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Lena Dunham & Indie Rocker Beau Jack Antonoff Make Out



Girls just wanna have fun!
On Dec. 9, New York hipster with Hollywood cred Lena Dunham was caught smooching her indie rocker boyfriend Jack Antonoff just outside Kings Road Cafe in Hollywood. Us Weekly first broke news of their relationship this past September.

The couple have every reason to be giddy. Dunham's show Girls was a critical, albeit controversial, ratings success for HBO. (She is its star, writer, and director and was criticized earlier in the year for the show's lack of diversity.) And Antonoff's band fun.—who broke out with their single "We Are Young"—garnered six Grammy nominations last week, including Record of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best New Artist.

In addition, Dunham signed a $3.7 million book deal with Random House in October for a collection of essays entitled Not That Kind of Girl: A Young Woman Tells You What She's Learned.

Dunham might as well be an honorary Antonoff. The actress "has asked to use fun. songs on Girls," a source told Us. And she's also a big supporter of Antonoff's sister, Rachel, a fashion designer.

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shelostcontro1 10th-Dec-2012 07:02 pm (UTC)
ok sorry if i sound fangirly but fun BLEW UP. their level of success is insane and I think its been hard for nate and the boys to deal with it. they prob get hundreds of requests for pictures a week and so they can't pose for every single one anymore. I mean even 5 pictures would take a few minutes and he was probably just trying to get to the bus to gear up for another show the next night. I think fun are genuinely good guys, they're just not used to the spotlight
arielcharming 10th-Dec-2012 07:08 pm (UTC)
Okay, you know, I totally get that. I know they all had careers that actually were "indie rocker" level before fun. blew up. I know my experience is no real insight on his character. lol. It just sucked because I took all that into consideration, my friend did too. He was totally nervous about going up to him. We were very cautious in approaching him.

buuuuut, he was just crossing the street to go to one of the bars across the way. Friends told me he just went in and had drinks. So, again, I get it, he just wanted to go sit and have a beer. Still, it's my only interaction with the guy. They really did blow the fuck up. I was like how did that even happen.
istya 10th-Dec-2012 07:20 pm (UTC)
Yeah, but I don't buy that excuse. I get the idea that it can be difficult, but that's what he wanted, and anyone who tries to say different is full of it. That's what every professional musician wants no matter how "indie" they think they are. If he didn't want success, he wouldn't have ended the Format, but The Format wasn't paying the bills. I don't blame him one bit, my bf is a musician and it's not a sustainable lifestyle at all unless you blow up like Fun has.

/sorry I have a lot of feelings
natscookiejar 11th-Dec-2012 12:42 am (UTC)
but the format broke up with sam wanted to stay home and have kids...not because nate wasn't getting paid enough...
hey_jealousy 10th-Dec-2012 07:39 pm (UTC)
ia. and, seriously, i saw the format in like 2003 and nate hated taking pics back then, too.
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