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Last night, hundreds of thousands of local Entourage fans gathered at viewing parties all over L.A. celebrating the show's third season premiere (what, you didn't go to one?), where they patiently waited for Johnny Drama and Turtle's pussy-chasing misadventures to carry them offscreen long enough for Jeremy Piven to engage in the hugging-out-of-bitches and deliver a tongue-twisting monologue sending up the industry's self-interested heartlessness. In yesterday's piece about Hollywood's continuing delight at seeing itself teased on premium cable, the LAT managed to find an agent willing to pretend to be appalled by Entourage's depiction of the baby-eating caste:

Not everyone in Hollywood relates to "Entourage" in a positive way. "It's like bathing in mud," said John Burnham, executive vice president at the West Coast offices of International Creative Management. He finds the show funny but said Ari Gold's behavior is exaggerated, "insanely self-preserving" and "shameless." Citing a scene in which Gold made changes to his daughter's bat mitzvah in an effort to gain a business advantage, Burnham said, "You feel like you need to take a shower after you've watched it."

Of course, those who experience such feelings can quickly rinse off from their mud bath of recognition with the tears of their much-abused, Gaysian assistants, then proceed unencumbered to the Monday morning brainstorming sessions in which an agency's finest minds gather to apply the incredibly valuable lessons Ari Gold has taught them to real-life situations.