The Boys are back!!

One of my favourite HBO shows is back - Entourage - and I'm loving it. Vinny Chase and his friends are back to make my Sunday evening blues go away. The show is about young actor Vincent Chase (played by Adrien Grenier) and his 3 best friends including his half brother Johnny aka Drama (played by Kevin Dillon), best friend E (Kevin Connolly)- also his manager and Turtle (Jerry Ferrara).

Entourage, produced by Mark Wahlberg, gives us an insight into the fickle world of Hollywood. In essence it's all about the ups and downs in movie star Vincent Chase's career and consequently that of his friends with whom he has the strongest of bonds. I love the show because each of the main characters essay their roles very well. Casting is excellent. I love love love Jeremy Piven's Ari Gold, the ultra-wily Hollywood agent and his sidekick Lloyd (played by Rex Lee). It's as close a look at Hollywood as us commoners will ever get. The power plays and politics are portrayed well. More than that, it's about this awesome friendship these laidback guys share with each other and Vinny's agent Ari set against the glamour and glitz of Hollywood.

The season premiere saw Vincent Chase finally getting his driver's license and a spot on Leno, Lloyd sticking up for himself and demanding a promotion from Ari and the boys (up until now, they've always lived together making their abode more like a "frat house" in the words of Sloane, E's sometimes on-sometimes off gal pal) actually contemplating their own ways as far as their paths in Hollywood are concerned. Even though this may be the beginning of a new era, I look forward to what crazy situations the boys are going to get into (who can forget the episode where Drama is contemplating calf implants because his legs don't measure up to the rest of him, and Drama again who has to agree to let himself be Gary Busey's live canvas because they want to get this antique desk that Busey owns, as a gift for E) and see the new dynamics in their relationship as they make their forays into the world while still maintaining their bond with each other.

Quotable quotes from the show:
Ari to Shauna: Hey I'm still at 6% bodyfat okay
Shauna: Yeah and still like 94% full of shit

Turtle (in the tub with his real-life girlfriend who also portrays his reel-life gal, Jaime Siegler, after she pushes him underwater): "You know what, just for that I'm going to pee in the tub"

Some other quotes I found funny are probably too risque for this blog ;) So sit back, relax and enjoy the rest of the summer because the boys are back!!!!!!