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Ugly Betty News

Archive for the ‘Interviews’ Category

August 14th, 2008

Ashley Jensen in The Hot Seat

Ashley Jensen recently had an interview that appears in this week’s Time Out New York in the “Hot Seat” column.  The Ugly Betty star is always great for a witty quip, and Ashley did not disappoint.
Apparently, her flight from LA to New York was a little harrowing:  “The plane had to stop for fuel at […]

By Tom -- 3 comments

August 6th, 2008

Video: America Ferrera On Regis and Kelly

As promised, here is the video of America Ferrera appearing on Live with Regis and Kelly.

George Lopez was hosting with Kelly Ripa (Regis Philbin must have been off somewhere hosting a game show), but this made for nice banter because Lopez mentioned that he and Ferrera are good friends.
America spent the first segment talking about […]

By Tom -- 0 comments

July 30th, 2008

Interesting Q & A With Michael Urie

There’s a great Q & A with Ugly Betty’s Michael Urie in UK’s Metro.  He reveals some things that you might have known, but I had no idea.
He’s not worried abut being typecast as a gay man.  In answering the question, Urie says the most profound thing. “You’ve got to be typecast before you can […]

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July 22nd, 2008

Lohan, Lohan,Lohan! Hilarious Interview With Urie, Newton

At the recent TCAs, TV Guide’s Matt Mitovich caught up with Michael Urie and Becki Newton. As usual, the two are hilarious together. Watch till the end:

I’ve seen Urie and Newton perform thier “Lohan” song (an ode to Lindsay Lohan) quite a few times, and this is the best one of all. […]

By Tom -- 3 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 […]

By Tom -- 1 comment

June 11th, 2008

Becki Newton And Michael Urie at Monte-Carlo Television Festival

Ugly Betty, in season 3, will feature more guest appearances from fashion insiders and stars of the theater now that the show has moved to New York. According to Michael Urie and Becki Newton, who attended the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, one of those will be Patti Lupone!
“The move to New York is going to […]

By Tom -- 2 comments

June 10th, 2008

Vanessa Williams’ Life Comes Full Circle

Vanessa Williams has had a roller-coaster life, that’s for sure. The woman who plays evil Wilhelmina on Ugly Betty hasn’t always been on Disney’s “A” list.
In 1984, Williams was crowned Miss America, only to lose the title when some very risque photographs of her showed up in Pentouse Magazine. Even in the 90’s, […]

By Tom -- 0 comments

June 6th, 2008

Micheal Urie on the Paul O’Grady Show, Part 2

Here is the second part of the interview Michael Urie did on The Paul O’Grady Show. There is much more Ugly Betty content in this part of the interview.

You can see the first part of the interview here.
They talk about how much fun it is to play a (partially) evil character. Urie does […]

By Tom -- 2 comments

June 5th, 2008

Video: Michael Urie on The Paul O’Grady Show

Ugly Betty’s Michael Urie has been all over the place in London this week. Here is video of Urie on The Paul O’Grady Show, which airs in the UK, but unfortunately not in the US.

Thank heaven for YouTube - O’Grady is hilarious! I’d love to see an entire episode sometime.
Urie talks about his […]

By Tom -- 2 comments

May 22nd, 2008

Becki Newton Stirs Things Up

Ugly Betty’s Becki Newton recently spoke with the Boston Herald about the show, her characeter Amanda, and moving back to New York.
About Amanda’s search for her father, Newton says, “From birth, Amanda has been trying to find herself. There’s resolve in the search with who her father is and how she sees herself. She’s made […]

By Tom -- 1 comment