
Jeremy Piven
Jeremy Piven's rep says her client's remarks about soy milk and man boobs were made in jest and have been taken out of context.
Piven blames soy milk for man boobs
"[Piven's comment] was taken from a silly Q&A piece that he did for a U.K. [movie] magazine called Empire," Piven's rep, Samantha Mast, told TVGuide.com. "They asked him, 'How much is a pint of milk?' to which he responded ...
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Jeremy Piven
First Jeremy Piven blamed sushi for mercury poisoning, and now the actor claims he grew man boobs (aka moobs) from drinking excessive amounts of soy milk.
Jeremy Piven leaves Broadway show on doctor's orders
"I was the guy that dabbled in soy milk, but now I've found out soy milk has enough estrogen for me to grow breasts ...
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Jeremy Piven
An arbitrator has cleared Jeremy Piven of contract violation in his dispute with the producers of Broadway's Speed-the-Plow, who were upset after the actor abruptly left the play due to mercury poisoning, the Associated Press reports.
"I feel like all you can ask for in this life is to have your day in court and I had that," Piven said. "The facts were presented, and it has been a really long journey for me. I am really happy ...
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Jemaine Clement, Sarah Silverman, Simon Baker
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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 ...
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Jeremy Piven
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
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..."
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Jeremy Piven
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 ...
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Jeremy Piven
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...
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The easily-bruised egos of the various men of Entourage were the center piece of tonights episode and it made for some amusing moments While Im still patiently waiting for return of the laugh-out-loud lines of the early seasons it does seem like we have finally moved past Medellin For that I am grateful Mrs Aris outrageous anniversary Ferrari set the stage for a showdown between Ari and the increasingly loathsome Adam Davies As the escalating practical jokes took a nasty turn Ari was finally pushed over the edge when Davies tracked down some revealing photos featuring Mrs Ari in an early acting gig Watching Ari storm his former offices and confront the squirmy Davies was the treat of the night especially when he gallantly declared Games are games Daviesbut that is the mother of my children Well on second thought it was probably a strong second to Ari being man-handled by those police officer strippers while Lloyd cheered with giddy delight
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