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 peace.”
I’m glad, because I always thought the story line was a little forced. And I say this as a huge fan of “Gene Simmons is my Daddy”.
Becki addresses the show’s return to its roots. “The heart was always there, but I do love …read more

Ugly Betty Episode 2.06  (Something Wicked This Way Comes) featured a pretty heavy cross-promotion with the musical Wicked.  Now, I’ll be up front with you about a couple of things:  I’ve never seen Wicked, and I really loved this episode.  But, I’ve noticed that more than a few people (including some commenters at Ugly Betty News) were not too crazy about it.  The first and most prominent was TV Guide’s Ausiello, who said this (as we reported here):
BTW, I love Wicked. I also love Ugly Betty. But the two of them together? Not so much. I don’t know what motivated this piece …read more

This was a kind of topsy-turvy episode of Ugly Betty.  Betty, normally the conscience of the show, cheats and gets herself into trouble.  Daniel is thoughtful and kind.  He ends up bailing Betty out and lecturing her (sort of).  Justin is a wanna-be gangsta, making moves on a neighborhood girl and drinking “be-ah”.  Henry was not upfront with Betty about the paternity test.  Alexis is the opposite of confident, and doesn’t know how to act as a girl.
The only normalcy at Mode was that Wilhelmina was evil and conniving, Marc was spastic and funny, and Amanda was her usual airhead …read more