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Happy Valentine’s Day! The stars have something to say before the debut of my favorite drama ‘A Tale of 2 Cities 乐在双城’ tonight…

《A Tale of 2 Cities 乐在双城》从2月14日起，每逢星期一至五，晚上9点，8频道播出。演员包括：朱咪咪、瑞恩、白薇秀、庞蕾馨、方展发、张耀栋、姚玟隆、张振寰、陈欣淇、黄文永、向云等。

If Star Awards Top 40 survey is carried out during the telecast of ‘A Tale of 2 Cities 乐在双城’, I’m sure many of its cast will be fondly mentioned by the public…filling up most of the Top 40 Most Popular placements…haha…

Source: BaguaTV

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By: Yeong Kar Yan

For the first time in her acting career, Rui En sheds her icy cool image and takes on all things girly – from manicures to frilly pink dresses and skirts – for her new role as Zhang Ya Le in A Tale of 2 Cities.

You’d think this is a good break from her previous acting roles such as tough cop in Unriddle but the spunky actress claimed otherwise during the drama press conference.

Dressed in her usual black and white attire, paired with spiky bracelets and gladiators, the Nanyang Technological University business graduate exclaimed, “Before I was filming this drama, I was doing Unriddle and it was so strenuous! But during [A Tale of 2 Cities], I told [my executive producer], Paul, that I rather go back to the forest to find dead bodies, get injured fighting than do this because this girly role is really very tough to act.”

Taking care of my looks is so tiring! I do a lot of things for the first time like gel manicures so this experience really is an eye-opener for me”, she said.

Rui En plays ditzy character, Zhang Yao Le, who leads the life of a princess until she fritters all her inheritance away. When her family bridal business ends up in the red, she turns to her aunt, Jinfeng, who handles “Blissful Moments” in Singapore, another bridal business that her late mum invested in. Ya Le’s well-meaning aunt refuses to buy over her shares in the business and forces her to work in “Blissful Moments”. Will sparks fly between her and Jinfeng’s adopted son / in-house photographer, Lin Wentao?

One of 4 girls in A Tale of 2 Cities, Rui En’s 360 degree transformation is bound to tickle funny bones this coming Valentine’s Day alongside Joanne Peh (Pan Le Yao) and newcomers, Kate Pang (Lin Le) and Julie Tan (Pan Le Xuan), in their journey to find true love.

Asked if she’s more open to watching romantic comedies now, Rui En laughed out loud and said, “I’m more open lah. I mean I do believe as an actress, I can’t only watch the things I want to watch. I gotta watch stuff that most people like. Even though it’s a bit old school, I feel that Meg Ryan… she’s like the best at romantic comedies so actually, I watch a lot of her.”

A Tale of 2 Cities airs Feb 14, on Channel 8 at 9pm.

Source: UrbanWire

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A TALE OF TWO CITIES (DEBUT)
Channel 8, 9pm

Rui En plays a rich girl who is cheated of her wealth when she entrusts her parents’ business to her assistant and boyfriend.

Source: The Straits Times

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TV Guide

小迷看电视

乐在双城（首播）

8频道 晚上9.00

新剧《乐在双城》以四花旦瑞恩、白薇秀和新人庞蕾馨及陈欣琪为主。

另外，富家女瑞恩在父母去世后，继承庞大财产，但她挥霍无度，最后走投无路，才投靠阿姨朱咪咪，并与方展发发展出一段情。

Source: Zaobao

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1. Cover Caption

瑞恩 白薇秀 斗美比行头

2. Newsstand Page 19

《红星大奖2011》入围名单，引起广泛争议。奖项如同人生，难以预料，也没有标准答案；可以全情讨论，但无需过于认真。

演得好就要异于常人

凡人最难演，只是观众不想看回自己（凡人）。

所以她性格分裂，一个身体藏了4个人；所以她哭哭哭，从第一集哭到最后一集；所以她成为大家不可思议的胖卧底；所以她昏迷13年智商只有12岁；所以她一人分饰两角，还一老一少。

