workshop and vincent chase is now one of the characters on entourage they named the lead actor after me so renowned and i just enjoyed teaching and they called one day after i had done the film bruce almighty and pepperdine is a spiritually based school so they thought i would make a fun professor to come teach the kids you know the art of showbusiness so i started with a screenwriting class but i have bowled into this larger conversation because i felt such a hunger from the students again about these choices that they were making the pressures that they were feeling and that's really what the class turned into it it's it's kind of a therapy session for all of us we talk about what's going on in the news in their hearts the pressures that they're feeling we try to you know this embody those pressures and really break them down and see what's underneath them that's remarkable you've had some head films that include bruce almighty liar liar and i'm sure a pet detective series movie series you've collaborated with eddie murphy to write the nutty professor movie series directed pa

plus, a preview of the most anticipated filmps hitting the theaters this week, and will vincent chaseng the "entourage" to the big screen? we want to get the scoop from pop columnist courtney hazlett. >> happy friday to you, thomas. and great news, shark week, discovery channel's week with the great whites returns. and to kick it off is "great white invasion" which shows that great whites are hanging out with people where i want to go surfing or swimming. to a frightening week to kick off the shark week. and another interesting show is called "jaws comes home" where they track several sharks over a period of time and talk about their migration and that sort of thing and all of the episodes are, of course, hosted by andy samberg, our own andy samberg from "saturday night live" and if he were not busy on another project, we would have dragged him out to talk about it. i am looking forward to it, and we turned this into a cultural event and people say, look, that is what it is, and there are bars here in new york city having shark events and beach parties and viewing parties and that sor

for the past seven seasons, hbo's hit series, "entourage" has taken viewers inside the world of vincent chaseeighth and final season, vince is out of rehab, that's good news, and thinking about his next project. but the idea does not go over so well with everyone. take a look. >> the main character is an american. mortgages his house, and smuggles hes labrador into romania for survival. anyway, i really think there is a movie in this. >> could be. >> totally. >> a movie for you? >> i mean, it could be great, don't you think? >> well, i mean, it's not a whole lot of time between now and march. >> and i want to direct it, too. i'm going to go to the bathroom. johnnie, order me something good, huh? >> i hate that idea. kevin conley, jeremy representatipifan. nice to have you here. i started reading tweets. we should mention to people, the season is wrapped. you shot all of season eight. so you're done. and you started tweeting about what the experience was like and what it was like to have it over and it's clear, this is a big part of your lives and your careers. >> kevin is still giving us note