Met Gala 2019 Saoirse Ronan & Rachel Brosnahan: Subtle Camp Blondes “Theme! Theme theme THEME!” That’s the refrain on Twitter, and honestly it’s often the refrain on our text threads – but at the same time, part of pulling off what is essentially a costume is knowing what works on you. Saoirse Ronan has consistently killed in her wardrobe choices By Duana • May 07, 2019 03:59 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Best Of All Worlds Hi Duana! I had written to you months ago about baby #3 due in May (not knowing what the baby’s gender would be) and stressing about what to name the babe if it was a boy. We loved the name Isaiah but it is way to similar to our By Duana • May 06, 2019 04:00 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Walk The Line Hi, We are expecting our first child any day now and we don’t know the baby’s gender. We have a boy name picked out already. My husband seems to like very feminine names [for girls] that end in “a” (his favorite is Shoshana), and I tend to like By Duana • May 03, 2019 04:16 pm
TV Updates Veronica Mars trailer debuts on Hulu If there was any doubt about who the Hulu Veronica Mars reboot was supposed to be for, it’s resolved in the first 10 seconds of the trailer. “When your best friend is murdered before your 17th birthday...” followed immediately by a tiny blonde taking down an attacker with a By Duana • May 01, 2019 03:31 pm
Theatre Nerd Tony Nominations 2019 .@BrandonVDixon just called "Bernhardt-Hamlet" "bernhardt #HAMILTON" at the Tony Nominations!! #TonyNominations @Lin_Manuel— Laura Heywood (@BroadwayGirlNYC) April 30, 2019 This was the first thing I saw about the Tony Awards, which made me laugh – apparently old habits die hard for Brandon Victor Dixon... And apparently for By Duana • Apr 30, 2019 11:58 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Can My Son Have A Girls’ Name? Dear Duana, Help! We're expecting our second boy in a week [Duana: less than that now, since I got this letter a few days ago] and we've finally found a name that we like. The problem is that it is much more common as a girl& By Duana • Apr 29, 2019 04:31 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: One Name Fits None? Plus Unisex Updates! Hi Duana! I am due to have our 2nd child in late April, and I really think I need your help! Our daughter is called Alexandra. She’s 3 and I love her name, and a lot of the reason we chose it was the flexibility it affords. On its By Duana • Apr 26, 2019 04:55 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Name Habits of Secret Book Nerds Hi Duana! We're getting close to the due date and I can no longer tell if something I thought was too gimmicky actually isn't, or if it's just the pressure of not having a name that's making me fuzzy. I need some By Duana • Apr 24, 2019 04:31 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work MASTER CLASS: Taylor Jenkins Reid By now you’ve heard about Daisy Jones & The Six, the sixth book from author Taylor Jenkins Reid, either because of its six weeks and counting on the NYT bestseller list, or because it’s currently being adapted into an Amazon limited series by Reese Witherspoon, or because yes, By Duana • Apr 24, 2019 01:16 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work LIVE: Beyoncé Homecoming Edition If you’re on the internet at all today, #BeyoncéHomecoming is all there is, but just in case you’re somehow avoiding all of it except this post, SPOILERS abound below: Lainey and I are joined by very special guest/official provider of waterworks Kathleen for what might be our By Duana • Apr 17, 2019 03:09 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Does This Name Make Me Narcissa? Hi Duana, I am pregnant with my first. We’re not going to be finding out the baby's sex. While my partner and I agree on our boys’ names, I'm struggling with the idea that some of my top picks for girls will be too matchy-matchy By Duana • Apr 15, 2019 04:10 pm
TV Updates Yes and No – Season 2 Trailer of Big Little Lies There is nothing that makes me feel more ‘yes and no’ than the trailer for Season 2 of Big Little Lies. I specifically don’t mean ‘conflicted’, which at least to me means that you’re so full of all kinds of back and forth feelings that you can’t By Duana • Apr 15, 2019 03:42 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Is Anything/Everything Unisex? Dear Duana, Thanks for existing. I’m having my second child, a baby girl, in three weeks’ time (my due date got brought forward by a month! sorry about the short lead time). We’re struggling for names. Our first daughter is 6 years old and called Quinn. I love By Duana • Apr 12, 2019 05:18 pm
TV Updates Zendaya Angsts in Drake’s HBO Teen Series Trailer You know that idiom in fashion that says if you wore a trend the first time around, it’s not for you the second time? I mostly think that’s dumb, but watching the trailer for Euphoria, the new HBO teen series starring Zendaya from executive producer Drake, I started By Duana • Apr 12, 2019 11:04 am
Game of Thrones Duana’s Best Of Thrones: Mockingbird (For previous posts in our Best of Game of Thrones countdown, please visit the GoT main page here.) “I’m sorry it has to be this way.” “Why are you sorry? Because you’re an evil bastard with no heart? That’s what I liked about you in the first By Duana • Apr 11, 2019 04:20 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Emergency Intervention, Surname Edition Hello Duana, I'm writing to you out desperation as the naming of our only son has degenerated into a full-fledged crisis and huge argument with my partner. Enzo (we decided his first name) is our first baby. My boyfriend has 2 kids from a previous marriage carrying his By Duana • Apr 10, 2019 05:23 pm
