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Something Borrowed, Something New premieres Feb. 8 on TLC

January 31, 2013 Lori Acken

It’s loved one’s pride versus fashion-conscious bride in TLC’s new BrideDay Friday series, Something Borrowed, Something New, which premieres Feb. 8 at 10/9C. The show taps into a quagmire familiar to generations of newly-betrothed ladies: They’re dreaming of dress shopping when mom/sister/bestie sidles up with dewy eyes and offers her own (often outdated) gown for the occasion. Looking for a happily-ever-after for everyone involved, Something Borrowed, Something New taps Georgia-born, LA-based designer Kelly Nishimoto to revamp the borrowed gown into something new — without making the anxious bride feel blue. As Kelly works, stylist to the stars Sam Saboura — who […]

Selena Gomez stars in and executive produces “Wizards of Waverly Place” TV movie

January 24, 2013 Jeff Pfeiffer

Disney Channel announced that The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex will premiere March 15 at 8pm ET/PT on the network. The original movie is a spinoff of Disney Channel’s former series Wizards of Waverly Place, which won multiple Emmy Awards and was TV’s No. 1 series Kids 2-11, Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14 during its 2007-2012 run. Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie, the first TV movie inspired by the series, delivered 13.5 million Total Viewers, and was the No. 1 cable television movie of 2009, and is the No. 2 cable TV movie of all time. Wizards of Waverly […]

Dave Filoni reflects on 100 episodes of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”

January 4, 2013 StayTuned Staff

Usually the name Star Wars attached to anything will guarantee success. But back in 2008, the animated theatrical release Star Wars: The Clone Wars didn’t exactly receive galactic acceptance. Modest box office and critical barbs like “stilted and overblown,” “cloying” and “visually forgettable” buffeted the film like so many asteroids against the Millennium Falcon. When the Clone Wars series debuted on Cartoon Network soon after, the skeptics still had to be won over. But now in its fifth season, and about to air its 100th episode this Saturday at 9:30am, Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a bona fide hit, […]

“A Christmas Story 2” isn’t the only Ralphie sequel out there

December 19, 2012 StayTuned Staff

Despite its numerical designation, the recently released A Christmas Story 2 isn’t the only way to see the continuing adventures of Ralphie Parker. Did you know, for instance, that Jean Shepherd — whose writings served as the basis for A Christmas Story and several other Ralphie tales — actually reunited with director Bob Clark for My Summer Story back in 1994? Or that Shepherd himself appeared in other TV versions of his works, acting as a Greek chorus to the homespun proceedings? If you’ve never seen Shepherd — or didn’t realize you did in A Christmas Story (he’s the man at […]

“America’s Supernanny” Deborah Tillman’s holiday survival guide for parents

December 17, 2012 Lori Acken

Christmas is but a week away, and if your kids are going a little off the deep end while waiting for the Jolly Old Elf himself — or if you’re dreading the long car or plane ride to Grandma’s — child expert Deborah Tillman, star of Lifetime’s America’s Supernanny: Family Lockdown, offers these words of advice. How to survive car trips/flights with young children Remember that preparation is the key: • Stories on audiotapes are a terrific way to pass the time and educate at the same time. • Car games like “I Spy” are fun for children. • Allow […]

Shelley Long reunites with George Wendt for Lifetime’s “Merry In-Laws”

December 14, 2012 Lori Acken

Shelley Long is a self-professed proud pushover for appearing in holiday films. So when she was asked to play Mrs. Santa Claus herself — opposite a certain former costar — in Lifetime’s new original film Merry In-Laws, she considered it a little Christmas miracle. “I love doing Christmas movies and I’ve easily done half a dozen — probably more,” Long chuckles. “The minute they say it’s a Christmas movie, it approaches my heart. So I read it and I thought it was very cute and fun — and then somebody mentioned that maybe George was going to do it. And […]

When Is “A Charlie Brown Christmas” on TV 2012?

November 28, 2012 StayTuned Staff

When is A Charlie Brown Christmas on TV in 2012, you ask? Wednesday, Nov. 28 and Tuesday, Dec. 18 ABC, 8pm ET/PT — A Charlie Brown Christmas has been around for nearly 50 years, but it’s rarely been needed more than this one. OK, maybe it’s too much to ask of a half-hour cartoon special (which will be stretched out to nearly an hour thanks to lengthy commercial breaks) but if there’s one thing that can help heal a nation divided by one of the most bitter presidential elections in recent memory, it’s this. Republicans, Democrats, Christians, atheists, we […]

VOD Spotlight: “ParaNorman” a rollicking, ghostly adventure

November 27, 2012 StayTuned Staff

Why can’t we all just get along? Well, for one reason, if we could, we wouldn’t have movies like ParaNorman to watch. It’s a story of a person labeled as “different” who makes a difference in his community. And as good and wholesome as that sounds, it’s also a movie full of ghosts, zombies, a number of other freaks and a witch’s 300-year-old curse — which means it’s full of fun. Norman (voiced by Kodi Smit-McPhee) is a young kid who, unfortunately for him, sees dead people wherever he goes, and has taken a pasting for it at home, at […]

“Home Alone: The Holiday Heist” star Christian Martyn carries on proud tradition

November 25, 2012 StayTuned Staff

Even though Macaulay Culkin may have grown up, the Home Alone spirit remains alive and well with Christian Martyn, a 12-year-old Canadian actor who gets his turn roughing up some would-be burglars in ABC Family’s Home Alone: The Holiday Heist, premiering tonight at 8 as part of the network’s “Countdown to 25 Days of Christmas.” It’s the fifth flick in the popular franchise, which began in 1990 with what became the highest-grossing comedy of all time. Culkin returned as Kevin McAllister for the 1992 sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, before handing over the reins to Alex D. […]

“A Christmas Story”: A TBS tradition continues

November 20, 2012 StayTuned Staff

If TBS ever stops doing its annual 24 Hours of A Christmas Story, I will be very disappointed. It’s arguably the greatest Christmas movie of all time. (Yeah, yeah, It’s a Wonderful Life — but it only gets played once or twice a year. And does anybody actually ever catch it from before the point where George jumps in the river?) A Christmas Story is relatable to almost anyone who’s grown up in a home where traditional Christmas was observed. Full of the flights of fancy that childhood engenders, somehow Jean Shepherd’s story about Ralphie and his “mania” for a […]