TV Updates Golden Globes TV Nominations 2016 The HFPA is such a curious and opaque entity, they kind of remind me of the Wizard of Oz. Some of the choices are traditional, rooted in logic (as much as logic applies to film & TV) and obvious, and some are whimsical and ephemeral – and the fact that they’ By Duana • Dec 10, 2015 10:52 am
TV Updates SAG Television – Good Acting Isn’t The Point I love the SAG awards because they don’t pretend to be about anything except the acting, and even then, only 50% of the time. Because some of the nominees are about the very best in acting this year, and others are about getting big stars to show up at By Duana • Dec 09, 2015 04:21 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Emergency Holiday Queue-Jumper Duana, I'm begging you, please me up on your list and help! We're in a sorry state and I'm afraid I've lost all perspective! I need you. Most importantly my son needs you. I gave birth to our first child, a beautiful By Duana • Dec 09, 2015 03:19 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Does She Get A Story? Hi Duana, We are expecting our second baby in December and I'm really having a hard time with name ideas! Our first was easy- I knew he was a boy and what his name would be as soon as I found out I was pregnant. I know it& By Duana • Dec 07, 2015 04:18 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession On the occasion of Saint West I’m not exaggerating when I say that people have been waiting for this name all weekend and even before that. The name community, which by the way is growing robustly, according to recent reports, was wondering which way this was going to go. You don’t follow ‘North’ with By Duana • Dec 07, 2015 04:02 pm
The Affair A Good Man or a Great Man The Affair Season 2, Episode 10 recap. Have you ever been in therapy? If not, you just were. For the uninitiated, the session between Noah and his therapist was a direct homage to In Treatment, another adaptation of an Israeli show, which boasted several of the writers from The Affair By Duana • Dec 07, 2015 08:53 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Put Them On The Map? Hi Duana! We are due with our second baby at the end of December, and are at an impasse regarding his/her name. It feels like our 2-year old daughter, Florence, was named for a perfect storm of reasons (Florence was the last place I visited with my Dad before By Duana • Dec 04, 2015 02:18 pm
TV Updates The Wiz Live! “…Hello, Dorothy!” I mean, come on. Did you see that star? That alleged ‘rookie’, Shanice Williams? Did you see her kill this show, without breaking a sweat? What a blast that was to watch. It’s not just people being nice (when have you ever heard of people being nice By Duana • Dec 04, 2015 11:13 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Name News and Issues The name thing is not a perfect science. But it’s a single decision that lasts the rest of someone’s life so it is kind of amazing that it works out as often as it does. There are hiccups though, and a couple of them have been in the By Duana • Dec 02, 2015 04:53 pm
TV Updates The Hero Of Her Own Story You’ve heard me rattle on all year about these televised musicals. The Wiz airs Thursday night on NBC, and it is going to be far better than the live musicals of the previous years, which is good for musical lovers but bad for live-tweeters. This article from the Hollywood By Duana • Dec 01, 2015 12:53 pm
Lifestyle Duana Name: On Secrets, syllables, and extra Ns Hi Duana! My husband and I are having our first baby at the end of this year, and we don’t know the sex. When I first suggested Eamon as a boy name, I did not think my husband would be on board, but he loved it! We thought we By Duana • Nov 30, 2015 03:52 pm
The Affair You Were Supposed To Be The Good Guy In a new move for The Affair, we see everyone tonight. Everyone has a dramatic, life-changing night in the storm. Including Whitney. Dear God. I especially love that because we’re going by clock and not by perspective, the show is telling us that the things we’re seeing are By Duana • Nov 30, 2015 09:22 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Struggle is Real? Dear Duana, I am expecting a daughter in December. I already have a four year old son named Linus Nin Lum (whose middle name is in honor of a deceased great grandfather). My husband and I are thinking of naming our daughter Linnea Jane Lum (her middle name would be By Duana • Nov 27, 2015 02:43 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: I’m With The Kid Hi Duana, I’m due with my second child on December 2 and we decided, as we did with our son, to keep the sex a surprise. My three year old is Gavin and it’s a name I loved forever – we settled on it before I was out of By Duana • Nov 25, 2015 02:11 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: State of Grace Our last name is a traditional English name, 3 syllables. We had originally chosen the name Olivia Grace as we thought it sounded great with our last name and could picture both a little girl and a grown woman easily going by this name. My bubble was burst however when By Duana • Nov 23, 2015 02:31 pm
The Affair That Bold, Unafraid Girl I am a highly suggestible person where schools and universities are concerned. So this episode guarantees that I will be making an excuse to visit Williams College as soon as possible. It’s official now that Helen-and-Noah episodes are by far my favourite kinds of The Affair episodes. It took By Duana • Nov 23, 2015 12:59 pm
