Becki Newton has revealed she hated the rubber dress she wore for Ugly Betty.

The 30-year-old actress plays Amanda, Mode magazine’s catty receptionist who will wear anything to look stylish, but confessed the rubber dress was an experience she didn’t enjoy.

Becki said: “It sounds amazing and sexy but it really wasn’t at all – I needed about 10 people to help get me into it and they had to actually purchase whatever strippers use to get their latex costume on and off.”

She added: “It was horrifying. I couldn’t take the dress off for 16 hours straight, so you can imagine how lovely that was at the end of the day!”

But Becki feels playing Amanda has changed her views on fashion.

She said: “I’ve developed an appreciation for more avant garde clothes.

“I prefer to be a little more comfortable in real life, but Amanda doesn’t care if she’s comfortable. She doesn’t understand what the word means, it’s irrelevant.”

Becki Newton refuses to take fashion seriously.

The ‘Ugly Betty’ star – who plays clothes-obsessed receptionist Amanda in the hit US show – says she likes to have fun with her look and wouldn’t want her life ruled by having the latest trends.

She said: “I read fashion magazines all the time. It’s fun, but I don’t take it very seriously. I find if you take hair, make-up and clothes too seriously, you’ll become like Amanda – and that’s a cautionary tale!”

However, Becki admits she enjoys being given free clothes and accessories by designers.

She told Britain’s Look magazine: “As an actress, one of the perks is having access to ridiculously expensive clothing and prancing around on the red carpet. Who wouldn’t want to have fun with that?

“I’ve managed to get some beautiful bags. I have a great collection and so does my mother. My favourite is a purple one by Gucci, which I take everywhere!”

Becki Newton of Ugly Betty fame is known for her blush-bronze look both on the show and on the red carpet, sparking a major new beauty trend for the summer months ahead.

Bronzers have been given a bad rep recently, thanks to orange WAGS and Z-list celebrities, but bronzers can, when applied properly, highlight your cheekbones and give you a nice golden glow.

This latest beauty trend however, is all about wearing a brighter form of bronzer, that has a mix of different tones in it which will ultimately give you a more natural look.

Opt for a bronzer that will suit all skintones, so you can use when your skin is paler during the winter months, and slightly darker during the summertime.

We’re loving Rimmel’s Sunshimmer Duo Bronzer, as it can be swept across your forehead, cheeks and nose to give you a golden glow, that doesn’t look too severe or unnatural.

Source: Beauty Buzz

Network to air six episodes this season, by Michael Schneider
ABC has cut back the order for midseason laffer “In the Motherhood.”
The Alphabet web will only air six episodes of the sitcom this season, in addition to the pilot. ABC had originally ordered 13 episodes.

According to the network, decision to slash the order came after ABC decided it didn’t have room for all 13 segs after all. “Motherhood,” which bowed Thursday, airs in the slot temporarily vacated by “Ugly Betty.” “Betty” returns May 7.

But word of the cutback came after the show opened with tepid ratings — and to mostly poor reviews. “Motherhood” debuted with a 2.1 rating and 6 share among adults 18-49, and attracted 6.7 million viewers

Mode After Hours, a webseries spun off from the popular ABC series Ugly Betty, consists of five-minute wacky adventures with Marc (Michael Urie) and Amanda (Becki Newton), two assistants at the fashion magazine around which the soap opera/comedy hybrid revolves. The first episode, Big Package, reveals what Amanda does with many of the packages that come across her desk; in the second, April Fools (released, oddly, a solid week before April 1), the two plot nasty pranks to pull on Betty. The “after hours” gimmick boils down to setting the two actors loose on the show’s pre-existing sets for five minutes of bantering. It’s a low-budget enterprise, well-produced and cleverly written.

However, as quirky as Marc and Amanda are, are they really the two characters people want to see more of, especially given that their role on the show is to complicate Betty’s life and put her down? I mean, why are we suddenly excited about the mean kids at the office? Are they really the best calling card for the series? Also, I’m not a regular Ugly Betty viewer, so I found references to current show developments going over my head (even after getting a quick briefing from a more up-to-date fan). Without any inclusion of the more charming elements of the show (such as Betty’s fumbling attempts at love or intense bond with her family), plus a pretty harsh reminder that you can’t just jump into the series without a solid understanding of the backstory, it’s hard to imagine any newcomer coming back again. Thus, as a means of drawing in new viewers for its parent show, Mode After Hours is pretty much a failure.

But fortunately that’s not its raison d’etre, as the series is being updated weekly to bridge the six-week gap between Betty’s last new episode, March 17, and its return on May 7 — a clever way to keep the show alive in the minds of its audience. It’s this scheduling decision that makes Mode vital, not its content (though if you can’t get a full hour of catty soap opera comedy, then a five-minute fix is a good substitute).

The first season of Mode After Hours, according to Alexis Rapo of ABC.com at NewTeeVee Live, racked up 8.5 million views last September, and there’s no reason to think that this new run of episodes won’t be just as successful. But I do wish that this had been seen as a two-part opportunity — a chance to make new friends, even while they kept the old.

Source: NewTeeVee

Today’s launch of the TV Web Extension Guide at eGuiders.com takes all the guess work out of finding the entertaining nuggets that show runners are creating as bonus content to keep fans loyal between new episode airings.

Instead of wading through every series’ overburdened Web sites, the guide does the work for you. It searches through the online content available for shows on both network and cable channels and then provides a description of what you can expect to see, whether it’s mini spin-offs, webisodes, outtakes or interviews. The best part is that it provides a direct link to the page where the content can be found.

For instance, it’ll point you towards the “Ugly Betty” webisode series “Mode After Hours,” starring Amanda (Becki Newton) and Mark (Michael Urie), or the “Friday Night Lights” cast’s favorite places to hang in their “Spotlight on Austin” videos.

Source: California Chronicle