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Michelle
Jul 28, 05 - 1:32 PM |
Entourage - opening credits - song & car
Apologies for not posting the car info sooner. I know you asked:
1) The song is Superhero by Jane's Addiction;
2) The car is a 1960's (possibly '64) Lincoln Continental more specifically a "suicide-door" Lincoln or the Kennedy Lincoln. See below:
"The 60's Continentals are making a comeback. Known popularly as the ''suicide-door'' Lincoln or the Kennedy Lincoln, they have appeared recently on HBO's ''Six Feet Under'' and ''Entourage'' shows. ''The suicide-door Lincoln is right at the top of the list of cars rented for movies, TV shows, and commercials,'' said Michael Kopilec, 51, of Los Angeles-based NationwidePictureCars.com, who has been supplying cars to movie producers for 20 years. ''The popularity of these cars in Hollywood goes in cycles, and the Lincoln is definitely coming into its own again,'' Mr. Kopilec said.
The value of 60's Lincolns -- known by fans as ''slab-sides'' for the smooth, gently arcing steel of their doors and quarterpanels -- is rising, too. A 1964 convertible fetched $43,200 in July at the annual Barrett-Jackson auction in Los Angeles. That's perhaps the most ever paid at public auction for a '64 Continental, said Jerry Capizzi, a collector and president of the nascent Lincoln Motor Car Foundation. Doug Mattix, 62, of Dallas, the president of the 4,200-member Lincoln Continental Owners Club, said that a '62 convertible recently sold on eBay for $23,000, sight-unseen. Over the last five years, Lincoln aficionados say, the price of a 60's Continental in good to excellent condition has risen about 25 percent."
The above is from a New York Times article: DRIVING; A 60's Star Is Reborn By JOE BARGMANN Published: November 26, 2004.
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Michelle
Jul 28th, 2005 - 1:38 PM |
Re: Entourage - opening credits - song & car
I forgot to quote this from the aforementioned article:
"ENTOURAGE -- Generation Y discovers the style and brilliance of the Lincoln. A '65 convertible appears in the opening credits of this current HBO series."
So it is a '65 not a '64.
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Michelle
Jul 28th, 2005 - 10:16 PM |
Re: Entourage - Eric's car
Forgot to add this for those who often ask:
Episode 10: "My Maserati does 185" features a Maserati Quattroporte V.
Here are a couple of links with more info:
www.hbo.com/entourage/episode/season02/episode10.html
http://richard5.net/maserati/moviedetail.php?id=47
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Michelle
Jul 28th, 2005 - 10:38 PM |
Re: Entourage - opening credits - song & car
Listen to a clip of SuperHero at amazon.com: Strays by Jane's Addiction.
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Michelle
Aug 16th, 2005 - 6:20 PM |
Entourage review in NYT 8/16/05
Entourage review in NYT 8/16/05
PART I
August 16, 2005
Playing Against Type, 'Entourage' Grows Nuances
By DAVID HOCHMAN
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 - Rehashing box office grosses is so 2004. This summer, the hot subject at talent agencies and power breakfasts here has been the HBO series "Entourage."
" 'Did you hear what Ari said?' is now a regular feature of our Monday staff meetings," said Jeremy Zimmer, a founding partner at United Talent Agency. He was referring to Ari Gold, the show's insufferable talent agent, played by Jeremy Piven in an expensive Caesar haircut. Meanwhile, at International Creative Management, the agent Brian Sher said he got huge laughs by announcing at a staff meeting that the priority project at Warner Brothers this fall would be "Aquaman." That's the show's fictional underwater action movie starring the groovy pop idol of "Entourage," Vincent Chase (Adrien Grenier), and directed by James Cameron (the actual director of "Titanic" and "Terminator 2" fame, playing himself).
"Even the most senior agents got the joke," Mr. Sher said. " 'Entourage' has become part of the fabric of what we do."
In its sophomore season, the fizzy, insidery comedy about Vince and his "entourage" from Queens trying to make it in Hollywood has hit its stride, much the way "Sex and the City," the previous HBO sensation about four friends in search of fabulousness, free stuff and booty, did in season two. The Aug. 7 episode was the most-watched show in the series's history, according to Nielsen Media Research.
"I can tell something clicked because people are constantly e-mailing and calling and saying they want to do the show," said Doug Ellin, the show's creator and head writer. "But it wasn't like we consciously went out and said, 'This is gonna be our big year.' "
Yet, almost everything about "Entourage" is bigger this season: the budget is substantially higher, the writing staff has roughly doubled, its guest stars - including U2 and Mr. Cameron, who has a recurring role - are more impressive, and its plot lines more ambitious. Whereas the original eight episodes depicted its young characters as grateful for small breaks in indie films, by now Vince and his posse are grappling with a level of glitzy good times worthy of Us Weekly.
"We didn't truly know the show or these characters last year," said Rob Weiss, a co-producer and one of series's original writers.
