Lifestyle Duana Names: Trying Hard Not To Try Hi Duana! My husband and I will be welcoming our third child this Spring. Our older two children are elementary aged. Our oldest is Vivienne Kathleen. Our son, is Bennett Michael. We do not plan on finding out our third child’s gender until birth. As you can guess, we By Duana • Feb 13, 2019 04:15 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: How Sean Penn is Like The Worst Kanye We’re back! Thanks for bearing with us during our unscheduled break due to various Crimes Of Winter. After a quick announcement about some big moves in my appearance (Megalyn Echikunwoke was the actress I couldn’t think of here, btw), we get to the truth – the balmy weather of By Duana • Feb 13, 2019 03:14 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Too Far To Travel? Hi Duana! I am pregnant with my second child, a boy, due in mid-February. We are nameless, but with two possibilities that are at extreme ends of the spectrum. I had at one time been really invested in the name River, but I’m conflicted for two reasons, one big By Duana • Feb 11, 2019 04:26 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Is the Answer Unfinished? Hi Duana! I am expecting my first, a baby boy on February 11th, and some last minute help would be greatly appreciated. My husband and I can’t seem to get on the page about names (I like unusual off the wall names and he is a lot more traditional) By Duana • Feb 08, 2019 04:18 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Let Her Be Her Hi Duana, Here's the situation - one of the lovely moms from my son's soccer team had a baby girl two weeks ago. Their favourite name (only name on the list) is Jodie. However her last name is the same as a famous actress who also By Duana • Feb 01, 2019 05:22 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Opposite Of All That Hi Duana, I’ve been combing through your old columns for inspiration and finally decided to reach out on my own. My husband and I are expecting child #2, a boy, at the end of January. With our daughter, we didn’t have too much trouble coming up with names, By Duana • Jan 30, 2019 04:51 pm
Equality Issues Sandra Oh Surprises at SAGs They say the mark of a good actor is that they’re able to continually surprise you. It’s not surprising that Sandra Oh won the SAG award last night, as she has swept every award this year, and I’m sure there are people who want to retroactively go By Duana • Jan 28, 2019 09:46 am
#RentLive, brought to you by Vanessa Hudgens Here’s what Kathleen and I decided, after we wiped our tears, yelled at each other, and squeezed hands with all of our new virtual bffs on the LiveBlog: there was the show we were supposed to see…and the show we actually saw. And she wrote about the former, By Duana • Jan 28, 2019 08:25 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Beyond Steve & Dave Hi Duana, I have been reading your column for years, as a lover of the stories of names, where they come from and how they fit into a family. It is now my turn and one of my first thoughts of course was names, and your advice. We are expecting By Duana • Jan 25, 2019 05:03 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Things You Don’t Need To Worry About Hi Duana, we are expecting our second (and definitely last) child this summer. While our daughter's name came about easily- Evangeline Marian (goes by Evie most of the time)- things haven't been so easy coming up with a name for #2, a little boy. Right By Duana • Jan 23, 2019 05:11 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: What Would Samuel L Jackson Do At Fyre Fest? I know that sounds like something out of a drug-induced dream, but honestly, isn’t that what Fyre Fest was? Like everyone else, we gorged ourselves on the Netflix documentary Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened and whether you watched this one or the competing doc on Hulu, you’ By Duana • Jan 23, 2019 12:37 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Melissa McCarthy’s Ironic Oscar Nom Maybe the title above isn’t fair. Melissa McCarthy got an Oscar Best Actress nomination for playing Lee Israel, an irascible crank in her 50s who pulled off an incredible scam, and Can You Ever Forgive Me is completely worth your time. The nomination is completely deserved and also kind By Duana • Jan 22, 2019 01:14 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Don’t Go Justin On Me Hi Duana, We are trying to come up with a name for our second son, due at the end of January. Our older son is Arthur William. His suggestion for his little brother is Cabooster, and while we've told him we'll put it on the list, By Duana • Jan 21, 2019 04:12 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Get To The Goods NEED YOUR HELP! I’m pregnant with my second baby and it’s a BOY! We are looking for names that start with “G” and I’m at a standstill. I have a few favourites but don’t love what my baby name books are giving me. Help! Well. Some By Duana • Jan 18, 2019 03:59 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Don’t Go Default Hi Duana, I love reading your column and am excited to finally have a reason to write in myself. I'm due with a boy in January. My husband and I already have two girls: my 12 year old stepdaughter named Avery Marie and a 2 year old named By Duana • Jan 16, 2019 05:00 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Let’s Actually Do This Dear Duana, I'm a huge fan of your column but, having no kiddos or pets, wondered if I'd ever get to ask you a naming question. Well, Duana, the time has come: after 8+ years of marriage, my husband and I have bought our first two By Duana • Jan 14, 2019 04:29 pm
