• Todd Gilchrist talks to “The Goods: Live Hard Sell Hard” star Jeremy Piven. [Cinematical]
• Anthony Breznican has the scoop on Charlyne Yi and “Paper Heart.” [USA Today]
• Who’s your favorite cinematic psychopath? [Talking Movies]
Tag: Jeremy Piven
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8/13 Web Round-up
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7/30 Web Round-up
• Jeremy Piven would like to see an “Entourage” film. Who wouldn’t? [CNN]• Vincent Cassel refuses to court Hollywood. Who needs it when you’ve got Monica Bellucci at home? [Daily Telegraph]
• Robert Levin sits down with “In the Loop” director Armando Iannucci. [Film School Rejects]
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Catching up with Ari Gold, er, Emanuel
It’s exciting times in my house these days, what with “Entourage” hitting the small screen for season number six Sunday night. The series makes for my weekly dose of Hollywood escapism, paradoxically right here at ground zero. The obsession is, of course, owed in no small part to Jeremy Piven’s Emmy-winning portrayal of super agent Ari Gold, a composite sketch of real life player Ari Emanuel.Emanuel has been getting plenty of media attention lately (well, more than his usual helathy dose of press limelight). The merger of his Endeavor agency with William Morris a few months ago (forming mega-conglomerate WME) led to a front-page New York Times profile last month, chocked full of the usual array of anonymous sources and, it should figure, no comment from Emanuel. And now in the pages of London’s Independent newspaper (a number of weeks behind the curve) comes a new look at the Hollywood maestro.
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12/19 Oscarweb Round-up
(This is your “don’t fly Continental — EVER” edition of the In Contention Oscarweb Round-up, brought to you live from Houston’s George Bush International Airport, a.k.a. Satan’s womb.)• Jeff Wells actually thinks there were “stunners” in yesterday’s SAG announcement. [Hollywood Elsewhere]
• David Poland talks with a chin-up Baz Luhrmann. [The Hot Blog]
• Dave Karger and Tom O’Neil dish the season as it stands. [Gold Derby]
• Rebecca Cathcart gets into the “Who would accept for Heath?” question. [The Carpetbagger]
• Daniel Day-Lewis tops a UK list of the year’s greatest lines. [Daily Telegraph]
• Peter Knegt sits down with the newly SAGed Richard Jenkins. [indieWIRE]
• Kira Cochran talks to Kate Winslet about her 2008 one-two punch. [The Guardian]
• Patrick Goldstein kicks “Revolutionary Road” while it’s down, but let’s face it — he’s right. [The Big Picture]
• Anne Thompson on the weird Jeremy Piven news, which, I’m shamed to say, first came across my bow last night on Inside Edition as I sat in a poor excuse for a comped hotel room. [Thompson on Hollywood]
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“The cock-sucking writers strike brought us here.”
Is it just me or did tonight’s episode of “Entourage” totally kick ass? I think it might’ve been the best of the series so far, tapping into more and more depth after hinting at some more dramatic hues a few weeks ago (the episode with the Radiohead play-out). Jeremy Piven is doing his best work of the show thus far, almost becoming the heartbeat of the series. And adding the talented Gary Cole to the miz will only bring good things.
Can’t believe there are only three episodes left.
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10/7 Oscarweb Round-up
• David Poland writes up a mini-reaction to “W.” Yours truly will get a crack this morning. [The Hot Blog]• Jeffrey Wells, meanwhile, can’t wait to see it. [Hollywood Elsewhere]
• Jeremy Piven in “Speed the Plow?” Best…casting…ever? [The Daily Beast]
• Yet another article wondering how “Body of Lies” will fare in the ghetto of Irag war cinema. [Risky Biz Blog]
• Robert Deutsch gets some face time with Clint Eastwood. [USA Today]
• More on EW’s Oscar revote. [Pop Watch]
• In honor of “Nick and Norah’s Playlist,” 10 favorite “one night out” movies. [Vulture]
• Christopher Campbell thinks Sony Classics should aim for Best Animated Feature Film with “Waltz with Bashir,” over Best Foreign Language Film. Why not both? [Spout Blog]