Girls recap: season three, episode 10 – Role Play
Rebecca Nicholson: Hannah’s relationship with Adam hits a rough patch, while Shoshanna somehow becomes the show’s voice of truth and reasonRebecca Nicholson
View ArticleLena Dunham at SXSW 2014: 'Female stars of Girls are being typecast'
The creator of HBO’s hit show compares lack of film work for female stars with that of co-star Adam Driver, who’s been offered roles by Spielberg and the Coen brothersHenry Barnes
View ArticleViral Video Chart: Justin Bieber, Lena Dunham and Kevin Bacon
Girls in the garden of Eden, kissing with confidence, bitcoin banter and Barack Obama between two fernsWould you Adam and Eve it? Before Girls, there was Lena Dunham in a Biblical Movie that would...
View ArticleSnobbery takes a backseat as SXSW's film crowd make themselves heard
Documentaries on Edwyn Collins and a Mexican drug lord were the stand-outs in a typically loud, boozy sweaty film festival that is the antitheses to Cannes in every wayFor film fans, SXSW gets louder...
View ArticleGirls recap: season three, episode 11 – I Saw You
Recap: In the penultimate episode, Hannah starts to unravel (again), while Marnie falls back into old habits. Where do we go from here?Rebecca Nicholson
View ArticleWTF with Marc Maron – radio review
When it comes to celebrity talk Lena Dunham is unusually candid – especially if the subject is Woody Allen• Lena DunhamIt's a curious thing, in 2014, to listen to a celebrity talk so candidly on...
View ArticleIs Kim Kardashian the new 'undeserving celebrity'?
The latest American Vogue cover has provoked a storm of fashionista disapproval. But Barbara Ellen thinks featuring Kim Kardashian and Kanye West is a refreshing clash of cultures by the fashion...
View ArticleGirls recap: season three, episode 12 – Two Plane Rides
Recap: In the finale of an outstanding third season, it's Adam's opening night, while Hannah receives life-changing newsRebecca Nicholson
View ArticleLena Dunham defies her critics over 'doctored' Vogue cover
Girls writer and actress says fashion magazine is about escapism and defends pictures of herThe innovative American writer, director and performer Lena Dunham, the creator of Girls and a totemic figure...
View ArticleGirls recap: season three, episode three She Said OK
The girls just wanna have fun, which never, ever ends well. Awkward interactions? A sense of imminent doom? Well, that's parties for youSPOILER ALERT: this blog is published after the US transmission;...
View ArticleHappy Christmas: Sundance 2014 first look review
In Joe Swanberg's charming but slight follow-up to Drinking Buddies, it's the director's own baby who acts his little socks off Full coverage of Sundance 2014This festive season Jeff, Kelly and...
View ArticleViral Video Chart: One Direction, Lena Dunham and Arnold Schwarzenegger
The !D boys tune out, touring with The Girls, Benedict Cumberbatch legs it and Arnie goes to the Super BowlLove 'em or hate 'em, you can't avoid One Direction, so it makes a refreshing change to watch...
View ArticleRewind TV: The Musketeers; Girls; Rococo: Travel, Pleasure, Madness review
Swashbuckle as they might, The Musketeers' most entertaining battle was with the dialogue; meanwhile, a silver-tongued Richard E Grant joined the cast of GirlsThe Musketeers (BBC1) | iPlayerGirls (Sky...
View ArticleDo blondes have more funny?
If the label 'comedy blonde' has to exist, at least it pertains to some genuinely great comic actorsReading this on mobile? Click here to viewIn The Other Woman, Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann and Kate...
View ArticleDesiree Akhavan, AKA 'the New Lena Dunham', to star in next season of Girls
She has been touted as the contender to Lena Dunham's throne so why is Iranian-American filmmaker Desiree Akhavan starring in her rival's show?"Lena Dunham has been coming up a lot lately in my therapy...
View ArticleHas the Girls revolution come to an end? | Eva Wiseman
Lena Dunham's Girls broke the mould when it came to writing excitingly true-to-life female characters. Too bad they've become a stereotype alreadyJust as soon as it began, is it over? That glorious...
View ArticleWhere is Britain's Lena Dunham? Who cares? We should celebrate British TV talent
In our rush to applaud the women creating US shows, homegrown talent goes unsung, argues Rachel CookeGather together a group of television critics, add a BBC executive, or a high-up from ITV or Channel...
View ArticleNew York's BookCon: 'Where literature and pop culture collide'
Reality TV stars mixed with celebrity authors and YA's biggest names at the fan-friendly final day of BookExpo America 2014's 'organized chaos'On Saturday, at the Javits Center in midtown New York,...
View ArticleAndy Samberg and Lena Dunham team up for HBO Wimbledon mockumentary
Game of Thrones' Kit Harington to join fellow HBO star and three SNL alumni, including Fred Armisen, in 7 Days in HellFunnyman Andy Samberg is reported to star opposite Game of Thrones heartthrob Kit...
View ArticleThe bob is back: five of the best modern takes on the classic cut
Lena Dunham has one. So does Kristen Stewart, while Karlie Klosss launched a thousand copycats. The bob is back, but now it comes in all manner of shapes and lengths. Its just a case of picking one The...
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