Barb Oates, Author at StayTuned Magazine

Preview: NGC’s “Live Free or Die” introduces viewers to human rewilding

September 29, 2014 Barb Oates

Consider yourself forewarned. As you’ll second-guess using vanilla and raspberry flavoring after learning just exactly where it came from thanks to National Geographic Channel’s new docuseries Live Free or Die, debuting Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 10pm ET/PT. That said, NGC has found itself a winner by following five unusual Americans who are participating in a lifestyle trend known as human rewilding (the undoing of domestication, people who are living almost completely off the land). Living a minimalistic existence never looked so unappealing — at least to this suburbanite — as is the case for this handful of beaver- and rat-eating […]

Preview of Outlander mid-season finale, marathon

September 26, 2014 Barb Oates

Don’t worry no major spoilers ahead, more a brief preview of the Outlander mid-season finale airing this Saturday, Sept. 27 at 9pmET/PT. After tomorrow’s mid-season finale, Outlander will be on hiatus until Saturday, April 4, 2015 when the second half of Season 1 returns with eight new episodes. The series has already been renewed for a second season. Last week’s long-awaited “The Wedding” episode found Claire (Caitriona Balfe) and Jamie (Sam Heughan) consummating their arranged marriage, in an awkward, amusing, endearing, exploratory and, eventually, passionate experience. The episode, however, first started with the 1940s stylish Claire and her handsome Frank […]

Recap “Angels Among Us”: Rosie experiences United Airlines 811 disaster

September 22, 2014 Barb Oates

Recap Angels Among Us, Episode 5 (original airdate Sept. 21, 2014): In last night’s episode of TLC’s Angels Among Us, Rosie Cepero turns a skeptic into a believer, experiences the United Airlines Flight 811 disaster and helps a young man realize he really does have a guardian angel. In Angels Among Us: A Little Bit of Faith, Rosie does a group reading at a winery where a skeptic named Steve (from Aurora, New York) rethinks his original viewpoint of the whole angel thing when Rosie shares some vivid details about his late father. “It’s remarkable she would have this information […]

It’s finally here: “Outlander The Wedding” episode

September 20, 2014 Barb Oates

Only two episodes remain before Outlander goes on hiatus, returning in 2015 with the second half of Season 1, but it’s Episode 7 — Outlander The Wedding (airing on Starz Saturday at 9pmET) — that we’ve all been waiting for. And let’s just say, you won’t be disappointed, as the wedding is exquisitely translated to TV in smoldering and endearing detail (no spoilers here, but we loved it). Watch the Starz preview. The events leading up to this episode have found Claire (Caitriona Balfe) struggling to make sense of this 18th century world she’s been cast into, and desperately trying […]

How does she know that? Recap of Angels Among Us Episode 3

September 14, 2014 Barb Oates

Recap Angels Among Us Episode 3 “Questions Have Been Answered” (Original airdate Sept. 14) Rosie Cepero sure does give you a warm and loving feeling when she talks guardian angels in her TLC series Angels Among Us. Her sincerity seems so genuine, her messages so specific and her hugs so needed for many of the people who seek her “divine” gift. Here’s a quick breakdown of Episode 3, “Questions Have Been Answered.” Reading with Christine, from Binghamton, New York. Christine’s a middle-aged woman maybe in her late 30s/early 40s, who comes with her aunt. Rosie tells them that she sees […]

Angels Among Us recap Episode 1, “Angels Are Messengers,” Episode 1

September 8, 2014 Barb Oates

Angels Among Us recap Episode 1, “Angels Are Messengers” (original air date Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014): Do you have a guardian angel? Rosie Cepero from TLC’s new Angels Among Us (Sundays at 10pm ET) believes you do and she’s wiling to make some introductions. In the premiere episode of Angels Among Us “Angels Are Messengers,” Rosie welcomed viewers to her spiritual world and her cozy log-cabin home, which she shares with her husband of 30 plus years, George , and their three charming sons Frankie (31), George Jr. a.k.a. Georgie (27) and Joey (25). “I am blessed with four amazing […]

How to contact Rosie Cepero from “Angels Among Us”

September 4, 2014 Barb Oates

TLC’s newest vessel for connecting us with the afterlife is upstate New Yorker Rosie Cepero and her 12-episode series Angels Among Us, whichmakes its debut on Sunday, Sept. 7 at 10pm ET/PT. Inevitably, fans will be eager to know how to contact Rosie Cepero to set up an appointment of their own. Born and raised in Port Chester, New York, Rosie shares that her gift of talking to angels has been in her family for years. “I’m 100% Italian. I was raised with a very protective, strict father. My mom was an angel [not literally] – she was all about […]

Interview: Who is Rosie Cepero from TLC’s “Angels Among Us”?

September 4, 2014 Barb Oates

TLC is carving out a niche for people connected to the afterlife — and now has a second entry in the genre, Angels Among Us. The series follows the life of Port Chester, New York, native Rosie Cepero who talks to angels on a daily basis. So who is Rosie Cepero and what do angels really look like? We caught up with the warm-hearted and bubbly Rosie to talk about all that and more. Her new 12-episode series Angels Among Us debuts Sunday, Sept. 7 at 10pm ET/PT, immediately after Long Island Medium, and follows her life on her 126-acre farm with […]

Adrien Brody as Houdini in History’s two-part miniseries is simply spectacular

August 28, 2014 Barb Oates

Adrien Brody as Houdini is simply captivating. Brody stars in History’s two-part miniseres — Houdini — airing Monday, Sept. 1 and Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 9pm ET/PT. Ehrich Weiss, the man known to the world as Harry Houdini, was one of America’s first superstars. Oscar winner Brody defies expectations yet again in this telefilm, portraying the famed escape artist and illusionist. The two-part miniseries starts via a self-narration, where Brody voices: “Fear is how I know I’m alive. Unlike other people, I don’t escape life. I escape death.” The film takes us on a fast-paced, thrilling ride throughout Harry’s psyche, […]

Emmy Roundup: Who won 2014 Emmy Awards, best jokes & more

August 25, 2014 Barb Oates

Breaking Bad was one of the top winners in the 2014 Emmy Awards, with the series winning the Outstanding Drama category, as well as cast members Bryan Cranston (pictured), Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn and writer Moira Walley-Beckett all winning in their respective categories. But before we get to the official rundown of who won 2014 Emmy Awards, here’s how the night progressed. Seth Meyers killed it in his opening monologue as host of the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, which was held live from the Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on Monday, Aug. 25. The late-night funny man started the evening […]