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Give A Little Bit (Entourage)
"Give a Little Bit" is the twelfth episode and season finale of the sixth season of the American comedy-drama television series ''Entourage''. It is the 78th overall episode of the series and was written by series creator Doug Ellin and executive producer Ally Musika, and directed by co-executive producer Mark Mylod. It originally aired on HBO on October 4, 2009. The series chronicles the acting career of Vincent Chase, a young A-list movie star, and his childhood friends from Queens, New York City, as they attempt to further their nascent careers in Los Angeles. In the episode, Vince is pressured by Matt Damon to take part in his charity, while Drama re-auditions. Meanwhile, Turtle prepares to meet with Jamie-Lynn Sigler in New Zealand, while Eric is ready to confess his feelings for Sloan. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 2.49 million household viewers and gained a 1.5/4 ratings share among adults aged 18–49. The episode received ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entourage (American TV Series)
''Entourage'' is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004, and ended on September 11, 2011, after eight seasons. The series was created and largely written by Doug Ellin and chronicles the acting career of Vincent Chase, a young A-list movie star, and his childhood friends from Queens, New York City, as they attempt to further their nascent careers in Los Angeles. Mark Wahlberg and Stephen Levinson served as the show's executive producers, and its premise is loosely based on Wahlberg's experiences as an up-and-coming film star. Wahlberg discusses "The Departed", life and career. Development According to Mark Wahlberg, ''Entourage'' was initially conceived when his assistant asked if he could film Wahlberg and his friends, calling them "hilarious." Other reports credit Eric Weinstein, a long-time friend of Wahlberg, with the idea of filming the actor's group of friends. However, according to Donnie Carroll, who was the inspiration for the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stunted (Entourage)
"Stunted" is the first episode of the seventh season of the American comedy-drama television series ''Entourage''. It is the 79th overall episode of the series and was written and directed by series creator Doug Ellin. It originally aired on HBO on June 27, 2010. The series chronicles the acting career of Vincent Chase, a young A-list movie star, and his childhood friends from Queens, New York City, as they attempt to further their nascent careers in Los Angeles. In the episode, Vince is scared over performing a dangerous stunt for his new film, while Drama gets nervous as his holding contract is about to expire. According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 2.48 million household viewers and gained a 1.5/4 ratings share among adults aged 18–49. The episode received mixed reviews from critics, who noted the series' predictable storylines and lack of character development. Plot Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) now runs a fledging car service business, hiring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melrose Place (2009 TV Series)
''Melrose Place'' is an American drama television series that aired on The CW from September 8, 2009, to April 13, 2010. The series is a revival of the 1990s Fox series of the same name and is the fifth series in the ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' franchise. The show follows the lives of a group of young adults living at the fictitious Melrose Place apartment complex in West Hollywood, California. ''Smallville'' producers Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer were showrunners of the series. The series was met with mixed reviews from critics. Due to low ratings, it was cancelled by The CW on May 20, 2010, after one season. Development After successfully relaunching the franchise with '' 90210'' in 2008, there was considerable speculation as to whether The CW planned to revive ''Melrose Place'' in a similar vein. An article at ''E! Online'' reported the possibility of a new version of ''Melrose'' in September 2008, though The CW declined to confirm any such project at that time. Some weeks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Dillon
Kevin Brady Dillon (born August 19, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Johnny "Drama" Chase on the HBO comedy series '' Entourage'', Bunny in the war film ''Platoon'', and John Densmore in the musical biopic ''The Doors''. He was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for his performance on '' Entourage''. Early life Dillon was born in New Rochelle, New York and was raised in Mamaroneck, New York. He is the son of Mary Ellen, a homemaker, and Paul Dillon, a portrait painter, sales manager, and golf coach at Fordham University. He has a sister and four brothers, one of whom is actor Matt Dillon. His paternal grandmother was the sister of comic strip artist Alex Raymond, the creator of ''Flash Gordon'' and Jim Raymond, a cartoonist. He is of Irish American descent. He graduated from Mamaroneck High School. Career Dillon began acting in both television and films in the 1980s. In 1983, Dillon played Arnold Norberry in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny "Drama" Chase
