Ugly Betty News

August 21st, 2008

Eddie Cibrian Has Another Gig

Over at EW, Ausiello reports that Eddie Cibrian has signed on for a 3-episode arc with USA Network’s The Starter Wife.  He’s going to play a detective who investigates some strange goings-on in Molly’s (Debra Messing) life.
What does this mean for Ugly Betty?  As you recall, Cibrian’s character on Betty, coach Diaz, was introduced late [...]

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August 20th, 2008

Ausiello Discovers That Ferrera and Lively Are Still BFFs

Leave it to Michael Ausiello to get to the bottom of things. (Sorry, I couldn’t help myself).
As reported here, and just about everywhere else on the planet, America Ferrera and Blake Lively recently did a satellite interview with a local station in Los Angeles while promoting Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, and it seemed [...]

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August 20th, 2008

Photos of Ugly Betty Cast At ALMA Awards And After-Party

Here are some pics of America Ferrera, Tony Plana, Ana Ortiz, and Mark Indelicato at the 2008 ALMA awards, and subsequent after party this past weekend. 

As reported, Ugly Betty did quite well in the awards that recognize positive portrayals of Latinos in the entertainment field. 
Now, of course Ortiz and Ferrera were absolutely gorgeous, [...]

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August 19th, 2008

TV Guide: Chris Gorham Can’t Escape Jayma Mays!

This week’s print version of TV Guide has a blurb about Christopher Gorham and his new show, Harper’s Island.  You can view a scan here.
Gorham says, of his Ugly Betty character Henry’s relationship with Betty, “The show got us together and had to think of ways to keep us apart”. 
There’s really no disagreeing with [...]

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August 19th, 2008

Photos of Ana Ortiz at Hot In Hollywood

Ana Ortiz joined her Ugly Betty cast mates America Ferrera (who hosted) and Mark Indelicato at the third annual “Hot In Hollywood’ gala this past weekend. She was casually beautiful.

Very rarely do I see Ortiz with Ferrera and think, “they seem like sisters”. (It always bugged me that Hilda and Betty do not [...]

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August 19th, 2008

Alan Dale to Star in ‘Moving Wallpaper’

So, as expected, Alan Dale has landed on his feet after leaving the cast of Ugly Betty.  He will be starring in the ITV show Moving Wallpaper.   He’ll be part of a show-within-a-show called Renaissance.  For those of you not in the UK, here’s the premise:
Moving Wallpaper is a comedy-drama “documentary” about a fictional [...]

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August 18th, 2008

America Ferrera, Ugly Betty Win Big at ALMA Awards

The ALMA awards were held yesterday, and Ugly Betty had a field day.  The awards (The American Latino Media Arts Award or ALMA) are awarded to performers who promote positive portrayals of Latinos in the entertainment field.
This big winner, of course, was America Ferrera, who won Entertainer of the Year.
Ugly Betty also won the [...]

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August 18th, 2008

Photos of America Ferrera at 2008 Hot In Hollywood

America Ferrera hosted the bigtime gala fundraiser Hot in Hollywood over the weekend, and each year the show seems to get bigger and bigger. The Ugly Betty star Ferrera looked beautiful in green: this is a good color on her.

America was joined on stage by Ugly Betty co-stars Ana Ortiz, Tony Plana and [...]

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August 15th, 2008

New 60-Second Ugly Betty Season 3 Promo

As has been discussed in the comments here, ABC has released a new promo for Ugly Betty’s 3rd season.

I love the fact that it is sixty seconds long, and they take their time with it.  If there was any doubt about Ugly Betty becoming a Single Girl in the Big City series, this promo should [...]

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August 15th, 2008

Ugly Betty News Is One Year Old Today!

And they said it wouldn’t last…
One year ago today, we posted the very first post on Ugly Betty News. 
It has been an unbelievable, fun, frustrating, thought-provoking year.  We’ve had Emmys and work stoppages, rumors and public slip-ups.  We’ve had a compelling season premiere, and a somewhat less compelling season finale.  We’ve had comment [...]

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