Lena Dunham attends ‘Storytellers: Lena Dunham with Michelle Buteau’ during the 2025 Tribeca Festival at Spring Studios on June 14, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jason Mendez/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival)
Girls creator Lena Dunham is now a girl mom.
The writer and actress shared in an essay with Vogue that she has welcomed her first child with husband Luis Felber via surrogate.
In the essay, Dunham describes how she prepared for the baby’s birth by building her daughter’s wardrobe.
“She was preparing herself, inside our surrogate’s strong and healthy body, and as the clothes stacked up in the box, so did some sense that she was becoming real,” Dunham, 40, writes.
Last year, Dunham confirmed to The Times that she and Felber, who married in 2021, were heading toward parenthood. “I will say we’re in the process of expanding our family in new ways,” she said. “I want to safely meet our children and then figure out how to talk about it.”
Dunham previously revealed that she had a hysterectomy at age 31 due to endometriosis. Endometriosis is a painful disorder where the tissue that normally lines the uterus grows outside of the organ and affects other organs, according to the Mayo Clinic.
The cover art for Miley Cyrus’ 10th studio album, ‘Bass Persuades.’ (MERT ALAS)
Miley Cyrus is entering a new era with a new album and a return to the stage.
The singer announced Tuesday that she’s releasing her 10th studio album on Sept. 18, titled Bass Persuades.
“Music takes hold of us. We feel it, sing it, sometimes dance to it, let it out and carry on,” Cyrus wrote in an Instagram post.
“It is powerful, vulnerable, sweet and strong. Heart full, heartache, every part of life in between. That’s what the title means to me,” she added. “Thank you for being a part of making my wildest dreams come true. I sincerely hope you love this album.”
The artist also shared a video of her playing electric guitar, teasing what the new music will sound like.
Along with the new album, Cyrus is heading to the Hollywood Bowl in October for a special two-night performance.
“It’s been a while. The Hollywood Bowl is my favorite place to experience music and see my favorite artists,” she wrote in a separate Instagram post. “I’ve sat in those seats many times, but I’ve never taken the stage. LA is my heart and I’m bringing it home. See you there.”
Bass Persuades follows Cyrus’ 2025 studio album, Something Beautiful, and her 2023 album, Endless Summer Vacation. Her song “Flowers,” which appeared on the 2023 album, earned her the Grammys for record of the year and best pop solo performance.
Earlier this year, Cyrus celebrated the 20th anniversary of Hannah Montana, the TV show that made her a star, with the Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special.
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Olivia Rodrigo and Melinda French Gates reveal $20 million was raised for charity during Daisy Chain Fields on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026 in Irvine, CA. (Kayla Bartkowski/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Melinda French Gates is matching the $10 million raised by Olivia Rodrigo’s inaugural Daisy Chain Fields Music Festival, bringing the total going to nonprofit organizations supporting women and girls to $20 million.
Rodrigo announced French Gates’ matching commitment Saturday during the festival in Irvine, California.
“Daisy Chain Fields is about what can happen when we come together and use our collective power to support one another,” Rodrigo said. “I’m incredibly grateful to Melinda and Pivotal for believing in this mission and making the impact of our first festival twice as powerful.”
French Gates joined Rodrigo onstage, where she praised the singer and the festival’s mission.
“Olivia Rodrigo is a force,” French Gates said. “What Daisy Chain Fields sets in motion will last far beyond a single night, by opening up opportunity for women and girls around the world and showing a new generation how much their voices matter. I’m so proud to support Olivia’s vision.”
The $20 million will be divided equally among 10 nonprofit organizations: Baby2Baby, Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Center for Reproductive Rights, FreeFrom, Jhpiego, Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health, National Domestic Workers Alliance, National Institute for Reproductive Health, National Women’s Law Center and Planned Parenthood.
Rodrigo said the organizations are doing “incredibly important work every single day in the U.S. and globally.”
“I’m so grateful to every person who bought a ticket, every artist who waived their fee, every sponsor for signing onto a brand new festival and every donation that helped get to $10 million to support women and girls,” she said.
Throughout the event, concertgoers could learn more about the nonprofit partners and their work through Daisy Chain Reaction, an initiative highlighting the causes supported by the festival.
The 2026 event marked the first Daisy Chain Fields Festival, which Rodrigo announced in June.
The festival featured performances from Rodrigo, Chappell Roan, Doechii, Mitski, Bikini Kill, the Breeders, Garbage, Rachel Chinouriri and others.
Stevie Nicks, Alanis Morissette, Karen O and Lilith Fair founder Sarah McLachlan also appeared as special guests.
