Copyright © sl HD cool girls. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Girls The word "GIRLS" written in blue on a black background Genre Comedy-drama Created by Lena Dunham Starring Lena Dunham Allison Williams Jemima Kirke Zosia Mamet Adam Driver Alex Karpovsky Country of origin United States Original language(s) English No. of seasons 3 No. of episodes 24 (List of episodes) Production Executive producer(s) Lena Dunham Judd Apatow Jennifer Konner Ilene S. Landress Bruce Eric Kaplan Producer(s) Peter Phillips Dan Sterling Editor(s) Robert Franzen Catherine Haight Camera setup Single Running time 30 minutes Production company(s) Apatow Productions I Am Jenni Konner Productions HBO Entertainment Broadcast Original channel HBO Picture format 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) Original run April 15, 2012 – present External links Website Girls is an American television series that premiered on HBO on April 15, 2012. Created by and starring Lena Dunham, Girls is a comedy-drama following a close group of twenty-somethings living in New York City. The show's premise and major aspects of the main character were inspired by some of 27-year-old Dunham's real-life experiences.[1] Girls is currently in its third season, which consists of 12 episodes[2] and premiered on January 12, 2014.[3] The series has been renewed for a fourth season, which will premiere in 2015.[4] Reception[edit] Liverpool Fashion Week has banned sunbed-using models in an effort to halt the trend for tanning. Models will have to sign a pledge not to use sunbeds during or after the show, organisers say. The decision was made following a survey suggested half of 15 to 17-year-olds in the city had used sunbeds, compared to 11% nationally. The Sunbed Association said it was an "outrageous publicity stunt". Liverpool Fashion Week organiser Amanda Moss said the health and wellbeing of models was "of paramount importance". 'Constant pressure' Ms Moss said Liverpool Fashion Week, which takes place from 14 to 19 October, was the first fashion week to impose a complete ban on sunbed-using models. "We hope that by showing how gorgeous our models look at this year's Liverpool Fashion Week, we will help sunbed users in the city realise they don't need to get on the beds to look great," she said. Last year Ms Moss hit out at fake tan and eyelashes, saying the "beauty pageant" look detracted from the "seriousness of what Liverpool fashion is". Gary Lipman, chairman of the Sunbed Association, said he welcomed "all efforts to ensure responsible tanning" but accused Ms Moss of courting publicity. "The decision by the organisers of Liverpool Fashion Week to deny models the opportunity to work in these difficult economic times because of their freedom of choice to use sunbeds, is really quite outrageous as a publicity stunt, which London Fashion Week also tried a couple of years ago," he said. "In my opinion, for a publicity stunt it would actually have been more appropriate to ban models from wearing high heels, which poses more of a health hazard than responsible sunbed use." Model Victoria Jane Davies, 31, from Liverpool, said there was a "constant pressure to be tanned" in the city. "I started using the sunbeds from a young age, once or twice a week to ensure I looked and felt good," she said. "It's only as I've got older that my skin started to show the damaging effects." THE Clothes Show Live celebrates its 25th year - and is set to be the hottest ticket on the 2013 fashion calendar. Over 500 leading fashion and beauty brands, non-stop catwalk shows, gorgeous celebrities, tempting bars, and inspirational fashion demonstrations will all be spread over five exciting days. There will be something for everyone at the show at the NEC between December 6 and 10. Take your seat in the spectacular Alcatel One Touch Fashion Theatre where more than 40 models and dancers will showcase the latest high-street, designer, boutique and couture fashion collections on the world’s largest catwalk. Hosted by fashion icon and designer Henry Holland, you will be immersed in the ultimate fashion frenzy. Why not recreate your favourite catwalk styles with the help of industry experts? Find the tools and techniques to shimmer, shine and gloss with make-overs, style transformations and inspirational trend reports all under one roof. Shop until you drop and discover your perfect party outfit from the top fashion and beauty brands on offer, and keep your eyes peeled for some familiar faces for a chance to get snapped with all your favourite celebs. The star-studded event will also welcome the first ever episodes of Take Me Out Live, hosted by the king of dating Paddy McGuinness. A selection of bachelors will aim to impress