Superagent Ari Emanuel never told his wife Sarah that he was about to be immortalized in “Entourage” by Jeremy Piven — playing Ari Gold — because “I didn’t think the show would go anywhere,” he told the crowd at a recent visit to PepsiCo headquarters in Purchase, N.Y.
The William Morris Endeavor agency CEO confessed his pessimism for the show’s prospects even though “Entourage” was based on and co-created by his client, Mark Wahlberg. The HBO hit ran for eight seasons and is now headed for the big screen.
Sarah eventually learned about Ari Gold and his wife, Melissa, played by Perrey Reeves, from her girlfriends. “He said Ari Gold’s personality was based on him, but the show’s not a real depiction of his marriage,” our tipster added.
Since Ari has two high-powered brothers, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s former chief of staff, and Zeke Emanuel, the bioethics chairman at the National Institutes of Health, someone asked about Thanksgiving dinner at the Emanuel homestead.
“Everyone gets quiet and defers to Zeke because he’s the oldest,” Ari said.
—By Soo Youn
The William Morris Endeavor agency CEO confessed his pessimism for the show’s prospects even though “Entourage” was based on and co-created by his client, Mark Wahlberg. The HBO hit ran for eight seasons and is now headed for the big screen.
Sarah eventually learned about Ari Gold and his wife, Melissa, played by Perrey Reeves, from her girlfriends. “He said Ari Gold’s personality was based on him, but the show’s not a real depiction of his marriage,” our tipster added.
Since Ari has two high-powered brothers, Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s former chief of staff, and Zeke Emanuel, the bioethics chairman at the National Institutes of Health, someone asked about Thanksgiving dinner at the Emanuel homestead.
“Everyone gets quiet and defers to Zeke because he’s the oldest,” Ari said.
—By Soo Youn
