Baby and Bump Obsession Nick Cannon’s son is named Golden This is why. Why care about the names celebrities choose for their children? This is why. This name, Golden Cannon, tells you so much about who these people are and what they’re about. It’s so amazing. Not just because it’s an adjective, not just because it is By Duana • Feb 23, 2017 01:00 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Politics ruined my baby name Hey Duana, My husband and I are expecting our first child, a boy, the first week in March. And we had a name picked out we both loved - Rex. It was familiar without being popular, I think it is cute for a little boy and handsome for an adult. By Duana • Feb 22, 2017 04:23 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Secrets from a Favourite Sister Hi Duana, I'm writing on behalf of my older brother (actually, my favourite one but don't tell my other siblings). After a very difficult journey that lasted seven long years, my sister-in-law and him are finally expecting a boy! We couldn't be any happier By Duana • Feb 17, 2017 03:42 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Are you part of the 38%? Hi Duana. I’m due in March, but I’m such a planner that I know I’m going to be settled on a name long before that. We are all set for a girl’s name, but totally stuck on a boy’s name. What I want is something By Duana • Feb 15, 2017 05:33 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Tradition or Trend? Obscurity or Anglicization? Hi Duana, I have a question about name spelling. I love the Irish name Sadhbh. But I wonder if the traditional spelling might be difficult for most people to understand. I was wondering if the anglicized versions are ok to use? I've seen it spelled Saeve and Sive. By Duana • Feb 13, 2017 05:19 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Double Dipper Hi Duana, Almost 2 years ago you really helped us out in having the ‘guts’ to choose our son’s name: Duncan. He’s almost 2 and we still love the name. (Remember the ‘Teacher’s Curse’?) Well, baby #2 - a girl - is on the way! We have By Duana • Feb 10, 2017 04:13 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Angelica! Eliza! …and Firefighter I am pumped to write you as we expect the arrival of our third baby. We were on the unenviable infertility journey for years before we welcomed our first son, and even know as we prepare to welcome our third, it feels like a crazy miracle. Henry Clarke is our By Duana • Feb 08, 2017 04:00 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Complete the Set? Or Something New? Hi Duana Almost 2 years ago now I gave birth to twin daughters Amelia Grace and Marlowe Faith, I even wrote to you then asking for help and it was such a delight getting your feedback and input. We are having another girl in the new year and could use By Duana • Feb 06, 2017 04:08 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Different Babies, Same Patterns? We're expecting a little girl in early February. We already have two boys, Emerson Rhys and Sebastian Wynn. Our last name is a double barrel, both start with B and the very last ends in "ah". We had an easy time naming the boys but we& By Duana • Feb 03, 2017 03:39 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Perfection Plus What? Hi Duana, My husband and I are expecting our second child in 3 weeks, a baby girl. With our first I was obsessed with finding the perfect name to suit our tastes and we were successful in choosing one we absolutely love and never questioned once we found it: Keaton. By Duana • Feb 01, 2017 05:48 pm
The Affair Aftermathing The Affair Season 3 Episodes 9-10 finale recap So here we are…in Paris. Now we know what we know. ‘Do you think you’re some kind of expert on affairs’, Juliette wants to know, and at the end of three seasons, well, do you? I have been skeptical about By Duana • Jan 31, 2017 04:48 pm
Amazingness Dear Development Executives Dear Development Executives, Sometimes what Lainey refers to as my ‘contrariness’ is actually just saturation fatigue. If you’re not into something, or someone, and people keep talking about them, it can feel straight-up aggressive. So you, who are constantly scouring for new talent, could be forgiven for maybe feeling By Duana • Jan 31, 2017 12:58 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Should We Fix This “Mistake”? Dear Duana -- I'm pregnant with Baby No. 3. My husband and I both adored and agreed easily on the name Stella Jane for our oldest. The name hadn't *quite* taken off when we chose it, but, honestly, we didn't care that it was By Duana • Jan 30, 2017 05:20 pm
Style Nicole Kidman’s SAG Showstopper Mock this dress. I dare you. Complain about the gorgeous colour. The ingenuity of macaws (hat tip to Sarah) ready to tear it up over her clavicle and chestbone – no, don’t look at that dress and tell me those birds are peaceful. They are not. They are ready to By Duana • Jan 30, 2017 03:35 pm
SAG Awards 2017 Natalie Portman: SAG Whispers Let me say at the outset here that I think Natalie Portman is up against a relatively exhausting set of circumstances. She is quite, quite pregnant, and that only means exhausted because even if you got to sleep until seconds before it was time to go, you can’t sleep By Duana • Jan 30, 2017 03:09 pm
SAG Awards 2017 Naomie Harris’s SAG lounge-wear One of the things Lainey’s always eager to talk about during awards season is the idea that celebs can be holding back, or banking, their best dresses—or alternately, spending them earlier if they don’t think they’re going to get a lot of play on the big By Duana • Jan 30, 2017 02:03 pm