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The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Dunham and Antonoff are the item of the year

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Lena Dunham (“Girls”), 26, and Jack Antonoff (Fun.), 28, are killing it this year.

The fact that someone can successfully navigate their way out of college and into a career, especially one that takes them to the Golden Globes one week and the Grammys the next, is enough to have our eyes rolling. Now add a Hollywood prince that is not afraid to share that shine – now that is impressive.

The official Grammy Awards Twitter account tweeted, “Lena Dunham wins best actress at the Golden Globes, and her BF wins best new artist at the Grammys. Not a bad year for them.”

Dunham is most notably the producer, creator and leading actress of the award-winning HBO series “Girls,” while Jack Antonoff is the guitarist of the band Fun.

What makes this new pair so enviously sweet is what we all love most: which is being safely, and from a distance, in people’s business.

Their success is fresh and exciting, and we are all interested. Fortunately, Dunham is willing to share.

“I know there’s some rule that you’re not supposed to talk about your boyfriend publicly just because it seems like all starlets under the age of 33 have decided not to do that, but if you’re in love with someone great, then I don’t understand why you wouldn’t tell everybody,” said Dunham, in an article in Interview Magazine last month.

Most notably, the pair has been spotted mutually supporting their blossoming careers at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards and the Emmys for Dunham. For instance, Dunham has also reciprocated the affection at Fun.’s Grammy performance for song of the year and other nominations.

Since September 2012, Dunham and Antonoff have been building an alternative empire, scoring points with surprising hits that have translated well into a collective mainstream success.

“(Antonoff is) just constantly (working), and it gets me invigorated about what I’m doing and reminds me of what’s important,” said Dunham.

They feed off of each other’s success – one seemingly pushing the other to succeed – and the results are evident to our envious eyes because there is something absolutely arousing about a man that stands by his woman.

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