Grant Bowler says the Ugly Betty cast “consider themselves to be a bunch of East Coast theatre geeks who got lucky”.  Well, it would only be natural for Becki Newton (Amanda) to star on the stage, and that’s exactly what has happened.
Newton, along with her husband Chris Diamantopoulos will find love on stage in the Encores! presentation of the Gershwin musical Girl Crazy, under the direction of Tony-winner Jerry Zaks in November.  The two will play lovers Danny Churchill and Molly Gray.  Wayne Knight (Chicago) is cast as Gieber Goldfarb.
The show will run Nov. 19-22 at City Center. Finian’s …read more

There’s a great feature in venerable checkout-favorite Self Magazine with Ugly Betty’s Becki Newton.  The “Week of Why Nots” feature challenges the subject (and readers) to create and check off a “why not?” list – things you’ve always wanted to try, kind of like a bucket list.
Her seven things?

Writing for a magazine (which she did with this story)
Gymnastics – she face-panted trying to do a handstand, but still had a blast.
Be a real-life magazine assistant.  She hung up 3 times on The Biggest Loser’s Jillian Michaels!  HA!
Kayaking!  She did this on the Hudson with Self’s editor-in-chief Lucy Danziger.
Learning the …read more

This is just so awesome.  It’s an audition video of Ugly Betty’s Becki Newton for Clinique (I’m assuming for a television commercial?) from 2004.
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Becki is absolutely radiant here.  Her hair is pinned back (it is a makeup audition, after all), and she just shines.  Newton was around 26 years old when she filmed this, and though it’s obvious she’s really making an attempt to be charming, she succeeds in spades.
The story she tells (about being excited about buying a cappuccino maker to put in her brand new, first  apartment), reminds me so much of Betty at the end of episode …read more

Tomorrow is Becki Newton’s birthday – born on the fourth of July!  The Ugly Betty star turns 31.
She gets a fireworks show every year on her birthday, that’s got to be awesome.  To have the figure she does, she probably doesn’t pig out on BBQ every year, though. 
Newton was born in New Haven, Connecticut, and raised in Guilford, Connecticut.  She graduated with a BA in European History from the University of Pennsylvania.  (I had forgotten this – I would imagine it would make her recent trip to the UK more meaningful).
On Ugly Betty, Newton has played Amanda …read more

It seems that Ugly Betty’s Becki Newton has the same idea I’ve been touting on Twitter:  Amanda needs a love interest.  Interestingly, she has a strange suggestion for who might play the role:

Hmmm.  Simon Cowell?  I mean, I can see the personality compatibility, but it couldn’t last.  (Although I’d REALLY love to see Cowell’s very frank reaction to Betty’s wardrobe!)
Of course, she’s kidding, but on a serious note, I think I’m not alone in saying that Amanda most definitely needs a love interest.  Every other character (except Justin) on the show has had a go at a serious relationship – …read more

Ugly Betty’s Becki Newton is going to be appearing on Bravo’s The Fashion Show.  She will be presenting this week’s Harper’s Bazaar mini challenge: the “Walk of Shame”…turning party wear into a work-appropriate outfit.  Here’s a preview:

A little more info: Challenged to turn last night’s party outfit into work appropriate attire, the contestants get crafty with anything and everything one would normally find in an office. For the elimination challenge, the designers are taken to a surprise location and find themselves working for a major force in the fashion industry — Veronica Webb will guest judge!
I love this premise, and …read more

One of the hot topics during the second half of Ugly Betty season 3 was – will Fey Sommers return?  It’s actually amazing how much heat the topic generated here and at other UB blogs and message boards, considering the idea seems to be totally confined to those discussions.  As far as I know, Silvio Horta in his various end-of-season interviews has not mentioned a thing about the subject.  Yet, the message board discussion continues unabated.
As a refresher, Fey Sommers was the “just-deceased” editor-in-chief of Mode as the pilot of Ugly Betty aired.  It turns out that Bradford Meade …read more

Remember last year when Michael Urie spent part of the summer in Europe, especially the UK?  Well, this year, it’s Becki Newton’s turn.
Here are some photos of the Ugly Betty star at the 2009 Glamour Women of the Year Awards in the UK.

(Image: SplashNewsOnline.com)
 
Well, that’ll wake you up in the morning.
I can’t decide if I love that pattern, or hate it.  Since it really seems to accentuate Newton’s beauty, I’d say I love it.
I do not know the results of the awards (news seems to be rather scant from the event – save for red carpet pics), …read more

Before we get back to Ugly Betty analyzin’ and speculatin’, I have to compliment ABC on their wonderful promos for next season’s renewed shows, especially this one:

They ran this one during Ugly Betty episode 3.24, The Fall Issue, and it just made me smile.  To see many of the characters from the various ABC shows “living in one house” is wonderful.
This one, of course, heavily features Becki Newton as Amanda.  First, Ty Pennington annoys her with his megaphone.  Then, at the end, she opens the bathroom door to see Sloane from Grey’s Anatomy, looks him over, and says in disgust, …read more

Here are some photos of Ugly Betty’s Becki Newton at the Metropolitan Opera’s 125th Anniversary Season Gala and Placido Domingo’s 40th Anniversary celebration at The Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center in New York.
Whew, that was a mouthful.

Oh, my.  Even bling-less, Newton is just strikingly beautiful.  I like this dress (green is my favorite color anyway), and it fits her perfectly.
As Betty said in episode 3.18, A Mother of a Problem, opera, like fashion, is art.  And Newton took the time last night to partake in a wonderfully big event based on that art, and one of its most famous …read more