1. Scene & Heard Page 21

Story: Sarah Chang

Blast from the Past

Is queen of cool Rui En out of her element as a jovial lass in Ch 8’s Joys of Life? Did love blossom between a couple of actors on the set? Read to find out.

In a nutshell: Commemorating the 30th anniversary of local Chinese drama, Joys of Life completes the triumvirate of nostalgia-tinged dramas Wok of Life (1999) and Springs of Life (2002). Set in the ’60s, this 35-part drama revolves around the lives of several families living in an old tenement house. Expect lots of drama (cue song and dance, getai-style) as well as a whole lot of bromance and romance.

Happy and Cheery. Really?

Rui En says playing the role of a cheerful singer was a breeze for her. “I’m actually quite cheery and happy in real life…sometimes,” she says. Guess that depends on who’s around. We espied Rui En and best bud Chen Liping yakking away in hushed tones during the press meet. Rui En jokes, “If I tell you what we were talking about, I won’t be called the ice queen anymore!”

2. Scene & Heard Pages 21-22

3 Questions with Chen Liping

1. So you and Rui En are BFFs? How did that happen?

Liping: “I didn’t know she called me her ‘only’ friend in MediaCorp. No wonder a few reporters were asking me about that. [Former actress] Zeng Huifen is a very good friend of mine, but she’s not in showbiz anymore. I can sense Rui En’s trust in me, but our friendship isn’t the ‘buddy buddy’ kind where we hug and chat on the phone. Like her, I’m not someone who easily opens up to people, so I know how tough it is for people like us to make friends.”

2. What do you do together?

Liping: “We’re too busy to hang out! But we’ll drive out for lunch together in-between filming. She’s usually the one who takes me to places that she likes to go. She enjoys Thai food and Japanese food like sashimi, which I do too. Most of the time we’ll grab takeaway from hawker centres.”

3. TV Synopses Pages 112 – 113

Joys of Life

Joys of Life 花样人间 debuts 26 June 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

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Check out exclusive photos when the Joys of Life cast attended a meet and greet session with fans at East Point last weekend!

They gestured and mimicked Chinese idioms as best they could and tickled the insides of everyone with their goofy facial expressions and exaggerated actions.

With the nostalgic TV series, Joys of Life, set to debut next week, the show’s actors such as Chen Liping, Rui En, Zheng Geping, Chew Chor Meng, Alien Huang, Cynthia Wang and more, recently reached out to the heartlands to promote their upcoming show. Styled in belted retro frocks with matching headbands and suspender suits, check out more photos — kindly provided by Rui En’s fanclub, RBKD — from the event here!

Joys of Life 花样人间 debuts 26 June 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

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日期: 22/06/2012 | 新闻来源: 新明日报 | 记者: 钟雁龄

公主刘子绚离巢后更红，目前8频道9点热播的《孤男寡女》至今平均收视为81万7000，人气已直接威胁现任“收视女王”瑞恩，目前《孤》平均收视已超越《最火搭档2》（81万6000），个别最高收视成绩也有近90万。

2012年9点档平均收视

No.1)《995》-86万6000
No.2)《双星报喜》-85万8000
No.3)《孤男寡女》（开播至今）-82万3000
No.4)《最火搭档2》-81万6000
No.5)《再见单人床》-80万1000
No.6)《糊里糊涂爱上你》-75万1000

Source: Shinmin, Omy, Chinapress

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What does this mean?

Not to worry… it’s something to do with our upcoming drama! Let’s REWIND a little!

《微笑正义》is an upcoming drama of a group of people doing investigative journalism. So here’s an inside scoop of the drama:

Mainly there are two journalists – The rookie and the experienced journalist played by both Rui En and Rebecca Lim.

Rebecca plays Luo Ling, a TV journalist and news anchor. Been in this industry for awhile, she is confident and does not admit defeat easily.

