Name Nerd Duana Names: Talk Us Into Something Hi Duana, I've gone back and forth on whether to email you, and the closer we get to the due date, the less sure we are of a name. Here's where we're at: we're a Caucasian/Indian family with one little boy By Duana • Dec 02, 2020 03:45 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Name. Needed. NOW. Hi Duana! My sister and brother in law had twins two weeks ago and are still deciding on one of their names, which is causing a lot of post partum stress that they just don’t need (they’ve had plenty of other stress in their lives this year). Anyway. By Duana • Nov 27, 2020 03:30 pm
TV Updates On Pointe on Disney+ Knows What It’s Doing The other day I wrote about a show whose concept was so well-known I figured with help, eleven-year-olds could pitch it. In the trailer for Disney+’s new ballet documentary series, On Pointe, about the lives of dancers at the School of American Ballet in New York City, the ballet By Duana • Nov 25, 2020 03:43 pm
TV Updates Why Does Amazon’s The Wilds Hide Its Originality? I feel as though there’s an untapped market in the YouTube/TikTok community for making fun of trailers or network promos that have nothing to do with the actual series/films they’re supposed to be selling. I know that very occasionally, it’s justified because there’s a By Duana • Nov 23, 2020 03:27 pm
Gossip Nostalgia The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air still is, 30 years later A lot of casts of long-running shows say that they (and the crew) feel like a family. I believe it – I’ve been lucky enough to have that feeling on shows myself, and the intimacy and constant togetherness definitely feels familial… though the truth is in the years afterward, when By Duana • Nov 20, 2020 02:11 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Double Fluff Love When serendipity arrives in your inbox, you have to roll with it. Lord, do I understand the inclination towards a pandemic puppy, and, provided people are adopting from reputable places, I think it’s a pretty understandable, dare I say, healthy, way to channel the absurd emotions of 2020. I By Duana • Nov 18, 2020 04:08 pm
Game of Thrones Jason Momoa says ‘Success’ is Deceiving My first reaction to this Jason Momoa article about his struggles even after playing the iconic Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones was frustration – because it came out just after we recorded our most recent episode of Show Your Work and it would have been such a perfect topic to By Duana • Nov 13, 2020 02:52 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: One To Chew On Dear Duana, A procrastinator since birth, we are expecting our first little one November 19th, and are at a complete loss for a girl’s name. We are convinced it’s a boy so haven’t given much thought to girls names, but as I lie here on unexpected bedrest By Duana • Nov 12, 2020 03:00 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Style-Punch Dear Duana, Please help! We are expecting our second child in 6 weeks and would appreciate your expertise. My husband and I have unusual, but classic monosyllabic names- Bing & Ryan (I’m female but it was a family name and although it’s gained in popularity for girls, I By Duana • Nov 04, 2020 03:32 pm
Name Nerd Guess Who Sarah* Voted For? I mean – is it just an understood thing that everyone’s kind of killing time today? Even though we know it’s not like anything is going to be definitively decided by tonight, it still feels like there’s nothing to do but ruminate, right? Maybe that’s the thinking By Duana • Nov 03, 2020 03:24 pm
Business of Hollywood Ellen Pompeo Wants SO MUCH Less By now it’s beside the point to give this piece a headline like “Ellen Pompeo Gives No F*cks” or “Is a Badass” or any other fawning hyperbole. We know that, we’ve talked about it a lot, and on the heels of Shonda Rhimes acknowledging, again, that she’ By Duana • Oct 30, 2020 02:29 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: CLOCK IS TICKING..! Hi Duana, I am desperate for your insight and perspective... and am being induced to have my baby tomorrow! This is my third boy, and I feel like all I have left are rejected names from already having to name two boys: The TL, DR version: My top name is By Duana • Oct 29, 2020 03:10 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Who Are They Now? Dear Duana, I am writing with a bit of an unusual name suggestion request. I have a child who is 13 years old, and identifies as non-binary with preferred pronouns of "they / them". Our family loves and supports them, and we are so happy to see them embracing By Duana • Oct 19, 2020 03:48 pm
TV Updates Binge Deaf U Immediately How do you get people to do stuff you want them to? More specifically, how do you get someone to watch or listen to something you’re obsessed with? Lainey tries to manipulate me. “It’s got this that and that, which you love!” Sasha tosses in small tidbits about By Duana • Oct 14, 2020 03:33 pm
TV Updates SNL is my Favourite Pandemic Sport Am I the only narcissist who thinks, “Hey I said a smart thing, why didn’t everyone pick up on it?” (I’d venture no, because that’s the sole reason Twitter is still in business.) I was very pleased with myself on an episode of Show Your Work for By Duana • Oct 09, 2020 02:52 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews The Witches - Anne Hathaway's Triumph? It's been an unexpected pleasure of the past few years to have several of our most beloved stars find The Roles They Were Born To Play. Jennifer Aniston's Alex in The Morning Show, Reese Witherspoon in Big Little Lies. Hell, I'm very late to By Duana • Oct 02, 2020 03:10 pm
