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Warning: Jeremy Piven has resumed eating fish. All Broadway shows are doomed.
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Jeremy Piven's Will Repeat His Mercury Poisoning Story Until You Think It's True
The devil is in the details, and the details to this little devil's story keep getting piled on. Piven told David Letterman last night that he not only had mercury poisoning, but a host of other ailments as well. More » -
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Unimpressed With Jeremy Piven, Nation's Seafood Industry Strikes Back
Jeremy Piven today celebrated his court victory over the producers of Speed-the-Plow, who sued the actor after he dropped out of their production. He said he got "mercury poisoning" from fish. The National Fisheries Institute wants you to remain skeptical. More » -
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Jeremy Piven Celebrates Victory Over Evil Mercury-Loving Broadway Producers
The arbitrator in the case of sushi-loving Jeremy Piven versus the Broadway producers of Speed-the-Plow ruled today that the producers could not prove their breach of contract suit against the star. But they still think they were right. More » -
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Jeremy Piven Cries, Escapes Punishment
Jeremy Piven convinced five other actors his mercury poisoning is real, deadlocking a union hearing and sparing Piven penalties for leaving Speed the Plow. How did he do it? Maybe with some crying.
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Jeremy Piven's Partying To Be Held Against Him In Court
Jeremy Piven is expected to show up for his Actor's Equity hearing tomorrow to determine whether his "mercury poisoning" excuse was totally made up, duh. The biggest hole in Piven's defense? His exhaustively documented partying. More » -
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Jeremy Piven Fishes For Redemption With Diane Sawyer
Maybe Jeremy Piven isn't off the mercury—after all, his attempt to justify his recent behavior to Good Morning America was oilier than a soy sauce-slathered eel roll. More » -
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Fish-Free Jeremy Piven Confronts Elisabeth Moss, Press
Jeremy Piven faced quite the gauntlet at last night's Globes: a press pack hungry to douse him in soy sauce and eat him alive, plus his aggrieved former Broadway costar, Elisabeth Moss. More » -
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Piven Could Be Forced To Pay 'Plow' Producers Under 'Liar Liar Pants On Fire' Statute
Though Jeremy Piven's ungraceful, sushi-related exit from Speed-the-Plow has at least secured him future savings on his Matsuhisa tab, he may part with that extra cash if the play's backers have their (angry) say. More » -
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Sherri Shepherd Awoken At 1:30 AM By An Insistent Jeremy Piven
Last night, Jeremy Piven sent a very late text message to Sherri Shepherd—and for once, it didn't say "Come to my room - whoever responds first gets me for the night." More » -
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Was Jeremy Piven Actually Stricken With Insufferable-Diva-Poisoning?
Aside from Fisher Stevens, everyone knows that Jeremy Piven's play-quitting sushi defense is bogus (but delicious!). However, E! is now alleging that Piven never actually quit—he was fired. More » -
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Hollywood PrivacyWatch: Defamer Commenter Watched Jeremy Piven Doing Yoga Poses In First Class Edition!
Sherri Shepherd isn't the only one who's had a memorable run-in at 30,000 feet with Jeremy Piven. Commenter MontagueGoat wrote in with another, presumably pre-mercury-poisoned encounter: -
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Jeremy Piven Exposed To Toxic Sherri Shepherd-Levels During Escape From New York
Sherri Shepherd's got an entry for Hollywood PrivacyWatch! On a plane over the holidays, she realized that the "short," fedora-clad man she'd been bothering was none other than the famously mercury-addled Jeremy Piven. -
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Jeremy Piven Finds That Partying With Models Can Cure Mercury Poisoning
An affliction as unusual as Jeremy Piven's sushi poisoning demands a treatment that's equally unorthodox. And so it is that Piven has begun a rigorous medical trial to find models he wants to (therapeutically) bang. -
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Broadway Audiences Prefer Their Casts Mercury-Poisoned
Though we understood why Jeremy Piven's ditched Speed-the-Plow co-stars reamed him onstage Sunday, we couldn't fathom what it was that had made Elisabeth Moss allegedly start "sobbing." Then, we saw the Piven-less box office: -
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SushiGateWatch: Jeremy Piven Attacked By Sobbing Co-Stars!
As so many stories wind down for the holidays, it's comforting to know that the new developments in Jeremy Piven's Sushigate scandal are even more delicious than the soft shell crab roll at Matsuhisa.
