After eating nothing but spicy tuna rolls for the last twenty years, Jeremy Piven nearly bought the farm last winter, forcing him to make the tough decision to pull out of Speed-the-Plow midway through its run. Thanks to a talented team of medical practitioners, Piven survived his bout with mercury poisoning and isn’t looking back. “I haven’t had a piece of fish since the doctor told me to lower my blood mercury level … So, it’s been almost 10 months now,” he told a reporter at a Los Angeles Lakers victory party. Hmmm, last we checked, December was only six months ago, but who’s counting? [People]
