There’s a new set of promo pics for the upcoming Ugly Betty episode “A League of Their Own”.  Spoiler-ish, so most are after the jump.  There’s one that, if I’m guessing right, is quite a doozy.
 

There is an awesome article posted at The Telegraph about the success of Ugly Betty.  To be honest, as an American, I had only a vague idea how popular Ugly Betty was overseas:
A soapy, feelgood comedy, [America] Ferrera concedes, is not going to change the world. But with viewers in more than 130 countries, including Pakistan and Zimbabwe, Ugly Betty certainly seems to be uniting it.
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The UK transmission of the second series, which begins on Channel 4 this week, has been brought forward in response to exceptional viewer demand.
The wide appeal of the show has always been a pleasant mystery to me, …read more

Quick Facts about America Ferrera:

Born: April 18, 1984
Family: The youngest of six siblings.  One brother and four sisters.  Her parents are Honduran.
School: Went to Calabash Elementary School in the San Fernando Valley from 1994-1995 where she played one of the lead characters in her 5th grade graduation play called “Oliver.” She played the “Artful Dodger” in the production.  Went to El Camino Real High School in Woodland Hills.  ECR is renowned for his its drama program, cited as one of LAUSD’s finest theatre programs.  Other famous alums: Keith Green (gospel singer),  Brad Garrett, MadTV’s Lisa Arch, Christopher Knight of the Brady Bunch, Jamal …read more

AOL TV Squad, in their Spoilers Anonymous column, has a great article that outlines all the rumours and spoilers out there about Ugly Betty season 2.  Many of these have been flying around the tubes for a while now, but there are quite a few that were new to me.   Read on after the “more” jump for all the juicy spoilers. 

I’ve added a new Ugly Betty poll (actually, it’s my first).  This has been discussed many times at the ABC Ugly Betty message board, and various other places such as FaceBook.  Everyone seems to have a strong opinion on this subject, and I’ve gone back and forth about it myself.  Should Betty ever get a real makeover and become “beautiful”?
America Ferrera is quite the beautiful young lady, and if the producers wanted to pull it off, they’d have no problem at all.  Considering the whole plot of the show revolves around a, shall we say, “plain” girl trying to make …read more