America Ferrera is worried about moving her hit show from Los Angeles to the east coast - because she fears filming will upset New Yorkers.

The city’s mayor Michael Bloomberg welcomed the series’ relocation after producers announced the show would be moving east last week to make the most of new tax incentives on offer in New York.

According to city officials, the move will create more than 200 jobs in the Big Apple.

But Ferrera isn’t convinced New Yorkers are so eager so see the show leave its L.A. roots.

She says, “I’m excited. I’m a little nervous too. New Yorkers are really cool. I’m just a little nervous about how they’re going to accept the show. We’ll be on the street blocking the way.”

Crewmembers on the L.A. set protested the decision last week, when its 300-strong staff banded together to take out an ad in trade paper Variety to highlight the resulting job losses prompted by the move.

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If her character is anything to go by, Ugly Betty star America Ferrera is doomed when it comes to finding love. But offscreen it seems she has rather more luck.

After denying engagement rumors in the past, America, whose long-term boyfriend is film-maker Ryan Piers Williams, appears to have further fueled speculation of marriage.

The 24-year-old has been spotted sporting an enviable diamond engagement ring between her scenes for the next TV series of her hit ABC show.

The low-key couple met at film school when America agreed to star in one Ryan’s student film.

The aspiring director currently works for Hollywood producer Steven Soderbergh and the happy couple live with their golden retriever called Buddy.

Meanwhile, Ugly Betty guest star Naomi Campbell laughed off a suggestion that she broke a baseball bat while filming her scenes for the hit comedy.

Asked if she had hit anyone with it, she laughed: “I don’t do that anymore.”

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20th Annual Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2008 held at UCLA Pauley Pavilion in Westwood, California, yesterday. In attendance were Miley Cyrus, Emile Hirsch, Abigail Breslin, America Ferrera, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ross McCall, Cameron Diaz, Brendan Fraser, Jodie Foster, Chris Brown, Jesse McCartney, Shia LaBeouf, Lil Mama, Nia Long, Hayden Panettiere, Ashlee Simpson, Rihanna, and Jordin Sparks.

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They’re separated in time by 500 years but there is one thing that unites Betty Suarez and Anne Boleyn (on-screen at least): their taste in bling! Both ladies sport identical “B” necklaces on Ugly Betty and in The Other Boleyn Girl. Actually, the design America Ferrera’s character sports was inspired by the style worn by the late queen in real life back in the 15th century.

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Below are the winners of the Screen Actors Guild Awards, held Sunday at L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium:

FILM

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Julie Christie, Away From Her

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Ruby Dee, American Gangster

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
No Country for Old Men

TELEVISION

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Kevin Kline, As You Like It

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Queen Latifah, Life Support

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
James Gandolfini, The Sopranos

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Edie Falco, The Sopranos

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Tina Fey, 30 Rock

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
The Sopranos

Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
The Office

Among those on the red carpet, were Eric Dane and wife Rebecca Gayheart (above), Nicollette Sheridan, James Marsden, Jeremy Piven, Eva Longoria, Ellen Page, Diane Lane, Zac Efron, Ryan Gosling, Kyra Sedgwick & Kevin Bacon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Vanessa Williams, Woody Harrelson, Marcia Cross, Cate Blanchett, Amanda Bynes, America Ferrera, Christina Applegate, Debra Messing, Rebecca Romijn, Kate Beckinsale, Sophia Bush, Ashley Tisdale, Brittany Snow, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Lisa Rinna, Ellen Pompeo and Teri Hatcher.

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