Lifestyle Duana Names: “Trait” Names Hi Duana, My best friend is having a baby (gender will be a surprise) and wants to give it a middle name that reflects a (hopefully good) personality trait. For a girl there are lots of choices - joy, hope, faith, etc. - and they're leaning towards Grace By Duana • Feb 22, 2013 12:42 pm
Girly Throw Downs Calling Clive Davis A Liar Kelly Clarkson posted this on WhoSay yesterday. Guaranteed she didn’t take a long time to write it. Not because it’s bad, or anything like that. On the contrary, it is straightforward and passionate – she maybe had one person read it over and then threw it up, shaking a By Duana • Feb 20, 2013 01:43 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Lula Rosylea Adams Maybe it’s the age thing, you know? Everyone’s squawking about Steve Martin, but Bryan Adams is 53. He’s famous and rich, and well into his sixth decade of life, and, well, maybe he just can’t see anything but the cute. Because this name of his newest By Duana • Feb 18, 2013 02:07 pm
Girls On Jerks Girls Season 2 Episode 6 recap You know, it occurs to me that Hannah is kind of a jerk. This isn’t, or shouldn’t be, news. But it really struck me as an immutable fact when she was so flippant to Ray about getting his book back from Adam, By Duana • Feb 18, 2013 10:15 am
Vampire Diaries “I will live a happy life without you”, he lied The Vampire Diaries Season 4 Episode 14 recap It took damn long enough! Seriously, this episode, with the wandering and the moaning, and one person after another discovering that in fact there was only cure enough for one person, was kind of exhausting, wasn’t it? I mean, we get By Duana • Feb 15, 2013 01:51 pm
Girlcrushes “Who Am I If I’m Not Tami Taylor?” The decision over what to do with this Connie Britton New York Times article took up a lot of email real estate yesterday afternoon. Do you binge on it or do you wait, savor, only a little bit at a time to draw out the deliciousness of what feels like By Duana • Feb 14, 2013 04:32 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: J.R. Not Ewing Dear Duana, After 20 years of baby name obsession, I'm finally faced with naming my own baby and am totally stumped. My husband and I want to honour several deceased relatives by choosing a name that begins with the same letter as did the relative's: R By Duana • Feb 13, 2013 01:03 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Initial Issues My husband and I are expecting our first little guy in April and have chosen his first name no problem. The issue we struggle with currently is the middle name. My question here is that the baby's initials (if we go with our agreed on choice) are going By Duana • Feb 11, 2013 12:47 pm
Grammy Awards 2013 The Fairytale of Kelly Clarkson It might actually be impossible to replicate the coolness that is Kelly Clarkson. When she wins awards, she still geeks out like a newbie – but there’s never any doubt that she knows she deserves it. No false modesty. In fact, as Kelly smoothly transitioned from country to soul last By Duana • Feb 11, 2013 11:40 am
Girls Corners Like It’s On Rails Girls Season 2 Episode 5 recap I have never gambled. I’ve never been to a casino – I didn’t even try to learn at a charity casino thing I was at a couple of weeks ago. I have literally never purchased a lottery ticket, nor even a scratch card. By Duana • Feb 11, 2013 10:35 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Xavier, Lafayette, Memphis I am in love with the names Xavier Lafayette, and Memphis Xavier. I am told these are the worst names in existence. I am told I would be condemning a child to a life time of mockery. Give it to me straight, are these names as bad as all that? By Duana • Feb 08, 2013 02:20 pm
Vampire Diaries The “Lost” Diaries The Vampire Diaries Season 4 Episode 13 recap Not only was I not the only one who was thinking it, I have to believe it was where the whole idea came from, right? “Guys, how are we going to do this whole ‘nobody trusts anyone’ thing this week?” “Dump ‘em By Duana • Feb 08, 2013 01:44 pm
Dumbass Music Awards Misogyny So last night, via the always incredible Vulture, I read this list of wardrobe restrictions that CBS has asked to be relayed to performers at the Grammy Awards. Here is the list in its entirety: CBS Program Practices advises that all talent appearing on camera please adhere to Network policy By Duana • Feb 07, 2013 12:40 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Big, Black, and Furry I have a name problem and hope your advice isn't limited to humans. I have a dog and in my mind he has the perfect name. His real name is Herbert Marcuse (said as one name like "Billy Bob") and his everyday name is Herby. I By Duana • Feb 06, 2013 01:09 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: To Ugo or not to Ugo? Hi Duana, So I really need your help with this; I am currently six months pregnant-we're having a boy!- and my father, who I am very, very close with has been in and out of the hospital all year. And while he's stable now, the By Duana • Feb 04, 2013 03:15 pm
Girls “Show-sh”? Really? Girls Season 2 Episode 4 recap I would’ve thought the nickname for Shoshanna would be more “Shawsh”. What do I know? Fine. Show-sh. I want to point out what should be obvious. I think Jessa is a horrible human being. It’s one thing to be honest about yourself, By Duana • Feb 04, 2013 10:36 am
