Lifestyle Duana Names: Can baby make Three? Hi Duana! As a long-time lurker, I never expected to be writing in. We have twins, a boy and a girl, and have spent the years since they were born swearing that we were DONE. (With much snark and vigor, I'm afraid.) And now - we are, somehow, By Duana • Feb 03, 2016 04:25 pm
TV Updates Shade in Stars Hollow The Netflix Gilmore Girls revival is happening – four 90-minute episodes, Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall are being shot literally right now. Creator Amy Sherman-Palladino explained that they’ll be about “three women (Lorelai, Rory, and Emily) in transition”, because that mirrors the structure of the pilot. It will be about By Duana • Feb 03, 2016 11:11 am
TV Updates Grease: Live brings down the house Before yesterday at oh, 5PM, I barely remembered Grease: Live was going to be on TV. When I did, I was looking forward to some snark. Remember, I called Grease a shouted play with some songs in it. I’ve never been so happy to be wrong. Last night wasn’ By Duana • Feb 01, 2016 09:56 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: In Which I Expose My (former) Self Hi Duana, We’re expecting our second baby early February and are searching for a name. Gender is a surprise, and we’ve gone through the list of names we had for our first and don’t really like them anymore, so we’re back at square one. Our first By Duana • Jan 29, 2016 02:56 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Louis Tomlinson’s first son Let’s start off saying that I’m operating at a little bit of a Louis Tomlinson deficit, in that, like most people, Harry and Zayn were the only two One Directioners whose last names I could have sworn to at gunpoint, and if I were going to choose a By Duana • Jan 28, 2016 03:24 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Tyra Banks’s new son, York I will freely admit that I initially misread Tyra Banks’ son’s name – her son who, she revealed yesterday, was born via gestational surrogate. Not being up on her boyfriend, photographer Erik Asla, I thought she named the baby York Banks Asia. She didn’t, but I hadn’t slept By Duana • Jan 28, 2016 11:49 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Unlikely Inspiration Hi Duana, I wrote to you once before, a couple of years ago. Sadly, that pregnancy ended in a loss. When we conceived again, I couldn't allow myself to plan for the baby for a long time. But here we are, 7 months into a challenging pregnancy, and By Duana • Jan 27, 2016 04:52 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Monday Morning Hatred Hi Duana! After months of being totally stuck on a name for our baby girl, my gf suggested I write into you and get some much needed HELP! We already have a little boy, and after being in boy-land for so long I am really struggling to find a name By Duana • Jan 25, 2016 04:18 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: If not Kanye, then what? Hi Duana, I've been so excited to write in to you since my husband and I found out I was pregnant in May (due in late January). I've been holding off until the 2nd trimester ultrasound so that we would know if we were having a By Duana • Jan 22, 2016 04:11 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Yes but No Hi Duana! I read your posts on the regular to source out names, but I never thought I’d write in as I didn’t want to share the names that I coveted. But I’m now in a conundrum cause I’m thinking my name isn’t as fresh By Duana • Jan 20, 2016 04:07 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Nerd-to-Nerd Confidential Duana! I've been obsessed with names my whole life and my favorite book in high school was Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana (cool, I was). Now that it's time to buckle down and name a human, I'm terrified and can't By Duana • Jan 19, 2016 01:36 pm
TV Updates Mr. Robot is the Critics’ Choice As of 9:52am this morning Lainey had not yet transcribed our text conversation last night where, after Rami Malek and Mr. Robot won Critics' Choice Awards, joining the one Christian Slater got earlier in the evening, she sent me a series of increasingly pointed ‘ahem!’ s. This is By Duana • Jan 18, 2016 11:42 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Get Comfortable Being Uncomfortable My husband and I are expecting our first tiny human in early March with the potential for a leap year baby (how cool or how awful? I still don’t know). Naming a person for their entire life is a lot of pressure. My husband and I are 80s kids By Duana • Jan 15, 2016 03:27 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Saoirse Ronan, Irish Oscar Nominee So Saoirse Ronan grabs an Oscar nomination, which is not really a surprise, given that the buzz about Brooklyn has been huge, and that she’s a great actress. Remember, it’s not even her first nomination – that was for Atonement, back in 2008. What was a surprise was getting By Duana • Jan 14, 2016 10:51 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Does It Cross Over? We're expecting our first, a girl in early February, and having trouble with her name. We live in an area where creative and non-name names are the norm. We would love to name her something unique and different but also don't want her name to be By Duana • Jan 13, 2016 04:34 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Is It Enough To Love It? Hi Duana, We're expecting our second child, a boy, on February 3rd and I'm hoping my question is fairly simple. Here's the backstory. Our first child, an almost 2 year old boy, is named Judah. We heard the name on the show Weeds almost By Duana • Jan 12, 2016 04:15 pm
