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Leaving His Mark; A hilarious new sitcom by a man with a real entourage.(Television Program Review)
Byline: Marc Peyser
The true test of a movie star's power isn't how many women he can get. It's how many women he can get for his buddies. Vince (Adrian Grenier) is having a bad day. He got a lousy review for his latest film, and shot his career in the foot by turning down $4 million for a movie described as "Die Hard at Disneyland." To cheer him up, Vince's posse--Turtle (Jerry Ferrara), Eric (Kevin Connolly) and Johnny Drama (Kevin Dillon)--take him car shopping. Quicker than you can say "pimp my ride," the boys are getting stoned in a new black Rolls when a couple of hotties pull up. "Hey, nice car. What do you do?" says the brunette. Cut to the next scene: lobsters on the grill, the guys in the pool and a girl for everyone. Suddenly Vince feels good, and the guys are even better. "Could you get laid without Vince? That's the question," says Eric. "Do I care?" says Turtle. "That's the answer."
We're all going to care soon. HBO's "Entourage" is that rarest of beasts--a terrific new sitcom. "Entourage" follows Vince and his pals as he becomes a movie star and they hitch a ride on his fame. There's his obnoxious agent, Ari (Jeremy Piven); his inexperienced manager, Eric, who's actually Vince's childhood friend from Queens, and Johnny, Vince's half brother whose own acting career has hit the skids. At a time when TV has lost so many good friends, "Entourage" may be the next great buddy show. Perhaps that's because it was co-created by a man with a real Hollywood entourage: Mark Wahlberg. "The show is very authentic," says Wahlberg. "It's all real."
Just how real? Vince is a sweet-tempered city guy who fires golf balls off the roof of his mansion and travels everywhere with his homeboys. Funny how Wahlberg owns a Rolls and a backyard driving range, not to mention having a brother, Donnie, whose acting career has never come close to his. "There are bits and pieces of me, but I don't live the lifestyle these guys are living," says Wahlberg. Such as? "All the women he's with, the bevy of beauties. There have been some women in my life, but this guy is really living the life." "Entourage" originally copied Wahlberg's gang more faithfully, but HBO didn't love the tough-guy stuff. ...
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