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Lena Dunham Going on Book Tour for “Not That Kind of Girl” Featuring Morgan Murphy, Amy Schumer, More

July 16, 2014
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(Tour schedule)

The highly anticipated book from Lena Dunham “Not That Kind of Girl” is coming this Fall and Dunham is going on a full fledged book tour to promote.

From NYC to LA to Chicago to Boston to Portland to Austin to more cities, Lena wlll not only stop and do the typical things expected in a book tour, she’ll also have people joining her at these events such as Morgan Murphy, Girls showrunner Jenni Konner, Amy Schumer, Carrie Brownstein, and more.

In fact, one could apply to be an opening act stops on this tour.

The tour starts Sept. 30th and goes through Oct. 21st and tickets are now on sale.

Lena Dunham to Write Four Part Mini Series for “Archie” Comic Books

March 3, 2014
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Lena Dunham to Write Four Part Mini Series for “Archie” Comic Books

With Lena Dunham doing a mini series for the renowned Archie comics, this might be a rare time that we’re really into a new branch of a comic book mythology as opposed to all those zombie versions of most super hero properties. 

Lena Dunham to Host SNL on Mar. 8th

February 25, 2014
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Lena Dunham to Host SNL on Mar. 8th

With this announcement of Lena Dunham hosting SNL next week and the Internet’s proclivity towards parodying Girls (SNL included), we are wondering how many Girls based/themed sketches there will be.

In fact, we’d wouldn’t mind if most of this episode would be a parody of Girls as done by its creator. 

Here’s The First Week’s Guest at Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Rest of The 8G Band

February 13, 2014
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Seth Meyers lined up his first week of guests nice and big, but it’s even better to hear that the first comedian to perform under the banner of Late Night with Seth Meyers will be the very funny Michael Che.

Monday, Feb. 24: Guests Amy Poehler, Vice President Joe Biden and musical guest A Great Big World.
Tuesday, Feb. 25: Guests Kanye West and author Robyn Doolittle (Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story).
Wednesday, Feb. 26: Guests Kelly Ripa, Brad Paisley and musical guest Brad Paisley.
Thursday, Feb. 27: Guests Lena Dunham, Anthony Mackie and musical guest John Mayer Trio.
Friday, Feb. 28: Guests Ian McKellen & Patrick Stewart, Sophia Bush and comedian Michael Che.

Also, Fred Armisen will be leading what will be known as The 8G Band (referencing the studio they’re performing in, not $8000), the rest of which you can get to know here.

Lena Dunham’s Book “Not That Kind of Girl” Coming Out in October

February 10, 2014
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Lena Dunham’s Book “Not That Kind of Girl” Coming Out in October

Not That Kind of Girl: A young woman tells you what she’s “learned”, a book of funny advice on a myriad of topics by Lena Dunham, was highly anticipated by Random House for more than $3.5 million and will now undoubtedly be highly anticipated as well by her legions of fans that have made HBO‘s Girls go further than even she thought.

Not That Kind of Girl comes out on Oct. 7th, 2014 to be exact.

Trailer for Season 3 of Billy on The Street Is Everything You Want It To Be

January 31, 2014
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Billy Eichner running and screaming, Amy Poehler, Lena Dunham, Seth Meyers, bouncing, and more are all encompassed in this trailer for the latest season Billy on the Street. In other words, it’s what we were hoping for in new episodes of Billy on the Street and can’t wait until it premieres Mar. 12th 11PM on Fuse.

Girls Renewed for Season 4

January 10, 2014
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Girls Renewed for Season 4

With a 3rd season nearing it’s premiere and the order for a 4th season just ordered, we’re wondering if HBO just likes seeing what Lena Dunham will go for each season with Girls before renewing it. 

Either way, we’re glad to get more Girls coming for the next year or so.

Lena Dunham Was Really Surprised to Get 3rd Season

January 7, 2014
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During her interview on Letterman, Lena Dunham revealed that she was thoroughly delighted to get a 3rd season of Girls (premiering this Sun. Jan. 12th 10PM on HBO) considering everything she did in season two, suspecting that she had gotten away with enough according to HBO. 

With that in mind, Letterman gives her a little more encouragement on doing her own show. Watch the clip here.

Billy On The Street Returns for 3rd Season in March

December 6, 2013
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Billy On The Street Returns for 3rd Season in March

Billy Eichner will be frantically roaming the streets of NYC with the likes of Lena Dunham, Seth Meyers, Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, even Lindsay Lohan, and more for this latest season of Billy On The Street.

Make sure to catch the season 3 premiere on Mar. 12th 11PM on Fuse.

Sundance Unveils 2014 Competition Lineups/Potential 2014-15 Indie Comedy Darlings

December 5, 2013
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Sundance Unveils 2014 Competition Lineups/Potential 2014-15 Indie Comedy Darlings

In the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, The Skeleton Twins with Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader, Happy Christmas with Lena Dunham, Obvious Child with Jenny Slate, Life After Beth with Aubrey Plaza, Ping Pong Summer with Amy Sedaris will all be part of the official competition.

Here are some production stills of Life After Beth and Skeleton Twins, if you’re curious to get any sort of idea what’s coming to Park City.

Don’t be surprised to see these play in theaters later next year.

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