1. TV Synopses

Unriddle 2 Pages 112 – 114

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1. Scene & Heard Pages 18-19

Stop, rewind, play

Time stands still in a little-known corner on the western tip of Singapore where stars like Rui En, Alien Huang and Bobby Tonelli are filming Ch 8 blockbuster Joys of Life.

Hot wheels

Rui En stars as a tragic bride and adopted daughter who’s forced to marry a stranger to pay off her dad’s debts. The other stars of the show are gorgeous vintage wheels such as this fully-functioning Volkswagen Beetle. According to the producers, the cool rides are rental from Malaysia which, by the way, looms just beyond this set, past the Tuas checkpoint.

Say it again

Bobby Tonelli, here with Andie Chen and Alien Huang, plays a Brit who falls in love with the prettiest help in his household, Rui En. “My Character learns to speak the language fluently for his girl’s sake, but the Mandarin dialogue was tough for me,” he admits.

2. TV Synopses

Unriddle 2 Pages 113 – 114

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

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1. TV Synopses

Unriddle 2 Pages 145 – 147

#Unriddle 2 最火搭档 II debuts 5 March 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

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1. Television Page 101

Mar 1 – 8

Unriddle 2

Mon, Ch 8, 9PM

New Serial!

The sequel to the hit 2010 policier sees Rui En back as a badass cop and Chen Liping as her dependable snitch. This time, the fearless duo takes on a mysterious criminal linked to the Yakuza. And when Dirty Harriet isn’t busting balls, she has to deal with office politics involving an unstable partner (Tay Ping Hui) and an old rival from her police academy days (Elvin Ng). – Douglas Tseng

2. TV Synopses

Unriddle 2 Pages 114 – 115

#Unriddle 2 最火搭档 II debuts 5 March 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

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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

16

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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