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Jeremy Piven (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters)

"My understanding is that he is leaving show business to pursue a career as a thermometer."

-- Playwright David Mamet to Variety after star Jeremy Piven abruptly left Broadway hit "Speed-the-Plow" because of his startlingly high mercury levels. His doctor told People the actor was eating too much sushi (twice a day!) and Chinese herbs.