Rui En plays Liu Yan Zhi, a TV host cum producer of “Reality TV”. She is a relationship with Lin Zhong Lun, played by Yuan Shuai, but the latter went missing three years ago…

Firmly believing that Zhong Lun will return, she decides to wait faithfully for his return and hoping that there will be an explanation to his disappearance.

Dai Yang Tian plays Fang Zheng Ye. Hailing from a rich family where both his parents head a group enterprise, he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

He lives a lavish lifestyle, has never taken up a single job, and his fortune keeps rolling in through his investments. Later on, he will invest in the TV Company.

Along the way, he and his lawyer friend Zi Sheng, played by Desmond Tan, befriends Yan Zhi.

With both Zheng Ye and Zi Sheng wooing Yan Zhi, what will she do? Who will she choose?

Will she be able to let go of her relationship with Zhong Lun? Or… will she continue to wait for Zhong Lun’s return?

Catch the drama to find out the reason behind Zhong Lun’s mysterious disappearance and how it links to one of the characters in the drama.

Poetic Justice 微笑正义 debuts 11 September 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: BaguaTV

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廖哲豪报道

《才华》新秀陈罗密欧与瑞恩二度对戏直呼压力大；周初明演出台庆剧则感触良多，并期待与曾慧芬再度合作。

“人间三部曲”的最终一篇《花样人间》做为8频道的年度台庆剧，除了集合老中青三代演员及找来台湾人气偶像小鬼黄鸿升及王心如助阵，同时也请来了王裕香、陈秀丽等许多久未在荧光幕前出现的资深演员前来演出。

此剧与三部曲中的前两部（《福满人间》、《春到人间》）拍摄手法相同，以群戏为主，并有许多老中青三代演员们同台飙戏的场面。

同剧中其他新人相比，陈罗密欧与前辈对戏的机会较多，其中包括了与他二度合作的视后瑞恩。

两人虽已在《最火搭档2》中合作过，但陈罗密欧在接受xinmsn专访时对记者说，与视后对戏仍感极大压力。

瑞恩与陈罗密欧在剧中有许多台词颇长的对手戏。陈罗密欧就坦言：”我怕我会NG很多次，弄到瑞恩姐姐不开心。”

面对瑞恩时，陈罗密欧显得小生怕怕，但视后仍展现出前辈的气派，指点他演戏的技巧。

陈罗密欧在访问中透露，某日午夜拍摄一幕两人对峙的戏时，瑞恩见他因台词冗长及现场气氛不佳而开始为自己的表现担心时上前关心，并指导他如何将这一幕戏演好。

Joys of Life 花样人间 debuts 26 June 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Xinmsn

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日期: 20/06/2012 | 新闻来源: 联合早报 | 记者: 洪铭铧

Source: Zaobao, Chinapress

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1. Scene & Heard Page 14

Ready to QLO

If you’re happy and you know it: The varying degrees of joy as demonstrated by brand ambassador Rebecca Lim, Qi Yuwu and Rui En. And no that’s not Rui En’s “black face”, okay? She’s just being herself. Don’t take our word for it. Hear it straight from our cover girl this week.

2. Cover story Pages 34-44

The Importance of Being Rui En

By Celine Tan

She doesn’t do smiles. She doesn’t do intimate scenes. She doesn’t care what you think. She only wants to be herself. Here’s the story of why Rui En is Rui En.

“Tom yum soup. Alone time. Doing charity work. Feeling like I’ve achieved something new in my acting. Paris. Shorts and slippers. Rainy nights, but only when I’m safe and warm at home.”

That, ladies and gentlemen, is a list of things that make Rui En happy. So stop asking her why she looks so miserable all the time, because she’s not. Her. Face. Is. Just. Like. That. “I’m not a naturally smiley person,” she tells us exasperatedly. “And when I don’t smile, that’s my face.”

