The nice thing about being a celebrity is that it takes relatively little effort to effect change. Whereas a retweet or imploring Facebook post issued by one of us “normals” will have little to no impact on anyone, a celebrity throwing his or her name behind a cause has real influence and reach. So it’s…
As the saying goes: Bite my butt once, shame on you. Bite my butt twice, I’m giving you back and replacing you with baby poodles. Lena Dunham issued an emotional Instagram post yesterday explaining that she and her boyfriend, musician Jack Antonoff, were forced to give up her beloved dog Lamby. “After four years of…
There’s an iconic line in the film “Mean Girls” where Amanda Seyfried’s character puts her hand to her breast and says “It’s like I have ESPN or something. My breasts can always tell when it’s going to rain.” It’s said some women are visited with a similar sensation on days when Lena Dunham posts a…
Lena Dunham, the woman widely (if unfairly) blamed for dooming Hillary Clinton’s candidacy with her enthusiastic support, has just gotten behind… Jeremy Corbyn, of the British Labour Party. From her Instagram: “With Jeremy Corbyn you have a chance at a fair and just leader who will temper the fascism and darkness of our current American…
You don’t have to like Hannah Horvath to love Lena Dunham. Ok, let’s get this out of the way first. Hannah was selfish/annoying/fill in the blank negative adjective that is inevitably used when you first get into a conversation with someone about the television show “Girls.” She was also a vehicle for some of the…
Don’t put Lena Dunham on the cover of a magazine offering up “20 Slimdown Diet Tips Stars Are Using” unless you want her to unleash A+ trolling game on you. The “Girls” creator took to Instagram to call out Us Weekly for including her on their weight loss cover, by giving an actual rundown of…
The Met Ball, aka the biggest fashion night of the year, happened Monday night — and we’re still taking in all of the fierce, wacky, I-could-literally-never-pull-that-off outfits put on display. The event, which raises money for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, celebrated Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo and her label, Comme des Garçons this…
Contains spoilers. About fifteen minutes into watching the series finale of “Girls,” I felt a sinking feeling of disappointment. The episode, set five months after Hannah has given birth and moved to upstate New York, is much like past “Girls” bottle episodes. Existing in a strange, surreal, almost suffocating space, the storyline is shot in…
