OlderSun, 19 August 2007 at 6:40 pm
America Ferrera is Hot Hollywood
America Ferrera stays classic in a black Halo dress and Lanvin shoes at the 2nd Annual Hot In Hollywood event held at the Los Angeles Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre on Saturday.
Launched by a group of entertainment industry professionals in 2006, “Hot in Hollywood” raises funds for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, a non-profit organisation that provides HIV/Aids medical care, prevention education and testing services to peope at risk of and living with HIV/AIDS in the US.
Ugly Betty returns with all-new episodes on Sept. 27. Season 2 kicks off with episode “How Betty Got Her Grieve Back.”
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EEK!!! It seems some folks didn’t get the memo. Do you even watch the show and know its premise? Ugly Betty is the U.S. version of Spanish-language telenovela (soap opera) Betty La Fea that was a HUGE phenomenon all over the world. That’s why it was brought to the U.S. It’s must-see tv at my house.
The premise is: Ugly Betty is totally fugly on the outside: her face! hair! teeth! glasses! clothes! And she’s physically & socially awkward too! and FAT! We know her from high school - and more.
AND Betty is totally smart, brilliant, beyond competent, honest, honorable, loving, kind, caring, brave, feisty, independent, with a rosy can-do attitude, and sticks to her principles. IOW, she’s TOTALLY BEAUTIFUL inside.
It’s this seesaw between superficial outer beauty and deeper inner beauty that makes the show work.
If Betty gets a makeover and is prettified, there’s no point to the show. Actually, the Spanish version’s Betty was MUCH uglier.
Ugly Betty fans love to see her co-workers be bitchy and mean to her, and see Betty triumph in the end. Many of us identify with her - being valued & loved for ourselves even if we aren’t models & actresses.
Actually a lot of Betty fans are worried that Betty is getting too prettified. American Ferara is actually losing weight and Betty’s outfits aren’t as big fasihon disasters at the beginning of the series. And she’s less inept.
It’s America’s prerogative to lose weight - realistically, she’ll probably get more roles. But the show should make her look fat with the costuming.
America’s great breakout film REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES is on dvd - it’s lots of fun and deals with weight issues.
America is not a weird name. It’s common in Latino culture and Latin America, just like Jesus and Maria. Your name would probably be “weird” in 80% of the world - especially outside of English-speaking countries.
Different doesn’t equal weird. Being a little more open-minded would be a good thing. Billions of us live is this world and we who live in the U.S. don’t have a monopoly on what’s “normal.”
OMG SHE LOOKS GREAT!!!i love the out fit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ugly betty is the best show ever it is so totally cool
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