Read more Speed-the-Plow stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/36878/speed-the-plow.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:14:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67967/fishy-tale-gets-piven-off-the-hook.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJeremy Piven was on the level when he blamed mercury poisoning for his decision to bail on a Broadway production of Speed-the-Plow last December, an arbitrator has ruled. "While we respect the decision, we strongly disagree with it," the producers of the David Mamet play said in a statement. Said...http://www.newser.com/story/67967/fishy-tale-gets-piven-off-the-hook.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 27 Aug 2009 16:48:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61593/susan-boyle-back-on-stage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagToday is the day Susan Boyle returns to singing, the Mirror reports. The troubled star is set to join rehearsals for the Britain’s Got Talent tour. “There is no pressure on her but everyone hopes it means she will perform on Friday,” says a source. “It’s her decision.” Elsewhere: Rihanna...http://www.newser.com/story/61593/susan-boyle-back-on-stage.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Jun 2009 11:21:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48170/plow-producers-file-grievance-against-piven.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagProducers of David Mamet's Speed-the-Plow have filed a grievance with Actors' Equity against Jeremy Piven, who left the production with what his doctors called mercury poisoning, BroadwayWorld.com reports. No date for the arbitration proceedings has been set. Piven has gone to another set of doctors for a second opinion,...http://www.newser.com/story/48170/plow-producers-file-grievance-against-piven.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Jan 2009 18:21:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47720/mercury-illness-was-real-piven.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJeremy Piven has taken a lot of flak since leaving the Broadway production of Speed-the-Plow due to unhealthy amounts of mercury in his body—including anonymous sources who said medical reasons were a cover for the fact that he was fired—but the condition was real, the actor tells People...http://www.newser.com/story/47720/mercury-illness-was-real-piven.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Jan 2009 14:29:51 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45699/mercury-count-speeds-pivens-broadway-exit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJeremy Piven is bailing on Broadway because of a high mercury count, and it doesn’t sound like David Mamet is buying the excuse, Variety reports. “My understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer,” said Mamet, who wrote Speed-the-Plow . The popular play, a...http://www.newser.com/story/45699/mercury-count-speeds-pivens-broadway-exit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 18 Dec 2008 11:57:48 CST