Ugly Betty: December 2007 Archives

This is chilling, especially for those of us who often attend events in Hollywood. Actor David Blue, who we've recently gotten to know as Cliff on "Ugly Betty" - a photographer who is dating Michael Urie's character of Marc. St. James - was mugged at gunpoint in the heart of Hollywood after leaving a wrap party for season 2 of "Ugly Betty."

Here is his blog entry about the scary incident:

"Sorry to be a downer
,
I went to a wonderful wrap party for season 2 of UGLY BETTY tonight. It was a blast, full of cast, crew, producers, writers, etc. I had a lot of fun with America, Michael and a bunch of other nice people. In fact, even after working on the show for so long, I had somehow never gotten pictures of myself with any of the people I've worked with. So, tonight I took a lot of pictures and had a great time.

Then, walking back to my friends' car, about a block away from the party, two men jumped out of their car and held a gun to my face and stole my wallet and my friends' purse/camera/phone. They drove away and I've spent the past 2 hours talking with the police and my credit card companies.

There's a sad part of me that is just happy that I got away alive and that my friend wasn't hurt. There's another sad part of me that is happy they got me and not America Ferrera, Michael Urie, Judith Light or anybody else at the party with WAY more money than myself.

There's another sad part of me that is so angry that I just want to see these people put behind bars as soon as possible. You see, though I've been lucky to recur on two different shows, I'm still far from financially stable. I don't have any money for these people to steal. Hopefully, I was able to catch my credit cards before they got anything. [In fact, all my companies say they tried to spend some money on ALL of them in the past 20 minutes at a single gas station but were denied because I cancelled them so fast.] But now I have no money for food, supplies or anything for a week. It's sad how quickly your life can be affected... and even more sad how angry a few people's SAD choices can affect people's lives so morosely.

It bothers me that this was Hollywood. I've lived in New York, Astoria, Queens, Florida, Kentucky, Virginia, Texas, all over... and this crap happened in the heart of Hollywood near a MAJOR intersection. I'm just glad we were smart enough to hand over our money so quickly. Because I can tell you, even with a gun in my face, my first reaction was to nail this guy in the face with as many punches as I could muster... but instead I looked at my female friend and realized it'd be better to hand over my wallet and call the police.

Be careful kids. And let's hope these guys get caught before they do too much damage. The police told us that this has happened a few times in the past few weeks. And on top of that, as we were in their car, we heard a radio call saying another mugging happened with the same description...about 30 minutes after ours.

_david"

If anyone is wondering why writers are so important to what we watch on television, you need look no further than last night's classic episode of "Ugly Betty." There were so many delicious lines from start to finish that I could barely scribble them all down - plus I was laughing at the same time.The episode, "Bananas for Betty," will be the last we will see in 2007. Three more episodes have been shot so we will see them sometime next year and unless the strike is resolved soon and everyone goes back to work, that will be it for the sophomore season of this inspired show.

I gotta start with the Betty White storyline. The Golden Girl played herself and she was shoved to the ground by Wilhelmina (Vanessa Williams) while trying to get a cab on a rainy night. "I'm Wilhelmina Slater and I don't get wet!" she says as she flings some money at Betty and the cab takes off.

Someone recorded the whole thing with a cellphone and it ends up all over the news. Wilhelmina: "Obviously I didn't know it was Betty White - I thought it was just some old lady in the rain!" she tells Marc who has been trying to rehab her tattered public image. Earlier that day he had her doing a series of good deeds ("Trust me lady, I can make you into Mother Teresa - with better boobs."

Cut to Betty White in the hospital talking to TV reporter Suzuki St. Pierre (Alec Mapa): "I stopped to sign a few autographs and almost bled out on the sidewalk." Betty says she loves her fans "except for the sickos who keep writing lesbian fiction about me and Bea Arthur!"
Before the cameras roll, Betty White checks her make-up and complains: "Oh terrific, I'm going on TV with whore eyes!"

Betty White calls Wilhemina saying she forgives her. Wilhelmina wants her to do it on camera to restore her public image. So she shows up to the hospital ready to make nice. Betty turns on her: "I'm sorry honey, this feud is huge and I'm gonna milk it till it's dry!"

But she's a TV legend, she doesn't need the publicity. Betty cracks: "Are you kidding? The 'Golden Girls' money went right into the nickel slots!"

There were two other storylines going on including Daniel (Eric Mabius) and Alexis (Rebecca Romijn) battling for control of the magazine. It ended up in a silly paint ball fight but intially, they are fighting over their late father's desk chair and Daniel says to his transexual sister: "Why are you so strong? Did they give you super strength when they installed your vagina?"

OK, before I get into the Harry and Betty on a date stuff, one more line. It was one from the English dress designer (name escapes me right now) who said to Betty Suarez when they were talking about the movie "27 Dresses" which stars Katherine Heigl and James Marsden (in some not-so-subtle movie product placement):
"I love James Marsden. I want to bake him naked and eat him for dessert!"

Get in line honey!

And finally, Betty (America Fererra) and Henry (Christopher Gorham). Love them! Already posted video of their date scene that has Betty trying to eat an ice cream sundae off of Henry's stomach. It's a disaster: "My belly button's frozen!" Henry says before the ice cream gets all over Betty's glasses.

Later, Henry tries to fix the sink in Hilda's new salon and ends up drenched forcing him - lucky for us - to wear a way too-tight T-shirt belonging to Justin. "Can I really rock this look?" Henry asks Justin of the midriff baring look. Anyway, the sandwich guy (Freddy Rodriguez) who has the hots for Betty asks Hilda out and they end up at a dance club with Henry and Betty. Henry ends up catching on fire (really) and it looks to be a disaster until he returns, wearing a wife-beater T-shirts, and proceeds to dance like he was John Travolta in "Saturday Night Fever."

It was, hot!

Gee, are the "Ugly Betty" writers looking for ways to get Christopher Gorham out of his shirt??? I certainly hope so. In Thursday's episode, his character of Henry and girlfriend Betty (America Fererra) get a little wild and she makes an ice cream sundae on his stomach then attempts to eat it off of him. The results are hilarious.

Here is a clip: