It didn't take much for us to be interested in HBO's new comedy "Girls." First, it's a half-hour comedy that revolves around single women in their 20s living in New York City, which reminds us of another show that HBO did really well that we liked a lot. Second, the trailer is awesome.
With the show's April premiere date quickly approaching, the network sent creator/executive producer/writer/star Lena Dunham to Austin, Texas, to screen a couple episodes in front of the receptive SXSW crowds. MTV News was all over the event, where we spoke with Lena about the inspiration for the show and the very awkward sexual situations her character finds herself in during the first episode.
"Definitely a lot is true to life," Lena said of her source material. "It definitely is a lot of experiences that I, my friends, my writing staff have had, and then taking some of that experience to their more dramatic conclusions. It's always nice when you can give a real-life experience a movie ending and tie up some loose ends you weren't able to in the moment."
We would never want to condone infidelity, but let's be honest: Who among us hasn't considered (even for just a moment) which celebrity we'd want to knock boots with if given a free pass? Well, according to a just-released survey from
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