(JTA) — Lena Dunham and writing partner Jenni Konner have signed a deal with Random House to turn their lifestyle newsletter Lenny into a publishing imprint. Dunham and Konner will oversee a line of books featuring “exciting, emerging voices in fiction and nonfiction,” Random House announced Wednesday. Both women are Jewish. “Working with Lena, Jenni…
(JTA) — Actress Lena Dunham has been hospitalized and will undergo surgery. A spokesperson for Dunham said in a statement that the “Girls” creator and star was taken to the hospital Saturday morning. She reportedly suffered the rupture of an ovarian cyst, part of her ongoing battle with endometriosis. Dunham, 29, has been public about…
“Girls” star Lena Dunham has apologized for accusing Spanish magazine “Tentaciones” of heavily photoshopping a photo of her that it featured on their cover after the publication responded with proof that the photo was real. “Tentaciones,” a monthly Spanish magazine published by Madrid’s “El País” newspaper, featured the photo of Dunham on the cover of…
Lena Dunham (R) says her bodega man thinks she’s one of the stars of “2 Broke Girls.” Tip that man, Lena! “Girls” creator and star Lena Dunham says she’s not going to correct her bodega man on this one. The guy at the bodega on my block thinks I’m the star of 2 Broke Girls…
(JTA) — This year, as always, Jews contributed to the worlds of art, music, literature, film, television, comedy — and even Instagram modeling. Here are some of the moments that made members of the tribe stand out in the increasingly bizarre, fast-paced whirlwind of American pop culture. 1. Larry David’s Bernie Sanders impersonation on “SNL” One…
If you thought the virulent reaction toward her “Dog or Jewish Boyfriend?” New Yorker piece would scare Lena Dunham from commentating on the Jewish male id, you would be very very wrong. In the most recent episode of “The Organist” podcast, comedian Jenny Slate reads Lena Dunham’s “Erotic Male Jewish Comedian Fan Fiction.” In these…
Two of our favorite funny ladies with a serious side, Lena Dunham and Sarah Silverman, opened up today in an interview through Lenny, Dunham’s website and newsletter for women that debuted at the end of September. Silverman and Dunham first met in Dunham’s pre-“Girls” era, when she was tasked with interviewing Silverman for Paper magazine….
Lena Dunham just won Halloween. In the age of costumes, a woman during Halloween finds herself looking at paltry options full of “sexy” this and “sexy” that costumes. So when Lena Dunham reminisced about her past costumes and announced that she plans to dress up as a Planned Parenthood doctor in Tuesday’s Lenny Letter, the…
