Lifestyle Duana Names: When a trend strikes over time Hi Duana, I'm due in a few months. I recently started watching Games of Thrones and love the character Aria. Her name is gorgeous, reminds me of the beautiful Las Vegas casino Aria: both lovely, strong, and memorable. Yesterday, I started watching Pretty Little Liars and one of By Duana • Oct 24, 2013 10:08 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Nothing fits – or does it? Hi Duana, We are hoping you can help us. We are expecting our second child and will not be finding out the gender. Boy's name is set. For girls, we are struggling between two right now. We both love Louisa. It sounds classic but fresh at the same By Duana • Oct 22, 2013 11:01 am
Masters of Sex She Knows What Feels Good Masters Of Sex Season 1 Episode 4 recap There’s an inclination to be whispery and respectful of certain people after their deaths, and I certainly think that’s mostly appropriate. But sometimes it precludes things that I really miss – like how funny Heath Ledger was when he asked of By Duana • Oct 22, 2013 10:35 am
Homeland Did They Get You? Homeland Season 3 Episode 4 recap They got me. In fact, a little Twitter scrolling before I watched the episode tipped me off to the twist, and I still didn’t see it coming in precisely the way that it did. Before we get serious here, can we just shout By Duana • Oct 21, 2013 10:27 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Matching or Scratching? Hi Duana, I love your baby name posts - but just haven't seen one that's going to help our clan name our third baby girl! Our eldest is Haven (and she was born long before the Alba baby - so don't even ask how By Duana • Oct 18, 2013 12:29 pm
Scandal Hanging Up On The President Scandal Season 3 Episode 3 recap The fact that Olivia Pope feels entitled to hang up on the man who runs the free world (well, probably that’s actually Cyrus) is the least ludicrous thing in this episode. Yet you watched breathless the whole time, didn’t you? What kills By Duana • Oct 18, 2013 10:20 am
Movie Reviews and Previews What Early 90s Women Knew I was surprised to find out, a few weeks ago, that for a lot of people Mystic Pizza exists only so you can spot young Matt Damon in that one dinner scene with his one line. At which I scoff. If you need early Matt Damon, watch School Ties again By Duana • Oct 16, 2013 04:38 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Keep It Simple…Sweetheart Hi Duana, I'm in the early stages of pregnancy and am still unsure if I am having a boy or a girl. My child will have two last names - one starting with a C, two-syllable, and Anglo, the other starting with an L, four-syllable and Southeast Asian. By Duana • Oct 16, 2013 11:18 am
Masters of Sex Women on Their Backs Masters of Sex Season 1 Episode 3 recap Hard not to see, right? Everywhere women are on their backs, waiting for something to happen to them (in one memorable case, orgasm that never arrived) and it’s men who stand there and demand results one way or another. This is By Duana • Oct 15, 2013 11:20 am
Girlcrushes Tina and Amy. Twice. I mean, it’s a no-brainer. Isn’t it? Tina and Amy have done the impossible – they’ve secured hosting spots for the Golden Globes for the next two years in a row. They were awesome, everyone agreed. They were awesome because they A) Didn’t pull any punches – they By Duana • Oct 15, 2013 10:17 am
Homeland Is this the New Normal? Homeland Season 3 Episode 3 recap Did you love it? Did you sit at the end of the episode and go “That’s my satisfying episode of Homeland”? You didn’t, did you? Look, I can’t claim they’re playing things safe. If they were, Brody would still be By Duana • Oct 15, 2013 09:51 am
Scandal Family Ties I know networks program things opposite each other in order to win ratings fights, but it really makes it difficult for those of us who watch a lot. I didn’t watch Glee last night, because I couldn’t bear to, and I never watch Grey’s Anatomy, and still By Duana • Oct 11, 2013 11:21 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Jet(t) Set Hi Duana, I have often seen the name Jet for a boys name. What do you think of Jett for a girl? ___ Well, I think the extra “t” certainly doesn’t make it feminine. Not that I think it’s an unfeminine name. Unusual, yes, and for some people, trendy By Duana • Oct 10, 2013 11:47 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Family Affair Dear Duana, My husband and I are expecting our third daughter. She will technically be my first and his third. Our first two are Ramona (14, goes by Ray) and Olivia (10, goes by Olive). I took some notes from one of your posts about merging families. Loved the idea, By Duana • Oct 08, 2013 04:53 pm
Homeland Homeland for High School Homeland Season 3 Episode 2 recap (Lainey: sorry we’re a day late on Homeland this week. We’re trying to figure out a few scheduling changes. Apologies for the inconvenience and thanks for your patience!) I hope you’ll pardon the lateness of this review. I feel less bad By Duana • Oct 08, 2013 09:25 am
Masters of Sex Masters Of Sex – Race To Space Masters Of Sex Season Episode 2 recap I really hate the expression “I am X show’s/celebrity’s/concept’s bitch”. I hate it a lot. In addition to being reductive and simplistic, it is, like all other bad expressions, really overused. So I’m going to have to By Duana • Oct 07, 2013 02:03 pm
