Lifestyle Duana Names: No Royals, No Repeats Hi Duana, My husband is no help so I thought I'd reach out to you. Our daughter Katerine (we call her Katie) is almost two, and we're expecting another girl this summer. I always loved the name Elizabeth, but with Katy Cambridge on the scene now By Duana • Jul 11, 2013 04:22 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Historical Happy Medium We have one daughter named Madeline Jean. Madeline was our favorite name and Jean is the name of my late mother-in-law. Now we are expecting a boy next month and cannot agree on a name for the life of us. I love James Francis. James is a great, classic name By Duana • Jul 09, 2013 12:03 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews He Returns! Behold, the greatest delight the Veronica Mars Movie is going to present to us, or at least, the delight that will be mostly pleasure and not at all spiked with pain. Vinnie Van Lowe returns! I love him. I can’t help it. I love that reedy voice of his. By Duana • Jul 04, 2013 12:01 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Balancing M in the Middle Hi Duana, Our little girl is due to arrive very soon, and we have pretty much settled on the name Marlowe but are at a loss for a great middle name. Some that have come up include Arabella, Jane, and Rose but nothing is really striking me. Thoughts on the By Duana • Jul 04, 2013 11:45 am
Girlcrushes Kerry Washington covers Vanity Fair Should it be such a big deal? Not necessarily. She’s the star of a huge hit show that’s only getting bigger, she’s had other covers this spring, she’s gorgeous…and it’s been six years since a black woman was on the cover of Vanity Fair, By Duana • Jul 03, 2013 11:59 am
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