a line-up of 30 singles girls all in search of Mr Right, with 10 girls being chosen at the show each day. Britain and Ireland’s Next Top Model will also take TV to the stage as this year’s contestants will be giving the inside scoop on model life, holding exclusive autograph sessions, and strutting their stuff on the catwalk in their first public appearance since the show. Fancy a modelling future for yourself? Learn the tips and tricks of the industry in a Model Masterclass and look out for casting opportunities as the big names in fashion scout the crowds for emerging talent. Last Monday, designer Francis Libiran celebrated his 15th anniversary in fashion at the Isla Ballroom of Edsa Shangri-La Manila hotel. Hosted by Metro magazine, Metrowear Icon: Francis Libiran was both a fund-raising event for the victims of typhoon Yolanda and a fashion show that featured 100 amazing creations. One of the most in-demand designers, Libiran has been the go-to couturier of celebrities like Anne Curtis, Kim Chiu, Kathryn Bernardo, Jessy Mendiola, Maricar Reyes, Sam Milby, Billy Crawford, Xian Lim, and even supermodel and America’s Next Top Model host Tyra Banks. His recent creations for Miss World 2013 winner, Megan Young, have received overwhelming and positive reviews from all over the world. During the event, Libiran graciously offered to put 15 of his iconic pieces up for silent auction, with the proceeds going to the relief operations for typhoon Yolanda victims. It was an evening of style and celebration, as friends of Francis Libiran came dressed for the occasion. Learn more about their outfits and what made us give them a second look. Mark your calendar for the charity women polo match ‘Queen’s Cup St.Regis Pink Polo 2013’ tournament, where the top female players in the Asia and Europe countries will compete for the 2013 Queen’s Cup. The Pink Polo Charity Event will help raise funds to support the cure for breast cancer; proceeds from the event will go to King Chulalongkorn Hospital’s Queen Sirikit Center for Breast Cancer. The tournament will take place at the Thai Polo and Equestrian Club in Pattaya, on Sunday December 8, 2013. For more details, Throughout the late afternoon, feel free to join in the fun with a variety of activities the whole family can enjoy – pony rides for kids to develop their riding skills, a horseback fashion show, and shopping with brands for the polo lifestyle such as La Martina from Argentina. Booths with more fun and games can be found throughout the ground including sponsors’ booth for special treats. Exciting tournament will be held late afternoon. Enjoy the games, the Queen’s Cup St.Regis Pink Polo charity event is sure to be an exciting day! Special Achievement Awards have been announced for Emeril Lagasse, James Cunningham, Martha Stewart, Mariel Hemingway, Great Chefs, Oishinbo, The Mind of a Chef (Public Television), Dark Rye (Whole Foods), YumSugar/PopSugar, Zagat on YouTube, The Fashion Fund (Ovation), House of Curves (We TV), the Creators Project, The Getaway (Esquire Network), Parts Unknown (CNN), Tanya Holland, Nathan Lyon, Elettra's GOODNESS (Vogue), Jazzy Vegetarian (Public Television), Food and Spirituality Series (KQED), Live Big with Ali Vincent (Live Well), Michelle Phan (YouTube), The Braiser, Liquid Alchemy, Cool Kids Cook (Kid Chef Eliana), MasterChef Junior (Fox), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (Sony), Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, The Sugar Lab, Dazed Digital, and Wayne Wang. In addition, Viewers Choice Voting for radio, film, and selected web categories is now open and continues through December 18th. New award categories included this year are for the Great Taste Prize: Hollywood Tastemakers. Named Hollywood Tastemaker Honorees include Ashley Greene, Ashley Madekwe, Kate Bosworth, Mindy Kaling, Elizabeth Banks, Naomie Harris, Naya Rivera, Kat Graham, Elisabeth Moss, Shaun Robinson, Alice Eve, Christiane Seidel, Krysten Ritter, Becca Tobin, Brenda Song, Ian Somerhalder, Andy Samberg, Don Cheadle, Zachary Quinto, Daymond John, Tom Bergeron, RuPaul, Alex O'Loughlin, Jon Favreau, Dwayne Johnson, Harry Lennix, Fabio Viviani, Idris Elba, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Cho, Jaden Smith, Chloé Grace Moretz, Dakota Fanning, Sarah Hyland, Maia Mitchell, Olivia Holt, Peyton List, Bella Thorne, India Eisley, Hailee Steinfeld, Victoria Justice, Karan Bar, Rico Rodriguez, and Debby Ryan. The Annual TASTE AWARDS (also known as the TASTY Awards) in Hollywood celebrate the year's best in Food, Fashion, and Lifestyle programs on Television, in Film, Online, and on Radio. The TASTE AWARDS show features a star-studded lineup of food and fashion TV celebrities, and has