The Bromance Continues With Vince and E

JULY 20, 2009 -- Adrian Grenier and Kevin Connolly, who star as movie star Vincent Chase and his manager/friend Eric Murphy respectively in HBO's hit show Entourage, got good news before their interview with ABC News Now's "Popcorn With Peter Travers."

Entourage received four Emmy nominations, including best comedy series and best supporting actor in a comedy series (for Kevin Dillon who plays Vince's brother Johnny Drama). To date, the show has received 25 Emmy nominations and four wins, three of which were for Jeremy Piven for outstanding supporting actor in the role of agent Ari Gold. Entourage is now in its sixth season with 3.4 million viewers -- its largest audience in over two years and this season's premiere more than doubled last season's.

The show is loosely based on the life of actor Mark Wahlberg, one of its executive producers. Grenier's Vinnie Chase, a hot Hollywood actor, who kicks around town with his manager and buddies Eric (known as E), his less famous half-brother Drama and his assistant/driver Turtle (Jerry Ferrara). "It started more like Mark Wahlberg," said Connolly, "there is a real E out there that sort of runs Mark Wahlberg's life. There is a real Johnny Drama.. these characters sort of exist in Mark's world."

The unofficial fifth member of the entourage is Jeremy Piven's Ari Gold, as Vince's agent. Ari is loosely based on real-life Hollywood super agent Ari Emanuel, brother of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. Grenier recently signed with the real-life Ari and notes some similarities to his alter ego.

"I actually just signed with the real Ari recently and it's remarkable," mused Grenier, "but I watch the show and there's one scene where Ari Gold comes in to sell these writers to come on or their show runners to come to the agent, agency but he has no intention of actually managing them or being part of their career. He's just going to be, you know, present and he comes in with a quick sell and then leaves and I had a flashback of when the real Ari did that to me because I haven't heard from him since that meeting and I'm like wow, I should have watched my show more carefully before I signed with Ari."