Ugly Betty News

September 3rd, 2008

Ugly Betty In Need of a Makeover?

Ugly Betty has been named, along with Heroes, Private Practice, Brothers and Sisters, and Lipstick Jungle as a show in desperate need of a makeover.  The writer, Alex Strachan of Canwest News Service, is pretty spot on, and reminds me of the one thing that bugged me about season 2 that I couldn’t quite […]

By Tom -- 2 comments

September 1st, 2008

Happy Labor Day: Ugly Betty Style

I hope all of our American readers are having a happy, safe Labor Day.  On this Labor Day in 2008, the attentions of Americans are rightly turned to the American Gulf Coast because it is facing hurricane Gustav.  Our thoughts and prayers go to all in that region.
In the spirit of Labor Day, I thought […]

By Tom -- 3 comments

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 […]

By Tom -- 13 comments

July 23rd, 2008

About Betty’s New Style

It’s becoming obvious from the Ugly Betty set photos that Betty Suarez is going through some sort of fashion transformation.  Yesterday’s shoot with Lindsay Lohan provided the best example of this we’ve seen thus far.  Here is Betty:

As an aside, I know that the world is upside down when I do an image search for […]

By Tom -- 3 comments

July 11th, 2008

Don’t Be A Playa’ Hate-a

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The Ugly Betty message boards are buzzing - the on the set photos that have come out so far have given us enough clues to figure out and important plot point for the show (at least early in the season).
It was right there in front of my face, […]

By Tom -- 3 comments

June 13th, 2008

Ignacio Suarez: All American Dad

With Father’s Day approaching, I thought it would be a good idea to honor Ignacio Suarez, the patriarch of the Suarez household on Ugly Betty, played by veteran actor Tony Plana.
Being a father myself, I am acutely aware of the shortage of any dads on television worthy of respect. Depending on the format of […]

By Tom -- 3 comments

June 3rd, 2008

Ugly Betty At The Movies

This past weekend, something in the cosmos was telling me that it’s time to write a new post about Ugly Betty connections to the movies. Well, actually, something very particular was telling me. Two movies I saw over the weekend had Ugly Betty connections.
First is the blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of […]

By Tom -- 7 comments

May 19th, 2008

Ugly Betty: Glamorous and Unrealistic?

There’s a pretty fascinating article in the LA Times by TV critic Mary McNamara. She starts out examining the feminisation of network television, and the masculinisation of cable TV (especially reality TV). I thought it was interesting that she used Ugly Betty as an example, but I think McNamara misses the mark somewhat. […]

By Tom -- 4 comments

May 8th, 2008

Laid Off Ugly Betty Crew Blame California Government

Most of the crew of Ugly Betty, losing their jobs by the show’s relocation to New York, are placing a full-page ad in Variety, asking state and Los Angeles officials to take action to ensure more productions are filmed locally. According to Nikki Finke at DeadlineHollywood.com, not only are the crew buying the ad, […]

By Tom -- 3 comments

May 1st, 2008

Ugly Betty Episode 2.15 Live Blog

Come join us for the live blog of Ugly Betty Episode 2.15 (Burning Questions). Not only will Renee lose touch with reality tonight, be we also get to see Gina Gambarro again! Hilda may get a chance to use her killer nails!
Christian Siriano and Nina Garcia will guest star. There wil be […]

By Tom -- 5 comments