Jeff Pfeiffer, Author at StayTuned Magazine

Elizabeth Taylor remembered in TV specials, movie marathons

March 23, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

Legendary actress and beloved humanitarian Elizabeth Taylor passed away today at the age of 79. She will be remembered in several upcoming TV specials and movie marathons. We’ll add more tributes and specials as we hear about them. Elizabeth Taylor: A Life, A Legacy — TV Guide Network, March 23 at 8pm ET/PT; encore showing March 24 at 7pm ET/PT. This special looks back at the professional and personal life of Taylor through historical footage and exclusive interviews. Elton John, Sharon Stone, Joan Rivers, and biographers Gianni Bozzacchi and Ellis Amburn discuss her career, her headline-making marriages and her tireless […]

VOD Spotlight: “Yogi Bear”

March 22, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

The original Yogi Bear cartoon of the 1960s had Yogi and pal Boo Boo interacting with human campers. They were all animated, but technology has come a long way since then. In the film Yogi Bear, Yogi (voiced by Dan Aykroyd) and Boo Boo (voiced by Justin Timberlake) are created with special effects, and the rest of the cast are real people, but the story of the two picnic basket thieves was carefully rendered to maintain the irreverence and personalities of the two bears — a notion that set well with the two stars of the film. “Every Wednesday afternoon […]

VOD Spotlight: “How Do You Know”

March 22, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

Written and directed by James L. Brooks (As Good as It Gets, Terms of Endearment), How Do You Know has Brooks’ signature look at lives in transition. The title refers to that moment when people realize they are truly in love but there is far more going on in this film. “We all have, at some point, a feeling that everything we’ve depended on we can’t depend on anymore. And when that happens, the only thing we have left is love,” says Brooks. “You can think your life is terrible, and then he or she walks in and it’s not […]

VOD Spotlight: Johnny Depp falls prey to Angelina Jolie’s charms in “The Tourist”

March 22, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

By Karl J. Paloucek It’s unflattering to think it, but some movies are conceived in the boardroom. Or at least, they could be. It’s easy to look at The Tourist with those eyes, on the surface. It’s an enticing formula: Take two of the most visually appealing stars working in film — Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie — and put them in a thriller in a sumptuous and exotic setting, like Venice, where they’re bound to fall in love. It’s the kind of thing that, on paper, should seem like an obvious hit. Except that it wasn’t. But what is […]

Kourtney Kardashian makes acting debut on “One Life to Live”

March 21, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

Reality star Kourtney Kardashian will be making her acting debut on the March 28 episode of ABC’s daytime drama One Life to Live. Kardashian will appear in scenes with Cristian Vega (David Fumero) and Blair Cramer (Kassie DePaiva). A release from ABC says that Kardashian will make a dramatic entrance with her handsome costar and have a lot of explaining to do, and this photo with her in handcuffs probably relates to that.

“Wipeout” video game coming to Kinect for Xbox 360

March 16, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

ABC has announced that a video game based on their hit series Wipeout is being made for use on Kinect for Xbox 360. Wipeout in the Zone is coming to the platform this summer, and will feature over 30 obstacles to test players’ limits via Kinect’s full-motion capablities. Players can try to run the entire course in one shot, conquering one challenge after another, such as leaping over a pool of water using the infamous “Big Balls” and maneuvering to avoid being pummeled by the “Smack Wall Sweeper.” The game will feature the voice commentary of the show’s hosts, John […]

Discovery announces “Deadliest Catch” fan festival

March 16, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

CatchCon 2011, a fan festival devoted to the hit Discovery Channel series Deadliest Catch, will drop anchor April 9 at Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle from noon-6pm. Fans will have the chance to meet the captains, tour the actual boats the brave the frigid Bering Sea, go behind the scenes into the lives of Alaska crab fishermen and catch an advanced preview of the new season of Deadliest Catch, which premieres on Discovery April 12.

Discovery releases U.S. promo for “Human Planet”

March 16, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

Discovery Channel’s upcoming series Human Planet comes from the makers of the awesome Planet Earth and Life series, and it looks like another winner. Where those other series chronicled animal life on our planet, Human Planet, as its name implies, explores how human beings have become the most adaptable species of all. Each of the series’ six hours is tied to life in a particular habitat, looking at mankind’s relationship with nature and how people have found ways to survive and thrive in the extremes of our planet. The Discovery/BBC co-production was shot in 70 locations over four years. Here […]

VOD Spotlight: Eastwood’s “Hereafter” explores life on the other side

March 15, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

As a star and a director, Clint Eastwood has had a relationship with death for years. In his acclaimed recent films, he explored the effect of death on the living in Mystic River and the need to die with honor in Gran Torino. In Hereafter, Eastwood looks at what life may be like after death. “We don’t know what’s on the other side, but on this side it’s final,” he says. “People have their beliefs … but those are all hypotheticals. Nobody knows until you get there.” And in that spirit, Eastwood has crafted a film that raises questions viewers […]

VOD Spotlight: The compassionate supervillain of “Megamind”

March 11, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

All superheroes have their supervillains, but the title character in Megamind examines life from the perspective of the “bad guy.” Megamind is a cuddly blue alien baby who fell to Earth and landed in a prison where he was raised by convicts. Now an adult, Megamind believes it is his destiny to be evil and fight the “good” alien, Metro Man. But Metro Man (voiced by Brad Pitt) may not be as good as Megamind or the public believes. Conversely, Megamind may not be so evil.