Hair Janelle Monae: Best Golden Globes Hair I didn’t even know we were doing ‘best hair’ this year, but it turned out that there had to be a way to acknowledge certain looks – please adore this woman’s hair. Please. It is perfect. It’s so perfect that her dress can obviously only be less so. By Duana • Jan 09, 2017 09:05 am
Golden Globes 2017 Keri Russell: Best Golden Globes clarity Do not come crying to me. The Americans is never going to win any awards, and then you guys are going to discover it like two years after it’s cancelled, and you’re going to try to tell me all about how amazing it is, and how it’s By Duana • Jan 09, 2017 07:59 am
Golden Globes 2017 Sarah Paulson: Golden Globes Best Friend Evvverybody loves Sarah Paulson. You noticed? I mean, there’s no reason not to love her. She’s awesome and a great actress, and she has been one of my red carpet favourites for the last couple of years – this Marc Jacobs isn’t my favourite thing she’s worn, By Duana • Jan 09, 2017 06:05 am
Golden Globes 2017 Kristen Bell: Globes Best sternum dress I never thought that Kristen Bell would remind me of my mom, but here we are. Actually my mom is a tiny blonde person not unlike Kristen Bell, but that’s not why – it’s that thing that moms say, that you don’t listen to when you’re young, By Duana • Jan 09, 2017 05:17 am
Golden Globes 2017 John Legend & Chrissy Teigen: Best Globe Friends You Almost Already Have You can watch a show like this and wonder if you are just going along with something because it’s popular. You can wonder, as I saw a lot of people do, whether you really liked La La Land or just fell into some populist trap or what. But there By Duana • Jan 09, 2017 03:09 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: How ‘Under’ is This Underdog? Hi Duana! My boyfriend and I are expecting a baby boy in January and are in dire need of your help to find a perfect name for him. We both have a French Canadian background and my boyfriend's family name is very French sounding. Because of this, and By Duana • Jan 06, 2017 04:16 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Feliz Navidad! Dear Duana, My best friend has recently gotten pregnant after an extended period of trying, and the new topic of conversation between her and her husband is what to name their to-be baby (gender unknown). It’s a long conversation, because my friend is an historian who likes literary names, By Duana • Dec 23, 2016 04:08 pm
Name Nerd Blake, Ryan, and their daughters, DRAMA and ATTENTION Reynolds What? What’s wrong with those names? You think my headline’s over the top? I submit that’s what Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively may as well have named their children. Read on: This week we found out the name of their second child. It’s a girl, and By Duana • Dec 21, 2016 12:57 pm
The Affair It’s A Hard Noah Solloway Life The Affair 303-305 Recap I could watch a show about Cole. That is, I do watch a show about Cole. But I could watch a whole show about Cole, his ex-wife and current wife and daughter and (deceased) brother and family, and people like Oscar who rotate into his life By Duana • Dec 20, 2016 02:54 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: SOCCERSTAR! Hi Duana! I’m an Aunt to two amazing boys and my sister is expecting her third (and very much surprise) baby in December. We just found out this week it’s another boy. I’m in Auntie heaven already! Here are the issues: My brother in law is Mexican-Italian By Duana • Dec 19, 2016 05:08 pm
Julia Roberts Julia Roberts. On Your TELEVISION Julia Roberts has signed on to a TV adaptation of Maria Semple’s Today Will Be Different. As with all things Julia Roberts, it’s very hard not to think this was done expressly for me and my benefit. I love Maria Semple, and recommended her book Where’d You By Duana • Dec 19, 2016 01:48 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: On Grandmothers and grudge-holding So you know, on these days when we talk fondly about the children who may soon arrive, there’s always someone who says “Ugh, kids. And they’re full of GERMS.” And it’s true, they are… but I have it on backed-up, I’m-not-the-only-one proof that my current plague By Duana • Dec 16, 2016 03:44 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Flag-Waving Name? Dear Duana, After obsessing over names for my entire life, I’m now stuck with only a few weeks left to figure this out! Duana, I’m turning to you – please help. Here are some perfunctory details before I launch into the dilemma. I am due with baby number two By Duana • Dec 14, 2016 06:31 pm
Don Cheadle Golden Globes TV Nominations 2017 Awww HFPA, you’re so cute! You are adorable, because the way you nominate shows sometimes intersects with the best things on TV, but…you know, not all the time. For example, Game Of Thrones, representing once again in Best Dramatic Series, and…that’s it? OK, there’s also By Duana • Dec 12, 2016 04:01 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: I Want To Know Right Now What Will It Be? Hey Duana, My husband and I are expecting a girl on January 1st and are still undecided on her name. We have a son, Alexander, who mostly goes by Alex, but is also called Sasha by myself and my husband (we both speak Russian). I love me some odd names, By Duana • Dec 09, 2016 04:38 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: One Plus One Equals Three? Hello Duana, When we were first talking about having kids I was so excited to pick names! I thought it would be the best part about being pregnant, but it’s turned out to be hard and exhausting in reality. My husband and I are expecting our second baby [in By Duana • Dec 08, 2016 04:48 pm
