In the newest edition of Entertainment Weekly, Girls actress Lena Dunham channeled her inner Twiggy for a photo shoot inspired by the iconic model, but when we saw the finished product, we couldn’t help but ask: Why are magazines trying to trick us into thinking Lena Dunham is pretty?

After a full season of the HBO breakout comedy, a few things about Dunham are clear: She’s a good director, a talented actress, a great writer, a funny girl, and, above all else, confident. Probably more confident with herself than most people are. But sexy is one thing she isn’t, and that’s what we liked about her.

After seeing several spreads of her in magazines like Vogue, People, and now Entertainment Weekly praising her for her unique look, we can help but sit in wonderment at why it isn’t enough for the media to simply let us enjoy her as a brain and not a bod.

After a parade of men like Seth Rogan, Jason Segel and Judd Apatow have gotten famous for being hilarious and still looking the way they do, we’re still not socially allowed to put female celebrities on the same pedestal unless they’re as funny as Dunham but also look like Megan Fox.

Let’s face it, we liked Dunham when the show first started because she’s not pretty. Because she reminds us of our funny friend from work or our neighbor our ourselves. She was a realistic version of what we wanted to see on TV, and now she’s being turned into a wannabe model, which we just don’t like. The more magazines are trying to push her ‘beauty’ on us, the more we’re finding ourselves  pushing back by subconsciously finding her less funny. Sure the hot girl can be funny, but why does the funny girl have to be hot?

When the second season of Girls comes around, we’re hoping to see the same humor about her chubby bod and less of this glamorized Dunham that’s been plastered on Page Six. But we won’t hold our breath.

You know all those pictures of your amazing engagement ring you’ve been obsessively putting on Instagram? You can give all your followers a break and knock it off now, because your ring is being put to SHAME by Hugh Hefner.

The 86-year-old magazine mogul has had his ups and downs with his 26-year-old fiance Crystal Harris, but it looks like they’re ready to give things another go because Hef has given Crystal a reported $2 million ring.

The pair were supposed to wed at the infamous mansion in 2011, but Harris cancelled the 300-guest wedding just DAYS before it happened. And, to add salt to the wounds, Harris was the covering that months issue of Playboy which had the title “The New Mrs. Hefner.” By the time she called off the wedding, the mags were already on their way to store shelves!

After the nasty breakup, Harris even talked publicly about Hef’s bedroom skills where she referred to him as a two-second man, prompting Hef to admit that he “missed a bullet” by not marrying her.

And the two think it will work out this time because…?

My god, this woman will look for any excuse not to lose weight! (We kid.)

Yesterday we have informed you about Ashlee Simpson’s woes, but her sister Jessica Simpson is glowing with joy!

Christmas came early for Jessica as she got a totally unexpected present early: Another baby on the way!

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We told you a few weeks ago that Channing Tatum was going to be named People’s Sexiest Man Alive, and now we’re bringing you the first look at him on the cover of the iconic list!

“My first thought was, ‘Y’all are messing with me. I told Jenna after we’d been in the bathtub washing our dogs because they’d gotten skunked. She was like, ‘What?’” said Channing in the new issue.

In the issue that hits newsstands today, Channing discusses everything from weight gain, to getting ready for a role, to how many kids he’s planning on having with wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum.

But, obviously, Channing isn’t the only person who made the list this year. Check out the cut to see who else has been named one of the sexiest of the year!

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With Hitchcock coming out in a few weeks, Scarlett Johansson (who is playing Janet Leigh during the filming of Psycho in the film) had a scream shooting a promotional spread for the Winter 2012 issue of V Magazine.

The 27-old-actress revealed how it was to film the infamous shower scene and how terrifying her co-star Anthony Hopkins can be.

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So It’s difficult to see our keyboards through all this drool we’re producing right now, so excuse us if this post is a hot mess. But Topher Grace has graced this months issue of Corduroy Magazine (o u c wat we did there), and the former nerd from the 70′s is looking hot!

Although Grace has been in a few things since his time on the Ashton Kutcher sitcom, we haven’t really seen much of him, so when we saw the newest spread of the not-so-popular magazine, our jaws almost hit the floor in shock.

The 34-year-old actor is currently filming A Many Splintered Thing alongside Chris Evans and Michelle Monaghan, which is expected to come out in Spring of 2013.

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Following a line of men like Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Ryan Reynolds, Channing Tatum has officially been named the guy a majority of women thought about during sex this year the sexiest man alive according to People Magazine.

The prestigious title came as a surprise to the married Dear John actor so much so that he hung up on his publicist when she called to give him the news. “[Channing] said I could talk later, but he didn’t have time to joke around when I called. It took me calling back twice for him to believe he’d been titled Sexiest Man Alive.”

The magazine won’t hit newsstands until November 14th, but we’re expecting that the (presumably) shirtless photo shoot will probably leak online sooner rather than later.

What do you think about the choice? We thought this would be Gossling’s year!

55 lbs? We can’t even lose the 6 lbs we need to fit back into our skinny jeans from last year! P!nk is Shape Magazine’s latest cover girl and, needless to say, her rocking body is making us regret our fall binging.

Pink gave birth to daughter Willow, her first child with BMXer Carey Hart, just over a year ago, but she’s already back to her starting weight and is looking as good as she ever has.

The star admitted that she works out an hour and a half at least five days a week and has all meals delivered by Freshology to ensure she’s not consuming any access calories, but the star admits she goes over her daily goal almost every day.

“I don’t stick to it. I drink wine. Every day is a cheat day!”

Well at least we have one thing in common with her. What do you think of Pink’s new bod??

Could this year be going any better for the cast of HBO’s Girls? Not only are they being praised as one of the best assembly casts of the past decade, but their love lives and careers are skyrocketing, and to add to that the Girls have joined the ranks of Sarah Jessica Parker, Halle Berry and Lady  Gaga by getting their own spread in Vogue.

Show creator/ director/ writer/ lead actress Lena Dunham was joined by her on-screen (and off-screen!) besties Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, and Zosia Mamet for a photo shoot in their iconic home town, New York City, that will be featured in the October issue of Anna Wintour’s monthly fashion bible.

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