Barb Oates, Author at StayTuned Magazine

What’s in store for Suits Season 3 premiere? Gabriel Macht interview

July 12, 2013 Barb Oates

Suits Season 3 premiere: Tuesday, July 16 at 10pm ET/PT USA Network’s top rated drama Suits returns for a third season and it looks like the bromance between Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) and Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) is officially over. We caught up with Macht to get his insights on his character, the new season and that infamous can opener. When we last left the boys, Jessica (Gina Torres) told Harvey to learn his lesson and play by the god damn rules, so how’s that going for Harvey? Gabriel Macht: Oh come on. He doesn’t live by those rules. […]

Long Island Medium On The Road in Chicago

July 10, 2013 Barb Oates

Long Island Medium On the Road in Chicago Recap Season 4: Long Island Medium “Chicago” Original Airdate: Sunday, July 7, 2013 Long Island Medium Theresa Caputo headed to the Windy City of Chicago for her second Long Island Medium On the Road special (last season, she visited fans in Florida). Theresa’s first stop is in Deerfield, Ill., where she surprises a middle-aged woman named Jill when she shows up unannounced on her doorstep. “Driving to surprise someone is the most nerve-wracking thing ever, because I don’t even know if they are even ready for a reading,” Theresa says. In true […]

Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove TV series comes to Hallmark

July 2, 2013 Barb Oates

“New York Times” Best-Selling Author Debbie Macomber Cedar Cove TV series comes to Hallmark Channel July 20 What a burst of sunshine. New York Times best-selling author Debbie Macomber is one of those people who always see the glass as half full, finding happiness in the simplest of things. “I’m a generally happy person,” she admits. “When [Wayne and I] were first married, he would wake up and he would say, ‘Do you have to shine so bright in the morning?’” The author of over 100 novels continues to shine, and even brighter, this month as Hallmark Channel rolls out […]

Long Island Medium Season 4 recap Once Upon a Dream

June 25, 2013 Barb Oates

Long Island Medium Season 4 recap Once Upon a Dream — original airdate 6/23/2013 — finds Theresa Caputo dealing with the thought of adultery. Poor Larry. He’s in trouble and has no idea why. In Long Island Medium Season 4 episode “Once Upon a Dream,” Theresa dreams that Larry’s cheating on her and she is not happy. While most men would brush this off and call it for what it is — simply ridiculous — Larry’s not like most. Instead, he admits to Theresa that he just [damn, that psychic wife of his] had a dream about a girl who […]

How many people watched Nik Wallenda Grand Canyon walk?

June 24, 2013 Barb Oates

Just how many people watched Nik Wallenda Grand Canyon Walk? While the lead-up to the show was a bit long and drawn out, Wallenda delivered in one of the most agonizing 30 minutes of live TV ever. My hands were sweaty, my stomach felt sick and I couldn’t sit still watching Wallenda’s live tightrope walk across the Grand Canyon — AND, I wasn’t alone. Almost 13 million people watched Wallenda as he made history becoming the first person ever to cross over the Grand Canyon. Wallenda walked 1,400 feet (at 1,500 feet high) on a two-inch-thick cable — with no […]

Nominate your favorite cable TV series for Channel Guide’s 2013 Viewers Voice Awards

June 20, 2013 Barb Oates

Nominate your favorite cable TV series for Channel Guide’s Viewers Voice Awards! It’s time to nominate your favorite cable TV shows and personalities for Channel Guide’s second annual Viewers Voice Awards. The categories for this year’s awards range from the traditional fare like Best Drama and Best Comedy to the more colorful like Biggest Bad-Ass, Biggest Bitch and Best Beard. Categories for the 2013 Viewers Voice Awards are: 1. Best Drama [nominate a show now] 2. Best Comedy [nominate a show now] 3. Best Cop Show [nominate a show now] 4. Best Legal/Political Show [nominate a show now] 5. Best […]

Tony Soprano actor James Gandolfini dies at age 51

June 19, 2013 Barb Oates

Wednesday, June 19: Emmy-winning actor James Gandolfini dies at age 51. Actor James Gandolfini died at age 51 today. Gandolfini, known for his role as Tony Soprano in HBO’s The Sopranos, was in Italy — with intentions to attend the 59th Annual Taormina Film Festival in Sicily — when he reportedly suffered a massive heart attack and died. He is survived by his wife Deborah Lin, teenage son and baby daughter. For six seasons, Gandolfini played New Jersey mafia boss Tony Soprano, winning three Emmy Awards for best actor in a drama series. When we interviewed Gandolfini for the series finale in […]

Long Island Medium Season 4 recap of “Bouffants and Bingo”

June 17, 2013 Barb Oates

Long Island Medium Season 4 episode “Bouffants and Bingo,” original airdate 6/16/2013, finds Theresa at the local salon and at the Hicksville Boys and Girls Club. It’s all about hair and nails for Long Island Medium Theresa Caputo in the Season 4 episode “Bouffants and Bingo.” First, however, Theresa sets out to spend some quality time with her father playing bingo. Knowing her dad is quite gullible – and a skeptic of sorts when it comes to her medium abilities – Theresa was quick to take advantage of her unsuspecting dad, revealing what number would be called next with exact […]

Magic City Season 2 premiere, new cast members include James Caan, Sherilyn Fenn

June 14, 2013 Barb Oates

Magic City Season 2 premiere date: Friday, June 17 at 9pm ET/PT Back for its sophomore season, the sexy 1950s mob drama – Magic City – finds Miami’s Miramar Playa owner Ike Evans (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) in jail for murder and his family scrambling to make bail. This season is even hotter – more deceit, more mob bosses and more adultery — and the cast list is expanded to include more A-listers. New to the cast is Academy Award nominee James Caan (The Godfather) as Sy Berman, the head of the Chicago mob and Ben Diamond’s (Danny Huston) boss. A […]

TLC tells the story best: My Teen Is Pregnant and So Am I …

June 11, 2013 Barb Oates

TLC debuts new series My Teen Is Pregnant and So Am I beginning Tuesdays, June 11 at 10pm ET Seriously, would this not be your worst nightmare? First the disappointment that your teen daughter is pregnant, and then learning you’re going to have a baby, too. Leave it to TLC to find families in this situation (well, they did find Honey Boo Boo) and document their lives in My Teen Is Pregnant and So Am I. The six-episode series (airing Tuesdays at 10pm ET beginning June 11) chronicles their intense emotional journey as they fight through their battles and lean […]