Oz stylewatch: sequins throw fabulousness back into fashion
Normcore had us all hiding behind our big jumpers, but sequins are the new black right now – so let your inner Liza Minnelli burst outWhen I pop downstairs to get my morning coffee at Kawa in Surry...
View ArticleLena Dunham faces criticism over article comparing Jewish men and dogs
Anti-Defamation League says Girls creator, who identifies as half-Jewish, perpetuates antisemitic stereotypes in listicle-format New Yorker columnGirls creator and author Lena Dunham has been accused...
View ArticleDid Trevor Noah and Lena Dunham’s jokes offend Jewish people? It depends
‘If a Jew can’t poke a little fun at her Jewish boyfriend about being Jewish, then what can any of us say any more?’ said one Jewish comedianTrevor Noah, the new host of the Daily Show, caused a real...
View ArticleAuteur know better: can the actor-to-director transition ever go smoothly?
Ahead of Ryan Gosling’s directorial debut Lost River being released in the US, we ask why can it be so hard for actors to adjust to life behind the cameraWhen Ryan Gosling’s Lost River is released on...
View ArticleLena Dunham wants to make Girls film when cast hits 40
Creator and star of cult hipster comedy determined to ‘wait long enough for something to have really gone down’ before producing a feature-length versionA Girls movie is in the works, though it’ll take...
View ArticleFrom Bushwick to Hollywood: what the Girls movie needs to get right
Lena Dunham is keen to bring Hannah and her hipster pals to the big screen, but she needs to be wary. Just ask Sarah Jessica Parker ...If there was one lesson to be learned from watching 2010’s vapid...
View ArticleTaylor Swift debuts star-studded video for Bad Blood remix single
Lena Dunham, Cara Delevingne, Ellie Goulding and Kendrick Lamar cameo in singer’s new video, which she premiered at 2015 Billboard music awardsTaylor Swift has unexpectedly released a remix as the...
View ArticleSarah Palin calls Lena Dunham a 'pedophile' and defends Duggar family
Former Alaska governor attacked media as ‘disgusting hypocrites’ for light backlash against Girls star compared to ‘crucification’ in Josh Duggar allegationsSarah Palin has accused TV star Lena Dunham...
View ArticleD'oh! Homer Simpson leaves Marge for Lena Dunham (for one episode)
In the latest of The Simpsons’ increasingly attention-seeking plotlines, the golden couple are finally – but temporarily, no doubt – calling it quits. Petty plot points like these are costing the show...
View ArticleTaylor Swift review – intimacy on a grand scale from pop's latest superpower
SSE Hydro, GlasgowThe giant screens capture the occasional goofy grin or eye-roll, a hint that Swift is aware of the ridiculousness of all this excessIn 2015, most pop stars strive to break the...
View ArticleWhy is there always a backlash against feminist stars? | Eva Wiseman
Fearless feminist icons like Lena Dunham are held to impossible standards and then pilloried. Will the same now happen to brilliant comedian Amy Schumer?A group of men sit round a table and make one of...
View ArticleTaylor Swift is a US women's soccer team super fan at New Jersey concert
Fresh off their World Cup championship, the players joined Swift onstage in during her 1989 world tour Taylor Swift was a true all-American girl at her concert Friday night as she honored the US...
View ArticleLena Dunham on Cosby: 'When are we going to let it go with defending rapists?'
During a talk on Monday in New York, the Girls star and the show’s executive producer talked about Bill Cosby, airing their frustrations with his defenders“Watch my career end in real time,” Judd...
View ArticleLena Dunham to launch Lenny email newsletter for 'like-minded' women
Girls creator will team up with show’s executive producer, Jenni Konner, to launch lifestyle mailout in which ‘there is no such thing as too much information’Lena Dunham is following in the digital...
View ArticleDo we need Lenny, Lena Dunham's newsletter, when feminism itself has been...
Lena Dunham’s Lenny newsletter is billed as ‘Goop meets Grantland’. Great – it’ll fit right in with the rest of the sassy, individualistic feminist speciality mediaAs a teenaged feminist in the 2000s...
View ArticleLena Dunham's newsletter is a victory for the letter-writing renaissance
With their newsletter, Dunham and Girls executive producer Jenni Konner will join a growing number of writers wanting to connect with intimate communitiesLetters have always had an emotional weight....
View ArticleAmy Poehler: everything you need to know in one handy infographic
She’s an actor, author, writer, producer, agony aunt and one-woman chuckle factory. All aboard The Poehlercoaster!Continue reading...
View ArticleActors call on Amnesty to reject plans backing decriminalisation of sex trade
Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet, Emma Thompson and Lena Dunham among signatories of letter arguing that policy change would ‘legalise pimping’A host of Hollywood stars, including Oscar-winning actors Meryl...
View ArticleCelebrity lifestyles for sale
It started with Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop – now everyone from Zooey Deschanel and Reese Witherspoon to Lena Dunham is selling you their way of lifeIf you crave the advice of a woman just like you, except...
View ArticleIn this prostitution debate, listen to sex workers not Hollywood stars
Celebrities like Meryl Streep and Lena Dunham want to bully Amnesty for the outrageous act of basing its policy on what we who sell sex have to sayAmnesty International has come under a barrage of...
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