Lloyd’s Diary has been somewhat disappointing in it’s inaugural season. It started quite well, but for some reason the video diaries lacked in the middle of the season, perhaps because Lloyd wasn’t involved in the storyline as much? His written blog posts just weren’t compelling for me to read through.

It will be intriguing to find out how Lloyd will be integrated into each episode now he is Drama’s Agent. Episode 11, the penultimate episode has promise to be a great episode, as the last episode has instigated a storylines that involve each of the characters and we will see progress over these last two episodes. Although Vincent doesn’t have anything specific, I think the last episode should feature him returning to the set of Enzo: The Movie. This is the pick of what you have thought:

Berried Alive has to be up there with the best this season. The mix of activity was immense. And Episode 10 didn’t even contain a single sex scene, or nudity for that matter.

Episode 10 ‘Berried Alive’
E, Vince, and Turtle meet Drama at Canter’s

Let’s start with Johnny Drama’s adventure which pretty much entails the war between Lloyd and Ari. This perhaps is the second love triangle in this episode, and it really is the classic Entourage! Agents fighting over Actors and each other. I really enjoy the drama (pun not intended) within the confines of Miller Gold, and within offices in general. And the contrast of Drama taking control of the situation from the comfort of Vince’s pad/mansion – just wonderful. It would be sweet if Johnny got this job on Melrose 2009. And let’s bring back Sadie from the Pleasure Chest, I think Drama deserves a girlfriend, and Sadie would be perfect!

It seems like Lloyd finally has Ari’s support when he mentions to Drama, that he’ll be ‘gunning’ for Lloyd. After all that anger I would leave Miller Gold too! All I’m hoping for now, is for Ari to get a shmokin’ hot assistant, that rivals his wittiness and general abuse levels that we know and love. I immediately think Lizzie Grant would be perfect for that position, but unfortunately she’s a ‘junior agent’. Perhaps something can be done there Mr. Gold?!

Will there be a romantic rendezvous between Turtle, Jamie Lynn-Sigler and the brunette sorority chick? Probably not, but it was the intial love triangle that I was talking about, and it was mentioned by Turtle himself. I think we’d all love to see Turtle go off with the sorority chick and diss Jamie-Lynn for just a little bit of fun.

Like the earlier episodes of season six, Vincent Chase really had no part. Just an innocent bystander to all the happenings around him. I have to say, after 10 episodes, I really want him to start working again, I mean don’t get me wrong, it’s been great seeing the rest of the boys have their own stories and adventures, but can’t we have both?

Episode 10′s Music:
• “Good Thing It’s A Ghost Town Around Here” by Still Flyin’
  [Intro: The crew leave the bar]
• “Groove Attacks” by Eric Hachikian
  [Into the mansion]
• “Fur In My Cap” by Rob Roy
  [Turtle drops Eric at Ashley's]
• “Fattie Boom Boom” by Ranking Dread
  [Hanging outside while Drama waits for a call]
• “Gold Guns Girls” by Metric
  [Jamie-Lynn drives Turtle to UCLA]
• “Hello” by Alex Winston
  [Lloyd waits at the Gate]
• “Summer’s Gonna Be My Girl” by The Go
  [Drama tells Lloyd]
• “Lonely Road” by Santilli
  [Britney at the Green Door talking to Eric on the phone]
• “Magic” by Lady Hawke
  [Song playing at the Green Door]
• “I Wanna Be Where You Are” by Michael Jackson
  [End Credits]

Episode 10 promises to continue the interesting story lines of both Drama and Turtle, but Ashley is still suspicious over Eric’s ‘other’ relationships. This is what the official episode preview has to say: “Drama eyes a part on Melrose 2009 and asks Lloyd if he can get him out of his current gig on Five Towns. Still irate over Lloyd’s job offer, Ari goes to war against Lloyd to get Drama out of his contract. Citing their trust issues, Ashley asks Eric if she can read his e-mails so that they can have an open and honest relationship. Turtle feels guilty about his love triangle, of sorts, with Jamie-Lynn and a UCLA co-ed. ”

This season while not fully involving Vincent Chase, has been a welcome change, we really got to see Eric, Drama and Turtle develop a lot more. And although the previous couple of episodes have been somewhat alright, they haven’t been the best, so I think we might see an explosive end to this season. Plus we have the likes of Matt Damon and the King – Lebron James yet to appear!

…its biggest total since May 2007, and more than double September’s opener…

What a start! This bodes well for the rest of the season, if this continues we could be seeing it go to Season 10!?!

Smiles for Turtle.
Is a Ferrari California coming his way?!

The New York Times posted what seems be a rather scathing attack, but as you read closer, they just seem to highlight all the things we love about Entourage. The critics seem to just blast whatever is popular to get attention — it has always been their way, and David Itzkoff from The New York Times surely got ours. With the title of the article

‘Entourage,’ So Yesterday

being eluding to the fact that he would heavily critique the show, but instead the content doesn’t really live up to the title. With quotes like this

Much about “Entourage” has stayed exactly the same…

it really cements it as attention-seeking false positive opinions, again highlighting the elements that attract us to become fans. And so what I initially thought was a serious critic, turns out to be a bit of light humor, with David Itzkoff rounding out the article exemplifying 5 “insider” jokes that appear in the episode and ending with a joke about Jeremy Piven actually turning up to work, unlike when he skipped his “Speed-to-plow” show at the Piven Theater due to mercury-poisoning. Haha… Not.
Behind the words I’m sure David really enjoyed Episode 1.

