1. TV Synopses
Code of Honour Pages 112 – 113
Code of Honour 正义武馆 debuts 5 December 2011 7pm on Channel 8.
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1. Soundbites Page 10
Compiled by Douglas Tseng
“It was the first time I had to act and, at the same time, worry about monkeys.”
- Rui En on the perils of shooting the Ch 8 drama, Code of Honour, in rural Malaysia
2. TV Synopses
Code of Honour Pages 112 – 113
Code of Honour 正义武馆 debuts 5 December 2011 7pm on Channel 8.
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1. The Impossible List Pages 42-46
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Seeing Rui En in a make-out scene. The little miss priss doesn’t drink, party or fraternise with her co-stars. And she certainly won’t kiss on screen.
2. The Bro Code Pages 52-56
By Jonathan Fam
Geping, you have a black belt in taekwondo and you were once local TV’s go-to action star in the ’80s and ’90s together with Chen Tianwen. It’s been many years since Ch 8 last filmed a drama of this genre. Do you think these newbies can cut it?
I used to tell my wife (actress Hong Huifang) that there’s no new generation of action stars in MediaCorp after Vincent Ng left, but with this show, I saw something. They were all a bit reserved when filming first started but as time went by, I could see the spark and hunger in their eyes. It’s very encouraging to see them put in so much effort into the training. Rui En would even grab any one of the guys to practise her moves with. I think she kee siao (went crazy) with all the fighting (laughs). I can say that 90 per cent of the fighting you see in the show was executed by the actors. If you ask me, if Rui En continues training, she can be the next Michelle Yeoh. Andie has the potential to be the next Vincent.
Looks like you guys have really bonded.
Geping: It’s true – they treat me like a father. Rui En, especially. She’s very cool, but in front of me, she behaves like a little girl, like my daughter. As for the red wine, I think I accumulated close to 30 bottles which I finished by the time filming wrapped. The guys will drink with me when they are free. Rui En doesn’t touch alcohol, but I drink almost every night (laughs).
So what’s the first thing you guys did when you got home?
Elvin: It’s like I got my life back! (Everyone laughs) Rui En and I were the last ones to wrap. I remember it was about four in the afternoon and we flew back to Singapore a couple of hours later. Both of us aren’t as adaptable so we couldn’t wait to come back. I remember sitting in the car and going (pumps fists in the air) “I got my life back!”
3. Boos and Bravos Page 128
By May Chua, Jasmine Teo & Tan Yi Hui
Bravo to the action sequences in the Ch 8 martial arts drama, Code of Honour (weekdays, 7pm). A recent ep saw Elvin and Geping come to blows in an exciting battle with each swiftly blocking the other’s punches, deftly side-stepping attacks with deep lunges and delivering flying kicks. The well-choreographed and convincing fight scenes sure make up for the clumsy storyline about Master Geping’s search for a successor for his clan.
4. TV Synopses
Code of Honour Pages 136 – 137
Code of Honour 正义武馆 debuts 5 December 2011 7pm on Channel 8.
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1. Scene & Heard Page 28
Spar her on
Martial arts drama Code of Honour saw a bromance develop and the impossible made possible. Yup, someone managed to melt the icy RUI EN.
Code of Honour has Elvin Ng playing a pair of twin disciples in the same martial arts clan while Rui En is the kick-ass babe who falls for both of them. Alas, that double dose of lurrve doesn’t seem to have spilled over to real life, though. Psst, we espied Rui En glaring at Elvin during the press con when he joked that she used him and co-star Andie Chen as punching bags to practise her gongfu.
Aww-some moments: Sorry, Elvin and Andie, when it comes to melting the Ice Queen, no one does it like Zheng Geping. “It was the middle of the night, and I’d sprained my foot, but still had to film a swordplay scene,” recalls Rui En. “[Zheng Geping] saw my tired face and said, ‘You can do it!’ I was so touched. He was very, very sweet.” Um, is that Rui En… gushing?
2. TV Synopses
Code of Honour Pages 136 – 137
Code of Honour 正义武馆 debuts 5 December 2011 7pm on Channel 8.