心怀不轨的媒体，最关注还是欧白两大花旦对垒戏码再度上演。这次，疯女应该占上风吧…

3. Starbuzz Page 24

瑞恩在《乐在双城》的造型让人眼前一亮，她却大呼：美女难做。

4. Cover Page 49

他们也是大学生……

瑞恩 新加坡南洋理工大学 工商管理 2004年

5. TV Page 70

服装大解构

《乐在双城》中，千金小姐瑞恩与拜金名模白薇秀的造型时尚有型，电视前的我们将宛如欣赏一场精彩时装秀。百变贵气造型灵感出自哪里？如何打造？i请教幕后巧手–高级造型总监傅雪清和造型师张嘉惠。

关键数字

1/2 – 瑞恩与白薇秀服装费在总预算的比例，够大手笔了吧？
5 – 两人脚上踩的高跟鞋的平均高度竟然是5寸！难怪她们每次见i，都“投诉”脚酸。
50 – 两人戏服的个别数量。

6. TV Synopses Pages 84 – 87

A Tale of 2 Cities 乐在双城

7. i 生活 Page 15

Poster of “A Tale of 2 Cities 乐在双城”

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The MediaCorp artiste plays Rui En’s love interest in Ch8’s upcoming rom-com ‘A Tale of Two Cities’

Text & Photos: Joelle Chong
Video: Fiona Lin & Tay Yi Xuan

If the trailer presented at the press conference for Ch8 upcoming romantic comedy A Tale of Two Cities was anything to go by, we think Pierre Png might have a good chance being nominated for Best Actor in Star Awards next year.

In A Tale of Two Cities, Pierre plays Hong Kong veteran actress Choo Mimi’s adopted son Lin Wen Tao, who is not only a three-time taekwondo champion, but also a professional wedding photographer at his mother’s bridal shop.

A gentle and simple man by nature, Wen Tao is in cahoots with his mother, to try and change willful heiress Zhang Ya Le (played by Rui En) for the better. The two later fall in love and ultimately get married, but not without an obstacle, which comes in the form of an ex-girlfriend.

During the press conference, Pierre stated that filming A Tale of Two Cities with Rui En was a relaxed affair, although he still felt slightly pressurised because “she’s (Rui En) really good at what she does”.

This would be the second time Pierre and Rui En play onscreen couple; the first being Honour and Passion in 2007.

“Rui En is a lovely actress to work with. I love the way she gets into character because she’s so not like the character that she plays,” Pierre laughed during an interview with xinmsn.

Pierre further complimented his co-star for “bringing substance and life into her character”.

The actor added that working with Choo Mimi was a great learning experience, saying that she had “so much experience [with] the way they tackle the character, the way they prepare for the character”.

“Everything they do is just something to watch, something to learn from,” he said.

Pierre also called Choo Mimi “a joy to work with” as the talkative actress would take away the pressure from any scenes — be it an emotional one or a scene which required quarreling or bantering.

Despite starring in high-profile dramas such as Your Hand in Mine and The Score last year, Pierre has failed to secure a Best Actor nomination in the Star Awards this year.

When asked how he felt about not being nominated, Pierre said that since the beginning of his acting career, he had never actually thought he would make it into the Most Popular Male Artiste or even be nominated for Best Actor.

His last Best Actor nomination was in 2006 for his role as Nameless in The Shining Star, where he starred opposite then-newcomer Dawn Yeoh.

“That one time that I was nominated for Best Actor, they had to put me in the same category as Li Nanxing. So I thought that was a real sick joke,” Pierre guffawed.

While it was a pity he was not nominated this time, the actor said he would be supporting his friends at the event and wished all the nominees best of luck.

“I’m happy just being on the payroll, just having roles to play, different characters to analyse, different shows to be in and acting with different actresses. They keep getting younger,” Pierre smirked.

Catch Pierre Png and Rui En in A Tale of Two Cities, debuting this Valentines’ Day (Feb 14), 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Xinmsn

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I would like to congratulate Rui En for her Best Actress Nomination at the Star Awards this year.

Her performance in With You touched my heart and moved me to tears on several occasions.

She has been in the business for 10 years yet this is the first time that she has been nominated. At least her performance did not go unnoticed this time.

Peh Xinyi

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