On a side note: We’re hearing whispers that Turtles is getting a Ferrari California! That must be in Episode 3 “One Car, Two Car, Red Car, Blue Car”. What the f*ck has Turtle been up to to score such a ride?! Although there are scenes shot at The California Speedway, so maybe Turtle only gets to ride one there. We’ll have to wait and see!
Mos def lookin’ forward to Episode 2 – “Amongst Friends” now!

The second video involving Turtle’s mini-obsession over Seth Rogan, hilarious stuff… a lot of banter going back and forth just like the good ol’ days.

A rather glowing review of the opening episodes has come in thanks to The Kansas City Star:

Vince and the boys are welcome in my living room again.

Aaron Barnhart really seemed to enjoy the Episode 1 “Drive”, and his review really gets the back of my neck tingling! Out of the previous rather depressing reviews, it was with hesitation that I kept looking for more, possibly afraid that it would be a bomb?! But ofcourse it wasn’t long till the critics were singing praises. Obviously the others were just doing it to get a little limelight of their own. It is f*ckin’ awesome to hear when a critic reviews the episode positively and cements Entourage as the best with quotes like this:

…this season moves smoothly into overdrive.

In rather odd news, an Australian Free-to-air channel — SBS, has bought the rights to show Entourage to the masses. What’s odd about it is that they are showing Season 1, about 5 years late, and most Aussies would’ve already watched in on their cable channels or DVD. Bizarre. The only reason would have to be because it’s obviously a money-maker.

Episode 1 “Drive” Preview
The boys are having girl trouble.

That clip has the following little description:

Eric lies to his girlfriend about seeing his ex, and Ari’s wife has him sleeping on the couch. I think it’s safe to say the boys aren’t relationship gurus.

The brotherhood will definitely be alive this season (as if it ever was dead though?), especially after watching that clip and seeing how more than one of them have girl troubles.

It is awesome to see the boys back in action after nearly a year off our screens (228 days since ‘Return To Queens Blvd’!). Also the buzz about town are the episode titles for Season Six. This is for those hardcore fans that want every piece of Entourage information possible:

Season Six Episode List (Updated:08/09/09)
• Episode 1 “Drive”
• Episode 2 “Amongst Friends”
• Episode 3 “One Car, Two Car, Red Car, Blue Car”
• Episode 4 “Running on E”
• Episode 5 “Fore”
• Episode 6 “Murphy’s Lie”
• Episode 7 “No More Drama”
• Episode 8 “The Sorkin Notes”
• Episode 9 “Security Briefs”
• Episode 10 “Berried Alive”
• Episode 11 “Scared Straight”
• Episode 12 “(Season Finale)”

We’ll update this list when more information comes along. But in the mean time, Can anyone confirm whether season six is a 10 or 12 episode season?. Update: It is officially a 12 episode series. And a 7th Season has now been confirmed!

Speculation rife: This must be the opening scene of Episode 1, “Drive” featuring Vincent Chase and Ari Gold walking down the red carpet for the “GATSBY” premiere. So it is true, it seems like the writers have made Vincent Chase film the “Gatsby” movie during the break — a good prediction from the last post of last season:

…it will be interesting to see if Season 6 includes the making of Martin Scorsese’s Great Gatsby, or will that happen during the break?

Vincent Chase’s GATSBY Premiere
The film shoot takes place in-between Season 5 and 6.

Doug Ellin also spills the beans about Season 6, in one of the behind-the-scenes video:

last year’s (season 5) was a real downer and depressing, and (I’m) getting back to the fun and excitement of being a movie star (in season 6)

Will Entourage Season 6 be a return to the fun and excitement of Season 3? The one when Vince and the crew go to Vegas in “Vegas Baby, Vegas!”?! After all season 3 was voted your favorite season.

Entourage F*ckin’ Fan Club taking on The Examiner.
We thought we were the “copy & paste” kings.

So it was to my surprise when I found that while reading the ‘HBO Entourage July episode guide‘ article featured in The Examiner, I noticed the duplication of whole sentences from the Wikipedia articles on the same subject (dating back a week before the Examiner article was written!). I thought they were quite a respectable source of news and information, but I was wrong… or am I too harsh? Maybe The Examiner isn’t supposed to be as pro as I thought?

The article doesn’t even source Wikipedia, which I think is rather poor. Although after checking Wiki, they have sources, but don’t seem to have the content ie. iMDb and TV.com.
Not to worry, we probably just missed the press kit…hahaha. Plus we like to f*ckin’ stir! It’s the inner-Ari Gold coming out.

Season 6 will premiere at 10.30pm on Sunday, 12th July. Make sure you reserve your seats on that comfy couch with your favorite beer and get that popcorn ready, it should be a blast and let’s hope this season is just as good as the last. If it’s as good as season five’s last episode it will surely make all us Entourage Fans ecstatic.

This season will surely be a defining one, I think it’s going to be a make or break season — although I can’t see many things go wrong, especially with star power in the likes of Gary Cole, Jamie Gertz, Lil’ Wayne and cameo appearances by Tom Brady, Autumn Reeser (from The O.C, whatta babe), King James (from the Cleveland Cavaliers), Andrew Bynum (from the L.A Lakers, check him out dropping the f-bomb in the link), Steve Nash and 50 Cent. Will we see it continue on till Season 10?