LA.COMFIDENTIAL.A year ago, most of the cast members of "Ugly Betty Ugly Betty is an Emmy-winning[1] American television comedy-drama series starring America Ferrera, Eric Mabius, Rebecca Romijn and Vanessa Williams. The series premiered on September 28, 2006, on ABC in the United States and on Citytv in Canada. " could have strolled through Skybar on the Sunset Strip The Sunset Strip is the name given to the mile and a half stretch of Sunset Boulevard that passes through West Hollywood, California. It extends from West Hollywood's east border with Hollywood at Marmont Lane to its west border with Beverly Hills at Phyllis street. pretty much unnoticed. But Monday night, at a party for the launch of the show's first season on DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , they were pretty much rock stars. Emmy nominee America Fererra made her way down a press line that seemed the length of a football field. She was joined by Eric Mabius, Ana Ortiz Ana Ortiz (born January 251971) is a Puerto Rican-American actress and singer. She is a native of Manhattan, New York but was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is currently a regular on the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty , Michael Urie Michael Lorenzo Urie (born August 8, 1980) is an actor, producer and director. He is best known for playing Marc St. James on the ABC dramedy series Ugly Betty. Background Urie attended Plano Senior High School in Plano, Texas. , Ashley Jensen Ashley Jensen (born 11 August 1969) is a Scottish actress, best known for her roles in Extras and Ugly Betty. Television Jensen trained at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh. , Mark Indelicato Mark Indelicato (born July 16, 1994) is an American actor and singer. He is currently a regular on the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty, where he plays Justin Suarez, the fashion-obsessed nephew of series protagonist Betty Suarez. , Rebecca Romijn, Tony Plana and Christopher Gorham. Vanessa Williams and Becki Newton were among the later arrivals. "None of us could have predicted things unfolding the way they have," said Mabius, who plays magazine editor Daniel Meade on the hit ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. show. "It's totally unreal. It's a good thing we work so damned hard on set because we come to an event like this or go to the Globes or SAG Awards and it's a totally unreal universe. ... We get to go back to work and sort of keep our heads screwed on straight." Added Ortiz, who plays Betty's sister Hilda: "Last year at the (Television Critic's Association tour) it was like, 'Do you want a picture with 'Ugly Betty'? 'Nope.' We could not get arrested." Ortiz is still a blushing bride after getting married earlier this summer in Puerto Rico. "It's really beautiful and it's deep. I can't put it into words. I'm happier than I've ever been." Her television son, Indelicato, was among those who attended the nuptials, and the 13-year-old vacationed with his family on the island. But mid-holiday, he did make a quick trip to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of to appear on the Tony awards. Indelicato's character of fashion-loving Justin gets to be an intern at Mode magazine where his aunt Betty works in the second season. "It's so much fun. I love working with all the Mode people -- Vanessa (Williams), Michael (Urie), Becki (Newton) and Chris (Gorham)." Meanwhile, British actress Jensen, who plays fashion designer Christina McKinney, said that she's just glad to finally have her sea legs in L.A. as the show starts season two as a worldwide hit. "It's kind of gone global hasn't it? What's amazing is that this time a year ago, we had all just started. I moved over to L.A. on the first of August and I was like an alien that had landed and thought: 'Oh, the streets are too big! The cappuccinos are too big! The potato chips are too big! The cars are too big and I'm just this tiny little person here and I didn't understand the city.' People tried to pick me up because they thought I was a hooker because I kept trying to walk places." The second season of "Ugly Betty" premieres Sept. 27, less than two weeks after the Emmy Awards where it will compete for best comedy series, among other categories. >GREG HERNANDEZ CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) America Ferrara, Mark Indelicato and Christopher Gorham celebrate the "Ugly Betty" DVD release at Skybar on Monday. >GETTY IMAGES |
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