included appearances by stars, celebrities, producers and executives from networks and platforms such as the Food Network, the Style Network, Bravo, the Cooking Channel, TLC, Discovery, Lifetime, E! Entertainment Television, PBS, NBC, ABC, the CW, HGTV, the Travel Channel, HD Net, Hulu, YouTube, Sony Pictures, and more. Official Partners for the 5th Annual TASTE AWARDS include Kikkoman, Ferrara Flame, PR Newswire, TasteTV, R and B Cellars, Rosa d'Oro Vineyards, the Thompson Beverly Hills, EcoGenics Skincare, Sella All Natural Skincare, Eventbrite, COGNOSCENTI, Toffee Talk, Lauren Elaine Swim, ClubCard Printing, Olli Salumeria, Harvest Snaps, Tequila Alguimia, Intermezzo Magazine, Cuisine Noir Magazine, Drink Me Magazine, Candy Industry Magazine, Vegan Health and Fitness Magazine, and Blackboard Eats. The Official Sparkling Wine partner is Biltmore Estate Methode Champenoise Blanc de Blancs. Read more: Win a pair of tickets to Clothes Show Live | Coventry Observer gossip lanka, gossiplankanews.com, gossip lanka2, gosiplanka, gossiplankanews, gosiplankanews, gossip, lanka, sinhala, srilanka,gossip lanka, gossiplankanews.com, gossip lanka2, gosiplanka, gossiplankanews, gosiplankanews, gossip, lanka, sinhala, srilanka, Critics lauded the show for its raw nature, humor, and refreshing tone, applauding Dunham's more realistic portrayal of women and their relationships than mainstream media tends to present.[32] Season 1[edit] On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the first season of the series holds an average of 87 based on 29 reviews, indicating universal acclaim.[33] The website also lists the show as the highest-rated fictional series debut of 2012. James Poniewozik from Time reserved high praise for the series, calling it "raw, audacious, nuanced and richly, often excruciatingly funny."[34] Tim Goodman of The Hollywood Reporter called Girls "one of the most original, spot-on, no-missed-steps series in recent memory." Reviewing the first three episodes at the 2012 SXSW Festival, he said the series conveys "real female friendships, the angst of emerging adulthood, nuanced relationships, sexuality, self-esteem, body image, intimacy in a tech-savvy world that promotes distance, the bloodlust of surviving New York on very little money and the modern parenting of entitled children, among many other things—all laced together with humor and poignancy."[35] The New York Times also applauded the series and said: "Girls may be the millennial generation's rebuttal to Sex and the City, but the first season was at times as cruelly insightful and bleakly funny as Louie on FX or Curb Your Enthusiasm on HBO."[36] Despite many positive reviews, several critics criticized the characters themselves. Gawker's John Cook strongly criticised Girls, saying it was "a television program about the children of wealthy famous people and shitty music and Facebook and how hard it is to know who you are and Thought Catalog and sexually transmitted diseases and the exhaustion of ceaselessly dramatizing your own life while posing as someone who understands the fundamental emptiness and narcissism of that very self-dramatization."[37] Renee Martin of Womanist-Musings.com described the show as being: "About a privileged group of vapid women whining about being forced to be even remotely responsible for themselves."[38] Season 2[edit] On the review aggregator website Metacritic, the second season of the series holds an average of 84 based on 19 reviews, indicating universal acclaim.[39] Tim Goodman of the Hollywood Reporter stated that Girls kicks off its second season even more assured of itself, able to deftly work strands of hard-earned drama into the free-flowing comedic moments of four postcollege girls trying to find their way in life."[40] David Wiegland of the San Francisco Chronicle said that "The entire constellation of impetuous, ambitious, determined and insecure young urbanites in Girls is realigning in the new season, but at no point in the four episodes sent to critics for review do you feel that any of it is artificial."[41] Verne Gay of Newsday said it is "Sharper, smarter, more richly layered, detailed and acted."[42] Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly felt that "As bright-eyed and bushy-tailed as it was in its first season, Girls may now be even spunkier, funnier, and riskier."[43] In reference to the series' growth, Willa Paskin of Salon thought that Girls "has matured by leaps and bounds, comedically and structurally, but it has jettisoned some of its ambiguity, its sweetness, its own affection for its characters. It's more coherent, but it's also safer."[44] Designed for radiostation.org - emichiganpages.com, eminnesotapages.com, emississippipages.com