Lifestyle Duana Names: Cue Stills, Nash, & Young… Hi Duana, I wondered your thoughts on the boy name Crosby? The other top contenders are Bennett or Cooper. There is a whole bunch of criteria and other factors going into our decision, but I don't want to bore you with those so will just ask the basic By Duana • Aug 22, 2013 01:03 pm
Equality Issues Making Statements It’s all about timing, isn’t it? We accept that celebrities have a platform, and that they’re asked to use it at every opportunity. You’ve heard the expression "they can’t say yes to everything" but I actually think it’s worth mentioning how often By Duana • Aug 20, 2013 01:00 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Name We Loved Forever Duana, I am in dire need of your advice. I am due at the end of November and my husband and I have chosen to be surprised with the sex. We fairly easily came to a conclusion on a boy's name - Declan, with Dex as a nickname. By Duana • Aug 20, 2013 11:08 am
The Newsroom If we used it…here’s how The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 6 recap. Do you trust Jerry Dantana? Do you? Do you though, really in your heart of hearts? No but really. No, do you? Because if you do, you might be an idiot. This character, who we’ve been asked to suspect and dislike, who By Duana • Aug 19, 2013 12:14 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Sally Draper cast in Flowers In The Attic Please click here for my initial post on the upcoming Lifetime adaptation of Flowers In The Attic. All I’m saying is don’t try to tell me it doesn’t have an effect. Kiernan Shipka has signed on to play “Cathy”, alongside a cherub I don’t know named By Duana • Aug 15, 2013 12:30 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The two-name thing Hi Duana, Question for you about baby names that I haven't spotted before. Am having a girl in the fall. My husband is desperately in love with the name Sarah (hi Sarah!), but wants to add a second name to it, much like Sarah Jessica Parker or Sarah By Duana • Aug 15, 2013 12:13 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Say Terpsichore Five Times Fast Hi Duana, I'm due in two weeks with a girl and we are struggling with names. I think you will be up for the challenge. My husband is British and has a very posh last name which got him beat up quite a bit as a kid (he By Duana • Aug 13, 2013 01:09 pm
Parent Pimps Cyrus Family Portrait What does this one look like to you? Let’s not forget that Miley was calling out her dad on Twitter as recently as earlier this summer. And that nothing happens in a bubble, especially online. And that Noah Cyrus, age 13 and two thirds has been purportedly wanting a By Duana • Aug 12, 2013 01:15 pm
The Newsroom Photos Are Forever The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 5 recap Working in television is only unusual for one reason, and that’s because a select group of peoples’ work is available for anyone else to watch and judge; an even more select group of people are the faces of all that work. As By Duana • Aug 12, 2013 12:30 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: One was Johnnie Hi Duana, My mother's father's name was Johnnie (not a nickname, and spelled just like that). He died a long time ago and my mother always wanted to name a son after him but she ended up having all girls. I'm expecting a girl By Duana • Aug 08, 2013 12:14 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Is Sam an honour? Hi Duana, I'm a HUGE name nerd and am so happy to be newly pregnant. I have a question about naming strategies and obligations. Here's the deal: Jewish people tend to name children after deceased relatives, to honour them. For example, if it's a By Duana • Aug 06, 2013 11:58 am
The Newsroom Progress? The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 4 recap Okay, well, this is the episode where things began to happen. And it’s the episode where the distance between what The Newsroom is trying to do and what it does do comes the closest to being closed. This is what it could By Duana • Aug 05, 2013 09:48 am
Megan Follows Nitpicking Reign: amusement or irritation? There’s nothing quite like the schizophrenia that comes when I read an article I can’t decide if I agree with. This piece on the TCA presser for the CW’s new show Reign made me feel fairly crazy. Please read to see if I’m the only one. By Duana • Aug 01, 2013 03:07 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: What About Rocco? Dear Duana, I'm having a hard time with my family and the name that my husband and I picked out. I have always thought my Mom’s taste to be superior to mine so it can F#$% with my thinking because she hates it. My husband and I By Duana • Aug 01, 2013 12:03 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: What counts as “Common”? My husband and I are having a terrible time naming baby #2, and I was hoping I could get a second opinion to help us out (and hopefully convince him I'm right!) If it's a boy, we are set, because we both like the name Braedon By Duana • Jul 30, 2013 01:16 pm
The Newsroom Civilizing The Masses Again The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 3 recap In the first two minutes, Mackenzie points out that Will has to – and did – ask her permission to say “witless bullies and hapless punks” but seconds later, she’s begging him to remember what he said to her in the phone message. One By Duana • Jul 30, 2013 10:20 am