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1. TV Synopses
Code of Honour Pages 128 – 129
Code of Honour 正义武馆 debuts 5 December 2011 7pm on Channel 8.
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1. Dec 1-8 Television Page 117
Code of Honour
New Serial!
Mon, Ch 8, 7PM
In this 30-part drama set in 1960s Singapore, Zheng Geping plays a wushu master trying to save his school from two scheming disciples (Andie Chen and Zhang Wenxiang). Caught in the power struggle, too, is a fishmonger (Elvin Ng) who bears an uncanny resemblance to the master’s dead son (Yes, we smell something fishy, too). Shot in KL and Muar, this production also stars Rui En, Paige Chua and Chris Tong.
2. Spoilers Pages 128-129
Code of Honour
Martial arts drama about honour and reputation
Code of Honour 正义武馆 debuts 5 December 2011 7pm on Channel 8.
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1. Scene & Heard Page 17
The perks of stardom? While 550 Singaporeans queued overnight for the Versace for H&M collection, Fann & Zoe were among a handful of celebs who got their hands on the coveted goodies days before the launch. We hear Stefanie Sun, Rui En, Joanne Peh and Ann Kok also made the list.
2. Watch it! Nov 24 – Dec 1 Page 118
ComChest TrueHearts 2011
Ch8, 7pm
Foreign (Michelle Yim and Alien Huang) and homegrown celebs (Michelle Chong, Andie Chen and Rui En) gather at Marina Bay Sands Plaza to raise fund for 70 charities.
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1. Scene & Heard Page 26
Story: Jonathan Fam
Give Face!
Oh, the things some male stars do to their faces.
They scruff it up…
Elvin Ng and Tay Ping Hui are taking the road unshaven for their new drama, Unriddle 2. The two stars play police officers in the sequel to last year’s popular crime procedural. Maybe it’s a hint that the show will be grittier, or maybe the stars were inspired by the ‘Movember Movement’, the growing-a-moustache-in-November charity event raises awareness and funds for prostate cancer. Whatever the reason, we think Elvin and TPH have never looked hairier..we mean hotter. The 20-episode serial, which also stars Rui En, Chen Liping and Rebecca Lim, is slated to air next March.
Unriddle 2 最火搭档 II debuts 5 March 2012 9pm on Channel 8.
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1. Scene & Heard Page 22
Story: Jasmine Teo
Love Thy Ratings
Lessons Ch 8 can learn from their most-watched drama serials of 2011 thus far.
For the record
Top 3 dramas of 2011:
1. Love Thy Neighbour (*941,000)
2. C.L.I.F (924,000)
3. A Tale of 2 Cities (904,000)
Online (via xinmsn’s Catch-Up TV):
1. On the Fringe II (*1.37mil)
2. The In-Laws (over 1 mil)
3. C.L.I.F (over 900,000)
(*Numbers refers to average viewership/clicks)
1. For better or For Worse Hog the Headlines
They came, they saw, they complained. Love Thy Neighbour and On the Fringe II aren’t just Ch 8 dramas that people had the most grouses about. They also ranked tops in viewership so far this year. Hit a raw nerve by extolling the sensitivities about living next door to foreigners? By all means. Co-stars who engage in a passive-aggressive spat over a ‘rape’ scene? Why not? Who’s getting the last laugh now?
2. The Rui En – Joanne Peh Factor
Rui En hogged the screens with On the Fringe II, A Tale of 2 Cities and The In-Laws, while Joanne Peh kicked butt in C.L.I.F and A Tale of 2 Cities.
Idle drama
We imagine what the ultimate Ch 8 ratings winner could look like.
Brothers and teen idol boyband duo trying to break into the regional market
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Leticia Bongnino, long-suffering maid and occassional bodyguard / personal assistant to the boyband. She is later found dead, stabbed by her waiter boyfriend
X
Slave-driver, employer of Leticia and devious older sister and manager of boyband brother duo
+
Human rights activist, cop-in-charge of investigating Leticia’s case, and Rui En’s childhood arch-nemesis who’ll never let her get away with murder
=
Ratings gold!
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