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Entourage (film)
''Entourage'' is a 2015 American comedy film written, directed and produced by Doug Ellin, and serves as a continuation of the HBO television series of the same name. It stars the principal cast of the show, Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara and Jeremy Piven, and follows actor Vincent Chase, who goes over budget on his directorial debut and must ask newly appointed studio head Ari Gold for more money. Like in the series, many celebrity sportspeople and actors appear as themselves, while several supporting cast members from the show reprise their roles. After it was confirmed the series would end in 2011 with season 8, Ellin and the cast expressed their interest in doing a feature film. After script and production issues, the project was officially announced in 2013, and filming began around Los Angeles in February 2014. ''Entourage'' was theatrically released in the United States on June 3, 2015. The film received generally negative reviews from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Ellin
Douglas Reed Ellin (born April 6, 1968) is an American podcaster, screenwriter and film and TV director, known best for creating the HBO television series '' Entourage''. Ellin also served as executive producer, director, head writer and supporting actor for the series, and wrote, directed and produced its 2015 film adaptation. He attended Tulane University. Life and career Ellin was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of June and Marvin Ellin. He grew up in Merrick, New York and graduated from John F. Kennedy High School (Bellmore, New York). Ellin is of Jewish descent. Before producing and writing for '' Entourage'', Ellin served as a staff writer for '' Life with Bonnie'', which starred Bonnie Hunt. The series ran from 2003-2004. Ellin has also written screenplays for two films, '' Kissing a Fool'' and '' Phat Beach''. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 1990s to be a stand-up comedian and soon got a job in the mail room at New Line Cinema. It was there where he bef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ari Gold (Entourage)
Ari Gold is a fictional character on the comedy-drama television series '' Entourage''. He is played by Jeremy Piven. Biography Ari Gold (born 1967) is Vincent Chase's talent agent. He was an undergraduate at Harvard University before earning his J.D./M.B.A. at the University of Michigan. Ari is Jewish and has one brother, Howard. In spite of making multiple exaggerations of a sister to whom he has referred as both crazy and a whore, Ari has also stated that he has no sister. Despite his position as one of the most powerful agents in Hollywood, Ari's aggressive and sometimes boorish behavior is frequently held in check by his wife (who is independently wealthy, having received a large inheritance from her father). Despite frequent sexual innuendos, Ari has never cheated on his wife since they married, and says that he "loves a liar, hates a cheater". However, in the pilot episode, Ari tells Eric Murphy during lunch that he is having sex with a swimsuit model. This is likely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Debi Mazar
Deborah Anne Mazar Corcos (; born August 13, 1964) is an American actress and television personality, known for playing sharp-tongued women. She began her career with supporting roles in '' Goodfellas'' (1990), '' Little Man Tate'' (1991) and '' Singles'' (1992), followed by lead roles on the legal drama series '' Civil Wars'' and '' L.A. Law''. She is known for her role as press agent Shauna Roberts on the HBO series '' Entourage''. She also starred as Maggie Amato on TV Land's longest running original series, ''Younger'' and alongside her husband Gabriele Corcos in the Cooking Channel series ''Extra Virgin''. Mazar is also known for her long term friendship with Madonna. Early life Mazar was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, the daughter of Nancy and Harry Mazar (Harija Fogelmanis). Her father was born in German-occupied Latvia to a Jewish family. She had no knowledge of her father's ancestry until her twenties as he practiced Catholicism. Mazar's parents annulled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Lee (actor)
Rex Lee (born January 7, 1969) is a South Korean-born American actor. He is best known for his role as Lloyd Lee in the HBO series ''Entourage'' and his role as Elliot Park in the television sitcom ''Young & Hungry''. Early life Lee was born in Warren, Ohio. His parents emigrated from Korea to the United States. He grew up in the states of Massachusetts and California. He graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music in 1990. Although Lee was studying to be a professional pianist, he decided he wanted to act after taking a theater class in college. Career Prior to landing the role on ''Entourage'', Lee had various jobs including performing in the children's theater company, Imagination Company, as well as working as a casting assistant. He was the casting director for the TV movie ''The Cure for a Diseased Life''. Lee has also played roles on a variety of TV shows, including ''Twins'', ''What About Brian'' and Maurice on two episodes of ''Zoey 101''. Lee played Lloyd Lee, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. The site is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. Finke was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times'' as being worth "millions of dollars", as well as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perrey Reeves
Perrey Reeves (born ) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her recurring role as Melissa Gold on the television series '' Entourage'' from 2004 to 2011 and Frank the Tank's wife in the 2003 comedy '' Old School''. Early life Reeves was born in New York City and raised in New Hampshire, the daughter of Dr. Alexander Reeves, a professor of medicine and anatomy at Dartmouth College. Reeves' paternal grandfather was sound pioneer Hazard E. Reeves, who introduced magnetic stereophonic sound to film. Career Reeves co-starred on the comedy series '' Entourage'' (2004–2011) as Mrs. Gold, the wife of Ari Gold. She also appeared (2009) in ''Rules of Engagement'', ''Family Style'', and in ''Grey's Anatomy''. Other notable roles included Marissa opposite Will Ferrell in the film '' Old School'' and Jessie in the film '' Mr. and Mrs. Smith''. She has had parts in ''American Dreamz'', ''The X-Files'', '' Kicking and Screaming'', '' Escape to Witch Mountain'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emmanuelle Chriqui
