Jeremy Piven

The "sushi-gate" debacle has come to an end in Jeremy Piven's favor, but the actor is still feeling emotional about it.

After a closed-door hearing of the Actors' Equity Association and the Broadway League on Thursday, Piven avoided penalties for his sudden, high-profile departure from the Broadway play Speed the Plow, which he blamed on mercury poisoning. But during an interview with The New York Times following the hearing, Piven broke down in tears twice while describing his health scare ... read more 9 Comments

The producers of Broadway's Speed-the-Plow filed a grievance Friday afternoon against Jeremy Piven, who abruptly left the show in December due to mercury poisoning.

The complaint was filed with the Actors' Equity union over Piven's departure, The New York Times reports. A date for the proceedings has yet to be determined, Jeffrey Richards, one of the show's producers, says in a statement.

It is unclear if producers are seeking financial compensation.

Citing an unnamed source close to the situation, the Times reports that producers want Actors' Equity to ...
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Jeremy Piven calls his abrupt departure from Broadway's Speed-the-Plow a "completely humbling experience."

"I don't know if they've ever taken you out of a game or if you've had to kind of stop a season short," he told NBC's Tiki Barber, a former New York Giants running back, at Sunday's Golden Globes. "But that's basically what the doctors did to me," Piven said. "I could have gone against doctors orders. I didn't. I'm just grateful..." read more 9 Comments

Since Jeremy Piven's abrupt departure last week, Broadway's Speed-the-Plow may soon also be known as Slow-the-Sales.

In the wake of the controversy surrounding the Entourage star's sudden absence, the David Mamet play earned $326,559 — nearly $160,000 less than the previous week according to figures obtained by The Associated Press. The production's venue was at ... read more 15 Comments

Entourage star Jeremy Piven's decision to leave Broadway's Speed the Plow was on doctor's orders — and his internist says no one should make light of it.

"Jeremy has been a trooper doing the show as long as he did," Dr. Carlon Colker told TVGuide.com. "It was not his decision to step away from the show; it was my decision to end his run for health reasons.

Colker said Piven was diagnosed early in his run, which began in October, with a "profound elevated mercury level ... almost six times the upper limit of the reference range." The actor was hospitalized earlier this week for three days due to exacerbated symptoms from the condition... read more 13 Comments