January 31, 2013
"Without Fey’s 30 Rock, it’s harder to imagine the environment would have existed for a creator-star like Mindy Kaling to rise with ‘The Mindy Project’ at Fox, or certainly for a daring and controversial writer-producer-star like Lena Dunham to make ‘Girls’ at HBO."

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Deadline contributor Ray Richmond, writing about “30 Rock” and what creator/star Tina Fey wrought in the seven years of the show’s run, which ends tonight. 

It’s a good read, a well-timed opportunity to think about the bigger implications of Fey’s low-rated but hugely influential show, and whether TV will continue to be shaped by the model she created. 

See the whole story here: http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/30-rock-finale-tina-fey-how-it-changed-tv/

(Source: deadline.com)

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Filed under: TV television Tina Fey 30 Rock Mindy Kaling lena dunham NBC HBO Fox 
December 11, 2012
Deadline founder Nikki Finke is wondering whether “Girls” creator and star Lena Dunham getting just a little bit too exercised over nosy newsy coverage of her $3.5 million book project, a self-described hilarious take on everything from sex to travel to work. First, Nikki says, Gawker was pushed by Dunham legal reps to take down a 66-page proposal for the project (Nikki in the past has posted book proposals from Hollywood types) and then started pushing for the site to take down 12 single-sentence quotes from the proposal. Gawker, to its credit, is stiff-arming the legal geeks on the 12 quotes. The geeks should review the legal exemptions under copyright for fair use in issues of significant journalistic interest. It would probably be a better use of their time. And Dunham could work on making her material for the book more amusing than Nikki and Gawker have so far judged it to be.  Read the whole piece here: http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/lena-dunham-touchy-touchy-touchy-about-her-3-5m-book-proposal/

Deadline founder Nikki Finke is wondering whether “Girls” creator and star Lena Dunham getting just a little bit too exercised over nosy newsy coverage of her $3.5 million book project, a self-described hilarious take on everything from sex to travel to work.

First, Nikki says, Gawker was pushed by Dunham legal reps to take down a 66-page proposal for the project (Nikki in the past has posted book proposals from Hollywood types) and then started pushing for the site to take down 12 single-sentence quotes from the proposal.

Gawker, to its credit, is stiff-arming the legal geeks on the 12 quotes. The geeks should review the legal exemptions under copyright for fair use in issues of significant journalistic interest. It would probably be a better use of their time. And Dunham could work on making her material for the book more amusing than Nikki and Gawker have so far judged it to be. 

Read the whole piece here: http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/lena-dunham-touchy-touchy-touchy-about-her-3-5m-book-proposal/

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Filed under: Books TV Film Movies Lena Dunham Gawker Deadline Nikki Finke 
August 3, 2012

This trailer for the new indie pic “Nobody Walks,” set in LA but co-written by the definitively New York-associated Lena Dunham, shows “The Office” good guy John Krasinski in a very different light, as a conflicted husband hosting an artist while working on her film project. 

(Source: deadline.com)

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Filed under: Nobody Walks Lena Dunham John Krasinski movies film trailers 
June 18, 2012
Hey, “Girls” friends, check out this enjoyable interview with Lena Dunham, the creator and star of HBO’s “Girls.” Lena tells Deadline/AwardsLine: “Maybe I’ll think of myself as an actor if I do a corset drama.” Read more about her opinions on her acting chops, her show’s Emmy prospects and more on Deadline.com

Hey, “Girls” friends, check out this enjoyable interview with Lena Dunham, the creator and star of HBO’s “Girls.”

Lena tells Deadline/AwardsLine: “Maybe I’ll think of myself as an actor if I do a corset drama.”

Read more about her opinions on her acting chops, her show’s Emmy prospects and more on Deadline.com


(Source: deadline.com)

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Filed under: Lena Dunham Girls HBO Emmys Deadline TV television entertainment 
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