Mr. Weiss's own Hollywood experience has provided ample fodder for the series. After making a big splash at the Sundance Film Festival in 1993 with "Amongst Friends," which he wrote and directed, he got a three-picture deal at Universal Pictures and dated celebrities like the actress Shannen Doherty, only to watch his career fizzle. "Hollywood success is a seesaw ride," Mr. Weiss said in an interview, "and it takes a while to figure out where you're going, which was true for our characters, too."
Each of the show's main players has "more to do" this season, said Mr. Ellin, who writes most of the episodes. Vince is adjusting to A-list stardom while wrestling with complicated feelings for his "Aquaman" costar, Mandy Moore. His manager, Eric (Kevin Connolly), is making the move from lackey to power broker. Ari gets to prove he's actually human, more or less, by opening the doors on his home life (though it's tough to feel compassion for a guy who chooses his star client over Grandpa to cut the challah at his daughter's bat mitzvah). Even Vince's half brother, Johnny Drama (Kevin Dillon), and his friend Turtle (Jerry Ferrara), who round out his "entourage," are reckoning with who they really are. Johnny, for instance, realized calf implants wouldn't make him manlier after all.
"The show has always been about the shallow moment-by-moment existence of life in the business," Mr. Ellin said, whether that entails deciding which plasma screen to buy or supermodel to date. "But we keep discovering subtleties, like, in Hollywood, even a guy who makes $5 million is constantly insecure and struggling."
One obvious change this season is that HBO hired new writers, including Chris Henchy and Brian Burns, both of whom are well situated to write about being on the periphery of fame. Mr. Henchy is married to Brooke Shields, and Mr. Burns is the brother of the director Ed Burns. They are also primarily known as television writers, whereas Mr. Ellin and Mr. Weiss have written mostly screenplays. The former Seinfeld writer Larry Charles is also on board. That may be one reason the series's episodes are now developing along a more traditional season-long trajectory: Vince gets "Aquaman," Vince loses "Aquaman," Vince gets "Aquaman" as long as he doesn't mess things up with Mandy.
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Michelle
Aug 16th, 2005 - 6:21 PM |
Entourage review in NYT 8/16/05 part 2
PART II
The flashier locations also help. This season, with its higher production budget, "Entourage" shot scenes during the Sundance Festival, at a live U2 concert and courtside during a real Lakers game. This last setting provided a delicious meta-"Entourage" moment. The show's five stars sat in the $2,000 seats normally reserved for Ari Emanuel, the real-life Hollywood talent agent who is the model for Mr. Piven's character.
"We keep pushing these guys into situations and opportunities they'd really be in if they were living this life," Mr. Weiss said.
In a weird way, though perhaps not surprisingly, the show's increasing popularity is giving its stars more opportunities to live like the characters they play.
"I was at a party in the Hamptons this weekend with some buddies I grew up with," said Mr. Connolly, an actor who had always been the lesser light among his close friends Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire. "All of a sudden, they part the way for us to get in and it's, like, 'What can we do for you?' So, yeah, I guess the show is definitely registering."
Copyright 2005 The New York Times Company
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M
Aug 29th, 2005 - 2:56 PM |
Entourage - before they were stars
Read Aaron Barnhart of the Kansas City Star's tv blog:
Friday, August 26, 2005
"Entourage" actors before they broke out (oh, savor the symmetry)
http://blogs.kansascity.com/tvbarn/2005/08/the_secret_past.html
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Michelle
Dec 10th, 2005 - 12:15 PM |
Entourage - Rex Lee (Llyoyd) becomes show regular
Entourage Has a New Plus One: Lloyd ain't goin' anywhere. That's what Jeremy Piven and Rex Lee, who plays Lloyd, tell me. Filming of the new season is set to begin in February (can't wait, can't wait, can't wait), and word is there'll be even more Ari and Lloyd this season. Rex has been promoted to series-regular status this season and looked like a kid in a candy store while making that announcement. "Doug Ellin called and said he wanted me back, and that he had ideas for Lloyd and Ari."
"Ari is like a phoenix," Jeremy said. "He'll rise again. And I think we'll see more of his professional life and home life colliding. Like that bat mitzvah scene, you know? It was kind of like a silverback ape trying to fit into a canary cage."
http://www.eonline.com/Gossip/Kristin/Archive2005/051209b.html
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Michelle
Jan 28th, 2006 - 6:43 PM |
Entourage Season 3 Starts in June 2006
I'm just getting around to last week's EW (January 27, 2006) and read:
Entourage [back in June '06]
"'We're doing 20 [episodes] for season 3 and then going into [production on] season 4,' says creator Doug Ellin, 'HBO is like, Do as many as you can do.' So this can-do season: Aquaman gets released, Eric (Kevin Connolly) gets in deeper with Sloan (Emmanuelle Chiriqui), and Drama (Kevin Dillon) gets...a job!"
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Michelle
May 13th, 2006 - 11:23 AM |
Entourage Season 3 begins June 11th, 2006
Just felt like briefly touching upon Entourage. I miss it. Personally, I don't really have time for podcasts - I have interest though. So maybe I'll check out the Entourage podcasts some time. Anyway, Entourage Season 3 starts soon - June 11th!
Aside- I am into those Ricky Gervais podcasts though.
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