Home Box Office, The Leg Room, Bacardi to Host Chicago Screening of an Upcoming Episode of HBO's Hit Series Entourage

Home Box Office, The Leg Room, Bacardi to Host Chicago Screening of an Upcoming Episode of HBO's Hit Series Entourage

Chicago's Own Jeremy Piven Nominated Today for Best Supporting Actor, Comedy

Series for Entourage to Host

What: HBO is joined by The Leg Room and Bacardi for the Chicago promotional party to celebrate the success of the HBO hit series, Entourage.

From executive producer Mark Wahlberg, the hit comedy series Entourage kicked off its second season Sunday, June 5, 8:00 p.m. CT, exclusively on HBO. Drawing on the experiences of industry insiders, Entourage explores the world of Vince, a sexy young movie star whose career is just taking off. To share the fun of the ride and keep him grounded, Vince looks to Eric, Drama and Turtle, his longtime pals from Queens. Together, they experience the highs and lows of life in the fast lane of Hollywood, where the stakes are higher, and the money and temptations greater, than ever before.

Returning regulars on ENTOURAGE include Kevin Connolly, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara and Chicago's own, Jeremy Piven who plays Ari, Vince's aggressive, high-powered agent, who clashes with Eric over his client's decisions.

Entourage is created by Doug Ellin; executive produced by Mark Wahlberg, Doug Ellin, Stephen Levinson and Larry Charles; co- executive producer, Chris Henchy; producers, Mark Greenberg, Wayne Carmona, Rob Weiss, Janace Tashjian; supervising producer, Julian Farino; co-producer, Brian Burns.

HBO received 93 Primetime Emmy nominations, the most of all networks for the fifth year in a row, for the upcoming 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which were announced today in Los Angeles.

Who: Jeremy Piven was nominated in the category of best supporting actor in a comedy series for his portrayal of Ari Jacobs in the HBO series Entourage. He received a 2005 Golden Globe nomination for the same role. Piven has graced the big screen in over 40 films including Chasing Liberty, Scary Movie 3, Runaway Jury, Old School, Serendipity, Black Hawk Down, Very Bad Things, Rush Hour 2 and The Family Man. On the small screen Piven has been a series regular on "Cupid" and "Ellen" and has appeared on "The Larry Sanders Show" and in the telepic "Don King: Only in America".

Piven was born and raised in Chicago where his parents founded the Piven Theatre Workshop. His father, Byrne, taught the likes of John and Joan Cusack, Roseanna Arquette and Aidan Quinn. Jeremy is still very active with this Theatre and returns to Chicago frequently to help keep his father's dream alive.

When: Friday, July 15, 2005 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Where: The Leg Room 7 West Division, Chicago

All Covering Media Must RSVP To Cheryl Procter-Rogers, HBO, 847-318-5156

PRNewswire -- July 14

Source: HBO

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