TV Updates Regina King and the Kingdom of Watchmen I’ve rewritten this sentence about nine times. What I want to say is “Watchmen deserved every Emmy it got and more” but that seems to discount the incredible Unbelievable and Unorthodox and others, and look – we just need to accept the fact that there’s too much that’s By Duana • Sep 21, 2020 08:47 am
Emmy Awards 2020 Gabrielle Union-Wade: Best Emmys Spot From Home It’s beyond debate that the people at home had a better time than the people who were in studio, right? Once you’re there, even if you have a gag to do (more on those later) it’s basically business as usual. But the people at home really seemed By Duana • Sep 21, 2020 07:53 am
Emmy Awards 2020 Insecure and The Good Place Were Also Nominated At the time I’m writing this, I don’t know whether Lainey has written what we both agreed on when we debriefed after the show – even though it was pretty good as a broadcast, we just felt… you know, aware of our pandemic selves. It was a great show, By Duana • Sep 21, 2020 07:27 am
Dumbass I’m The One Person You Know Who Watched Cuties on Netflix I have a major complaint about the controversial Netflix movie Cuties, which was originally called Mignonnes, and it has nothing to do with the online furor you’ve undoubtedly heard about. My issue? The performances in the English-dubbed version (which is what my Netflix account naturally defaulted to) were overdone, By Duana • Sep 18, 2020 02:33 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: All of the Angst About “A” Hi Duana, Long time reader, first time… caller? Does that work in the digital age? Regardless, I would love your help. Here’s the scoop: with baby #1 I didn’t need to write to you because the baby-naming conversation with my husband took us literally 30 seconds. We didn’ By Duana • Sep 16, 2020 02:45 pm
BFFs Patti LaBelle & Gladys Knight reinvent Verzuz It is not an exaggeration to say that Sunday night’s Verzuz featuring Patti LaBelle and Gladys Knight was a reinvention of the form, in a way that, on paper, shouldn’t have worked. That is, the idea of a ‘battle’ was entirely gone last night (and to a certain By Duana • Sep 14, 2020 02:38 pm
Music Chloe x Halle’s NFL National Anthem And now, a surely unpopular opinion: I think Chloe x Halle might be underrated. This is, on its face, preposterous, even for someone who is finally embracing the ‘contrarian’ label Lainey is always trying to give me. How is it possible to say so when they are so present, so By Duana • Sep 11, 2020 01:42 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: In Need Of De-Basic-ing Hello Duana, We are currently trying to figure out a name for our baby that we'll be welcoming in September. Despite being a combo of procrastinators mixed with a bit of decision fatigue (what stroller? car seat? nursery paint color? reusable diapers?), all of this while dealing with By Duana • Sep 09, 2020 03:40 pm
TV Updates The Big Questions of Grand Army I was incredibly excited when the trailer for Netflix’s new teen show, Grand Army, finally dropped yesterday. The show had been on my radar since late 2018 when it was casting and doing some shooting in Toronto, and it hits all my buttons: it’s about ‘regular’ high school By Duana • Sep 03, 2020 03:23 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Nickelodeon ruined my name - a 90s story of embarrassment Hey Duana - Long time reader, first time writer. We are welcoming our second child in September and are still not clear on names. We have a nearly 2 year old named Fiona Lisette - Fiona for my Irish heritage and Lisette for my aunt Lisa and various Elizabeths in By Duana • Sep 02, 2020 03:54 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Names For Sex Hi Duana, I don't know if this falls under your domain, but I need some more name advice. I am writing some erotica and need some universally (is that even possible!?) attractive names. Part of me thinks it's not that important but then I think of By Duana • Aug 28, 2020 03:02 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Soleil Moon Frye’s KID90 Because I spend an inordinate amount of time online ‘researching’, I’m pretty good at sleuthing stuff that might have been a fever dream – it’s become a party trick for our friends on our group chat, and I’m not gonna lie, it’s a skill I enjoy – but By Duana • Aug 26, 2020 12:48 pm
TV Updates ‘Writer’s Mutiny’ but CBS Showrunner Still Has A Job Another week, another headline – but this time, something’s missing. Spot the differences: In June, I wrote this piece about writer Craig Gore, who had been a writer on S.W.A.T and Chicago P.D. and was fired (and dropped from his agency) from an upcoming Law & By Duana • Aug 21, 2020 04:12 pm
Amazingness Gross Feet and The Twins My favourite internet trend this summer/pandemic is “It’s not coming from where you think.” Whatever’s going to amuse or captivate you, whether it’s Sarah Cooper or 2020-by-celebrity-month memes, everything interesting is gonna surprise you. That’s not new, of course, it’s basically what half the By Duana • Aug 17, 2020 04:13 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Consonants, in Triplicate Dear Duana, I’m having triplets. Help me God, triplets. There will be two boys and a girl here at the beginning of September. We’ve had the boys’ names picked out for awhile- Casper and Everett. I love them, and my husband loves them. Only problem is he’s By Duana • Aug 12, 2020 03:30 pm
TV Updates Horny And/Or Dirty Bachelorette Drama Is Apparently Addictive I am obsessed with the stories coming from the set of The Bachelorette. I have never watched the show, mostly because you can glean the context of every episode by osmosis, but I am damn well going to watch this season, when and if it ever makes it to air. By Duana • Aug 10, 2020 03:57 pm
