TV Updates Emmy Nominations? ONLY ONE STORY The Emmy Nominations can usually be a little predictable. Until they’re not. There is only one headline here: TATIANA MASLANY nominated for an Emmy for her portrayal of EVERYONE in Orphan Black. Amy Schumer (also nominated) was so happy about it she tweeted at her with the hashtag #notsnubbed. By Duana • Jul 16, 2015 01:13 pm
BFFs Amy and Tina and Balance The trailer for Sisters is out, and I want to write about it fast because soon the Emmy nominations will be all we can care about. But, after you watch, jockey with your friends for who’s watching it with whom and cackle over the shot of the…is that By Duana • Jul 16, 2015 11:31 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Too Good Too Soon? Hi Duana, My husband and I are expecting our first baby after some health issues and are very excited/nervous/anxious to welcome our first daughter in early August. We have one name that we have been playing with but wanted to see if you would mind sharing some of By Duana • Jul 15, 2015 12:57 pm
TV Updates Peter Krause in Shondaland EW announced yesterday that Peter Krause has signed onto The Catch, which is the newest drama from Shondaland in which a professional player proceeds to get played. The player is Mireille Enos so everyone else likes to say ‘oh, from The Killing’ but to me she will always be from By Duana • Jul 15, 2015 11:21 am
The Affair Joshua Jackson is compelling in The Affair trailer I really loved watching The Affair – but I didn’t enjoy it. I know that sounds contradictory, but there wasn’t much to celebrate and love. That was a bleak show. But I loved it - maybe in a more ‘craft-driven’ way than I expected. The show was least interesting By Duana • Jul 14, 2015 12:29 pm
Masters of Sex Press Conference, 1965 Masters Of Sex Season 3 Episode 1 recap It may be because Lainey and I were embroiled last night in a discussion about a writer who didn’t bother to hide his condescension for women, but this episode of Masters of Sex, set in 1965, has firmly moved into what By Duana • Jul 13, 2015 08:35 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Harder than it looks Hi Duana - The time has come when I need your naming skills! My husband and I are expecting baby #2, a girl, beginning of July and we're struggling to find a name we both like. We love our first daughter's name - Summer Olivia - By Duana • Jul 10, 2015 03:01 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Will Saoirse Ronan break your heart in Brooklyn? One of the things I’m pretty sure is a universal experience of children of immigrants is you hear all of the stories of how it was, back home. How different it is here. And the same way Canadians have a running tally of all famous people who are Canadian By Duana • Jul 10, 2015 01:37 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: TODAY IS THE DAY Hi Duana, I'm due July 8 with my second girl. My first daughter's name is Quinn and we decided on that name fairly early with little discussion of other names. I'm having a heck of a time coming up with a name for baby By Duana • Jul 08, 2015 02:28 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Inspiring Women, in Two Parts Dear Duana, I am expecting girl #3 and having trouble settling on a name. Our older daughter is Chora, and our younger is Edith ("Edie"). We want to name our daughter after a female figure she can admire. For us that means someone courageous and whose courage is By Duana • Jul 06, 2015 01:36 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Causing Undue Name Pain? Hi Duana, I would really appreciate your advice! Our first boy is due this summer and while my husband and I have agreed on a name, which I suggested and love, I'm having some worries about it. We live in a very ethnically un-diverse community. Most everyone in By Duana • Jul 03, 2015 03:26 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Stopping, Laying Off, and Leaving Names Alone One of the many, many things I love about this column and all of you who contribute is that it is so unabashedly a sociology exercise. We discuss names, and sooner or later those names apply to someone – and you can’t not react. I knew that there would be By Duana • Jun 29, 2015 02:05 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Nicking the Name Hi Duana - Our family is expecting the addition of a baby boy the beginning of July. He is eagerly awaited by a big brother Rocco and big sister Tessa. We have a single syllable Chinese last name. You can see that we lie somewhere in the middle of quirky By Duana • Jun 26, 2015 03:19 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Jennifer Love Hewitt has an Atticus Jennifer Love Hewitt named her son Atticus. Did you know that one of the reasons she has the ‘Love’ in her name, or that she used it professionally, was to distinguish herself from all the other Jennifers? True story. It kind of worked, in that she’s the only Jennifer By Duana • Jun 25, 2015 12:48 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Naming the Motherlode Hi Duana, So here’s the dilemma, I'm having quadruplets! I’m having two girls and two boys.So far we have three out of the four names settled but are having trouble cracking the last name for our boy. For the girls we have Remy and Lore, By Duana • Jun 24, 2015 01:21 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Names That Sound Like A Hot Dog Stand Hi Duana, Looking for some name help and due in 3 months!! My hubs loves the name Frank....and I just can't. All I think of is frank the tank or a kind of chubby / weirdo kid. To be fair, I love that the name is super classic By Duana • Jun 22, 2015 01:15 pm
