Call sheetHBO · 2004–2011+ the 2015 film
Base: Los AngelesOut of town: Cannes, Park CityOrigin: Queens
Locations
Cast · as themselves, photographed during the run (Ferrara in 2023)
Nobody has signed in. Call the first name.
Incoming · Ari GoldAnswerA young movie star, his half-brother and two friends from Queens move to Hollywood, and an agent rings them all day. HBO ran it for eight seasons; the film followed in 2015. The delis, hotels, red carpets and the pier are real, and nearly all of them still open their doors.
The show follows a young movie star and his childhood friends who move from Queens, New York, to Hollywood; Kevin Dillon plays his half-brother, Johnny “Drama” Chase.
The Globe and Mail: Entourage gang shoots episode on the Croisette (Liam Lacey, 24 May 2007)
The series debuted in 2004 and ran for eight seasons, ending in 2011; the film reunited the cast.
Irish Echo: Film reunites HBO show’s stars (Karen Butler, 8 June 2015)
The film was released by Warner Bros. on 3 June 2015.
Four seats, four friends. Put them in.
The car · four seats
Photographs: Adrian Grenier, 2007, David Shankbone · CC BY 3.0; Kevin Connolly, 2007, David Shankbone · CC BY-SA 3.0; Kevin Dillon, 2008, watchwithkristin · CC BY-SA 2.0; Jerry Ferrara, 2023, FanDuel · CC BY 3.0.
Mark Wahlberg, born in Boston, brought his childhood friends along when he started out in Hollywood, and the series drew on those years. Doug Ellin moved the boys to Queens because he knew New York better than Boston.
Eric and Turtle are friends from Queens who move with Vincent to Los Angeles; the series drew on Boston-born Mark Wahlberg’s early Hollywood years with his childhood friends; Doug Ellin set it in New York because he knew it better than Boston.
Irish Echo: Film reunites HBO show’s stars (Karen Butler, 8 June 2015)
Adrian Grenier plays Vince, Kevin Connolly Eric, Kevin Dillon Johnny “Drama” Chase and Jerry Ferrara Turtle.
The Globe and Mail: Entourage gang shoots episode on the Croisette (Liam Lacey, 24 May 2007)
Roll the calls · 0 of 6 answered
Ari Gold was modelled on the agent Ari Emanuel, and Emanuel called his 2026 memoir Roll the Calls. So roll them. Six calls; every one puts you somewhere real.
Incoming call
Ari Gold
Re: lunch, Beverly Hills
· · ·176 North Canon Drive, Beverly Hills
Incoming: Ari Gold. Re: lunch, Beverly Hills.
It’s ringing.
Pick up to find out where you’re going.
Ari Emanuel inspired Ari Gold, the agent on HBO’s Entourage; his memoir, Roll the Calls, written with J.R. Moehringer, is published by Knopf on 22 September 2026.
Emanuel is said to be the inspiration for Ari Gold, played by Jeremy Piven.
Hollywood Boulevard and Sunset
The Hollywood Roosevelt probably appears in Entourage more than any other hotel; the crew often goes to its Tropicana pool bar. In the season seven episode “Lose Yourself”, Vince goes from his hotel room to an Eminem party in the Roosevelt’s lobby.
A working hotel: the lobby and the Tropicana pool bar are where the show kept coming back.
In the final season the group stays in the penthouse suite. A 2007 Entourage tour run by the Hollywood Entertainment Museum took in the Roosevelt.
7000 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
The hotel the show used more than any other: the lobby of the Eminem party, the penthouse of the last season, and the Tropicana pool bar.
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The show pays homage to the Chateau Marmont, the old Hollywood watering hole on Sunset. The 2007 Entourage tour took in the Chateau on its Sunset Strip leg, with the Standard, Sunset Plaza and Book Soup.
A working hotel on the hill above Sunset: see it from the boulevard, or book a table or a room.
Santa Monica · the end of the boulevard
The climactic final scene of Aquaman, Vince’s blockbuster in the show, was filmed on the Santa Monica Pier. The pier is public: walk out under the arch. The 2007 Entourage tour went out to the pier too.
A public pier, open all day: walk out under the arch to the end.
Santa Monica
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Two festival towns
Pass: Cannes, May 2007. The Croisette.
During the 2007 Cannes Film Festival the cast met reporters at the Majestic, in the middle of a quick three-day shoot. Adrian Grenier, Kevin Connolly, Kevin Dillon, Jerry Ferrara and Jeremy Piven were all there.
Stephen Levinson, one of Mark Wahlberg’s real entourage, said the idea for the show came after a trip to Cannes.
A working hotel on the Croisette: see it from the seafront promenade.
10 Boulevard de la Croisette, Cannes
The Croisette hotel where the cast met the press during their three-day Cannes shoot in May 2007.
Check roomsThe film · opened 3 June 2015
Budget on the board: $30 million. Open the weekend.
Entourage (2015): budget $30,000,000; domestic opening $10,283,250; domestic $32,363,404; international $16,900,000; worldwide $49,263,404; released 3 June 2015 by Warner Bros.
On 11 January 2015, with the film still in production, the cast shot part of a scene on the Golden Globes red carpet as their characters. The Golden Globes moved to the Beverly Hilton in 1961 and have been held in its International Ballroom for more than six decades.
A working hotel on Wilshire: see the entrance from the pavement, or book a room or a table.
The Entourage film had its premiere at the Regency Village Theatre in Westwood on 1 June 2015. Doug Ellin, Adrian Grenier, Kevin Dillon and Billy Bob Thornton were on the carpet.
