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Entourage Propels Wahlberg

Posted Sep 8, 08 10:47 AM CDT in Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Mark Wahlberg continues to beef up his filmography, but behind the scenes the Entourage actor-producer is evolving into a major player. Through his TV production company, Leverage, he's a producer of the hit HBO show, and parlaying acting into producing was always the plan, the onetime Calvin Klein model tells the New York Times..

Wahlberg and his manager and partner Stephen Levinson—their relationship inspired Entourage’s Vince and best-friend/manager Eric—are riding high. “The plan was to not be involved in production until we felt like we had gotten to a good place in Mark’s acting career,” says Levinson Now HBO has committed to the serialized drama In Treatment for another season, and a reality series and high-profile period piece about the 1920s Atlantic City underworld are in the works.

Source New York Times

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In this June 10, 2008 file photo, Mark Wahlberg attends "The Happening" film premiere in New York.   (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)
Mark Wahlberg (second from right) poses with the cast of "Entourage," the Hollywood comedy based on his life and friends.   (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Actor Mark Wahlberg and his girlfriend Rhea Durham arrive at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday, Sept. 16, 2007, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Executive producer Mark Wahlberg arrives for the fifth season premiere of HBO's "Entourage" at The Ziegfeld Theater Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008 in New York.   (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Actor Mark Wahlberg arrives for the UK premiere of 'Shooter' in which he stars at a cinema in Leicester Square in London, Thursday March 29, 2007.   (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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