Entourage star Jeremy Piven returned to his hometown of Evanston to give his first ever speech-like presentation of his life to students tonight at Pick-Staiger. It was an odd mix of comedy and inspirational advice, (a “dramedy?”) that made people laugh and prompted a lot of silly questions – and serious questions that sounded silly.

Pick-Staiger was packed, and the audience seemed really enthusiastic: one girl even shouted out to him and went up on stage to hug it out with the bitch Piven himself. Another girl stayed afterward to see if he’d record her voicemail message; alas, Piven was busy backstage talking to his mom, who was present that evening.

I got turned away by a bossy usher, and was left to text my mom a disappointing “never mind, he didn’t come back out.” No cleavage-signing for me.

What’d you think of Piven’s performance?
Inspiring, or annoying? Leave a comment.