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
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
