HBO comedy-drama Entourage did a genius job of reflecting the realities of Hollywood survival. They hooked up actors and actresses (this happens), they jockeyed around studio chiefs over politics (this also happens) and they put a big-time star in rehab for drug addiction (this definitely happens).

But sometimes creator Doug Ellin and his writing team imitated real life before it happened. Ahead of the show's feature-length movie spinoff - out this month - here are 5 times when Entourage predicted the future...

1. Aquaman the movieÂ (Seasons 2 and 3, 2005-2006)

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Imagine a time when Hollywood wasn't smothering us with superheroes every other week. Hard, right? Believe it or not, when Entourage plotted Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) to play DC Comics' Aquaman on the big screen, there was merely a routine Spidey and Superman in sight. The movie even hired the mighty James Cameron to direct, plus Mandy Moore - ahem, Vinny's ex -Â as Aquagirl.

Naturally, the ex-couple's reunion got messy, but the fictional project did go on to achieve the highest-grossing opening weekend in history. The real Aquaman is now coming (directed by Furious 7's James Wan with Jason Momoa playing the title role) and has some feat to live up to when it arrives in 2018. Although judging by the superhero's nipple-baring new costume, it could be a whole lot different to Vinny's.

2. Lady Gaga goes jazz with Tony Bennett (Season 5, 2008)

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When Lady Gaga moved into jazz after two massive pop albums, it felt like a calculated attempt at showing a more serious side to her 'I'm-mad!' brand. But maybe, all she did was watch Entourage. In season 1, Justine Chaplin (played by Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester) was the shiny new popstar on the block promoting her alleged virginity. Four seasons later, she was duetting with jazz legend Tony Bennett. The maturity.

Gaga was never quite so undeflowered like Justine, yet she was once the world's latest craze and indeed duetted with Bennett herself in 2011 on a cover of show tune 'The Lady Is a Tramp'. Since, Gaga & Bennett followed that up with the album Cheek to Cheek last year, everybody takes Gaga way more seriously now and it's all thanks to Entourage... Ok, those last two statements are only rumours.

3. Movies, movies, get your movies here! (Pretty much the whole series, 2004-2011)

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Besides Aquaman, Entourage made up a lot of movies for Vince to star in during its run - not to mention the countless bit parts for Johnny Drama (Kevin Dillon), too. Sometimes the films hit the nail on the head, other times we were left fearing Vince would lead a kids' flick in which he takes Benji the dog to the Arctic... But a couple of projects were so good, Hollywood has started to make them.

The modern retelling of The Great Gatsby, first hatched in season 5 with Martin Scorsese on board as director, came out for real via Baz Luhrmann a few years after. And the story of Enzo Ferrari, designed for Vince by Frank Darabont in season 6, is in the works thanks to Michael Mann. We're still waiting for The Ramones: I Wanna Be Sedated, though - this sounds like something we might be interested in.

4. The rebirth of Andrew Dice Clay (Season 8, 2011)

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Before there was Louis CK, Dane Cook, Chris Rock - there was Andrew Dice Clay. 'Dice' was the first ever comedian to sell out two nights in a row at New York City's Madison Square Garden back in 1990, his tough guy wit trumping all of stand-up. A few failed sitcoms and reality TV controversies later, however, and his career was in the dumps. Then came Entourage.

After landing a new animated series with Johnny Drama, despite some contract troubles, the final season leaves things as Drama and Dice are about to voice 'the next Family Guy'. As for the real Dice, he's since had a decent role in Woody Allen's Blue Jasmine and has his own Showtime comedy series in the pipeline, as well as a slot in Martin Scorsese's upcoming HBO drama. It's a long way from The Celebrity Apprentice.

5. Hollywood's Ari Golds exposed (Season 7, 2010)

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Ari Gold: one of the greatest television characters of all time and a man so crafty he makes Simon Cowell seem innocent. The scary thing? Ari is based on an actual agent. Scarier? Hollywood is even cattier, at least according to the recent Sony hack which exposed the dark workings of the movie business.

When Ari's (Jeremy Piven) foul-mouthed rants cost him a big deal - after a pissed-off ex-staffer sent tapes of said rants to Deadline - Ari was screwed in a way not too dissimilar from Amy Pascal, the former Sony Pictures chief whose own offensive comments were uncovered amid the infamous hack and has since left the studio. So, you might say Entourage saw all these leaks coming and warned Tinseltown to behave years ago.

Bonus: The Ebola outbreak (Season 3, 2006)

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Ok, not quite. The Ebola virus has been around since the '70s. But who else was kidding on the disease eight years before 2014's epidemic?!

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