Lifestyle Duana Names: She Saved The World. A Lot. Duana, I love the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, (full disclosure, my husband and I are both HUGE fans) and I wonder if Buffy is a good name for my daughter. (Due in 4 months). My husband and I are divided, but mostly me. I am divided. Reasons for: She By Duana • Jul 02, 2013 02:16 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Ace Knute Johnson I mean, are you really surprised? At this point, can any of us really claim ignorance? You didn’t actually think that Jessica Simpson could name her baby Nathaniel or Jacob, so this isn’t that much of a surprise, right? Ace Knute. And, in what’s arguably the worst By Duana • Jul 02, 2013 09:42 am
Girlcrushes In Which I Am Proven Right I believe I said on the Tony Awards live-blog that NPH was not truly going to be appreciated for being the renaissance man that he is until he turned 40, with peak appreciation for his awesome, awesome stardom coming when he’s 50. I should start making psychic predictions. NPH By Duana • Jun 28, 2013 12:37 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: On Elise Hi Duana! I thought I'd get you in on a naming debate my husband and I are having. Our first child is on her way, and I really want to name her Elise. I have loved the name for years-feminine, beautiful, but not too common or fussy. (I By Duana • Jun 27, 2013 11:55 am
Veronica Mars NO. No, I disagree with these photos. NO. To use an overused phrase -- DO NOT LIKE. Why is Veronica Mars holding hands with Stosh Piznarski? Do I have to sit through this with them? (Lainey: LoVe FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Because of course, there will have to be some annoying romantic entanglement. But By Duana • Jun 27, 2013 11:37 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: When You Share A Name Hi I'm having baby #4 in about 6 weeks and desperately need another perspective on the name I think we've chosen. We have 3 kids (Lucy, Scarlett and Marcus). The final member of our family will be a girl. I had always thought if I had By Duana • Jun 25, 2013 12:02 pm
Mad Men Passenger Presumed Overboard. Deepest Condolences. Mad Men Season 6, Episode 13 So let’s be clear here. Los Angeles is Siberia, but also the Promised Land. It is the ends of the earth and you’ll never return from it, and it’s also the only place where you can fix your marriage and hope By Duana • Jun 24, 2013 01:29 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession It’s North The name of the child is North. North West. Before we get into what we think, we should evaluate what we now know. North West. I have heard no middle name yet. It’s a play on Kanye’s name…Ergo? This is KANYE’s daughter. This is not the By Duana • Jun 21, 2013 11:48 am
Scandal Summer Homework: Scandal! (Lainey: thank you for all your emails about Scandal. Yes, we will be recapping it in the fall for Season 3. And before the premiere, we’ll be posting primers for the previouslies. Duana recently finished Season 2. I, for once, was ahead of her. And both of us are By Duana • Jun 20, 2013 04:31 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Photo Assumption: Veronica Mars Production Stills If these are going to keep coming, this is going to keep being a lot of fun for us. Let’s see what we can figure out here. Yet another shot of Gia, hmmm? Krysten Ritter is lovely and amusing, don’t get me wrong. But methinks that, while the By Duana • Jun 20, 2013 03:27 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Bend the Gender Hi Duana, Short and sweet: what do you think of the name George for a girl? Georgia just isn’t my steeze. Thanks! C ___ One of the things I’ve learned with this amazing name investigation is that there are people for whom this question is going to cause fever By Duana • Jun 20, 2013 01:43 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Am I one of them? A hypocrite, I mean. I really don’t want to be. But I can feel it closing in. Is it nobler to admit it, or to feign that it’s not happening? The truth is always the way, right? Here’s what I’m saying: after whining about how people By Duana • Jun 19, 2013 12:26 pm
Veronica Mars Private Eyes Are Watching You It is not remotely the most interesting scene from the show -- I’m not sure it’s even the most interesting from the episode in question -- but when I think of Veronica Mars, I often think about the scene in season 2 where Veronica tries to set up By Duana • Jun 18, 2013 04:29 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Jennifer Love Hewitt’s Creative Control Let’s be honest. When a story about Jennifer Love Hewitt lands in your inbox, you can pretty much assume it’s going to be a fun treat to roll your eyes, talk about the ridiculousness of a grown woman who still calls herself “Love”, and remember the time she By Duana • Jun 18, 2013 01:13 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: E-I-E-I-O Hi Duana. I am having trouble with my baby girl names and wanted to see if you'd weigh in. I thought I had narrowed my names down to Edie, Eleni, and Stella, but I ran the names past my family and they were unimpressed. Middle name will be By Duana • Jun 18, 2013 12:09 pm
Mad Men Subterfuge, Sally Draper and boarding school? Mad Men Season 6 Episode 12 recap Those three items are treats on their own - it really is Christmas around this episode of Mad Men. I haven’t even begun in my own head to address all the accents and voices in the Rosemary’s Baby homage, because I By Duana • Jun 17, 2013 11:33 am