TV Updates The Emmy Snubbing of Amy Poehler I have this bad feeling about what happened to Amy Poehler. Sarah and Maria have had various takes on the concept of people who win over and over again, and I pointed out that Claire Danes has nomination ennui. But Amy – Amy is not the same as some of those By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 10:18 am
Maple Leaf Tatiana Maslany’s Emmy Suit What would happen if I didn’t evangelize at all in this article? What if you told me that you probably already know what I’m going to say, and we just talked about her suit? Let’s try. I loved that suit, but I think it’s emblematic of By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 09:17 am
Bad Style Emmy Prom Queen and the Prom Princesses You know how we’re told that dresses are passed around at awards show seasons the same way songs are? Like the dress - or song – meant for person A winds up with person B or C If A rejects it? Who is selling the prom dresses? Those wee tiny By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 08:28 am
Emmy Awards 2015 Naomi Watts, Emmy Spouse Whaaaaat…is this dress? I mean, I can’t help laughing over this. It’s short, it’s at least two fabrics, it’s kind of a slimmer line in the front than it is in the back, where it wafts out all Fairy princess, slash your great-aunt’s curtains By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 06:47 am
Emmy Awards 2015 Uzo Aduba Emmy Honors Let’s get one thing straight, right off the top. If you have to ask someone how to pronounce their name before you say it out loud? That’s what we call ‘common courtesy’. It is not notable enough to announce to the world on a live broadcast, as though By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 05:37 am
Emmy Awards 2015 Emmy Quiet – Mindy Kaling Edition Here’s an example of what I mean about the quiet Emmys that it was. Mindy Kaling was wearing probably the most flattering awards show dress I’ve seen her wear. She looked great and she seemed comfortable. One of my favourite moments of the night was watching her whisper By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 04:45 am
Emmy Awards 2015 Claire Danes has Emmy Armor Much was made of the chains on Claire Danes’ dress. MUCH. I feel like all the Seacrest interviews went by in a blur of them checking out his jacket designed by him anyway, but it was so clear that he didn’t have much to say about Homeland by the By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 03:57 am
Emmy Awards 2015 Most Relaxed Emmy Host – Andy Samberg I’ve looked around, and I can’t find a really strong anti-67th Emmys faction, even among all the complainers on Twitter (who I am proud to call my brethren). Don’t get me wrong, there are still people frustrated with the show, with the winners, or the lack thereof, By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 03:13 am
Emmy Awards 2015 Intro for September 21, 2015 Dear Gossips, Did you watch the Emmys? Did you struggle with the unfamiliar feeling of the show wrapping up on time, two minutes before the end of the hour? Did you feel, like I did, that those two minutes might as well have been hours? We’ll dig all the By Duana • Sep 21, 2015 02:59 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Annoy Like The Wind! Hi Duana, I have a question that will probably annoy you on TWO levels lol. Sorry in advance! I am pregnant with our first girl and have a long history of Charles in our family. I've always wanted to call a baby girl Charlie as a twist on By Duana • Sep 16, 2015 02:41 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Perfect or Pretentious? Hi Duana, My husband and I are in need of your help. I am due at the end of October with twins, and we are searching to find names for our new babies that we love just as much as our two older children. We already have a boy named By Duana • Sep 14, 2015 03:01 pm
Masters of Sex (American) Woman, Get Away From Me Masters Of Sex Season 3 Episode 10 recap “Oh, gee, Dr. Masters…is this how you touch a penis? Should I rub harder?” I mean, come on now. It’s not that I think she wouldn’t say it, it’s that Bill is made of much stronger stuff than By Duana • Sep 14, 2015 08:28 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: End-of-summer updates! The other day I got a letter asking if people ever update me on what they named their babies. WHY YES THEY DO! Here are a few that I received lately, assume bragging rights are implied where applicable… First, from the author of ‘No Schmance’: Hi Duana, sorry for the By Duana • Sep 11, 2015 04:39 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Popular! I want to be Pop-u-u-lar! Hi Duana! I am due in early October, and baby's sex will be a surprise. We have a list of names, and despite my insisting that Liam is too popular my husband really, really loves it. I do too, but I just really do not want my kid By Duana • Sep 09, 2015 03:04 pm
Masters of Sex End Of The Road Masters of Sex Season 3 Episode 9 recap. Was that scene between Virginia and Dan Logan the first real love scene we’ve seen on this show? I say ‘love scene’ instead of sex scene, even though it gets a little too close to the grossness of the phrase ‘making By Duana • Sep 08, 2015 12:38 pm
Lifestyle Duana names: Crowdsourcing the second position Dear Duana, I’m writing in on behalf of my coworker, who is due at the end of September. Quickly after finding out she was having a girl, she and her husband decided on the first name Lucy, since her Grandfather used to call her “Little Lulu” as a child. By Duana • Sep 04, 2015 02:34 pm