A cinema under its white tower: buy a ticket, or stand on Broxton Avenue on a premiere night.
As themselves
Mark Wahlberg
The real-life model · producer
The series drew on Wahlberg’s first years in Hollywood with his friends from home, and he produced the film. Stephen Levinson, one of that real entourage, said the idea came after a trip to Cannes.
Doug Ellin
Creator · wrote and directed the film
Ellin moved the boys from Boston to Queens because he knew New York better. He wrote and directed the 2015 film and walked its premiere carpet in Westwood.
Jeremy Piven
Ari Gold
Piven won an Emmy as Ari. The character was modelled on Ari Emanuel, fired from ICM in 1995 for plotting a breakaway, who went on to found Endeavor.
The Boston-born Mark Wahlberg produced the film; the series drew on his early Hollywood years with his childhood friends; Doug Ellin, the writer-director, set it in New York because he knew it better than Boston.
Irish Echo: Film reunites HBO show’s stars (Karen Butler, 8 June 2015)
Stephen Levinson, a member of Wahlberg’s real entourage, said the idea for the show came after a visit to Cannes; Jeremy Piven won an Emmy for playing Ari Gold.
The Globe and Mail: Entourage gang shoots episode on the Croisette (Liam Lacey, 24 May 2007)
Doug Ellin was on the premiere carpet at the Regency Village Theatre, 1 June 2015.
UPI: Entourage premiere in Los Angeles (photographs, 1 June 2015)
Ari Emanuel is said to be the inspiration for Ari Gold; in March 1995 ICM fired him for plotting with three other agents to start their own agency, and he went on to create Endeavor.
Hang up · go there
11 places you can visit: nine in Los Angeles, one in Cannes and one in Park City. All are open to the public; the hotels and restaurants are working businesses.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working hotel: the lobby and the Tropicana pool bar are where the show kept coming back.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working hotel on the hill above Sunset: see it from the boulevard, or book a table or a room.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working deli on Fairfax: walk in and order.
General reference · Public access · Coordinate precision: building · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A hot dog stand on La Brea: queue at the counter like everyone else.
7000 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
The Hollywood Roosevelt probably appears in Entourage more than any other hotel; the crew often goes to its Tropicana pool bar.
A working hotel: the lobby and the Tropicana pool bar are where the show kept coming back.
8221 Sunset Boulevard, above the Sunset Strip
The show pays homage to the Chateau Marmont, the old Hollywood watering hole on Sunset.
A working hotel on the hill above Sunset: see it from the boulevard, or book a table or a room.
419 North Fairfax Avenue, Fairfax
Canter’s on Fairfax is one of the places the show’s characters hang out.
A working deli on Fairfax: walk in and order.
709 North La Brea Avenue, at Melrose
Pink’s hot dogs are one of the hometown favourites the show put on screen.
A hot dog stand on La Brea: queue at the counter like everyone else.
Stay
The Roosevelt, the Chateau, the Beverly Wilshire and Le Majestic.
7000 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
The hotel the show used more than any other: the lobby of the Eminem party, the penthouse of the last season, and the Tropicana pool bar.
Check rooms8221 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles
The old Hollywood watering hole on the hill above Sunset that the show tipped its hat to.
Check rooms9500 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills
Where the boys met producers and financiers in season three, at the foot of Rodeo Drive.
Check rooms10 Boulevard de la Croisette, Cannes
The Croisette hotel where the cast met the press during their three-day Cannes shoot in May 2007.
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The festival’s first Boulder edition, dated by the Sundance Institute.
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Take it home
Ari Emanuel’s memoir, named for the thing his agents do all day.
Ari Emanuel with J.R. Moehringer
The memoir of the agent who inspired Ari Gold; Knopf, published 22 September 2026.
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The 2027 Sundance Film Festival runs 21–31 January 2027 in Boulder.
University of Colorado: Sundance Film Festival announces dates for 2027
Roll the Calls, by Ari Emanuel with J.R. Moehringer, Knopf, 22 September 2026.
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
11 of 11 places · 14 of 14 Moments
7000 Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood
Vince comes down from his room to an Eminem party in the Roosevelt’s lobby.
For the final season the boys take the Roosevelt’s penthouse suite.
8221 Sunset Boulevard, above the Sunset Strip
The show tips its hat to the Chateau Marmont, the watering hole above the Strip.
419 North Fairfax Avenue, Fairfax
The boys hang out at Canter’s on Fairfax.
709 North La Brea Avenue, at Melrose
Pink’s makes it on screen as a hometown favourite.
176 North Canon Drive, Beverly Hills
The characters relax at Spago, the industry’s old haunt in Beverly Hills.
9500 Wilshire Boulevard, at Rodeo Drive
The group meets producers and financiers at the Beverly Wilshire.
9876 Wilshire Boulevard, at Santa Monica Boulevard
Still in production, the film shoots part of a scene on the real Golden Globes red carpet.
The Golden Globes move to the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom.
961 Broxton Avenue, Westwood Village
The film premieres at the Regency Village Theatre, two days before it opens.
Colorado Avenue at Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica
The final scene of Vince’s superhero blockbuster is filmed on the Santa Monica Pier.
10 Boulevard de la Croisette, Cannes
The cast shoot on the Croisette during the festival and meet the press at the Majestic.
Main Street, Park City, Utah
Entourage shoots episodes in Park City, the Sundance town.
The festival’s last Park City edition closes; Boulder takes over in 2027.
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