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Is Your Favorite Guy Leaving HBO's Girls?

Christopher Abbott Leaving Girls: Report

Originally posted 04/04/2013 11:50AM

Girls might be down one cute guy.

Christopher Abbott, who plays Marnie's boyfriend Charlie Dattolo, has left the HBO series, according to the New York Post.

The report suggests Abbott and series creator Lena Dunham may have been butting heads. Abbott's rep did not address that, but did confirm that Abbott's departure to the Post.

"[Chris] is grateful for the experience of collaborating with Lena, Judd [Apatow], and the entire Girls cast and crew, but right now he's working on numerous other projects and has decided not to return to the show," the rep said.

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Lena Dunham Tells Playboy: I Don't Want a Victoria's Secret Body | Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham: I Wouldn't Want a Victoria's Secret Body

Originally posted 03/14/2013 09:35AM

Lena Dunham prefers to look like one of the ordinary girls.

The HBO series creator and star, 26, says, "There would be all kinds of weird challenges to deal with" if she had the body of a Victoria's Secret model.

"I don't think I'd like it very much," she tells Playboy in its April issue.

"I don't want to go through life wondering if people are talking to me because I have a big rack. Not being the babest person in the world creates a nice barrier."

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Filed Under: Playboy, Girls, Lena Dunham
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Who is Katy Perry's Grammy Date? Pssst: Not John Mayer | Allison Williams, Katy Perry

Katy Perry's Grammy Date? Allison Williams from Girls

Originally posted 02/08/2013 12:00PM

The Grammy Awards will be a girls night out on Sunday for nominee Katy Perry, who has invited a surprising plus-one.

Perry, 28, who is currently in a relationship with John Mayer, 35, plans to take gal pal and Girls star Allison Williams. Mayer, however, is expected to present at Sunday's show.

The chicks-only night on the town was confirmed by Williams to host Anderson Cooper when she appeared on a Thursday episode of his Anderson Live talk show.

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Lena Dunham Warns She's Not Done Getting Naked on Girls | Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham Warns She's Not Done Getting Naked on Girls

Originally posted 02/01/2013 02:00PM

It's no secret that Lena Dunham isn't afraid to take off her clothes.

As writer, director and star of HBO's breakout series Girls, she appears topless – and sometimes bottomless – in quite a few episodes, including last Sunday's extended braless romp in a mesh top.

But Dunham, 26, whose series won two Golden Globes last month, says she has an important reason to go bare on her show.

"My point with getting naked is never proven," says the actress in the new Entertainment Weekly cover story, on newsstands Friday.

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Andrew Rannells: Girls Fans Loved When I Slapped Allison Williams

Andrew Rannells: Girls Fans Loved When I Slapped Allison Williams

Originally posted 01/11/2013 06:00AM

Plus: The Girls guest-star teases what's in store for characters Elijah and Hannah this season

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Allison Williams of Girls: I'm Nothing Like Marnie, But I Root for Her

Allison Williams of Girls: I'm Nothing Like Marnie, But I Root for Her

Originally posted 01/20/2013 11:15AM

Allison Williams wouldn't masturbate in a public restroom. But that's not the only difference between her and Marnie Michaels, the character she plays on HBO's hit comedy Girls.

"There were moments reading the script that I thought, 'WOW, okay!' " the actress, 24, tells Company magazine's February issue and digital edition. "It's the most private thing anyone can do, but being an actress can make you feel vulnerable."

She adds: "My grandparents watch the show. I don't know why I was so concerned, though. They have been alive for virtually 90 years, so who am I to presume that sex never existed before me?"

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Lena Dunham Is Starstruck by Sally Field at Golden Globes Afterparty

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Lena Dunham Is Starstruck by Sally Field at Golden Globes Afterparty

Originally posted 01/14/2013 08:00PM

You go, Girls!

After winning two Golden Globes on Sunday, Lena Dunham beamed while attending HBO's Golden Globe party at Circa 55 Restaurant in Beverly Hills.

The Girls creator – who wore an eggplant-colored Zac Posen gown during the awards – seemed "too excited" to make it through the line of waiting reporters, an onlooker tells PEOPLE.

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Lena Dunham Says Boyfriend Jack Antonoff Is 'Someone Great' | Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham Says Boyfriend Jack Antonoff Is 'Someone Great'

Originally posted 01/14/2013 12:35PM

As Hannah Horvath on the hit HBO series Girls, creator and actress Lena Dunham often finds herself struggling with romance.

But when it comes to her real life relationship with Fun. guitarist Jack Antonoff, the two-time Golden Globe winner says she's found love.

"I know there's some rule that you're not supposed to talk about your boyfriend publicly just because it seems like all starlets under the age of 33 have decided not to do that, but if you're in love with someone great, then I don't understand why you wouldn't tell everybody," Dunham says in the February issue of Interview magazine.

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It's a Boy for Girls' Jemima Kirke

It's a Boy for Girls' Jemima Kirke

Originally posted 11/30/2012 09:00PM

The actress and husband Michael Mosberg welcomed their second child last week, PEOPLE confirms

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Filed Under: Girls
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Inside the Gotham Film Awards Honoring Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard & More | Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Matt Damon

Matt Damon & Marion Cotillard Honored in New York

Originally posted 11/27/2012 02:15PM

The stars come out at night!

Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Amy Adams, Ethan Hawke, Frances McDormand, Jack Black, Willem Defoe and more stepped out to celebrate the 2012 Gotham Independent Film Awards at Cipriani downtown on Monday .

While Moonrise Kingdom took home the award for best feature film, Damon and Cotillard both received special career tributes during the ceremony – which honors the best in independent film.

Cotillard – who was "very smiley all evening and polite to diners around her," an onlooker tells PEOPLE – sat with Too Big to Fail actor Billy Crudup. While Damon was joined by his wife, Luciana, and shared a front and center table with Blunt and Krasinski.