Jeff Pfeiffer, Author at StayTuned Magazine

Sarah Palin beats Snooki as worst female reality star at lighthearted Bennie Awards

February 22, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

By Jeff Pfeiffer Later this week, we’ll be talking about the Razzie Awards, the infamous and hilarious awards that serve as the anti-Oscars, honoring the worst in film from the past year. But this morning, we received notice of a similar award that was unfamiliar to us. The 2011 Bennie Award winners were announced. Only in their second year, the awards recognize the worst in prime time television. The awards’ name (and, presumably, the face seen on the award itself) are inspired by former NBC head Ben Silverman, the architect behind failed series such as Knight Rider, Kath & Kim […]

VOD Spotlight: “Due Date”

February 22, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

Right from the start it was a mismatch made in heaven. Writer, producer and director Todd Phillips loves working with creative comics skilled at improvisation. Though he worked had worked with Due Date star Zach Galifianakis, most notably on the hilarious comedy The Hangover, he’d never had that experience with Robert Downey Jr., who he calls “one of the greatest talents out there.” He knew Downey was looking to do a comedy and thought the actor would be perfect for the role of a husband trying to get home in time for the birth of his son. “The thing that […]

James Franco back on “General Hospital”

February 11, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

Red-hot James Franco will be returning to ABC’s General Hospital later this month as performance artist Franco, to wreak havoc once again in Port Charles. Franco will appear on the Feb. 25 and Feb. 28 episodes of GH, which coincide with his Academy Awards co-hosting gig on Feb. 27 (also airing on ABC). By the time the Feb. 28 episode airs, Franco might be an Oscar winner, as he is nominated in the Best Actor category for his performance in 127 Hours. _______________________ Credit: Rick Rowell/ABC

“General Hospital” offering week of online chats with cast

February 10, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

To celebrate the upcoming wedding of soap super-couple Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Brenda (Vanessa Marcil Giovinazzo) on ABC’s General Hospital (the wedding story starts on Feb. 18 and continues the following week), ABC.com is presenting a weeklong event called “Watch with the General Hospital cast.” Each day from Feb. 21-25, while the show airs, a different cast member will engage in an online chat with, and answer questions for, fans. The talent will also give behind-the-scenes commentary of that day’s episode.

“X Factor” marks the spot for Simon Cowell

February 9, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

By Jeff Pfeiffer This week, FOX announced that Simon Cowell’s upcoming American version of his hit British series The X Factor will be awarding the show’s winner with a record-breaking $5 million record deal, the largest guaranteed prize in TV history. “It’s a massive, massive risk,” Cowell said in a conference call earlier this week, talking about the huge amount of prize money. “I think it puts everybody, rightly, under an enormous amount of pressure, because I didn’t want to go into this show without feeling a certain amount of pressure. With pressure, you have to find a star. I […]

ABC’s “Wipeout” is casting for Season 4 this Saturday

February 8, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

Producers of ABC’s hit game show Wipeout are casting for the next season, and are looking for men and women who are fun, strong-willed, outgoing and have a great sense of humor. They are also looking for father/daughter teams, mother/son teams, singles and more. Out of the potential players who are successfully cast on Season 4 from this particular casting event, one will be revealed on the Wipeout Facebook fan page (facebook.com/wipeout). Only participants who attend this event will be eligible and can apply by following either of these two steps:

There’s nothing worse than a mangled “Star-Spangled Banner”

February 8, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

By Tom Comi It’s been said by many performers that “The Star-Spangled Banner is one of the most difficult songs to sing in terms of range and lyrics, and the latter was certainly proven when Christina Aguilera unintentionally altered the words in front of 111 million TV viewers before Sunday’s Super Bowl. And while we don’t want to pile on Aguilera (who admitted afterwards that she feels awful), there certainly is a history both fictional and real about the wrong and right way to sing the song. We begin this trip down Memory Lane with the standard bearer for how […]

VOD Spotlight: “Life As We Know It”

February 8, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

Life as We Know It is a romantic comedy about a man and woman (Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel) who become guardian of their mutual friends’ baby when the parents are killed in an auto accident. The pair, now sharing their friends’ house, have nothing in common but a mutual dislike for each other and a love of little Sophie. Because of the limitations of filming infants and small children, identical twins are often used to play one very young character. With Life, the film’s creators found charming identical triplets — Alexis, Brynn and Brooke Clagett, born in May 2008 […]

Larry The Cable Guy Explores The Uniqueness Of American Life

February 6, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

Having gone from a pig farm in Nebraska to become one of the most popular and successful comedians in the country, Larry the Cable Guy (born Dan Whitney) knows all about the potential and power of the American dream. “This is the greatest country in the world,” he says during our interview. And that passion he has for our nation and its possibilities is what he hopes people will get out of his new History series Only in America. Well, that and a few laughs along the way, of course. “It’s a comedy show,” says Larry. “I want it to […]

Super Bowl Sunday shows for the non-football fan

February 4, 2011 Jeff Pfeiffer

By Jeff Pfeiffer Not into football? That’s okay, we won’t judge you (too much). If that’s the case, then you are probably overwhelmed by the amount of coverage of Super Bowl XLV, and may feel like you won’t get a respite from hearing about the game at all this Sunday. But some networks have thought of you with a variety of programming marathons that may appeal to both the non-football lover, and those football fans who just can’t stomach sitting through six-hour pregame shows. One of the annual favorites among such marathons is Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl, now in its […]