Ugly Betty News

June 30th, 2008

Video: Full Trailer For ‘I Love Betty La Fea’ (Philippines)

This is cool!  Here’s the trailer for “I Love Betty La Fea“, the upcoming installment of Ugly Betty in the Philippines. 
 

 
I like how they used Mika’s “Hey Betty (You Are Beautiful)”. 
This version appears to be more slanted toward comedy, with heavy influences from the Columbian telenovela.
I know tastes are cultural, but of all the Bettys […]

By Tom -- 4 comments

June 27th, 2008

Eric Mabius Back From USO Tour of Gitmo

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Ugly Betty’s Eric Mabius just got back from a USO tour of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.  He was there with Mike Vogel (Cloverfield) and Hilarie Burton (One Tree Hill).
The trio spent time with the troops, signed autographs, and extended their heartfelt gratitude.
There are some really great […]

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June 27th, 2008

Ugly Betty Makes Emmy ‘Longlist’

For the first time ever, the Emmys have released their “longlist” for the categories of outstanding drama series and outstanding comedy series.  Ugly Betty is on the list for comedy!
The longlist represents the top 10 vote getters for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards.  The next step in the process happens this weekend, June 28-29: the […]

By Tom -- 2 comments

June 27th, 2008

Viewers In Philippines Get Sneak Peak Of ‘I Love Betty La Fea’

Since we’re talking about Ugly Betty being a worldwide phenomenon, I thought is was interesting that network ABS-CBN in the Philippines is introducing the cast of the their upcoming show “I Love Betty La Fea“. 
What is really cool is that this version of the show will draw from both the Columbian and the […]

By Tom -- 3 comments

June 26th, 2008

Ugly Betty Off The Air In Australia

This is a shame.  Ugly Betty is going off the air on Australia’s Channel 7.  Next week will be the last episode for now, but the network indicated that the remaining episodes will return later in the year.  (Unlike the US and many of the other places Ugly Betty airs, it is NOT summer […]

By Tom -- 6 comments

June 25th, 2008

Video: Ugly Betty Spoiler!

Wow. I’ve been fretting because Ugly Betty news has been hard to come by today, so I thought I’d see if there were any new fan videos at YouTube. A search for Ugly Betty brought up an interesting entry: Reading for ‘Holly’ on “UGLY BETTY” .
OK, interest piqued. I checked it out: it […]

By Tom -- 9 comments

June 24th, 2008

David Blue Considered For An Emmy? Awesome!

After an absolutely awesome shout out from his blog, a little birdie told me that ABC considers David Blue an Emmy-worthy guest star.
Update: Here’s the submissions from ABC for Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty (David Blue - “A League of Their Own”)
Ugly Betty (John Cho - “A League of Their Own”)
Ugly Betty (Victor Garber - […]

By Tom -- 7 comments

June 23rd, 2008

Episodes of Ugly Betty Included in Disney/ABC Deal With Veoh

ABC is slowly joining the online content race by penning a deal with Veoh Networks to stream full episodes of its programming.  This has the potential to be awesome (with a few caveats, which I’ll get to shortly).
Veoh, privately funded company, which like rival YouTube,  began as a user-generated video Web site, already has […]

By Tom -- 1 comment

June 23rd, 2008

The Great Blog Off Wrap Up

Whew!  This past Friday, the b5Media Entertainment Channel participated in The Great Blog Off to raise money for The Actors Fund.

I made it - I put up 24 posts in 24 hours.  For those of you who are curious, I volunteered for this, and it truly was a labor of love.  I learned a […]

By Tom -- 9 comments

June 21st, 2008

Video: Michael Urie and Becki Newton at the 2008 GLAAD Awards

I love this!  Here is some video of Ugly Betty’s Michael Urie and Becki Newton at the 2008 GLAAD Media Awards.

Becki Newton calls the style of her dress “Bumblebee, TweetyBird Chic”. Jay Manuel put Michael Urie on the spot and asked him who was the hottest on the red carpet.
Urie picked out Chris Gorham […]

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