Lena Dunham and the cast of HBO’s Girls just released this sexual assault PSA, which questions the way society treats victims. The 90-second spot urges people to create a “safer, healthier environment for women to come forward” by listening to and supporting victims.
Lena Dunham directed this new four-minute fashion film for Rachel Antonoff, in which Zoe Kazan stars as Audrey, a young woman with dreams of the presidency.
When Audrey is dressed down by a neighbor to whom she had hope to explain her platform, Dunham enlists a bit of magical realism and lets Audrey’s imagination take the reins, as we see what her version of the presidency might be. Oh, and since this is an ad, after all, Audrey dons Rachel Antonoff’s new collection & Other Stories.
While the spot is a bit ’90s girl power, leaning on a lighthearted, easy-going tone, as Jezebel notes, it is rather fun and charming. And Dunham herself used promoting her film as another opportunity to make her opinions about 2016’s candidates clear.
Soon, this film won’t be total fiction. MADAM PRESIDENT 2016 http://t.co/dkylNORbKY
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) May 7, 2015
If you’re one of the nearly 1.2 million people who follow Lena Dunham on Instagram, you might have noticed her posts flooding your feed this morning—shot after shot of her celebrity pals wearing a new T-shirt she designed for the Planned Parenthood Action Fund.
So proud and pleased to share the official shirt of my book tour, on sale to benefit @PPact! http://t.co/TdriGfeT3t
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) October 29, 2014
Need a jolt of fierce, flawless reproductive rights warriors in your life? Stop everything & go look at @lenadunham: pic.twitter.com/EqSoLIfu4r
— Planned Parenthood (@PPact) October 30, 2014
Dunham partnered with Planned Parenthood as part of her book tour for Not That Kind of Girl earlier this month. Proceeds from the $25 shirt will go directly to funding the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, the electoral and political arm of Planned Parenthood. Oh, and if you haven’t put it together just yet, the shirt seems to be part of a push to remind fans to vote on Election Day.
Deepest thank you to the beautiful queens who rock the shirt and all it represents. Nov. 4th #iamwatching2014 http://t.co/S78DU8dzqz
— Lena Dunham (@lenadunham) October 30, 2014
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Starworks Group enlisted the aid of Lil Jon, Whoopi Goldberg, Lena Dunham, Fred Armisen and a host of other celebrities for a Rock the Vote spot set to a reworking of Lil Jon’s “Turn Down for What” as “Turn Out for What.”
The spot opens with Lil Jon informing Goldberg that he’s turning out for the midterm elections. At the polling center he meets a big fan and runs into Lena Dunham, who won’t reveal Girls spoilers to the rapper, much to his dismay. Around the video’s midpoint, celebrities start mentioning the causes they are turning out to vote for over “Turn Out for What.” (Surprise: Lil Jon is turning out for marijuana legalization.) Say what you will about the ad’s over-the-top approach, but it’s certainly received its share of attention, racking up almost 600,00 YouTube views since being posted earlier in the week. (more…)
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It’s almost that time again to roll out the five-word speeches as the folks behind the Webbys have announced the nominees for their 17th annual event (promo above), which will be broadcast online on May 22 while host and actual venue for the event will be announced next week.
Along with the usual suspects like Nike (which leads the pack with 17 nods), Google, FunnyorDie and Mashable as well as celebs ranging from Tom Hanks to Lena Dunham, the agency world once again gets plenty of kudos in this year’s installment. Among the notables include McCann Melbourne, which is up for a Webby in the Viral category for “Dumb Ways to Die”, Toronto’s john st., which is up for an award in the “Best Copywriting” category for its “Buyral” clip (below), and 72andSunny, which has earned a nod in Integrated Campaigns category for its Call of Duty work. As is the norm, you can weigh in via the People’s Voice Awards, which you can vote on until April 25. Check out the full list of nominees here.
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