By Han Wei Chou
The rousing finale of Channel 8’s blockbuster drama “Joys of Life” on Monday drew 993,000 viewers, making it the most-watched drama episode so far this year.
The period piece, which traces the lives of four families living together in a tenement house, is also the most-watched drama series so far, bringing in an average of 875,000 viewers each night.
Starring a slew of popular artistes like Rui En, Alien Huang and Chew Chor Meng, “Joys of Life” had also garnered much praise from netizens, a number of whom said the show brought back many fond memories for them.
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By Han Wei Chou
Singapore drama serial “Joys of Life” has a huge cast made up of veterans like Chen Liping, Lin Meijiao, popular stars like Rui En, Alien Huang and Cynthia Wang as well as newcomers like Romeo Tan and Adeline Lim.
The 35-part drama, which commemorates the 30th anniversary of Singapore Mandarin drama, promises to bring a lot of joy into the lives of its viewers, with its star-studded cast and intricate storyline revolving around the lives of four families living on the fictional Huaxiang Street in the 60s.
But what brings joy into the lives of the show’s cast members? Channelnewsasia.com finds out.
Dogs make Rui En smile
Rui En loves animals.
“Any dog. I am an animal lover,” said Rui En with a smile, when asked what brings joy into her life.
“Whenever I am out, or when I am filming, and I see a dog, it lights up my face.”
Unfortunately for Rui En, who plays a young woman that stays strong despite being mistreated by her foster father in “Joys of Life”, her grandmother is afraid of animals, so she can’t keep a pet dog.
Joys of Life èŠ±æ ·äººé—´ is now airing on Channel 8, Weekdays at 9pm.
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“Joys of Life” is off to a joyous start, garnering 971,000 viewers with its debut episode on Tuesday.
A whopping 971,000 viewers tuned in on Tuesday to catch the debut of Channel 8’s latest Mandarin drama “Joys of Life”.
This puts the star-studded period piece ahead of even the massively popular police thriller “Unriddle 2”, which attracted 921,000 viewers with its first episode, as well as the family drama “Double Bonus” which drew 862,000 viewers on its first night, making “Joys of Life” the most-watched Singapore drama so far this year.
“I’m thankful to the audience for their support. ‘Joys of Life’ is the result of the hard work put in by every member of the cast and crew together as a team.
“I am very happy that everyone’s efforts have been recognised by the audience. I hope everyone can continue to support the show and keep watching it,” said Rui En, who plays the often-mistreated young woman Han Yong Yong in the show.
“Joys of Life” stars Rui En, Alien Huang, Andie Chen and Cynthia Wang, as well as a host of veteran stars like Chew Chor Meng, Chen Li Ping, Pan Ling Ling, and Yao Wen Long, along with newcomers like Adeline Lim and Romeo Tan.
The blockbuster drama traces the lives of four families who live in an old tenement house on the fictional Huaxiang Street.
“Joys of Life” also marks the 30th anniversary of local Mandarin drama, and features cameo appearances by a number of past stars like Florence Tan, Moses Lim as well as Tracer Wong.
Want to know what all the buzz is about? See for yourself. “Joys of Life” airs every weeknight, 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 èŠ±æ ·äººé—´ debuts 26 June 2012 9pm on Channel 8.
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By Han Wei Chou
Who is more popular in Singapore’s social media space – singer Stefanie Sun, actress Rui En or Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong?
Singapore–based firm All The Worlds Entertainment (ATWE) believes their new multi-genre social media aggregating tool, starcount, will be able to provide the answer to that question.
What starcount does is draw data from 11 major social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and China’s Sina Weibo, process it, and assign a starcount score to the various entities in the social media space via a weighted formula in real time – taking into account their popularity and the amount of engagement they generate among social media users.
This processed data is then organised, updated daily and presented in thousands of charts available over the website starcount.com.
So just who is more popular among Singapore’s social media users? Is it Sun, Rui En or the Prime Minister?
According to starcount, Singapore singer Sun is most popular, with the Prime Minister trailing behind at the 52nd spot in its Singapore popularity chart, followed by Rui En in 66th position.
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Little is known about the lives of Singapore former-actresses Madeline Chu and Cherie Lim after they quit showbiz years ago.
Just what have they been doing after walking away from the bright lights of showbiz?
The production team of the upcoming special variety show “Star Reunion” have tracked them down and paid them a visit to find out.
Hosted by Quan Yi Feng, “Star Reunion” will bring audiences on a journey to discover what sort of lives the stars of yesteryear like Chu, Lim, Zeng Hui Fen and Chen Xiu Huan, are leading now, when it makes its debut on Friday, 8pm on Channel 8.
“Star Reunion” will kick off a series of television programmes and special events to commemorate the 30th anniversary of local drama.
Aside from the commemorative blockbuster dramas “Joys of Life” and “It Takes Two”, a special concert will be held in July, where stars like Eric Moo, Power Station and Mavis Hee will perform popular drama theme songs.
It will be followed by a massive thee-hour televised gala show in November to celebrate this milestone in local television.
Joys of Life èŠ±æ ·äººé—´ debuts 26 June 2012 9pm on Channel 8.
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Winners for three categories of the Star Awards 2013 will be decided by viewers through an online vote.
Viewers can vote for their favourite male and female characters and favourite onscreen couple at Channel 8 and Channel U.
The voting came into effect Wednesday.
Each drama that qualifies during the voting period will give viewers a maximum of 10 votes to be used for the three categories.
Once the 10 votes are exhausted, voters have the option to earn votes by sharing the application with their friends, or by purchasing additional votes online through Facebook to continue voting for their favourite artistes.
All votes cast will count towards the total tally for each category.
The top five nominees of each online category with the highest vote count will proceed to compete in Star Awards 2013.
Vote for Rui En now! Check out this link for details!
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Chen Shucheng (L) and Rui En (R) congratulate Joanne Peh on winning the Best Actress award. This is her second win. She previously won the award for her performance in 2009’s “Little Nyonya”.
Rui En with her ‘black face’ (left) and smiling face (right) when she went on stage to receive a Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award. She wants people to recognise the difference and not misunderstand her.
This year’s Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes.
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RBKD, Rui En’s fan club, show their support for their idol with their fan boards and loud cheers at the Star Awards 2012 red carpet event long before the actress made her appearance.
Top stars (from left) Joanne Peh, Andie Chen and Rui En pose for photos at the Star Awards 2012 red carpet event.
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