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Buried deep within an item about how Clinton-positive mogul Harvey Weinstein tried to make Michael Moore remove an anti-Hillary scene from Sicko is Weinstein's shocking—and you will be shocked!—admission of a secret affair with Endeavor superagent Ari Emanuel, whom we are contractually obligated to mention—even three years into the series' run—is at least partially the basis for Jeremy Piven's Emmy-winning Entourage character. Reports Rush & Molloy:

The film exec also sent a big kiss to Moore's agent, Ari Emanuel, "my lover." Apologizing to his girlfriend, Georgina Chapman, Weinstein joked, "I'm coming out tonight," and went on to thank Emanuel for blasting Michael Eisner when the former Disney chief tried to unload Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11."

"Jeremy Piven plays Ari on ['Entourage']," said Weinstein, "but Jeremy doesn't have Ari's testosterone."

Weinstein was, of course, just kidding, but we find his love note to Emanuel touching nonetheless. Harvey was undoubtedly aware that another gossip column in the very same newspaper recently tried to destroy his good friend's reputation with anonymous accusations that the Entourage phenomenon had "mellowed" Emanuel, and was trying to help out his agent buddy salvage his image by stressing he can still out-douche his fictional counterpart whenever he likes.