The TV show Entourage is fun and pure escapism in sunny LA and Hollyweird. The star of the show, and reason to watch is Jeremy Piven playing Ari Gold, the Agent. He is a powerhouse, angry and full of energy. The language is dreadful, there are more scenes of sex, nudity and drug use. Lots of it. The series follows Vince making his way in Hollywood as a new up-and-coming wunderkind actor. This series shows Hollywood as incestuous, shallow and over-privileged. It worries me that actors are lauded so highly and the culture is so wanton and crazy! Each episode is like a long music video, with lots of "hoes" and bikini-clad models all over the place. There are lots of laughs, interesting story lines. Drama (Kevin Dillon) is Vince's older brother struggling with his career, Vince (the gorgeous Adrian Grenier) trying to improve his career, and their best friends Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) the wannabe entrepreneur and Manager E (Kevin Connolly) making a professional name for himself and being a serial monogamist with love interest Sloane (stunning Emmanuelle Chriqui, with an amazing wardrobe). Lloyd, Ari's long-suffering assistant (Rex Lee) is great comic relief and also the conscience and heart of the show oftentimes. Perrey Reeves, Debi Mazar, Rhys Coiro and Constance Zimmer play longstanding roles and are regular appearances. Each episode has at least one guest star, often in a cameo, and it's like star-spotting from the comfort of your sofa. The BLAZING star of the show is and forever will be Piven (no John Cusack in site) and he deserves every single gong he received for this series and character. Bad language, gratuitous sex reference, nudity, drug use and scenes of a very sexual nature, more nudity and insecurity inducing age 20 something models everywhere you look. This is a real boy's show but there's enough for girls too. Another guilty pleasure. I shouldn't enjoy it, but I do.