Rui En’s lack of regard for what you think of her fascinates and frustrates us. On one hand, we admire her honesty and that stick-to-her-guns bravado, and give her props for being the lonely tree, steadfast and unwavering in a field of pretty, nodding flowers. On the other hand, there is that maddening question: Who the heck does she think she is?

She is, of course, the actress who would rather stick pins in her eyes than do love, kissing or rape scenes, and whose absolute refusal to compromise in this aspect has led to blow-ups with fellow showbiz-ers. She’s the A-lister who isn’t afraid to show her disdain at awards ceremonies, scoffs at press conferences and interviews, and shuns celebrity events. She’s the star who hates stardom.

And yet, her popularity is iron-clad and her fans ever devoted. She’s been a fixture on the Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste list since 2005, and looks to be in zero danger of dropping off anytime soon. In spite of — or possibly because of — her reticence, people love her. We ask her why she thinks she’s popular, despite her unwillingness to play the fame game. “I have no idea,” she says matter-of-factly. “Honestly, I don’t think about all these. I just do what I do.” When we push her to speculate, she shrugs, “I really have no clue. Maybe I’m different?”

Indifferent, more like, her detractors may sniff, and stubbornly self-centred. Self-contained, more like, her legion of supporters will cry, and resolutely sure of what she wants and doesn’t want.

It’s been three long years since our last cover interview and shoot with her, and in that time, Rui En has become ever more enigmatic while maintaining a constant presence on TV in almost back-to-back Ch 8 dramas. It seems the more she acts in reel life, the less she is inclined to act in real life.

In a bid to peek into her doubtlessly-complicated psyche, we’re eschewing fancy themes, costumes and props for this shoot, and just letting Rui En be Rui En. Which explains the moodier-than-usual photos. Along with her own stylist, who dresses her for the Star Awards, Rui En selected these outfits, because they are her. “I’m happy with it,” she tells us after the shoot. “I thought some of the shots were quite what I’m about. It was quite natural for me to do some of those poses.”

Did Rui En give 8 DAYS a piece of her true self in this photo shoot and interview? We’d like to think so, but we’ll never know. And that’s all right.

3. Television Page 101

Joys of Life

Tue, Ch 8, 9PM New Serial!

Nostalgia rules in this mid-year blockbuster serial chronicling the lives of getai perfomances – among them Rui En and Taiwanese singer Alien Huang – in the ’60s and ’70s. The highlights of this 35-part drama, partly filmed at Tuas TV World, are the colourful stage performances (look out for a Bollywood number where Rui En sings and dances…as a dude!). Taiwanese actress Cynthia Wang, Andie Chen, Kate Pang and Chew Chor Meng co-star. – Douglas Tseng

4. TV Synopses Pages 112 – 113

Joys of Life

Joys of Life 花样人间 debuts 26 June 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

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By Han Wei Chou

Some 300 fans got the chance to catch the first episode of upcoming blockbuster drama serial “Joys of Life”, more than a week before it airs, during the special “Joys of Life” Cha-Chum-Bo Party promotional event, on Friday at TAB.

Apart from getting an early peek at the 60s period piece, which commemorates the 30th anniversary of Singapore Mandarin drama, they also had the chance to hear about what happened behind the scenes from cast members Rui En, Alien Huang, Cynthia Wang, Andie Chen, Chen Li Ping and Kate Pang.

The cast recounted the most memorable bits of working together on “Joys of Life”, such as the time Huang broke wind right in the middle of a scene, but managed to act as though nothing happened; or how Chen Li Ping could be joking around on set, but instantly wept when she had to do a tragic scene, then cracked jokes again with her face still wet with tears.

These tales left everyone in stitches – Rui En kept doubling over in laughter as Chen Li Ping worked the crowd and drew waves of laughter from the audience at the cosy venue.

“It was so hard for me to keep from laughing on the set with her (Chen Li Ping)!” said Rui En, in between fits of laughter.

However, the mirth quickly gave way to excitement when it was time for the poster-signing segment of the event, which gave the fans a chance to see their favourite stars up close and go home with a signed “Joys of Life” poster.

