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
Lifestyle Duana Names: EVERYONE LOVES CHIPS Help! I’m within a couple weeks of my due date with baby 3 and I’m starting to sweat not having a name! My boy is Axel and that was an easy pick for us. We wavered between Levi and Axel and the one no one was using was By Duana • Feb 02, 2018 04:31 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: British But Not Hi Duana, I’m a huge fan of your naming column and I am so pleased I finally get to write to you! I’m writing on behalf of a friend/co-worker who is expecting her second child, a girl, at the beginning of February. She and her husband still By Duana • Jan 31, 2018 03:49 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Wheretofore A Clairvoyant’s Prediction Proves Intractable Dear Duana, A psychic told my mother I would have two daughters. So obviously my first born is to be a boy babe. My partner and I are both big on what I will call ‘dual naming’: a first name with gravitas and cool nickname to accompany it. We live By Duana • Jan 29, 2018 03:51 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Number Five Is A Whole New Ballgame Hi Duana, My friend is having her fifth child and it's her first boy. They are all completely shocked -- they thought for sure it would be girl #5. They have no idea what they are looking for in a boy's name. To give you some By Duana • Jan 26, 2018 03:28 pm
Emily V. Gordon Emily V. Gordon adapts The Nest I’m about to make a controversial statement about Oscar-nominated writer Emily V. Gordon: I was worried she was being overlooked this Oscar season. I know it’s preposterous, given that The Big Sick is literally about her, but Kumail Nanjiani has more facial recognition and ‘Emily’ is in a By Duana • Jan 25, 2018 01:54 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Know The Truth, Do It Anyway Dear Duana, My husband and I are expecting our first child, a baby boy in mid-January. Picking his name feels like a very big deal, and I would love to hear your feedback and perhaps some alternatives. In choosing the name, we are aiming to hit the sweet spot between By Duana • Jan 24, 2018 05:19 pm
TV Updates It’s Double SAG-nominee Alison Brie’s Problem We’ll get to what she said in a minute. But we really need to take a second and talk about the truly maddening fact that Alison Brie was asked about James Franco at all. If you didn’t know, she’s married to his brother Dave Franco, which is By Duana • Jan 22, 2018 01:34 pm
SAG Awards 2018 Saoirse Ronan Cements Stardom ~Prelude~ Stupid “So, you’re Irish!” question of the night: Guiliana Rancic told Saoirse Ronan that she heard that actually had trouble saying some ‘American’ words. Which made me roll my eyes, as per usual, but then of course, Saoirse Ronan is somehow able to make the anecdote charming, talking By Duana • Jan 22, 2018 11:33 am
SAG Awards 2018 Allison Janney: SAG Seventh Win Is it not amazing how the movies and shows and performances get shifted or elevated or changed in your mind? I saw I, Tonya before it was in wide release, so those who had seen it at film festivals were mostly talked out and everyone who hadn’t seen it By Duana • Jan 22, 2018 09:53 am
SAG Awards 2018 You Need Gina Rodriguez In Your Life I am all about the SAG awards having only female presenters, and it was pleasantly not noticeable in the way that men must feel all the time but I was of the opinion that Gina Rodriguez presenting with Megan Mullally was a slightly odd pairing, first of all, and a By Duana • Jan 22, 2018 08:34 am
