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America Ferrera: Gossip Girl Makes Us 'Mean'
Originally posted 09/11/2008 02:10PM
America Ferrera says TV depicts female friendships in a skewed light.
"Like, if you're watching The Hills or 90210, all the backstabbing shapes the way we act," the Seventeen cover girl says in the magazine's October issue.
"I mean, I love Blake [Lively]; she's a wonderful friend of mine, but shows like Gossip Girl kind of condition us to be mean."
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Rebecca Romijn's Costars Celebrate Her Baby News
Originally posted 07/29/2008 09:25AM
When it came to telling her TV colleagues that she and husband Jerry O'Connell would be having twins, Ugly Betty's Rebecca Romijn handled the announcement quietly before the news went public.
Not that their reactions were subdued. "[We're] so excited," said Betty star America Ferrera at Monday's New York City premiere of her movie Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.
"I'm so happy for them," gushed Ferrera, 24. "They're going to be the best parents. I don't think there could be a more wonderful father to girls."
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America Ferrera Grabs Lunch in the Big Apple
Originally posted 07/01/2008 06:00AM
America Ferrera, lunching with a male friend at a corner table inside New York's the Coffee Shop in Union Square. The Ugly Betty star will soon be calling the Big Apple home: Production on her hit show has relocated to the city for the third season.
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Caught in the Act!
Originally posted 07/01/2008 06:00AM
America Ferrera, lunching with a male friend at a corner table inside New York's the Coffee Shop in Union Square. The Ugly Betty star will soon be calling the Big Apple home: Production on her hit show has relocated to the city for the third season.
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America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn Back Hillary Clinton
Originally posted 01/17/2008 03:00PM
America Ferrera and Amber Tamblyn not only support Hillary Clinton for president, they have assumed active roles as the national co-chairs of "HillBlazers" – the campaign's youth outreach program.
This weekend, Ugly Betty star Ferrera, 23, and former Joan of Arcadia star Tamblyn, 24, are expected in Las Vegas as part of Saturday's Nevada caucuses, an aide tells CBS.
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Zac Efron, America Ferrera Win Family TV Awards
Originally posted 11/29/2007 01:30PM
Ugly Betty star America Ferrera and High School Musical hunk Zac Efron were among the winners at the ninth Family Television Awards Wednesday night in Beverly Hills.
Ferrera, 23, who has accumulated Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild awards for her portrayal of Betty Suarez on the ABC series, won best actress while the show best comedy.
Efron, 20, won the best actor award for the Disney Channel original, which earned best movie musical honors.
ABC's quirky Pushing Daisies snagged the best new series award while NBC's Heroes won best drama.
– Gerri Miller
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Glam America Ferrera Talks About Tough Childhood
Originally posted 10/31/2007 10:30AM
America Ferrera hasn’t seen her father since he left the family when she was young and the Ugly Betty star says it took a long time to come to terms with his departure.
"It wasn’t easy, but as a kid you find ways to make sense of it." Ferrera, 23, told British Marie Claire for its December issue. "I remember just bits and pieces of that time in my life, but I do remember being so incredibly matter-of-fact."
America Ferrera
Originally posted 09/14/2007 02:00PM
The Ugly Betty star said Bette Midler is "the sole reason" she wanted to be an actress
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America Ferrera House Hunting with Her Boyfriend
Originally posted 08/11/2007 08:20PM
How is Emmy-nominated Ugly Betty actress America Ferrera biding her time before the Emmy Awards on Sept. 16? By house hunting with her longtime boyfriend, Ryan Piers Williams.
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Caught in the Act!
Originally posted 06/15/2007 06:00AM
Hopefully there's a moving van in the vicinity! Kristin Cavallari, boxes up her kitchen utensils as she moves from her house in Los Angeles.
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