Lena Dunham

Amy Schumer talks about her journey from Towson to TV and concert stardom

2013-05-20 08:11:00

Amy Schumer can tell a story. Knowing how to craft a short narrative and make it pay off with a laugh has, after all, helped make her one of the hottest comedians on TV and the concert circuit these days. So, let the star of Comedy Central’s...

'Girls' Season 2 finale recap, 'Together'

2013-03-18 06:57:00

Dear Lena Dunham, thank you.� Thank you for giving your characters some happiness. Thank you for this bumpy, ugly, imperfect sophomore season. Thank you for showing us everyone’s low points and high points. Thank you for not apologizing for...

'Girls' recap, episode 8, 'It's Back'

2013-03-04 03:37:00

The "it" in question is Hannah's OCD, which apparently was a serious problem when she was in high school. With the first real deadline for her e-book on the horizon, she's regressing into obsessive behaviors, namely counting to eight. A lot. She counts...

'Girls' recap, episode 7: 'Video Games'

2013-02-25 05:59:00

Hannah accompanies Jessa to visit her father in upstate New York. The opening scene shows them waiting at a sparse train station to be picked up, Jessa looking like Anne of Green Gables clutching her carpet bag. Their dialogue as they wait for Jessa's...

'Girls' recap, Season 2, Episode 2, 'I Get Ideas'

2013-01-21 06:58:00

Elijah's sugar daddy George is reeling over the news that Elijah cheated on him -- and cheated on him with a woman. He breaks up with Elijah and walks out, leaving Elijah with no steady form of income. Elijah and Hannah watch Aaron's sad, lovelorn and...

'Girls' recap, 'It's a Shame About Ray'

2013-02-03 11:06:00

Elijah and Hannah are breaking up. She is kicking him out for his transgression with Marnie and it has gotten really ugly really quickly. "Here’s your round brush, here’s your Astroglide. Don’t even know how that ended up in my room,"...

'Girls' recap, episode 3, 'Bad Friend'

2013-01-28 04:39:00

Hannah sits, uncomfortably, for an interview for a freelance gig with a website called jazzhate.com. The blonde interviewer suggests she write about a threesome, or doing cocaine, and then points to a sign on the wall indicating where your comfort zone is...

From halls of 'Downton Abbey,' to 'House of Cards,' a great midseason

2013-01-06 11:52:00

Midseason used to be a time for networks to put on series that weren’t good enough to make the fall lineup. The thinking was: The money has been spent to make these episodes, so let’s try to get something out of them by plugging them for shows...

Guy meets 'Girls'

2013-01-22 04:00:00

Last Sunday, "Girls," HBO's much-talked-about comedy, debuted its second season. I should qualify that "much-talked-about" description, since "Girls" is really only a major discussion point among young liberal urbanites around the country. It's in matters...

Obama and the single girl

2012-11-09 00:00:00

As if it weren't enough that Lena Dunham, the 26-year-old writing/directing/acting phenom who started a revolution this year with her HBO series "Girls," scored a $3.5-million book deal and has been granted the unofficial but unimpeachable title of "voice...

Ohio gets deluge of spin from Obama and Romney

2012-11-01 00:00:00

Be glad you don't live in Ohio. It's a fine old state with pretty towns, friendly people and a fairly healthy economy. But over the last six months, its citizens have endured a volume of political advertising unequaled in the history of Western...

Why it is wrong to call HBO's 'Girls' racist

2012-04-29 13:46:00

I�have been watching the backlash against HBO's groundbreaking comedy "Girls" the last couple of weeks, and much of it looks to be coming from writers and wannabe critics who might just be jealous of Lena Dunham's success. Racism is a complicated and...

Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath in "Girls."

2013-04-18 15:51:41

Lena Dunham and her cohorts on HBO's "Girls" often discuss their plight of being a twentysomething at New York's Cafe Grumpy. Alex Karpovsky's character works there as a jilted-but-lovable barista, often commenting on the patrons. The cafe, itself, sits snugly in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood.

2013-03-22 00:31:42

@LenaDunham Director-writer, "Girls," "Tiny Furniture" Why follow? Like her HBO comedy "Girls," her Twitter feed is funny, honest, revealing and unpredictable. It's also wonderful to witness how Dunham handles her critics without ever stooping to their level of disrespect. Sample tweet "Approx.

2013-03-19 00:00:00