Name Nerd “Kate” Madden Calls The Shots This story just, it tickles me. For two different reasons, I think: Lainey was amused his morning over the revelation that Nicole Richie's daughter goes by “Kate”, as opposed to her presumed first name, Harlow. “But I guess when you’re a kid you don’t want to By Duana • Jan 15, 2026 01:09 pm
Golden Globes 2026 Tessa Thompson: Globes Best Dressed (Duana) I’m thrilled to be writing this. Mostly. Not mostly. Actually. Because after many many award shows where it’s been pulling teeth to see which of us got to write about the one or two great dresses, this show inexplicably had many. We all had choices! And even within By Duana • Jan 12, 2026 02:47 pm
Golden Globes 2026 Not Your Basic Black She didn’t do anything. We all know that, right? Until Julia Roberts got up at the 90% mark of the show, to giggle and call out Kevin Hart for trying to sneak out of the show, and had the entire room eating out of her hands, applauding her just By Duana • Jan 12, 2026 01:29 pm
Golden Globes 2026 Rogen and Rhea: Forever New Kids Maybe I’m feeling soft because we’ve been away from the awards show game a few months, or maybe, again, everything that’s happening outside makes me look a little softer at everything inside, but I found a lot to like on the TV side of things this Globes By Duana • Jan 12, 2026 11:25 am
Golden Globes 2026 The Globes 'Pitts' Its TV Darling as the one to Beat Anecdotally, the word most often used to describe the Golden Globes before this year’s broadcast was “unserious”. Which is true, of course, but also, I think, kind of gives it a weird amount of weight. That is, for all the Globes’ reputation for, you know, a practice that might By Duana • Jan 12, 2026 09:36 am
Golden Globes 2026 Heated Rivalry Cannot Be Cooled I won’t lie, I had very, very high expectations. After all the excitement and hype of the last month, and the last week, knowing that Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie would appear at the Golden Globes, I anticipated big moments and much celebration. It’s not like it was By Duana • Jan 12, 2026 07:19 am
Emmy Awards 2025 Duana’s Best Dressed: Tramell Tillman - And The Outies This man looks absolutely incredible – not that there was every any doubt. As far as I’m concerned, this look is straight from the archives of Choreography and Merriment, and the speech that went with it is no less perfect – in rhythm, in cadence, and in its arresting affect: “Severance& By Duana • Sep 15, 2025 01:25 pm
Style Black Dress Brigade, (plus a couple of rogue jewels) Did they know something? The Black dress babies, did they know? Because with the exception of Anna Sawai, whose perfect Armani Privé sparkling column was perfect for her presenting job – sorry, but there are no other adjectives, particularly when that woman’s face is involved: Anna Sawai #Emmys — Pop Noire By Duana • Sep 15, 2025 11:31 am
Emmy Awards 2025 Thank You For Being A Fearless, Forthright Friend There were, as always, a lot of hopes that went unfulfilled at last night’s Emmys – like when Elizabeth Banks noted the five female directors nominated only to have the sole man win. But the moments of solidarity and friendship, on and offscreen, felt like they were larger than the By Duana • Sep 15, 2025 09:32 am
Emmy Awards 2025 The Studio Is Accurate, Therefore Unwatchable Unlike Adolescence, I think most people have watched The Studio – if it sounds like the kind of show that’s your thing, it’s hard to have avoided it – and why would you? Stellar cast, madcap-caper style storytelling, a big love for cinema, and affection for cinephiles – of course it By Duana • Sep 15, 2025 08:17 am
Emmy Awards 2025 Sweeping ‘Adolescence’ Is Emmy Essential By far the number one question I saw last night – both on our live chat and Around, generally, was “...Do I have to watch Adolescence now?” If you’re reading this, you know the answer. Yes, you do. You’re not going to like it, necessarily, or rather, you won’ By Duana • Sep 15, 2025 07:23 am
TV Updates SMG’s telltale accessory on the Buffy set Something I’ve noticed as pieces of news about the Buffy reboot trickle out is the tiptoeing. By tiptoeing, I mean that every single fan of this show, and half the people who didn’t watch it originally but have been browbeaten into it by friends and family in the By Duana • Aug 13, 2025 12:43 pm
TV Updates Forever in 2025 is Still Timeless In all the press about new Netflix series Forever, the three converging timelines might be the least discussed element. The quintessential teen romance of 2025 is inspired by the Judy Blume novel published a literal fifty years ago – but also set in 2018, a time just far enough away from By Duana • May 12, 2025 02:28 pm
Met Gala 2025 Teyana Taylor and Guest Star Ego Nwodim: Met Gala 2025 Best Dressed (Duana) I have only one negative thing to say about Teyana Taylor’s ensemble last night, which is that we were very rarely able to see it head on: Most of the time, we saw her co-hosting the blue carpet, so we got the chains on the pants (which originally I By Duana • May 06, 2025 02:14 pm
Met Gala 2025 Oxblood, Sweat, and Relatively Few Tears We’re going to do proper Best Dressed anointments later in the day, but for my money, the people in this piece are the ones who really collectively killed it. I didn’t start out thinking the oxblood would be the key colour of the night, and I have to By Duana • May 06, 2025 01:22 pm
Met Gala 2025 Best (and a Worst) Of Both in Black & White Yes, it’s a very classic, stylish look. No, it is not the most original – as we can see by the fact that, first of all, there are myriad variations on this theme seen here, and second, that there are other looks we highlighted elsewhere that could, in theory, have By Duana • May 06, 2025 12:26 pm