Jonathan "Drama" Chase is a fictional character in the comedy-drama television series ''Entourage (American TV series), Entourage'' and Entourage (film), its film sequel. Kevin Dillon portrays his character. He is often addressed by other characters as Johnny Drama or Drama, but is credited in his movies and TV shows as "Johnny Chase". Fictional biography Drama is the older half-brother of popular actor Vincent Chase. Drama has been a A-list, C-list actor for most of his career, best known for his starring role as Tarvold in the cult television series ''Viking Quest''. Later in ''Entourage'', he is cast in another series, ''Five Towns'', which scores 16 million viewers on its premiere. He left the hit show after a run-in with a TV executive. Not long after, he was given a holding deal by the network for his own show. In the first season of ''Entourage'', Drama has not had a serious acting gig for three years. Instead, he is Vincent's chef and personal trainer, fitness consulta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as List of islands of Italy, nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares land borders with France to the west; Switzerland and Austria to the north; Slovenia to the east; and the two enclaves of Vatican City and San Marino. It is the List of European countries by area, tenth-largest country in Europe by area, covering , and the third-most populous member state of the European Union, with nearly 59 million inhabitants. Italy's capital and List of cities in Italy, largest city is Rome; other major cities include Milan, Naples, Turin, Palermo, Bologna, Florence, Genoa, and Venice. The history of Italy goes back to numerous List of ancient peoples of Italy, Italic peoples—notably including the ancient Romans, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Grenier
Adrian Sean Grenier (born July 10, 1976) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Vincent Chase in the television series '' Entourage'' (2004–2011). He has appeared in films such as '' Drive Me Crazy'' (1999), '' The Devil Wears Prada'' (2006), '' Trash Fire'' (2016), and '' Marauders'' (2016), as well as the Netflix series ''Clickbait'' (2021). Early life Grenier was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the son of Karesse Grenier and John Dunbar. His parents were never married. He was raised by his mother in New York City. His mother was born in New Mexico to a family of mostly Mexican, Spanish, and some French descent. A DNA test on a 2012 episode of the series ''Finding Your Roots'' showed Grenier to have approximately 8% Native American ancestry and that his direct matrilineal line is Native American.''Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'', PBS, May 20, 2012 The program determined that his ancestor Diego de Montoya (born in Texcoco, State of Mexic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nielsen Media Research
Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre, films (via the AMC Theatres MAP program), and newspapers. Headquartered in New York City, it is best known for the Nielsen ratings, an audience measurement system of television viewership that for years has been the deciding factor in canceling or renewing television shows by television networks. As of August 2024, it is the primary part of Nielsen Holdings. NMR began as a division of ACNielsen, a marketing research firm founded in 1923. In 1996, NMR was split off into an independent company, and in 1999, was purchased by the Dutch conglomerate VNU. In 2001, VNU also purchased ACNielsen, thereby bringing both companies under the same corporate umbrella for years. NMR is also a sister company to Nielsen//NetRatings, which measures Internet and digital media audiences. VNU was reorganized and renamed the Nielsen Company in 2007. NMR was separated again from Ni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queens
Queens is the largest by area of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn and by Nassau County, New York, Nassau County to its east, and shares maritime borders with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, as well as with New Jersey. Queens is one of the most linguistics, linguistically and ethnically diverse places in the world. With a population of 2,405,464 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, Queens is the second-most populous county in New York state, behind Kings County (Brooklyn), and is therefore also the second-most populous of the five New York City boroughs. If Queens were its own city, it would be the List of United States cities by population, fourth most-populous in the U.S. after the rest of New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago. Queens is the fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movie Star
A movie star (also known as a film star or cinema star) is an actor who is famous for their starring, or leading, roles in movies. The term is used for performers who are marketable stars as they become popular household names and whose names are used to promote movies, for example in trailers and posters. The most prominent movie stars are known in the industry as bankable stars. United States In the early days of silent movies, the names of the actors and actresses appearing in them were not publicized or credited because producers feared this would result in demands for higher salaries.100 years of movie stars: 1910-1929 , ''The Independent'', January 25, 2010. However, audience curiosity soon undermined this policy. By 1909, actresses su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
