This is your final chance to vote in this year’s Flame Awards. Noor Ashikin Abdul Rahman recaps the nominees.

BABE OF THE YEAR

1. Rui En

The level-headed ice queen remained cool despite her fall-out with actor Zhang Yaodong at this year’s Star Awards Show 1 in April.

2. Jeanette Aw

It’s a golden year for this beauty as she rakes in big bucks from endorsement deals and business opportunities all over.

3. Malmunah Bagharib

She’s pretty, smart and ballsy – and she really doesn’t care what you think of her. Enough said.

Source: The New Paper

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1. Scene & Heard Page 28

Story: Tan Yi Hui

Wanna win?
Don’t Show up

Missing in action: The biggest local winners Rui En (Best Actress in a Leading Role for Unriddle II) and Noose star Michelle Chong (Best Comedy Performancce) were no-shows ‘cos of work commitments.

Categorised in 8 DAYS, Asian Television Awards, Asian Television Awards 2012, EN, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2.

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I read about the recent Asian Television Awards 2012 (Honours for Asia TV’s Best, Life!, Dec 8) with keen interest.

It used to be Channel 5 actors overshadowing the Chinese drama actors at the Asian Television Awards.

However, at the recent Asian Television Awards 2012, local Chinese drama actors scored a total of nine acting nominations. My heartiest congratulations to Rui En for winning Best Actress In A Leading Role at the awards.

Her role in Unriddle 2 as female cop Hu Xiaoman was a breath of fresh air. We seldom see such controversial roles in local Chinese dramas. And it is uncommon, even in overseas productions, for an actress to attempt such a character in the usually male-dominated crime thrillers.

Peh Xinyi

Source: The Straits Times

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林珏彤报道
林彦忻拍摄/剪辑

李南星和瑞恩日前为《警徽天职II》拍摄结婚戏，50名真警员前去助阵，场面浩大！

由警察部队和新传媒8频道合作的戏剧《警徽天职》去年夺下收视之冠，今年更乘胜追击，拍摄续集《警徽天职II》，预计明年2月播出。

《警徽天职II》主要演员李南星、瑞恩、戚玉武、白薇秀和王沺裁等上周一早抵达赞美广场（Chijmes）的教堂拍摄现场。当天的剧情是描述法证管理组队长魏蓝天（李南星饰）和特別罪案调查组组长黄芷婕（瑞恩饰）共结连理的恩爱戏码。

现场除了12名护剑官之外，还有50名真警员助阵充当婚礼嘉宾，场面壮观。警员们当天卸下制服，穿上休闲衬衫配上西裤，顿时多了份亲切感。

李南星身穿英挺军服，牵着披上典雅斜肩婚纱的瑞恩缓缓步入教堂。这对匹配的”新婚夫妻”默契佳，表现得十分温馨甜蜜。戚玉武与白薇秀则分别担纲了他们的”伴郎”å’Œ”伴娘”。

《警徽天职II》演员。

‘新郎’å’Œ’新娘’登场。

李南星身穿英挺军服，牵着披上典雅斜肩婚纱的瑞恩缓缓步入教堂。

这对匹配的’新婚夫妻’默契佳，表现得十分温馨甜蜜。

瑞恩不和男主角演亲密戏，众所周知，就连阿哥也不例外。

瑞恩

两位“公主”正忙里偷闲呢!

C.L.I.F 2 警徽天职 2 debuts 18 February 2013 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Xinmsn

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By Tan Kee Yun and Catherine Robert

The Flame Awards is celebrating 17 years – gosh, how time flies! – of discerning adulation and witty irreverence with a bang.

For nearly two decades, the sharp-tongued team at The New Paper has been handing out laurels to the crazy kids on the entertainment scene for adding colour to our lives.

We either praise these beloved stars or roast them with sadistic glee.

This year, expect a few new award categories that give special mention to celebrities who amused and perplexed us with their acts of impulsiveness.

But first, a classic readers’ favourite – BABE OF THE YEAR.

BABE OF THE YEAR

1. RUI EN
2. JEANETTE AW
3. MUNAH BAGHARIB

Two gorgeous veterans are up against a spunky newcomer. Will it be a case of youthful victory, or will experience and massive fan base win the day?

Want to find out more about these ladies?

Babe of the year

She’s icy cool over Flame nomination

1. Rui En

Staying true to her ice queen reputation, the 31-year old took in her Babe of The Year nomination coolly.

“Thanks for nominating me again,” she wrote in an e-mail reply.

“As usual, regarding any awards, I normally have zero expectations.”

The Hype Records artiste was juggling a hectic filming schedule and could not speak to us on the phone.

Rui En was nominated this year because we loved it that she kept it real at Star Awards Show 1 in April.

A comedic skit spoofing the A-list stars of Caldecott Hill mercilessly teased her about her then-highly publicised spat with actor Zhang Yaodong and she looked moody for the rest of the show.