To top it all off, they even had the opportunity to get a taste of a refreshing mocktail specially concocted for the event, made from passion fruit juice and ingredients like macadamia nut syrup.

While only 300 lucky fans managed to get tickets to the free event – the tickets were snapped up within minutes of being released – viewers will be able to get to see for themselves what all the buzz is about when the show airs on June 26.

The “Joys of Life” Cha-Chum-Bo Party is the first of many activities that will be held this year as part of the MediaCorp Entertains initiative, which aims to extend the experience for consumers of MediaCorp productions beyond the media platforms.

“Joys of Life” cast members at the special event (from left): Alien Huang, Rui En, Cynthia Wang, Chen Li Ping, Kate Pang and Andie Chen

The stars brought on the laughs at the “Joys of Life” Cha-Chum-Bo Party.

The embarrassing tales left the celebrities in stitches and got the crowd laughing along.

The poster-signing segment got the fans excited.

Find out what all the buzz is about when “Joys of Life” airs on June 26, 9pm on Channel 8.

Joys of Life 花样人间 debuts 26 June 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Channelnewsasia

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The stars of the upcoming Channel 8 series ‘Joys of Life’ share filming anecdotes and comment on their first collaboration

Upcoming star-studded mid-year blockbuster Joys of Life is set in the ’60s to ’70s, chronicling the lives of families living on Huaxiang Street. Yong Yong (Rui En) is brought up like a boy and easily handles all sorts of household chores. Mingxing (Alien Huang) portrays the starry-eyed friend of Yong Yong’s step-sister, Rou Rou (Cynthia Wang).

At the press conference, Taiwanese singer-actor Alien shared, ‘Before I came (to Singapore) to film, my fans painstakingly put together an analysis book for me. It has the background of all the key actors; who they are, what shows they’ve participated in, that kind of thing.’

When Alien and Rui En met xinmsn for an interview, they revealed that they had many scenes together, and that they had built up ‘very good’ rapport while filming.

The pair, who started off as singers, also collaborated on one of the title tracks, ‘Care’.

When asked to appraise each other’s singing ability, Alien immediately praised Rui En by saying, ‘I’ve always liked Rui En’s songs. Her voice has a lot of substance and feeling to it. I felt pretty excited working on this song together.’

He quipped that Rui En’s voice is more like a male’s, adding that ‘my key is really high, (when singing a duet) the male and female’s voice are supposed to be different, but we ended up singing at the same key!’

Alien also shared that the producer had to specially remind them not to sing with such a modern feel due to the drama’s time setting.

Rui En then commented that Alien, who did the recording first, ended up sounding like Taiwanese singer Fei Yu-Ching!

Alien retorted with a laugh, ‘Yes I did, (but that’s because I) followed instructions well!’

When asked to recall interesting incidents during filming, Rui En claimed that Alien ‘enjoys mimicking everyone, (but) he just doesn’t dare to mimic me in front of me!’ to which Alien hurriedly emphasized that he has never done so.

He clarified that his imitations of fellow crew members is to inject a bit of life when filming starts to take its toll on those present.

The two then joked that they enjoy mimicking Cynthia, immediately launching into their versions of her.

Taiwanese actress-singer Cynthia Wang’s return to our local television comes after being involved in another mega-series last year, Devotion.

When quizzed on her chemistry with Rui En during their scenes together, she shared that ‘everyone was fully immersed in their roles, up to the point where I felt really moved as well. In the show, I have a line that goes ‘The star and moon are always together; we are sisters who never will part.’ Even without practicing, this line came naturally.’

Cynthia added that she enjoyed filming and called Rui En ‘really adorable’, revealing that the she played host by bringing Cynthia and Alien out for meals often and also bringing goodies on set to share, including what she proclaimed to be ‘the best cheesecake I’ve ever had!’

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Joys of Life 花样人间 debuts 26 June 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

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