Emmanuelle Sophie Anne Chriqui ( ; born 10 December 1975) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her performance on HBO's '' Entourage'' as Sloan McQuewick, Claire Bonner in ''Snow Day'', Dalia in '' You Don't Mess with the Zohan'', Lorelei Martins on ''The Mentalist'' and Lana Lang in the series ''Superman & Lois. In May 2010, she topped the AskMen.com Most Desirable Women of 2010 list. Early life Chriqui was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the daughter of Moroccan-Jewish parents. Her mother, Liliane, was born in Casablanca, and her father, Albert, in Rabat. Her family practiced Orthodox Judaism. Chriqui has an older brother, Serge, and an older sister, Laurence. When she was almost two, her family moved to Toronto, Ontario. She grew up in Markham, Ontario, a suburb northeast of the city. Her mother, an aesthetician who once told Emmanuelle she would become an actress, died when Chriqui was sixteen years old. As a child, Chriqui's brother began paying for her to take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turtle (Entourage)
Salvatore "Turtle" Assante is a fictional character on the comedy-drama television series '' Entourage''. He is played by Jerry Ferrara. Fictional biography Turtle is a childhood friend of Vincent Chase ( Adrian Grenier) from Queens. He is the only one of the main characters who is not directly involved with the acting business. Turtle is Vincent's driver and takes care of issues around the house. He brings street smarts and an urban flavor to the group and is a frequent user of marijuana and supplier to the rest of the group. Turtle often finds the good in all bad situations and brings relative calm to the group. Turtle's importance is at times overlooked, but his insight and personal connections sometimes solve difficult issues. Turtle loves sneakers, especially rare Air Force 1s. He is mainly seen wearing jerseys of New York athletes such as Allan Houston and Alex Rodriguez, and a baseball cap, usually the New York Yankees. Despite his parasitic relationship with Vince, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viking Quest
''Viking Quest'' poster ''Viking Quest'' is a fictional TV show within a show in the TV series ''Entourage''. It is referred to both by fictional characters and celebrities playing versions of themselves as a real show. Within the show's fictional universe, ''Viking Quest'' is presented as a cult science fiction and fantasy show. The show's relative lack of success and critical reception next to its fictional spin-off, ''Angel Quest'', is a play on the same dynamic between the real-life shows '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and '' Xena: Warrior Princess''. The conceit that ''Viking Quest'' is a real show was extended to promotional videos and a Flash game involving its star, Johnny Drama, outside of the show. Fictional portrayal Johnny "Drama" Chase at San Diego Comic-Con International The show featured Johnny "Drama" Chase as the lead character, Tarvold. Tarvold has a signature exclamation, "VICTORY!!!".Episode " I Love You Too" Tarvold hails from Northumbria. His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Globe Awards
The Golden Globe Awards are accolades bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association beginning in January 1944, recognizing excellence in both American and international film and television. Beginning in 2022, there are 105 members of the HFPA. The annual ceremony at which the awards are presented is normally held every January and has been a major part of the film industry's awards season, which culminates each year in the Academy Awards, although the Golden Globes' relevance has been declining in recent years. The eligibility period for the Golden Globes corresponds to the calendar year (from January 1 through December 31). History The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was founded in 1943 by Los Angeles-based foreign journalists seeking to develop a better organized process of gathering and distributing cinema news to non-U.S. markets. One of the organization's first major endeavors was to establish a ceremony similar to the Academy Awards to honor film ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Ratajkowski
Emily O'Hara Ratajkowski (, ; born June 7, 1991) is an American model and actress. Born in London to American parents and raised in Encinitas, California, Ratajkowski began acting as a child before she gained a recurring role on the Nickelodeon series ''iCarly'' (2009–2010). Her modeling debut was on the cover of the March 2012 issue of the erotic magazine '' treats!'', which led to her appearing in two music videos: Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" and Maroon 5's " Love Somebody". Ratajkowski's feature film debut was as the mistress of Ben Affleck's character in the film '' Gone Girl'' (2014). Her other roles include the films ''Entourage'' (2015), '' We Are Your Friends'' (2015), ''I Feel Pretty'' (2018) and ''Welcome Home'' (2018), as well as the miniseries ''The Spoils Before Dying'' (2015) and the anthology series '' Easy'' (2016). She appeared in the 2014 and 2015 ''Sports Illustrated'' swimsuit issues, and made her professional catwalk modeling debut for Marc Jacobs at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Recurring Entourage Characters
This is the list of major and minor recurring characters in the HBO comedy-drama television series '' Entourage''. This list focuses on the characters themselves whether they are real people or fictional characters. For the complete list of celebrity appearances and cameos see the List of celebrities appearing on Entourage. Characters with links indicate the actual actor/actress in the role. Major recurring characters Lloyd Lee A gay Mongolian-American with an art history degree from Sarah Lawrence College and MBA from Stanford Business School, Lloyd first appeared in the second season as Ari's assistant. Unlike with Ari's previous assistants, he is able to endure his boss' frequent barbs at his sexual orientation and ethnicity. When Ari is fired in the episode "Exodus," Lloyd is the only one who joins him on the way out and works for Ari's new agency in the third season. Over the course of the season, he continues to prove himself on the job, booking Drama's role in the new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