Zhang had talked to the media about a rape scene he did with Rui En in the drama On the Fringe in August 2011. Rui En, who was working in Malaysia then, immediately posted a heated blog entry, stressing that she was against doing kissing and rape scenes.

At the Star Award Show 1, she didn’t even pretend to be happy for the cameras. In her acceptance speech, she said firmly: “We are here to film (dramas), not create news.”

Now, if that isn’t a dig at her colleagues’ – and perhaps, also the media’s – “kaypoh” chatter about her and Zhang, we don’t know what is.

In her e-mail replies to TNP, Rui En said: “All the teasing and ragging is really part and parcel of the game. Some said my face was black, only to realise afterwards that it’s my default look.

“I just honestly wish they could come up with some new material to tease me with.”

She didn’t say much about her chances against the other two nominees, labelmate Jeanette Aw and Maimunah Bagharib (Munah), but expressed concerns about her fans spending too much money on SMS votes.

“I know there has been plenty of voting going on this year for various awards, do vote within your means,” urged Rui En.

How to vote

For Babe of the Year, the keyword is TNPFLAMEBABE

Send your vote by SMS to 146077877 in the following format: TNPFLAMEBABE Answer NRIC Name

For example, if you want to vote Rui En as Babe Of The Year, SMS “TNPFLAMEBABE 1 S1234567A MIKE TAN” to 146077877

Each SMS costs 20 cents. Voting ends at 11.59pm on Sunday (16 December 2012).

RBKD: The crumpledness on page 19 is an intended effect by The New Paper and is not a compromise in scans’ quality on RBKD’s part :)

Source: The New Paper

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1. 星光 Starbuzz Page 24

惊与喜

文：佘婉瑜

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Asian Television Awards 2012 Page 23

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

Rui En has acted in numerous memorable roles in her 10 years of acting. In 2011, three dramas she starred in were among the Top 6 most-watch dramas on MediaCorp Channel 8. A Tale of Two Cities debuted with a record more than 1 million in viewership and Rui En’s fresh approach of a princessy character won further praise and conviction from the audience. The role earned Rui En a nomination for Best Actress at Star Awards 2012. Her scorching popularity has further been affirmed when she was recently voted into the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste for the 7th consecutive year at Star Awards 2012, as well as the Singapore E-Awards 2012 Most Popular TV Artiste for the third year in a row.

“Thank you to the production team for giving me the opportunity and space to bring out the extremities of the role.”Hu Xiao Man” would not have existed without EP Paul Yuen and script writer Phang Kai Yee. “Hu Xiao Man” will always remain significant to me. Thank you, ATA.” – Rui En

WINNER	Rui En Unriddle II MediaCorp Pte Ltd Channel 8 Singapore
Highly Commended	Debbie Goh The Descendant Media Prima, ntv7 Malaysia Produced by Juita Entertainment

Source: Asian Television Awards, Television Asia Plus

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Top acting awards go to MediaCorp’s Rui En and TVB’s Moses Chan

By Yip Wai Yee

Singaporeans Rui En and Michelle Chong were given top awards at the 17th Asian Television Awards.

Rui En won the award got Best Actress In A Leading Role, for her role as a criminal investigation department officer in crime drama Unriddle 2, while Chong received the award for Best Comedy Performance By An Actor/Actress for her spot-on impersonations in news parody sketch show The Noose.

Both stars, however, did not attend the glitzy event held at Shangri-La Hotel here on Thursday night.

Rui En, 31, tells Life! that she could not attend as she was filming a new drama series. She says: “I am both surprised and honoured by the award.

For me, the work and the craft have always been my focus, and awards are the icing on the cake.”

She adds: “Getting the award for Unriddle 2 makes me immensely happy given that I love the role.”

The annual awards show, organised by Singapore-headquartered media company Contineo Media, recognises excellence in production, programming and performance in TV productions around Asia.

This year, there was a total of 48 award categories for entries from 13 Asian countries. The results were determined by a panel of 48 judges comprising media industry players from around Asia.

Source: The Straits Times, Asiaone

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Asian stars gathered in Singapore yesterday for the 17th Asian Television Awards held at the Shangri-La hotel.

Organised by Television Asia Plus magazine, it was established in 1994 to recognise excellence in production, programming and performance in TV productions around Asia.

The glitzy event saw red carpet appearances from Taiwan actors Lee Wei and Lucas Luo, plus local stars Ann Kok, Christopher Lee and Chen Hanwei, followed by a gala dinner.

The big winners of the night included local actresses Rui En and Michelle Chong. Rui En won for Best Actress In A Leading Role for her role as a criminal investigation department (CID) officer in crime drama Unriddle 2, while Chong received the award for Best Comedy Performance By An Actor/Actress for her spot-on impersonations in news parody sketch show The Noose.

Rui En won for Best Actress In A Leading Role for her role as a criminal investigation department (CID) officer in crime drama Unriddle 2. She wasn’t there to pick up her award.

Source: Asiaone

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