Tina Fey Amy & Tina: A pro/con list So this article made me laugh yesterday. Because on the one hand, it’s clearly been leaked by someone who wants everyone to know that Amy & Tina have been reapproached, but on the other hand there are SO MANY bets hedged in this article. “I mean, maybe. If they By Duana • Aug 27, 2013 12:52 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Stalemate over Sam Hi Duana My husband and I have come to a stalemate in choosing a name for our future little man and could use a neutral 3rd party to weigh in (i.e. not family or friends). We have short listed to 4 names over the past few months (I' By Duana • Aug 27, 2013 11:52 am
The Newsroom Ticking Clocks The Newsroom Season 2 Episode 7 recap My PVR didn’t originally record this episode, because it thought this episode wasn’t new. Enjoy that meta statement! Take it for what you will! Gaffes in cable providers aside, I’m not going to ask if anyone’s still watching The By Duana • Aug 26, 2013 01:33 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Divergent first teaser Shailene’s somehow unannoying VMAs There was a kind of feeling of quiet despair at the VMAs. Did you feel it, at home on your couch? I think it was because there was so much promise – NSYNC, Taylor and Harry, Drake – and then so much sweaty disappointment. The four members of NSYNC who know that By Duana • Aug 26, 2013 12:31 pm
Music What is she supposed to do? Honestly, what is Miley Cyrus supposed to do? She has a compulsion right now to prove not just that she’s not a little girl, but that she is down with the dudes. She gets it. She gets the jokes, nothing can faze her. She is not going to be By Duana • Aug 26, 2013 09:20 am
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
