Showing 1 - 15 of 15 articles tagged "Ugly Betty"

• Posted Monday 6/14/21 at 11:29PM EDT

  Stop rebooting TV shows with Latino leads!

  From One Day at a Time to Charmed to Roswell, New Mexico and Party of Five, networks and streaming services have gotten in the...

• Posted Saturday 2/20/21 at 5:53AM EST

  Ugly Betty-style high fashion seems to be all the rage these days

  "Everything that Betty was ridiculed for — being economical and dressing to honor her heritage — is now desirable in...

• Posted Tuesday 10/20/20 at 2:46PM EDT

  Ugly Betty franchise to feature its first Black lead for its South African edition

  uBettina Wethu (Our Betty) will feature the first Betty who is Black when it premieres in April 2021.

• Posted Wednesday 1/15/20 at 11:55PM EST

  Ugly Betty creator Silvio Horta struggled with depression, drug addiction and the ups and downs of Hollywood success

  Horta, who ended his life at age 45 earlier this month, was successful early in his career, writing a hit...

• Posted Friday 1/10/20 at 1:43AM EST

  Ugly Betty creator Silvio Horta helped young Latinas see themselves on screen

  "Before Ugly Betty, there had never been a Latino family on TV simply existing — living regular, working-class lives," says...

• Posted Thursday 1/09/20 at 12:12AM EST

  Silvio Horta saw himself in Ugly Betty and, as result, we saw ourselves

  The son of Cuban immigrants, who died this week at age 45, Horta was uniquely suited to adapt the popular...

• Posted Wednesday 1/08/20 at 1:20PM EST

  Silvio Horta's mother and sister say the Ugly Betty creator struggled with addiction and depression

  "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear brother and son, Silvio Horta,” his mother...

• Posted Tuesday 1/07/20 at 9:24PM EST

  Ugly Betty creator Silvio Horta dies in an apparent suicide at age 45

  Horta was found dead in a Miami motel room Tuesday.

• Posted Wednesday 8/28/19 at 10:46PM EDT

  Superstore books Justina Machado and Heidi Gardner

  An Ugly Betty reunion will take place on the NBC comedy when One Day at a Time star Machado guests...

• Posted Saturday 4/13/19 at 12:56AM EDT

  Superstore is hosting another Ugly Betty reunion with guest-star Ana Ortiz

  Ortiz will reunite with America Ferrera, playing a “no-nonsense Senior Vice President of Operations at Cloud 9.

• Posted Friday 3/01/19 at 11:32PM EST

  America Ferrera thinks it's "wonderful" that Telemundo's Ugly Betty reboot doesn't have "ugly" in its title

  "It’s smart to be as relevant to the time that you’re trying to reflect," Ferrera says of Betty en NY.

• Posted Wednesday 1/30/19 at 2:49AM EST

  Fernando Gaitan, whose telenovela inspired Ugly Betty, dies at 58

  The Colombian writer-producer's hit telenovela Yo Soy Betty La Fea has been remade in two dozen countries, including on ABC...

• Posted Tuesday 1/29/19 at 5:30PM EST

  America Ferrera is pushing for an Ugly Betty reunion on Superstore

  Ferrera would like to see her two most famous characters interact.

• Posted Friday 11/02/18 at 3:01PM EDT

  Some Ugly Betty alums would be up for a revival

  Michael Urie, Becki Newton and Vanessa Williams all would be on board if Ugly Betty were to be revived.

• Posted Thursday 5/10/18 at 1:22PM EDT

  Telemundo announces two English-language shows, including a reboot of the show that inspired Ugly Betty

  Betty in New York (a working title) is a “modern retelling" of the ground-breaking story, Yo soy Betty, la fea.