Despite the fact that lack of good writing is not the problem Laurie Metcalf and John Goodman are suffering from this week, Mindy Kaling and Lena Dunham both have offered to come to their rescue and, as Kaling put it, “write things for you.” Metcalf and Goodman found themselves suddenly hit-sitcom-less this week when A…

Camping star Jennifer Garner has posted the first cast photo from the set of the upcoming HBO comedy series. "Let us commence," she writes in the caption. "The cast of #HBOCamping before we're sunburned and covered in ticks." <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BhMPq0SBvUA/" style=" background:#FFFFFF…

Juliette Lewis is set as a series regular opposite Jennifer Garner and David Tennant in HBO's new half-hour comedy series Camping. Based on the British series created by Julia Davis, the project hails from the Girls duo of creator/executive producer Lena Dunham and executive producer Jenni Konner. Production begins…

Girls creator Lena Dunham came to SXSW not to talk about an upcoming project, but to focus on authenticity in media. Along with newly minted Glamour editor Samantha Barry, Dunham started talking about what authenticity means to her, which led to the criticism she has received since the start of her HBO series. Dunham…

CAA has signed former Girls executive producers and current producing partners Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner, ending their long association with UTA. Dunham was at UTA when she burst onto the scene as a 24-year-old in 2010 with her second feature, the micro-budgeted Tiny Furniture. The same year, she teamed with fellow…

With the candor that distinguishes both her personal life and her art, Girls creator Lena Dunham has disclosed that she underwent a total hysterectomy in recent months to end the years-long chronic pain of endometriosis. Dunham shares the personal information in an essay in the upcoming March issue of Vogue, portions…

Jennifer Garner is returning to television in new half-hour comedy series Camping, which has been greenlighted by HBO with an eight-episode order. Based on the British series created by Julia Davis, the project hails from the Girls duo of creator/executive producer Lena Dunham and executive producer Jenni Konner…

Hillary Rodham Clinton will join the 2018 Makers Conference live from New York for the closing session of the three-day event that seeks to underscore the stories of trailblazing women. The former Democratic presidential nominee will appear via satellite at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, the final day of a conference that…

Lena Dunham has backed down and apologized for defending Girls writer Murray Miller, who is being investigated for sexually assaulting actress Aurora Perrineau when she was age 17. Dunham issued a long tweet on Friday supporting Miller, adding Girls executive producer Jenni Konner’s name as another ally of Miller. “We…

UPDATED with more reactions; refresh for latest: When sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein first surfaced last week in the New York Times, Hollywood was quick to react. Now that The Weinstein Company co-founder has been fired, it’s gotten really loud. Here’s a sampling of reactions that have surfaced…

Refresh for updates… A long-expected New York Times exposé on the Weinstein Company co-chairman Harvey Weinstein that includes allegations of decade of sexual harassment hit the web today, and Hollywood types were quick to react to it. The detailed and exhaustively researched article is devastating to the longtime…

HBO will air the short film Tokyo Project, from Girls director Richard Shepard and executive produced by Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner, on Saturday, October 14 at 10 PM. The half-hour short, which world premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival, features Elisabeth Moss, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Shu Kakizawa, and was…