The ratings are not the only place HBO’s hit show Entourage is flying high. Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin America airlines has joined with the series to launch a New York to Las Vegas flight known as Entourage Air that will operate through October of next year. Passengers in first class (now renamed Entourage Class) will be able to get a taste of the Hollywood high life depicted in the show as they watch episodes of the program, which kicked off its fifth season last night.
“I am a fan of Entourage,” declared Branson. The flights will include “Dom Pérignon, Bose headphones and cashmere throws—it's all decadent,” he revealed.
Soup air travel insiders claim that Branson’s next joint flight-TV project will focus on another pet favorite, CMT’s Biggest Redneck Wedding Ever. “Branson adores the show,” stated the source. Flights traveling from Forrest City, Ark., to Gobblers Point (also in Arkansas) are said to feature such beloved redneck trappings as a wedding cake made of Vienna sausages, an entire aisle of mud for free-running pigs, topless stewardess wrestling and unlimited keg beer. Host Tom Arnold will be on hand to marry couples, as he's an ordained minister and he's extremely available.