By Drew Grant 2/01 3:43pm

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Guys With Kids (NBC)

Girls Gets New Critic: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Thinks a ‘Black Dildo’ Preferable to Donald Glover

Celebrities are really at their best when they get a forum on Huffington Post, don’t you think? Whether it’s the award-winning James Franco, a huffy Alec Baldwin or a proselytizing Jenny McCarthy.

But usually these stars stay on topic: either promoting a personal cause or giving you their armchair analysis from an “expert’s” perspective. (Or just talking about whatever is going on in their lives right now.)

That’s why it was so exciting to see NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar weigh in recently on his feelings about Lena Dunham’s HBO show, in an article called Girls Just Wants to Have (White) Fun.

Yesssss … Read More

By Drew Grant 5/22/12 5:22pm

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Lena Dunham tweets to new cast member, Donald Glover (Twitter)

Donald Glover, Comedian Who Happens to Be Black, Confirmed for Season 2 of Girls

Now that Dan Harmon is out as show-runner for Community, one of the show’s is heading back to New York.Comedian/writer/actor/Childish Gambino performer Donald Glover, who began his comedy career UCB as part of the viral troupe Derrick Comedy while still attending NYU, and was plucked directly out of college by Tina Fey to write for 30 Rock (and win an Emmy in the process), has been confirmed by Lena Dunham as the latest cast member of Girls. The second season of the show is currently filming at Steiner Studio in Brooklyn, which is where the New York Post first snapped a picture of Ms. Dunham and Mr. Glover hanging out; wunderkind to wunderkind.

Yesterday, Ms. Dunham confirmed that Mr. Glover would be joining the show. Read More