Lifestyle Duana Names: But if it’s NOT a boy, though… Hi Duana, Long time reader, first time emailer here. I've been writing this email in my head for so long I hope I can cover everything now that I'm actually sitting down to write it! I'm pregnant with our third, due in August. We By Duana • Jul 28, 2016 04:41 pm
TV Updates Lorelai and Rory Return November 25th “I like knowing things” So do I, Rory Gilmore. I like knowing what I’ll be doing on November 25th, the day after American Thanksgiving, when the four ‘seasons’ of Gilmore Girls drop on Netflix. I like knowing that, though Lorelai’s kitchen table is intact, and still cluttered enough By Duana • Jul 27, 2016 04:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Is it OK to love Trainspotting? The summer Trainspotting came out, we were obsessed with it. It was hot all the time and we were allowed a little more freedom than we had been before. We were using most of it to go downtown, to see and buy and consume things that weren’t available at By Duana • Jul 25, 2016 02:55 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: A Fair Amount Of ‘Huh’ Hey Duana! Well, we have a tri-cultural doozy on our hands. My husband and I are both originally from the Balkans, I grew up in Canada, he in Sweden. And Sweden is where we live now. We have a son already, and are expecting a baby girl in July. We By Duana • Jul 25, 2016 02:38 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Can Perfect Strike Twice? Hi Duana, My sister-in-law and brother are getting closer to their due date but are no closer to deciding on a name. Daughter #2 arrives this July, and although they're completely in love with their first daughter's name (Elise), they're struggling to come up By Duana • Jul 22, 2016 04:00 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Good Name Grief Hi Duana, I am due in July and need major help! My husband and I are having twins after some struggles getting pregnant and are so happy to learn that they are a boy and a girl! Our daughter's name is giving us the most grief: the front By Duana • Jul 19, 2016 03:57 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Adventures of Margaret’s Brother Hi Duana! I promise I am not stalking you! Due to medical reasons I am having baby #2 (a boy) earlier than anticipated so the date has moved up, yet we are still at a complete impasse for a name. However, I may have one that I wanted to run By Duana • Jul 15, 2016 03:02 pm
TV Updates Emmy Nominations 2016 Before we get to the nominations, let me just point out how much more energy and excitement there is when the West Coast doesn’t have to wake up at 3:30 AM. Whether that’s good or bad is up to the nomination show’s producers, I guess. The By Duana • Jul 14, 2016 02:33 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: In Which We Meet A Genius And Learn Stuff Hi Duana! We are expecting a baby boy at the end of July and have literally no name list! We have a daughter named Vera and we both love her name. It's traditional yet rare and our Russian and Spanish relatives and English and French (we live in By Duana • Jul 13, 2016 04:51 pm
Maple Leaf Return of ‘Celebrity’ Baby Names? On the weekend, Liv Tyler announced the birth of her baby girl Lula Rose. Once upon a time that might have been offbeat enough to be memorable—like eleven years ago when she named her son the then-unusual Milo. Maybe. But I hope Tyler wasn’t looking for much column By Duana • Jul 11, 2016 01:48 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Can A Name Really Be Unlucky? Hi Duana, I always loved the name Mallory for a girl. I am due this August and started to research a bit more into the name and discovered that the meaning of Mallory is "unfortunate" or "unlucky". I really still want to use this name, but By Duana • Jul 08, 2016 03:23 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Can You Choose A Name First? Duana, We have an unknown amount of time to answer our question - we're prospective adoptive parents currently in the "waiting period" portion of the adoption process. Potentially, we might not have much lead time between learning about a child who could be placed with us By Duana • Jul 06, 2016 05:29 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Naming a Star Hi Duana, My husband and I need your help! We've narrowed down our name choices for our newborn boy who is due in a few weeks to: Mars Alexander, Apollo Sebastian/Fielding or Lawrence Apollo. His last name will be a hyphenated name with each name having two By Duana • Jul 05, 2016 05:31 pm
Music Love Make The World Go Round Lin-Manuel Miranda cannot quit Twitter. So that’s where he posted yesterday morning that he would soon have music that “you don’t need tickets to hear”. Because he’s not busy enough and doesn’t have enough jobs. Turns out it’s a charity single with JLo, Love Make By Duana • Jul 05, 2016 12:52 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession John Krasinski & Emily Blunt’s new daughter Violet She has arrived – John Krasinski tweeted: What better way to celebrate the 4th... than to announce our 4th family member!!! 2 weeks ago we met our beautiful daughter Violet #Happy4th— John Krasinski (@johnkrasinski) July 4, 2016 A sweet sentiment, right? It also makes his previous tweet, wishing ‘all fellow dads By Duana • Jul 05, 2016 11:30 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Bridget Jones’s Face It’s been a relatively slow long weekend on social media, which was bad news for Owen Gleiberman, author of the ridiculously misogynistic Variety article about Renee Zellweger's face in the new Bridget Jones trailer. I really thought about whether or not using that word was hyperbole, but By Duana • Jul 04, 2016 02:52 pm
