Details surfaced this week of Hustler's upcoming porn parody of HBO's Girls — titled This Ain't Girls XXX and open to the immediate response of "well, is that really necessary?" — but now Lena Dunham has decided to weigh in and, well, surprisingly enough to her, she's not really ecstatic.
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Depends on how much they like bunking with their parents
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A network in search of a brand
Also, his guest is a black professor
The British singer pushes back
"As worn-out as your 1998 flip-flops"
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Prime minister declares a state of emergency in Kingston
Brief cases for and against
Just plug the damn leak
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The good news is, consumers come out on top
The era of stellar detective work (and a whole lot of employment for New Yorkers ) ends tonight
At least the dog survived
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Sufferin' succotash!
We suggest "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Weehawken"
It's the first in a decade
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