Amazingness Anna Kendrick, Essayist Sometimes the world gives and gives, and when you think ‘oh no world, this is too much’, the world gives you more. Anna Kendrick will release a series of ‘autobiographical humourous essays’ in the fall of 2016. I love this for three reasons. Number one, I think they will be By Duana • Apr 17, 2015 01:16 pm
Scandal I Think We Had Too Much To Drink Scandal Season 4 Episode 17 recap We all love Susan Ross, Vice President, right? I know she’s a bit of a simplistic character – all good, no agenda – but I do love that they constantly underestimate her and that she’s like “well, if I’m a hero by actually By Duana • Apr 17, 2015 10:34 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: If The Shoe Fits (SORRY) Hi there Duana, I'm due with a boy in about a month and for the last, pretty much 8 months, my husband and I were dead set on a name and, while I read your column religiously, I thought that I would never need your help. But of By Duana • Apr 15, 2015 03:17 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: A Spring Sister *with apologies to those in the south, where Spring has been alive and well for awhile Hi Duana, We are expecting our 2nd child late this Spring and were excited to find out it is a girl. We currently have a son and his name is Remy. We absolutely love By Duana • Apr 13, 2015 01:08 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Silas Randall Timberlake Once Upon A Time, a boy named Justin met a girl named Jessica, and they fell in love and got married. Of course they did. Because Jessica was the number one girls’ name for years and years – taking over from Jennifer. And Justin, while it was never as popular, is By Duana • Apr 13, 2015 11:42 am
Mad Men Buying New Clubs Mad Men Season 7 Episode 9 recap You know that thing parents say? “I love you, I just don’t like you right now”? That’s how I feel about this episode of Mad Men. I get everything that went on, in a logical manner – or at least, I get By Duana • Apr 13, 2015 08:24 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Prayer for the Weary Hi Duana, I write to you as a disillusioned name nerd. I've been looking forward to naming a baby for a long time, but now that my husband and I are expecting a little boy, it turns out to be a lot harder and less fun than I By Duana • Apr 10, 2015 02:13 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: All the ‘Good’ Names Hi Duana, Almost 10 years after the birth of our first daughter, Lily, my husband and I are expecting a second baby girl. This pregnancy was a very big surprise, since, as the result of a complications from a chronic disease, I was told I couldn't have any By Duana • Apr 08, 2015 03:38 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Half the Choices is Still Many Choices Hi Duana My due date is fast approaching on May 17. My husband and I are expecting a boy and having a hard time agreeing on a name. I initially didn't want to know the sex, but picking names turned out to be so difficult that I needed By Duana • Apr 06, 2015 11:39 am
Mad Men I Don’t Expect You To Understand Mad Men Season 7 Episode 8 recap You know, every Mad Men has a tenor. There’s always a tension as you wonder what’s going to happen next, and a general unease. But this was the first episode in a long time where it felt straight-up sinister. There’s By Duana • Apr 06, 2015 08:20 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Fun with Syllables Dear Duana, I am having my fourth baby in July. I have boy/girl twins who are four named Annabelle Rae (b/c I have always loved Annabelle and Rae is my mom’s middle name) and Stephen Michael (after my dad). Our two year old girl is Beatrice Elizabeth By Duana • Apr 02, 2015 12:57 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Milla Jovovich’s Baby Name Let’s be honest, Milla Jovovich would not be featured for the birth of her child if she had not chosen a name that really makes my eyes roll. So she and her husband already had a daughter named Ever, which, fine, I dislike but can swallow, I guess. But By Duana • Apr 01, 2015 01:30 pm
TV Updates Keke Palmer for Dorothy - The Wiz on NBC Well, Deadline has apologized by not apologizing, so it’s time to pretend that the NBC musical that was announced yesterday, The Wiz, isn’t totally a reactive, opportunistic move to make them look like they’re on the side of the good guys. Last summer they said that The By Duana • Mar 31, 2015 02:43 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Names help Careers Hey Duana, My boss and mentor is expecting her second daughter and is having a hard time deciding on a name. Her eldest is named Mischa, and the frontrunner right now for the younger sibling is Logan. Her main worry is that Logan is really popular right now as a By Duana • Mar 30, 2015 11:59 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: In Which I Give Generously Dear Duana, It's getting desperate. Our baby girl is due in April and we are having a complete culture clash. This is a longed for baby and likely to be the only one. I'm English and would love a name that is pretty, reasonably traditional and By Duana • Mar 27, 2015 11:49 am
Scandal We Are Not Partners. We Are Not Friends. Scandal Season 4 Episode 16 recap Did you hear a couple of weird turns of phrase this episode? ‘You went around my back to Mellie’, instead of ‘behind my back’. The bits about whether or not Cyrus was ‘a rosebud guy’, that seemed to change to ‘rose petal guy’ a By Duana • Mar 27, 2015 09:35 am
