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Entourage 6/6: Ready for a Vincent Chase sex tape?
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The thoughts running through my mind, in order, when this week's episode of "Entourage" cut to the point-of-view shot of Vincent Chase frolicking in bed with that random UCLA student:
1) Cool, a different camera angle.
2) Oh, Jesus, here comes the sex tape scandal story arc.
3) Sweet, a little female nudity coming up!
4) What? The girl has a wife-beater on still? C'mon, people, this is cable television!
5) I hope there isn't an accidental Adrian Grenier package shot in there like Bow Wow in Season 5.
We'll pause momentarily for our female readers to acknowledge the pair of butt shots of Grenier they gave you. Congrats. You deserve it.
And now we'll focus on No. 2: the impending Vincent Chase sex tape.
For the record, I have ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA if this story arc will happen this season or next or ever. However, let's hope it does!
(I interrupt the flow here to state clearly for those who like to read into things on the Internet: This is strictly in the context of the HBO show "Entourage." I am not suggesting that the Grenier, the actor who plays Chase, has a sex tape or should even create one. There, I feel better now. Continue reading.)
It would make for a great storyline for Vince, who hasn't had much to work with through the first six episodes this season. We've never seen Vince have to go through anything like this on the show. His only strife through five-plus seasons has been career struggles and the breakup with Mandy Moore.
Think of the hilarious lines they could write for Johnny Drama and Turtle. The agita it would cause Eric and Ari. The weird gazes Lloyd could throw at Vince during a crisis management meeting at the Miller Gold Agency.
Oh yes, this story has what we in the journalism business call "legs."
And no, this is not some bizarre Vinny Chase sex fantasy playing out here on the blog, just in case you sickos were wondering.
In the celebrity-mad world we live in these days, fueled by gossip Web sites and the race for incriminating paparazzi photos, it's a natural reaction. If you see a celebrity in a sexcapade with a random girl and there's a camera involved, you're just counting the days until the official "news" breaks, the trailer is available for download and the full-length version starts circulating through the bit torrents.
It's a guaranteed top-10 Google trend. Just ask Leighton Meester. Or Hoopz. Or Kim Kardashian. Or Paris Hilton. Or Colin Farrell. Or anyone else who has been caught on camera . . . or forgot to secure the footage after breaking up with his or her, um, co-star. (P.S. It's OK, those links are definitely safe for work.)
You never really see how these people handle these types of situations. You just hear and read people making snide comments about it, and of course, the denial from the defamed participants.
I presume it's quite embarassing to have yourself exposed and downloaded across the Internet like that. I'm fairly certain I'd be rather disturbed if I got put on blast like that. I'm extremely certain you'd be extremely disturbed if I got put on blast like that.
Let's see how Team Vince would deal with this scenario. If "Entourage" is supposed to be the Hollywood insider show, and since sextapes can actually create a career in Hollywood for some people, let's see it happen. The footage is out there on this nameless UCLA girl's camera. It's gotta be better than "Medellin," right?
Tags: Vincent Chase , celebrities , season six , Eric Murphy , Ari Gold , Turtle , Lloyd , Johnny Drama , show columns , Leighton Meester , Paris Hilton , Kim Kardashian
