MET Gala 2015 Karen Elson: MET Gala Also-Ran Karen Elson looks awesome, but her night was ruined as soon as SJP hit the carpet, because she became the ‘other’ one in a headpiece. Every dramatic move that Elson made – big red skirt, big gold necklace, who are we kidding, that tiara, which under any other circumstances would have By Duana • May 05, 2015 05:34 am
Royals Charlotte Elizabeth Diana Zzzzz Right? In case you didn’t know. There have been rumours all week, and my friend L even indicated that her secret sources said it was going to be Charlotte all the way back mid-last week. But I didn’t want to think that it was true until, you know, By Duana • May 04, 2015 11:03 am
Mad Men Knock ‘Em Dead, Birdie Mad Men Season 7 Episode 12 recap You know, last week Matthew Weiner gave an interview about the endless analysis (hi Matthew!) of the show, and dealing with people who don’t like where he’s taken the last seven episodes, and basically saying people who want to complain should By Duana • May 04, 2015 09:31 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Natural Woman Duana, Our first baby, a girl is due mid-May and we still don't have a name which is stressing me so much that I might go into labor early. I am French and studied French literature at university. I have a long time obsession with Victor Hugo and By Duana • May 01, 2015 03:00 pm
Dumbass Mae Whitman denied a role that was already hers Have you heard about this one? So Mae Whitman played the President’s Daughter in Independence Day. In 1996. She was 8. Now they’re making Independence Day 2 to come out next year, a full 20 years later. All bets should be off, cast-wise, 20 years later. Who knows By Duana • Apr 30, 2015 03:10 pm
Dumbass Meredith tries but Stacey Dash is dumb Generally speaking, I think people should play within their weight class. What I mean by that is I have very little patience for people who are smart, and know they’re smart, giving condescending lectures to people who they know don’t understand the same things they do, just so By Duana • Apr 30, 2015 01:11 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Legend of Jerry Gary Hi there, this one is for Duana- We recently made some life changes and moved back to a town to look for a home. Because I don't want to rent in the interim, we are living with my husband's parents (never thought I'd be By Duana • Apr 29, 2015 02:57 pm
Mad Men We’ve Done It Before Mad Men Season 7 Episode 11 recap Yes, we’ve done it before. We’ve seen this go down – the passion and ticking clock and the corralling of clients. I got just as excited this time as I did back then. I wanted to see the excitement and adrenaline start By Duana • Apr 27, 2015 09:05 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: “Spring” Name Update The thing with the updates isn’t just that you tell me I was right or wrong, or that you write in (and between 6-12 months seems to be around when people are able to update, in case you’re waiting on tenterhooks to hear how it went for one By Duana • Apr 24, 2015 11:21 am
Scandal Brutal and Boring Scandal Season 4 Episode 19 recap Well, if it’s possible for an episode to be both unrelentingly brutal and completely boring, this one was it. I know that sometimes the long slow march to the end of the season needs to be filled with things, but this episode did By Duana • Apr 24, 2015 09:24 am
TV Updates The Olsens are Trolling You Here is the series of overexcited texts I sent Lainey when I saw the response the Olsens gave to the Women’s Wear Daily reporter who asked them about returning to Full House. In case there’s any doubt – they are not going to be on this show. There is By Duana • Apr 23, 2015 01:24 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Rome It Up I am due with our first baby in about 6 weeks and am in desperate need of some help with a boy name. We are keeping the sex a surprise, and have been decided on a girl name for months now. For some reason, we are getting no where with By Duana • Apr 22, 2015 02:45 pm
TV Updates Fuller House. That’s The Title. I remember talking with a friend in comedy a few months ago, and we were talking about how Full House comes up all of the time. Like, no matter how burly or brash the comedians you’re working with, no matter how blue the humour, a Full House reference lands By Duana • Apr 22, 2015 01:33 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Labelling a Take Home Baby Duana, We have our first name picked out for our girl both middle name (three syllables and then one). Both are very pretty, classical but not overused - maybe both in the 250 range of most popular. The issue I am having is the last name-hyphenation issue. My boyfriend and By Duana • Apr 20, 2015 12:54 pm
Mad Men Long Hair Don’t Care Mad Men Season 7 Episode 10 recap Well, that’s where Lou Avery has been all this time. I am of two constant minds where these last episodes are concerned. On the one hand, I don’t want to see so many tertiary characters when we have so little time By Duana • Apr 20, 2015 09:15 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: What’s Wrong With July? Spring is ploughing ahead, which brought a random query into my head: so April, May, June, August... All very popular names. Why not July then? It's got a nice flow and ring to it, and in so many countries July is the best holiday month - hot and By Duana • Apr 17, 2015 01:58 pm
