Barb Oates, Author at StayTuned Magazine

“Push Girls” sneak preview part of SADD, Sundance, Seventeen campaign

April 17, 2012 Barb Oates

TV doesn’t frequently inspire. Tonight it does with the sneak preview of Sundance Channel’s docu-series Push Girls (airing at 10pm ET/PT). Unfiltered and very, very personal, Push Girls follows four confident and inspiring Los Angeles women who are paralyzed from either the waist or neck down. The sneak preview is part of a pro-social campaign geared at raising awareness about the dual dangers of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol or riding with someone who is. Sundance Channel, Seventeen magazine and SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) have partnered together for this. The campaign includes an online pledge, live […]

Steven Strait heats up “Magic City” on Starz tonight

April 13, 2012 Barb Oates

“My son’s not helping the cause AT ALL! He’s a @#$%ing idiot,” Jeffrey Dean Morgan says, when referring to the affair his onscreen son Stevie (played by Steven Straight) is having with Lily Diamond (Jessica Marias), the wife of Miami’s ruling king of the underwold, Ben Diamond (played by Danny Huston). More on “Magic City”: Exclusive interview with Jeffrey Dean Morgan In tonight’s episode “Feeding Frenzy,” Ike (Morgan) not only faces the disappearance of Mike Strauss and the pressure from DA Klein who is attacking organized crime through his other son Danny (Christian Cooke), but it’s Stevie’s affair with the […]

Jeffrey Dean Morgan stars in Starz hot new series “Magic City”

March 30, 2012 Barb Oates

It’s a Friday afternoon in Pasadena, Calif., where the cast of Starz’s new drama series Magic City (premiering Friday, April 6) has converged at the Langham Hotel for a press junket. The star of the series, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, is in great spirits. And he should be — he’s got the incredible role of Ike Evans, the glamorous king of 1959 Miami Beach whose drive and ambition turned this hotel cabana boy into the owner of the luxurious Miramar Playa Hotel. Grinning handsomely, the 46-year-old Morgan playfully skips over to greet me. It’s been a few years since we last […]

“My Strange Addiction” profiles woman who drinks her own urine

March 18, 2012 Barb Oates

Gag alert – consider yourself forewarned as this episode could make you gag or vomit. Even the lady who drinks several bottles of nail polish a day or the woman who chews on dryer sheets can’t top tonight’s episode of My Strange Addiction. Tonight’s new episode of My Strange Addiction will introduce viewers to Carrie, a Colorado woman who for the past four years has been addicted to drinking about five glasses (roughly 80 ounces) of her own urine a day. She believes that it has helped treat her cancer, despite no medical proof claiming it has resulted in increased […]

Preppers movement, underground shelters focus of “Doomsday Bunkers” on Discovery

March 7, 2012 Barb Oates

Fueled by devastating news headlines that range from nuclear disasters to the failing economy, shooting sprees, suicide bombers and/or horrific weather, a growing group of Americans are taking their worst fears and are planning for it. They are known as preppers, and they are preparing for the worst, but hoping for the best. Discovery Channel casts light on their world by exploring the advanced and secretive underground bunkers they are installing in Doomsday Bunkers. The three-episode series premieres tonight (March 7) at 10pm ET/PT and will air March 14 and 21. The series follows Scott Bales, owner of Deep Earth […]

7 Questions With … “The Walking Dead’s” IronE Singleton

March 1, 2012 Barb Oates

Atlanta native IronE Singleton, who plays T-Dog on AMC’s The Walking Dead, took time to talk to us — on his birthday, of all days! Although he was extremely tight-lipped on upcoming storylines for The Walking Dead — well, besides saying “things are going to get even crazier” — he was able to share a little bit more about himself. 1. You’re at a magazine rack and can only pick three titles. Which ones do you choose? Entertainment Weekly, People and Essence. 2. If your TV only carried three networks, which three would you have to have? AMC, of course. […]

Where to watch red carpet, pre-Oscar coverage for 2012 Academy Awards

February 24, 2012 Barb Oates

E! is seriously rolling out the red carpet with their pre- and post-Oscar award coverage that begins with their Countdown to the Red Carpet show and continues through to the after-parties and post-award fashion critiques. Their on-camera team will be lead by Ryan Seacrest, who will be live from the red carpet doing the network’s famed on-the-spot, red carpet interviews, while Giuliana Rancic will hold court at The Roosevelt Hotel, and Kelly Osborne will provide ongoing reports from E!’s Sky Box, located high above all the red carpet action. The coverage and highlights include: • Countdown to the Red Carpet: […]

Best Picture, other Oscar nominees available On Demand now

February 24, 2012 Barb Oates

You’ve got two days before the 84th Annual Academy Awards airs live on ABC (Feb. 26 at 7pm ET/4pm PT) to catch up on some of this year’s nominees. Thankfully you won’t have to waste your precious gas to venture out to the theaters to see many of them. On Demand (that’s the in-home video store you get with your cable subscription) has several of the films available. Below is detailed information on the nominees and what’s available now and when the other titles will arrive On Demand. Best Picture Nominees Available Now on On Demand The Help (Drama) (PG-13) […]

Clooney, Pitt, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer part of “Actors Unscripted”

February 22, 2012 Barb Oates

E! Entertainment announced the airing of an intimate special with some of Hollywood’s top talent in The Hollywood Reporter Presents: Actors Unscripted, a half-hour special airing this Friday, February 24 at 8:00 PM ET/PT. It’s a joint project between E! and The Hollywood Reporter. George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Charlize Theron, Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer are just a few of the stars featured in round-table interviews where they discuss their innermost thoughts on their craft, as well as the highs and lows of their careers. Highlights from the show include: >> George Clooney: “I remember I was selling women’s shoes […]

Is Carol next to die? Season 2 of “The Walking Dead” promises to be crazier

February 11, 2012 Barb Oates

Tensions are high when the second half of Season 2 of The Walking Dead returns on AMC Sunday, Feb. 12. After the barnyard shootout, Hershel, played by Scott Wilson (pictured with Andrew Lincoln), asks the survivors to get off his farmland. He then turns to the bottle and goes missing, requiring Rick (Lincoln) and Glen (Steven Yeun) to make a dangerous trip into town in search of him. The thought of leaving the farm, however, is greeted with mixed emotions from the survivors. MORE: Cast reactions to Sophia’s death “We’re just going to have to wait to see how successful […]