Oscars 2018 Badass Emma Watson’s Bad Grammar Thank God for Vanity Fair and the other parties, which have changed from being exclusive events where nominees sometimes changed clothes and avoided the ‘novelty invite’ people, to still-exclusive events that, it is acknowledged, might be more fun than the main event and give stars a chance to shake things By Duana • Mar 05, 2018 11:05 am
Oscars 2018 When Frances McDormand Says Jump… Remember Frances McDormand being surprised at her win? Or if not surprised (because she’s won every award all season and actively asked people to stop voting for her), then kind of flustered? Did you wonder why? Apparently because if she had to go through the irritation of actually winning By Duana • Mar 05, 2018 10:05 am
Oscars 2018 Sandra Bullock owns the Oscars Let’s get one thing out of the way – if you are part of a group of Practical Magic superfans who have been given a private gift of Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in the same frame together, I’m very happy for you and I promise to watch the By Duana • Mar 05, 2018 08:03 am
Oscars 2018 We Owe Greta Gerwig You might think we embellish the ‘fighting over who to write about on Oscar night’ bit but it really is a battle bordering on a brawl. We’re snide and opinionated and call ‘mine!’ like four year olds as soon as the name we want comes up. When we got By Duana • Mar 05, 2018 07:04 am
Oscars 2018 Mindy & BJ: Vanity Fair Teasing? The following is not what’s foremost in my mind about the night. It’s not what I got the most mail about. But it is what I got the most urgent, searching mail about. My friend Lauren easily, overtly loves the Oscars more than anyone I know. But even By Duana • Mar 05, 2018 04:53 am
Oscars 2018 Jimmy Kimmel Hosted, Surprising Everyone I mean, how do you follow up after… you know? This year’s Oscar ceremony was, on balance, pretty great. It moved. There were a couple of surprises and warm moments, and more than one win that was a surprise while not quite being an upset. For example, while I By Duana • Mar 05, 2018 03:48 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: The return of the HOMEWORK… Part 1 Oh, I am so, so excited about this. A few weeks ago I got a letter from a couple who disagreed over which names would 'fit in'.I asked for your class lists, hoping to prove that the name trends the husband was worried about wouldn’t really By Duana • Mar 02, 2018 04:25 pm
TV Updates Kerry Washington shows Alyson Hannigan’s work I love pilot announcements at this time of year because there are inevitably surprises in terms of what gets picked up, and because show ‘loglines’ – the short, two-or-three-sentence descriptions of upcoming shows – inevitably look different when there’s a star visual attached. So for example, Kerry Washington’s company will By Duana • Mar 02, 2018 09:53 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Names by… Us (and Them) Hi Duana, I'm writing on behalf of a friend who is due in late Feb. She is expecting a boy and has one daughter, Stella, a stepdaughter Anaya, and a stepson T'shawn. Quite an eclectic mix to say the least. Although she has a few faves By Duana • Feb 28, 2018 04:27 pm
Equality Issues Jameela Jamil’s Instagram Outrage As we discussed recently on Show Your Work, there are lots of reasons to be fascinated by The Good Place actress Jameela Jamil. Mostly, I’m amazed at how different she is from every other first-time-on-a-surprise-hit-network-show star. Obviously, she’s 5’11 (hence the descriptions of her character, Tahani Al-Jamil, By Duana • Feb 26, 2018 02:31 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Are We At the Intersection of Brothers? Hi Duana, I am due very soon with our second boy. We had very few ideas when naming our first, Daniel, and fewer this time, as in one. The problem is husband will not (has not) produced any ideas. None. He also has offered little feedback on what I’ve By Duana • Feb 23, 2018 04:50 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: ‘Marking’ and Mega-Updates I’m hard at work marking* your homework, everyone! Remember when teachers used to say that and you would agitate for ‘when are we getting it BACK?! When are we getting our essays back?’ I know this probably seems like it was the exclusive domain of keeners but I remember By Duana • Feb 21, 2018 05:06 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Name Drops, Several Letters At A Time Dear Duana, Hoping for you to drop some name bombs on me. My husband and I are expecting a boy (first child) in March. We have a handful of names that we sort of agree on but are having trouble coming to an agreement, mainly because of our long-ass last By Duana • Feb 15, 2018 04:27 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: How Do You Improve On Perfect? Hi Duana- I am writing for a friend because I so wish I had written to you before naming my twin boys 5 years ago! I ended up naming them Tate and Declan - I know you love Tate and I still rarely hear it - and I am super By Duana • Feb 12, 2018 04:33 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Loving Guts But Not Names Is love too much to ask?? I’m due in a week with #3 and struggling to even create a shortlist of potential boy names. We currently have two girls, Keaton and Blake. Our last name is 3 syllables (starts with a “B”, Italian) and I find myself drawn to By Duana • Feb 08, 2018 04:37 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: In Which I Give Everyone HOMEWORK! Dear Duana, My partner is convinced that my favorite baby names are too old fashioned. I am pretty set on the name Patricia for a girl (a family name), but I also like Antonia and Estelle. He is mostly onboard with Patricia... because he thinks she could go by the By Duana • Feb 06, 2018 05:37 pm
