Met Gala 2026 Chase Infiniti: Met Gala Best Dressed (Duana) Chase Infiniti is wearing a dress by Thom Brown meant to invoke the Venus de Milo. View this post on Instagram A post shared by THOM BROWNE. (@thombrowne) No no – don’t say anything just yet. Just – take this in. Apparently it took a million and a half sequins and By Duana • May 05, 2026 02:13 pm
Met Gala 2026 Met Gala Late-Breaking Metallics I’ve never felt sorry for Teyana Taylor before. I mean, frankly, why would I? She doesn’t need that from me or anybody else. But I noticed last night that as she landed on the carpet, in a Tom Ford by Haider Ackermann ensemble, that things were not going By Duana • May 05, 2026 01:06 pm
Met Gala 2026 With Big Colours Come Big Responsibilities Gather round, children, as I tell the legend once more of how colour can bring magic to anyone brave enough to wear it – and inspire the hearts of those who wish they could venture beyond pastels. If you’re not sure about it, my philosophy or that the thesis is By Duana • May 05, 2026 11:23 am
Met Gala 2026 Nicole, Lena, Doechii: Real Ones Are Paying In Blood Dramatic? Maybe, but I think everyone in this post would appreciate me going all the way over the top – after all, they did. In fact, seeing Nicole Kidman, who attended with her daughter Sunday Rose, got me a little excited for the night. Nicole’s gown is delightful counter-programming: to By Duana • May 05, 2026 08:38 am
The Pitt The Pitt S2 Finale Kinda Bled Out On The Table There’s a stereotypical line parents allegedly say that I’ve never understood; mine weren’t the type, and I never wanted to - until last night, when I finally figured out how it’s used. I’m not mad at The Pitt, I’m just disappointed, because last night’ By Duana • Apr 17, 2026 02:16 pm
TV Updates Being Beloved Is Buffy’s Curse Famed screenwriter William Goldman said it best – “Sequels Are Whores’ Movies”. Modernised for today’s world, I guess you could paraphrase it, “Reboots Are Whores’ Series”. Too much? Too strong for this early in the day, or to be associated with the recently-murdered Buffy reboot? Not at all. If anything, By Duana • Mar 18, 2026 01:28 pm
Oscars 2026 Teyana Taylor: Best Dressed (Duana) Let’s get something straight right off the top – Teyana Taylor has had an incredible style run in the One Battle After Another awards season, but she’s not yet a staple on the carpet year after year. This is a good thing. Because let us be honest, both the By Duana • Mar 16, 2026 02:30 pm
Oscars 2026 Oscars Razzle And/Or Dazzle Another awards show in the books, and once again, what’s memorable, after a season of looks topping one another week after week, is something unusual. Not always a colour, but often enough, it’s a sheen or sparkle that makes a dress that much more indelible. I also think By Duana • Mar 16, 2026 12:36 pm
Oscars 2026 Hudson Williams and His Inscrutability Make the Rounds Here’s a question: View this post on Instagram A post shared by VIVIANO (@vivianostudio) What do you think goes on in his head? In the infinitely small amount of time that Hudson Williams has been incredibly famous and constantly, daily, hourly photographed, he never once has looked surprised. No By Duana • Mar 16, 2026 10:58 am
Oscars 2026 One Woman’s Battle Won, On Its Own One Battle After Another took almost every Oscar it was predicted to and some of the ones it didn’t. Which is annoying, but if you think of the wins separately from where you wish they went, they’re harder to argue with. Paul Thomas Anderson is objectively talented and By Duana • Mar 16, 2026 09:14 am
Oscars 2026 Timothée Chalamet’s crash-out from grace There weren’t a lot of dramatic narratives last night, right? There were people you wish would have won or the wins you weren’t necessarily rooting for, but no real villain arcs, per se. As PT Anderson pointed out, it was a bunch of great movies, and one of By Duana • Mar 16, 2026 07:38 am
Keri Russell Keri Russell and Michelle Williams are Very Xennial Actor Winners A few facts about Keri Russell: She has been working virtually nonstop since she started on The All New Mickey Mouse Club in 1991. Her performances, especially on long-running series like The Americans and The Diplomat, have been widely praised – in fact, she’s very quietly become one of the By Duana • Mar 02, 2026 01:45 pm
Kristen Bell If She Were A Bell She’d Be Ringing – Kristen kills as host When you’re great at something, it looks easy – which is kind of a double-negative where hosting awards shows is concerned. If it goes bad? You’ll hear about it more than you ever feared. Goes well? People nod and it almost escapes comment… ironic, especially for the newly-named Actor By Duana • Mar 02, 2026 11:21 am
TV Updates How To Fight Trauma With Trauma… From Belfast What do we think about show titles starting with “How To…” these days? On the one hand, there’s a lot of goodwill towards them since How To Get Away With Murder, or How To Train Your Dragon, or How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days, or most prosaically, By Duana • Feb 26, 2026 01:37 pm
James Van Der Beek James Van Der Beek: A Different Kind of Icon There are so many reasons to feel sad about James Van Der Beek passing away at just 48 years old. I’m sure I don’t have to tell you – beloved actor, father of six, icon of a generation, yet was selling memorabilia to stay afloat financially – all just contribute By Duana • Feb 12, 2026 01:28 pm
Name Nerd “Kate” Madden Calls The Shots This story just, it tickles me. For two different reasons, I think: Lainey was amused his morning over the revelation that Nicole Richie's daughter goes by “Kate”, as opposed to her presumed first name, Harlow. “But I guess when you’re a kid you don’t want to By Duana • Jan 15, 2026 01:09 pm
