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
Top Reads Every Brand Should Be Courting Gabrielle Union Well, it’s Friday, who’s ready for a horrifying thought? As bad as everyone acknowledges this year has been – last night I snickered at a “YearQuil” meme: ‘End 2020 Fast’, I realized that this may actually be a time we look back on with… okay, not happiness, but nostalgia; By Duana • Sep 25, 2020 12:50 pm
Name Nerd Duana Names: Beyonce’s Sister meets Moulin Rouge? Hi Duana, If it's a boy he will be Linus Winston. That's settled. We'll only have one, so I don't care about having the girl name "go" with Linus. But that girl name… Our last name starts with L and By Duana • Sep 23, 2020 03:58 pm
Emmy Awards 2020 Jennifer Aniston’s Loss Is Still Everyone’s Win If there’s one thing Jennifer Aniston is gonna do it’s wear a boring black dress. #Emmys — Kathleen Newman-Bremang (@KathleenNB) September 21, 2020 You know when someone makes a joke and you’re mad you didn’t think of it first? Yeah ^^. I mean, was there really any doubt? By Duana • Sep 21, 2020 01:08 pm
Emmy Awards 2020 Uzo Aduba reps for Mrs. America When did you find out that ‘earnest’ is a bad word? Or – do you think it’s a bad word? I always thought it was good, like earnest is honest in a way that means, you know, transparent. I was fully in my 20s before I heard it derided. A By Duana • Sep 21, 2020 12:09 pm
Emmy Awards 2020 Succession’s Non-Sweep: Worst Best Emmy’s Acceptance Speech First things first – if we’re going to talk about Succession, you have to know what I have in my head at all times while it’s on, from the moment the first chord plays on the piano: ‘A kiss from Dad-dy-y’. It KILLS me. Because it’s so petty. By Duana • Sep 21, 2020 11:25 am
Music Emmys In Memoriam: H.E.R I saw a few tweets last night criticizing the In Memoriam segment, specifically the arrangement (which seemed insane, because it was stunning) or the editing, but I have to ask, exactly who is watching this segment and thinking ‘this doesn’t really meet my standards on an aesthetic level’? I By Duana • Sep 21, 2020 09:46 am
