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'Girls' Adds Some Diversity With A Familiar TV Face

Posted 05.18.2012

HBO's new series "Girls" caused controversy after just one episode ... and it largely came down to race. Now half-way through Season 1 of "Girls" ...

The Week's Best Tweets About Parenting

Posted 05.18.2012

About a month ago, Susan Orlean cracked us up when she tweeted the following: "This morning, apropos of nothing, my 7 yo son announced, "Mom, you're t...

'Girls' Character Adam Emerges As TV's Latest Villain

The Huffington Post | Alex Moaba | Posted 05.15.2012

With all of the discussion, controversy and varying opinions that HBO's "Girls" (10:30 p.m. ET on) has inspired since it premiered in April, there is ...

'Girls' Recap: Sexual Healing In 'Hard Being Easy'

Crystal Bell | Posted 05.13.2012

Crystal Bell

I constantly find myself going back and forth between loving Hannah and wanting to smack her head into a wall. This week, it's the latter.

Stumbling Toward Diversity

Ester Bloom | Posted 05.11.2012

Ester Bloom

This is not about Lena Dunham; this is about our culture, and how much more we will all benefit from color-blind casting in our media and, hopefully, in our lives.

'Girls' Recap: From Bad Sex To Bad Sexts

Crystal Bell | Posted 05.07.2012

Crystal Bell

It was only a matter of time before Adam (accidentally) sent Hannah a picture of his disgusting junk ... leading her to send him an X-rated photo of her boobs, against Marnie's advice.

Does 'Girls' Have A Shoshanna Problem?

Jewcy | Posted 05.01.2012

The weeks before HBO's new show Girls premiered it seemed like everyone had an opinion, especially about the show's authenticity. There was talk of th...

House Unanimously Approves 'Apatow-Segel' Bill

David Fagin | Posted 05.01.2012

David Fagin

In a rare show of unity this morning, the House unanimously approved the "Apatow-Segel" Bill 435-0. It is believed that president Obama will sign the bill into law sometime this week.

The Five Year Engagement Has More Depth Than Expected

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 05.01.2012

Jackie K. Cooper

Watching the unique story of a complex relationship in the new romantic comedy The Five Year Engagement is a purely pleasurable experience.

Bad News For Judd Apatow

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 04.28.2012

A new romantic comedy about delayed gratification hit a roadblock of its own this weekend, as "The Five-Year Engagement," produced by Judd Apatow, fiz...

The Week's Most BRUTAL Reviews

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 04.28.2012

Sorry Jason Segel, but all of your charm -- and you do have a lot of it -- couldn't save you from the critics this week. Segel's latest rom-com "The F...

WATCH: Judd Apatow's 'This Is 40' Gets Fun(.) Trailer

The Huffington Post | Christopher Rosen | Posted 04.27.2012

"I've made a list. It's the Do-Better List," says Leslie Mann to Paul Rudd in the debut trailer for "This Is 40," Judd Apatow's first directorial effo...

Why Lena Dunham's Body Matters

HelloGiggles | Posted 04.27.2012

Thanks to the social-life-suck known as grad school, I'm a bit behind on all relevant cultural phenomena. I have yet to watch an entire episode of The...

Like 'Girls'? You'll Love These Books

The Hairpin | Posted 04.27.2012

Let's just say there are a lot of articles about Girls. And, if you're like me, it's been making you think a lot about women, and friends, and the cit...

Movie Review: The Five-Year Engagement

Marshall Fine | Posted 04.26.2012

Marshall Fine

The Five-Year Engagement wrings a slightly different change on the old boy-meets-girl formula -- and finds enough big laughs to make the whole thing enjoyable, even if it's never particularly fresh.

Review: The Five Year Engagement Feels Like Ten

Carole Mallory | Posted 04.25.2012

Carole Mallory

I wanted to like this film. I like Jason Segel. And Emily Blunt. But the laughs are spotty and Segel tries sooooo hard. The Five Year Engagement is strained and uneven.

How The Friendship In 'Girls' Mirrors Female Friendship In Nature

The New York Times | Posted 04.24.2012

When first we meet Hannah, the wondrously mopey mid-20s heroine of HBO's new hit series "Girls," she seems to have more strikes against her than a bow...

Don't Shoot The Messenger: HBO's Girls Backlash

Jesse Levine | Posted 04.24.2012

Jesse Levine

Lena Dunham wrote, directed and stars in an indictment of her own spoiled self, and was her own target long before she was the target of this current blast of criticism. She's roasting herself, on HBO, and she's wearing granny panties.

'Girls' Episode 2, Recapped In Gchat

Posted 04.23.2012

Lori Fradkin: So, here we are again ... week two ... Margaret Wheeler Johnson: I thought this episode showed much more promise and ambition than the ...

'Girls' Recap: 99 Vagina Problems

Crystal Bell | Posted 04.23.2012

Crystal Bell

For those of you that didn't love the pilot -- or appreciate Lena Dunham's humor -- then I'm afraid that Episode 2 isn't going to make you fall in love with Hannah and her girls.

Robert De Niro & Judd Apatow Look Back On Success, Failure And Virginity

The Huffington Post | Christopher Rosen | Posted 05.31.2012

At the end of April, Universal Studios celebrates its 100th anniversary. To mark the milestone, the studio has a heavy presence at the eleventh annual...

In Defense of Girls

J-L Cauvin | Posted 04.19.2012

J-L Cauvin

Girls is reflective of our culture, a culture we all seem to think we are better than or don't exist in.

Crystal Bell

Judd Apatow On 'Girls' Backlash: 'We Wanted It'

HuffingtonPost.com | Crystal Bell | Posted 04.19.2012

HBO's highly anticipated new show "Girls" may have been a hit with the critics, but not everyone loved Lena Dunham's brand of humor after the series p...

Crystal Bell

Jason Segel Jokes About Deleted Full-Frontal Scene: 'People Already Know What It Looks Like'

HuffingtonPost.com | Crystal Bell | Posted 04.19.2012

In 2007, Jason Segel starred in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," and he not only showed the world that he could be a leading man, but he also famously sho...

Does 'Girls' Hit Too Close To Home?

Business Insider | Posted 04.18.2012

In the opening scene of HBO's new show "Girls," Hannah, a 23-year-old college grad living in New York City, flips out when her parents tell her she's ...