Lifestyle Duana Names: A ‘Choose Your Own’ Adventure Hi Duana, I'm a trans woman in the process of transitioning. I'm trying to work out a name that starts with E or L (though not opposed to others!). I also have an interesting surname (Winter) that makes things difficult. I also want to shy away By Duana • Jul 22, 2015 03:34 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Catherine Keeners Hi Duana This may be an unusual request in that we've already picked both of our names. My boyfriend and I ended on a stellar boy name after some dicey negotiating that included a serious bid from him for Hedwig (for a boy...). The girl name was much By Duana • Jul 20, 2015 03:44 pm
Judy Greer The Judy Greer Effect I have to be honest, I’m not sure how many people – even culture vultures like myself – are on a first name basis with Judy Greer. I’ve long had a sort of hobby of knowing the second or third leads in film, and Judy Greer isn’t just one By Duana • Jul 20, 2015 02:34 pm
Masters of Sex The Longest Shortest Pregnancy Masters of Sex Season 3 Episode 2 recap Let’s get the obvious strangeness out of the way first – was there something up with Michael Sheen’s voice this episode? Like, it sounded not very much like Michael Sheen’s voice? I couldn’t decide whether he was trying to By Duana • Jul 20, 2015 09:12 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: It’s Probably Not Donncha (* with love to Noel and Aine) Hi, My husband and I are hoping that we will be the beneficiaries of your name-nerd advice. We are expecting our second little one on August 8, 2015. We’re Asian and we somehow stumbled into a very lucky due-date! We don’t know if Baby #2 is going to By Duana • Jul 17, 2015 02:19 pm
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
