Dumbass Worst Oscar Mislabel: Octavia Spencer Octavia Spencer wore a gorgeous sort of pale ochre-y deep cream piece of fanciness which suited her really nicely with an off-centre neckline of which is surprising and unusual without being too try-hard-y. This is exactly the right note you want to strike for the year after you win an By Duana • Feb 25, 2013 07:00 am
Oscars 2013 Best Oscar Repeat: Zoe Saldana The first thing I thought when I saw Zoe Saldana’s dress was that it was lilac – like the one she wore in 2010. I was ready to get all skeptical like “what was she thinking?”, but here’s the genius of it. It’s like the same dress – but By Duana • Feb 25, 2013 06:31 am
Oscars 2013 Best FLOTUS for AMPAS I’ve always been entertained by the FLOTUS acronym, and I feel like it gets used in print and not enough out loud, not least because “First Lady” is an annoying title to have. So much more often, she’s just called Michelle Obama, which I think is her subtle By Duana • Feb 25, 2013 05:46 am
Vampire Diaries The Best Bad Idea The Vampire Diaries Season 4 Episode 14 recap This was not the easiest episode of The Vampire Diaries to watch – I mean technically. I’m on West Coast time, the streaming was difficult in the hotel, no matter which site I’m used to going to I’m geoblocked somewhere. By Duana • Feb 22, 2013 02:33 pm
Douchebags Sour Grapes is So BORING Oh my God, with this, Ethan Hawke. Are you serious? Elaine loves to taunt Michelle and me about our teenage love for him. I have to admit, it feels embarrassing in retrospect. Not because he wasn’t cute then, or appealing to our young selves, but because there’s that By Duana • Feb 22, 2013 01:48 pm
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
