Episode Six

Now begins a new miniseries entitled "Jeremy Piven breaks bad news to someone." I think this series has only two parts, but here's part one. Each part is a self-contained story, like a Law & Order, with Jeremy Piven being the Sam Waterston character. FYI, Jeremy Piven will be played here by a guy with glasses, and John Cusack is played by a football player. Sorry. Anyway, here we go with:

JEREMY PIVEN BREAKS UP WITH JOHN CUSACK:
ENTOURAGE star JEREMY PIVEN insists the reason he had a falling out with JOHN CUSACK was because his longtime friend wasn't supportive of his newfound success. The two first studied acting at Chicago's Piven Theatre Workshop in Illinois, which was run by Piven's parents. Piven played supporting roles in many of Cusack's films, including SAY ANYTHING, GROSSE POINTE BLANK and RUNAWAY JURY, before getting his big break on the hit US TV series Entourage and winning an Emmy Award. When asked how Cusack has handled Piven's recent successes, he tells America's Best Life magazine, "No comment. I mean, you could fill in the blank, I bet." Piven says of Cusack, "I was always proud of him, and I was always in his corner. Always. It just says so much about a person if he has space for other people's success. "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."

Episode Five

The thrilling conclusion of this multipart arc about the true story of Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee having problems! Read the beginnings here.

CLINT VS. SPIKE: PART FOUR (CONCLUSION)

Episode Four

Backstory here. The drama keeps piling up!

CLINT VS. SPIKE: PART THREE

Episode Three

Okay, we're back in business. We are at part two of our exciting multi-part story about the feud between Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee. More information about that can be found here. Because of the limitations of the medium, Spike Lee will again be played by a white British guy. Steven Spielberg will here be played by a guy with a baseball cap and facial hair, which felt close to being right.

CLINT VS. SPIKE: PART TWO

Episode Two

Here we begin a mini-arc, if you will, about a big angry feud between Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee. First, a caveat: In this episode, the part of "Spike Lee" will be played by a white guy with a British accent. That is because of the limitations of the medium. I'm sorry about that. They have one black lady, and I totally promise to cast her as like Cate Blanchett in the future. Also, I am including an explanation here of the backstory: I apologize for the spoilers involved, but the story may not make sense otherwise. Here is what went down in today's exciting drama:

CLINT VS. SPIKE: PART ONE

Steven Spielberg acted as peacemaker between feuding filmmakers Clint Eastwood and Spike Lee, helping the pair end their bitter war of words.

Lee slammed Eastwood in May for failing to include black characters in his two 2006 World War II movies Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima.

The veteran star struck back, telling Lee to "shut his mouth", prompting Lee to take a second swipe, calling Eastwood "an angry old man."

But Spielberg stepped in to handle the mediations - and now the Malcolm X filmmaker insists the conflict is settled.

He says, "That thing with Clint was overblown, and that stuff was squashed. We're cool...

"We never talked, but I talked to Spielberg, and Spielberg talked to him."

And Lee jokes he is even planning to send his new war movie Miracle at St. Anna, about black World War II soldiers, to Eastwood for private viewing: "He has his own screening room, we'll send him a print."

Inaugural Episode

So, here's the story. I was clued into xtranormal through Olde English, who in turn gave props to Howard and Leslie, which is very funny. I decided to try my hand at this, using its services for a long-gestating project: What is it like when celebrities hang out together in real life under weird circumstances. This, my webseries: Fictionalized Memoir, the title being based off of the Holocaust myth.

So here's episode one. Each episode will definitely require backstory. Here's what I'm aiming at for format:

ROMAN POLANSKI AND BRETT RATNER AT AUSCHWITZ

Jewish filmmakers Brett Ratner and Roman Polanski have teamed up to visit the concentration camp where the exiled director's mother was killed during World War II.

Ratner thought he was just joining his friend for a road trip through Poland and was shocked when Polanski suggested they visit Auschwitz.

The Rush Hour filmmaker says, "Little did I know Roman was going to take me to Auschwitz on an incursion through his Jewish history. Roman's mother perished at Auschwitz."

Ratner's photojournal of his trip to the grim former concentration camp with his friend features in the current issue of Heeb magazine, which Ratner guest edits.

I cannot promise more episodes soon, but I'll do my best.