Barb Oates, Author at StayTuned Magazine

Movies Mom Will Love – The Top Tearjerkers (Movies Guaranteed To Make You Cry) Airing This May

May 6, 2011 Barb Oates

By Barb Oates There’s just something about a good tearjerker that leaves you fulfilled — that emotional journey, where you are completely invested in the story and the characters who leave you forever touched. In honor of Mother’s Day, I reached out to some of my more sappy colleagues to compile Channel Guide Magazine’s list of the top tearjerkers airing this month. So set your DVR so you can sit back, grab your tissue and enjoy a good cry fest.

“Big Love” Star Mireille Enos Is Back In A Ponytail As She Takes The Lead In AMC’s “The Killing”

April 8, 2011 Barb Oates

For the soft-spoken Mireille Enos, the storyline for her latest project, The Killing, couldn’t have been more heartbreaking yet more thrilling at the same time. After three seasons on HBO’s acclaimed series Big Love playing both Kathy and her twin sister JoDean, Enos was ready to take the lead in AMC’s new serial drama premiering April 3. Enos plays Sarah Linden, a complicated Seattle homicide detective who is leading the murder investigation of Rosie Larsen. A bit reminiscent of the 1990 Twin Peaks serial and the whole “who killed Laura Palmer” mystery, this series is actually based on the hugely […]

“Kennedys In Culture” Special To Air On Reelz Channel, Plus “The Kennedys” Miniseries Air Date Lineup

March 18, 2011 Barb Oates

In the highly anticipated Greg Kinnear/Katie Holmes movie premiere of “The Kennedys” in April, Reelz Channel is debuting a half-hour special that explores the enduring impact that the Kennedy family has had on American culture. The half-hour “The Kennedys in Culture” discusses how this iconic family has influenced media, fashion and politics, and how the family who seemingly has everything has been so beset by tragedy. “The Kennedys in Culture” premieres this Saturday, March 19 at 11:30am ET/ 8:30am PT and 1:30am ET/ 10:30pm PT with a second airing on Wednesday, March 23 at 12:30pm ET/ 9:30am PT and 5:30pm […]

Lots Of Attitude And Antics Expected For New Season Of “Celebrity Apprentice”

March 7, 2011 Barb Oates

Oh, this is trouble. The cast of characters NBC has assembled for the next season of Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice could make it its best. Imagine hothead Gary Busey spewing his insane rhetoric at the likes of a dumbfounded Dionne Warwick. Or how about some Star Jones nastiness going up against the lippy Lisa Rinna? Tensions are always high when you combine eccentric egos with a drive to further a career or restart an ailing one. Britain’s Piers Morgan, Celebrity Apprentice‘s first winner, still holds a deep hatred for his rival Omarosa, recently saying he no longer wishes her dead. […]

Famed Photographer Peter Lik Photographs Our Nation Like No Other

March 3, 2011 Barb Oates

Peter Lik is an adventurist at heart. The self-taught, most successful landscape photographer in the world — who just celebrated a personal first, bagging a million dollars for one of his photos — brings his Aussie charm and adrenaline-fueled devotion to Mother Nature to The Weather Channel in From the Edge With Peter Lik. The 13-episode series puts Lik in front of the lens where he shares and shows his fascination of America’s landscape. Each episode follows his journey in getting to the location to take the ultimate shot. “I’ve taken over, you know, 2 million photographs in my life, […]

Hallmark Party Brings Out The Stars #TCA

January 9, 2011 Barb Oates

Hallmark Channel certainly knows how to throw a party (thank you Pam Slay). The network known for their family-focused original movies that feature popular stars of the past spared no expense as they gathered over 300 critics and talent at Pasadena’s prestigious Tournament House on Friday. The 18,500 square foot mansion was the winter home of chewing gum magnate William Wrigley and is now the official headquarters of the Tournament of Roses Association. Marion Ross (Happy Days) and Shelly Hack (Charlie’s Angels) were upstairs touring when we walked through, marveling at the ornate details of the rooms and the history […]

TCA: Oprah Introduces OWN To Critics

January 7, 2011 Barb Oates

(Pasadena, Calif.) The press tour ballroom was close to a record silence just before Oprah Winfrey took the stage at the TCA Winter Press Tour. It was, of course, the most anticipated event of the day. Oprah whisked on stage in a variety of purples, made herself comfy in a white plush chair and then, somewhat nervously, turned herself over to the critics. “It’s like being thrown to the wolves,” Oprah joked. Her nerves were short-lived, for she quickly commanded the room as she detailed her vision for OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, her network that was launched on Jan. 1, […]

Photographer Peter Lik Finds Home On Weather Channel

January 6, 2011 Barb Oates

By Barb Oates (Pasadena, Calif) TCA Press Tour – Australian photographer Peter Lik is one of the most celebrated landscape photographers of our day. The Weather Channel will showcase his talent and travels in a new action adventure series set to debut in late March. The 13-episode, as-yet-to-be-titled, series will follow Lik across the U.S. in search of the most dramatic landscapes sculpted by nature. “I’ve taken over, you know, two million photographs in my life, probably a lot more that I forgot about, but there’s only a few select, that .001 percent that actually make it onto the gallery […]

Ed Asner Follows Betty White – TCA Press Tour Day 1

January 6, 2011 Barb Oates

By Barb Oates (Pasadena, Calif) Immediately following TV Land’s hilarious Hot in Cleveland Betty White panel was another revered TV icon – Ed Asner, who is starring in CMT’s first scripted sitcom Working Class. The series is scheduled to air on Fridays, beginning Jan. 28. Asner was quick to fill White’s shoes dishing plenty of his own candor. “Betty White’s in the building,” he muses. “Did you know that? I hope I get to touch her.” Co-star Melissa Peterman chimes back, ”You probably already have.” So begins the panel for Working Class, a series that follows single mom Carli Mitchell […]

Best Of Betty White – TCA Press Tour Day 1

January 5, 2011 Barb Oates

TV Land kicked off the first day of the semiannual Television Critics Association Press Tour in Pasadena today. The soon-to-be 89-year-old Betty White was on fire riffling out a bevy of zingers as she discussed her popularity, SNL, the success of Hot in Cleveland, who she thought was hot and Facebook. “What is this Betty White business?” White asks. “This is silly. Really, it is very silly. You’ve had such an overdose of me lately. Trust me. I think I’m going to go away for a while. That’s going to be hard to do since White’s never been hotter, and, […]