Ana Ortiz, who plays Betty’s sister Hilda on ABC’s Ugly Betty, gave birth to her first child, a baby girl named Paloma Louise Lebenzon, on Saturday afternoon. Ortiz and her husband Noah Lebenzon married in June 2007 in Puerto Rico.
After the deaths of the prince of late night (Ed McMahon), the queen of the 70s (Farrah Fawcett) and the king of pop (Michael Jackson) earlier this week, you can now add the king of pitchmen Billy Mays to the tragic list. The familiar booming voice of Billy Mays has been convincing television viewers to […]
There are few things I hold sacred in this world. I pretty much take most things lightly. But Buffy the Vampire Slayer might be the closest thing I have to a religion. Think about it. You’ve got it all. Moral Code? Check. Heroes? Check. A strong respect for life and souls? Check. Witty puns? Double […]
NEWS: Fox has made the (questionable) decision to air season 6 of beloved summer smash So You Think You Can Dance right after season 5 ends in the fall. The decision, no doubt, is their attempt to make their Idol-free fall months more Idol-audience friendly and put up a bit of a fight against the […]
Great news for fans of Josh Schwartz’s cult hit/espionage comedy Chuck! Against all odds, Chuck and friends will be returning to NBC next year. The highly improbable pickup comes on the heel of many a “save our show” campaign (including a clever Subway promotion) and even a shout out on The Daily Show (see our […]
I haven’t been this proud of the networks in a really long time. Not only does the notorious FOX seem determined to undercut its reputation as the least supportive network for intelligent programming (see their miraculous second season pickup for Dollhouse and the intense promotional power they’re putting behind Glee), but the alphabet network (ABC) […]
God, I hope I’m not jumping the gun on this, because being told the following and then having it taken away from me might be too much to bear, but… DOLLHOUSE IS RENEWED! That’s right, the terminally lowly-viewed, network-interfered, high-concept, twisty drama about what makes a human being is going to be back, boys […]
More sad news for the world of television: Golden Girls actress Bea Arthur died of cancer this week at the age of 86. The dry-witted actress will be greatly missed but her memory will live on in hundreds of hours of classic sitcom moments on both Golden Girls and Maude.