I wish we could hear Cusack's side of it.


Jeremy Piven, John Cusack: Friends No More?

NEW YORK (AP) -- Jeremy Piven played second banana to his friend John Cusack until his recent breakthrough in HBO's "Entourage," winning an Emmy Award last year for his role as sharklike agent Ari Gold.

Now Piven and Cusack, who studied acting at Chicago's Piven Theatre Workshop, which was run by Piven's parents, appear to be on the outs, or so Piven suggests in an interview in the February issue of Best Life magazine, on newsstands Friday.

"No comment. I mean, you could fill in the blank, I bet," the 41-year-old actor says when asked how Cusack has handled Piven's recent success.

Piven played supporting roles to Cusack in films such as "Say Anything," "Grosse Pointe Blank" and "Runaway Jury" before getting his big break on "Entourage."

"... I was always proud of him, and I was always in his corner," Piven says of the 40-year-old Cusack. "Always."

The Associated Press was attempting Tuesday to reach a representative for Cusack, who stars in "Grace Is Gone," which will be shown at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, later this month.

Piven, who co-stars with Ben Affleck in the upcoming film "Smokin' Aces," a Universal Studios release, says he values loyalty.

"It just says so much about a person if he has space for other people's success," he says.

"I have always been so proud of my friends' success. I own that proudly because I come by it naturally. I was raised on that spirit of collaboration. ... You start getting into trouble in life when you start comparing and contrasting your life to anyone else's. You don't win when you do that."

http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movi....ap/index.html

If Jeremy Piven had no friends at all would he still have too many? How round is a circle?

Good for John, frankly, if he can make the break away.

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Piven has to stop bitching. If it weren't for Cusack, he wouldn't have had a career at all.

Okay, that makes me like Cusack a whole lot less.

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actualy [sic] I have quite a blessed life if I'm honest. I have many people to love, hate few and have few money problem's [sic].... What more does a person need? Oh yeah and I have some kind of humbleness unlike you of course ^_^ ~ CarefulCarpenter

hahaha!

Does anyone remember that article about how pissed off Piven was when Jack Black got the role in High Fidelity instead of him and how after that he was always bitchy to JB? That annoyed me. Jack Black was perfect in High Fidelity, Piven could have shown some grace and admitted it went to the right person...

It's about the best think JB has done. The thought of Pivster in the role... :shudder:. He should use his moolah from his newfound TV fame to fund the filming of PCU2. Featuring U2.

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actualy [sic] I have quite a blessed life if I'm honest. I have many people to love, hate few and have few money problem's [sic].... What more does a person need? Oh yeah and I have some kind of humbleness unlike you of course ^_^ ~ CarefulCarpenter

Are you kidding?! How about his early appearance on the X-Files where he gets offed by his buddy, "electro-boy." But really, he is phenomenally hilarious in Orange County, and The School Of Rock is tops! Shallow Hal was cute, and he had the his wits about him in The Cable Guy.

Wasn't Piven in that Ellen DeGeneres sitcom??

i just wanted to say that john cusack is sexy and who gives a fuck about jeremy piven?

I:

Haven't seen The X-Files
Haven't seen Orange County
Have only seen the last 15 minutes of Shallow Hal
Have only seen 10 minutes of The Cable Guy

So couldn't possibly comment. I am sure he was brilliant in Biodome. As was Kylie Minogue.

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actualy [sic] I have quite a blessed life if I'm honest. I have many people to love, hate few and have few money problem's [sic].... What more does a person need? Oh yeah and I have some kind of humbleness unlike you of course ^_^ ~ CarefulCarpenter

I just wanted to say that I agree with this. I have such a big crush on John Cusack.

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He was, he played cousin Spence.
I loved his interaction with Joe the coffee guy, and the horribly cheerful Audry.
I also liked him in that show "Cupid" but it was only on for 12 episodes or something.
And he was cool in the Will & Grace episode where he wanted Grace to join him and his wife in a threesome.
I have a little crush on him, but I don't like him bitching.

seconded.

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