Our Girls Coverage

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  Thompson on Hollywood 

  HBO's Accidental Feminism, From Lena Dunham's Hannah Horvath to Laura Dern's Amy Jellicoe

  With the recent finale of the second season of “Girls,” and the “Enlightened” season finale still resonating in my mind, I’ve been thinking more and more about the characters from both shows. The upcoming new season of “Veep” is only a few weeks away, too, and, even though it’s a more stylized comed...

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  Criticwire 

  Criticwire TV: Critics React to 'Girls' Finale, 'Bates Motel' and 'Parks and Rec'

  Our first installment of Criticwire TV rounds up critics' reactions to "Girls" and other recently aired shows.

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  Indiewire 

  Interview: Chris O'Dowd on Shooting 'The Sapphires' in Vietnam and Taking a Role in 'Thor 2' for Fun

  Chris O'Dowd, the hilarious Irish charmer who shot to international fame after his starring role opposite Kristen Wiig in "Bridesmaids," hasn't paused for a second after becoming a comic hit stateside. The former "IT Crowd" star has become one of the most formidably dependable scene sealers in the J...

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  Indiewire 

  'Girls' Closes Its Season With a (Mostly) Happy Ending, But Was It Earned?

  "Girls" wrapped up its second season last night with an episode that offered two remarkably conventional romantic comedy moments underneath a gloss of Brooklyn quirk and sexual frankness.

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  The Playlist 

  Recap: After An Adventurous Season 2, 'Girls' Finale Plays It Safe & Conventional

  It has been a pretty adventurous second season for "Girls," and one has to look no further than the experimental, format-breaking mid-season episodes. The nearly standalone short film "One Man's Trash," the Staten Island-set "Boys" and Jessa one-off "Video Games" were all fascinating detours from th...

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