Ugly Betty’s Michael Urie tells us that he’s rejoining the strange, wonderful world of Celebrity Autobiography on Friday, June 26.  For those of you who aren’t familiar with Celebrity Autobiography, it is just as it sounds: comedians read, word for word, from autobiographies of celebrities.
Nightline did a story about it last year, and Urie was one of the people featured:

Hi-larious.  It’s kind of a funny push-back from our “tell and show everyone everything all the time” reality society.  I believe I remember where Urie once read from Miley Cyrus‘ book, which would have been so funny you couldn’t see straight.
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I think Ugly Betty’s Michael Urie can be proud of this one.  He is currently starring in the off-Broadway production ‘The Tempermentals’.  I first told you about it in this post.
Well, the reviews are coming in, and if this one from Variety is any clue, we can say they are quite favorable.  The review is worth a read if only for this passage:
Since we enter the play in medias res, it’s hard to know exactly what to make of Harry [Hay – played by Thomas Jay Ryan] and Rudi Gernreich (Michael Urie) when we first …read more

Here are some wonderful photos of Ugly Betty’s Becki Newton and Micheal Urie at the 19th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, recently held at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood.
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Ugly Betty won Outstanding Comedy Series for the second year in a row. As Silvio Horta was making supposedly serious acceptance speech, Micheal Urie and Becki Newton played class clowns. Urie pulled on-set dresser Giovanni Aurilia to the front of the stage. “He’s really strong,” Urie cooed. “Open your jacket. Pick up Becki [Newton]—so strong!”
As you can see from the …read more

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TV Guide’s Micheal Ausiello gives us hints about the Amanda/Gene Simmons story line, and if it goes where I think it’s going, Amanda will have more sadness in her life:
Question: May I have some Amanda-centric Ugly Betty scoop? — Kristi
Ausiello: Gene Simmons is back, and let’s just say life with daddy isn’t everything she hoped it would be.
I have two thoughts about this. The first is an empahtic: “ya think?” Gene Simmons isn’t exactly Bill Cosby in the whole husband and father department. I’m …read more

Have you seen the official Ugly Betty video podcast at ABC.com? It stars Michael Urie and Becki Newton and features an interview with composer of the “plink plinks”, Jeff Beal.

OMG, there’s so much going on in this video! Urie and Newton perform a song (”Ready For Betty”), and interspersed with it are scenes from past shows and behind the scenes footage of new filming. They mention Henry/Gio a lot, so it’s safe to say that the ships will be featured prominently in upcoming episodes.
Becki talks about writing “Gene Simmons is my Daddy” with Beal. I love …read more

Here are some recent news items and happenings around Ugly Betty:

Michael Urie will be on “Live with Regis and Kelly” on Friday, January 18th.  I can’t wait to see Urie interact with Regis – for all of Marc’s flamboyance, Michael seems (at least on MARC), just a little understated.  You’ll really see it when he’s there with Regis.
Microsoft has struck a deal with Disney-ABC Television to offer TV shows on the XBox360 system through XBox LIVE.  This was announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.  This includes Ugly Betty, along with shows like Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy, …read more

Micheal Urie (Marc) of Ugly Betty has a reality show that airs this starting Friday, Jan 4th: Miss America, Reality Check.  It just got a little more important.  According to a press release, the show will actually help determine an unprecedented 16th finalist for the actual pageant.
Normally in the Miss America pageant, 15 finalists are chosen by the judges.  This year a 16th will be chosen by result of MISS AMERICA: AMERICA’S CHOICE, an online competition that allows viewers to vote for their favorite Miss America contestant.  Beginning January 4th, fans can vote at http://www.tlc.com/missamerica after the first airing of …read more

As we’ve previously reported, Ugly Betty’s Michael Urie will be hosting a new reality show on TLC called Miss America: Reality Check. From the looks of this promo, this show is going to be GREAT!

I love the “very eligible batchelor” bit.
This is wonderful; TLC is going to let Urie use his comedic talents. I cannot wait for the first airing of this show on Jan 4th. We’ll keep you posted about the show before and as it airs.