk Hogan as the Super Powers tag team back when it was called the WWF and we all though pro wrestling was real.

And the Joshie nominees for Best Turtle-Drama Hijinks on "Entourage" are:

• Stealing a box of Froot Loops from Dr. Joyce Brothers' wagon at the supermarket
• Digging around the house to find the Shrek doll Dom stole
• Racing to lunch meeting with Ari
• Hunting down Saigon to find out why he missed his record-deal signing
• Getting dates and tickets to "Aquaman" premiere
• Searching for food at the bat mitzvah
• Turtle and Drama going to the dog park to meet girls

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting. Winners will be announced Friday, June 15.

He's a modern-day Jack Nicholson and Warren Beatty combined. Vincent Chase macked the ladies just about every episode, but who was his best score?

The Joshie nominees for Best Lady Friend of Vince on "Entourage" are:

• Sara Foster
(the girl on Jimmy Kimmel Show in Season 1)
• Justine Chapin
(the singer saving herself for someone special)
• Fiona
(the vegan)
• Staci
(the madame)
• Li Lei
(Martial arts instructor played by Bai Ling)
• Mandy Moore
(herself)
• Amanda
(his agent played by Carla Gugino)

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting. Winners will be announced Friday, June 15.

Set in Hollywood, "Entourage" has perfect on-location sets built in to its background. And on occasion, the camera trucks travel to other places. The settings bring life to the scene and the show as a whole.

The nominees for Best On-Location Setting on "Entourage" are:

• Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas
• House in the Valley for "Aquaman" blackout
• Park City, Utah, for Sundance Film Festival
• Playboy Mansion for pajama party
• Prey Nightclub in Los Angeles, various scenes

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting. Winners will be announced Friday, June 15.

Johnny Drama lives up to his nickname nearly every week, amusing audiences with his angst, paranoia, self-consciousness and other bits of insanity.

Here are the Joshie nominees for the Best Johnny Drama Meltdown on "Entourage."

• First meeting with new agent Adam Davies
• Ripping the TV from Davies' wall after getting dropped from the agency
• Golf club attack on a car on Pacific Coast Highway
• "CSI: Minneapolis" audition
• Driving to the Grand Canyon after "Five Towns" reviews
• Starbucks and parking ticket meltdowns prior to pilot audition

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting. Winners will be announced Friday, June 15.

Some had a moment. Some had a few. And some we want to have their names listed in the opening credits.

The Joshie nominees for Best Character You Want to See More of on "Entourage" are:

• Mrs. Ari (Perrey Reeves)
• Dana Gordon (Constance Zimmer)
• Barbara Miller (Beverly D'Angelo)
• Rufus (Marlon Young)
• Shauna (Debi Mazar)
• Sloan (Emmanuelle Chriqui)
• Billy Walsh (Rhys Coiro)

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting. Winners will be announced Friday, June 15.

He's quite possibly the most outrageous, most hilarious character in television sitcom history, or at least in recent years. He's lecherous yet lovable. Slimy yet endearing. He's Ari Gold.

Here are the Joshie nominees for the Best Ari Gold Moment from "Entourage."

• Therapy session with wife before "Aquaman" premiere
• Verbal undressing of Josh Weinstein at beach party in Malibu
• Firing an agent named Rob by using the whiteboard
• Therapy session with wife after Vince breakup
• Call to Lloyd from the car as he's about to get fired by Terrance
• Getting fired by Terrance, then going off in parking garage

• Smashing a Mongolian statue on Lloyd's desk
• Yelling at the guy splitting 10s at the blackjack table in Las Vegas
• The "Hollywood Executive -----.com" phone call to Dana Gordon's assistance
• Firing Peter Cole, the "agent' who was actually a mail room employee

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting. Winners will be announced Friday, June 15.

These are the moments you talk about, search for on YouTube and re-enact whenever possible.

These are the Joshie nominees for the Best Scene in "Entourage."

• Ari Gold crushing Josh Weinstein at a Malibu beach party (Season 1)
• E laying it on the line with Vince on the tarmac before going to New York (Season 1)
• Stealing cereal from Dr. Joyce Brothers' wagon at a supermarket (Season 2)
• Ari Gold's speech as he gets fired by Terrance (Season 2)
• Drama telling a guy to sit down in the theater at "Aquaman" (Season 3)
• James Woods yelling at Drama and Turtle for his premiere tickets (Season 3)
• E and Seth Green's crews get into a fight in Vegas (Season 3)
• Ari rescuing Lloyd from Jay Lester (Season 3.5)

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting. Winners will be announced Friday, June 15.

Not every script can be a home run. Occasionally, there's a strikeout, a fielder's choice, a double-play grounder with runners on first and third with one out and a one-run deficit.

However, of the 42 episodes of Entourage thus far, there were quite a few that were out of the park. The Joshie nominees for Best Episode of "Entourage" are:

• Season 1: Talk Show (Episode 3)
The Jimmy Kimmel episode
• Season 1: Busey and the Beach (Episode 6)
Turtle breaks Gary Busey's sculpture; the guys go to a beach party in Malibu
• Season 2: The Sundance Kids (Episode 15)
The crew goes to Sundance Film Festival with "Queens Boulevard" and come home "with Aquaman"
• Season 2: The Bat Mitzvah (Episode 18)
Terrance begins his usurping of power from Ari Gold.
• Season 2: Exodus (Episode 21)
Mandy dumps Vince, who then wants off "Aquaman." Terrance fires Ari from the agency.
• Season 2: The Abyss (Episode 22)
Vince nearly gives up his career and livelihood
• Season 3: One Day in the Valley (Episode 24)
The "Almost Famous" episode
• Season 3: Vegas, Baby, Vegas (Episode 31)
The "We Don't Drink Jagr" crew
• Season 3.5: The Resurrection (Episode 40)
Drama melts down and winds up at the Grand Canyon

Poll is now closed. Thanks for voting. Winners will be announced Friday, June 15.

By Mark La Monica

Season 4 of Entourage begins on June 17. But there's a bye week on May 27, Memorial Day weekend.

Not much we can do about that. But, there's still a way to have some fun leading up to Season 4.

It is my honor to proudly announce the inaugural Joshie Awards, celebrating excellence in "Entourage" performance.

The award name stems from the "Busey and the Beach" episode of Season 1. In this particular scene, Ari Gold shows up at a party in Malibu and completely undresses his former assistant turned agent Josh Weinstein. To add even more insult, Ari calls him "Joshie." And so a legend was born. It's truly golden television.

Here's the scene, just in case you don't remember.

The categories for the first Joshie Awards, which will include all episodes from Season 1 through Season 3.5, are:

Best Ari Gold moment
Best Johnny Drama meltdown
Best On-location Setting
Best Lady friend of Vince's
Best Turtle-Drama hijinks
Best Character You Want to See More of
Best Guest Star
Best Individual Scene
Best Episode

Oh yeah, by the way, who wins is entirely up to you, dear readers. We will announce the nominees at noon on Tuesday, June 5. You will then have a week to vote in the polls. We'll shut down the voting at noon on Tuesday, June 12.

Then, on Friday, June 15, just in time to get you pumped for Season 4, we'll announce the winners of the first Joshies.