Elvin Ng, Joanne Peh and Rui En were among the many stars who lent some glitz and glamour to a press conference on Thursday, to announce the launch of MediaCorp’s new channel, 8 International (8i) in Indonesia.
The 24-hour Mandarin channel, which will be available on Indonesia’s main pay television operator Indovision’s Channel 151 from Saturday, will draw from MediaCorp’s extensive library to provide subscribers with quality drama content.
“With an increasing popularity of our Chinese dramas in the region, we see this as an opportune time to start an aggregated channel.
“The inauguration of 8i represents a new milestone for MediaCorp. This channel penetration helps us further extend the reach of our Chinese dramas overseas and at the same time, generates new revenue stream for the company.” said Mr Chang Long Jong, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of MediaCorp.
“We are looking to launch 8i in more territories and deliver the channels via other platforms. We hope to move beyond dramas and aggregate other MediaCorp genres in the near future.”
Source: Channelnewsasia
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By Han Wei Chou
SINGAPORE: MediaCorp Channel 8 will be holding a massive two-day road show from November 19 at NEX Mall, to give audiences a sneak peek at its 2012 drama line-up.
Top Singapore celebrities like Zoe Tay, Tay Ping Hui, Dai Yang Tian, Joanne Peh, Jeanette Aw, Rui En and Zhou Ying will be among the galaxy of stars that will grace the opening day of the event – titled Dramatasy – to introduce their new drama projects.
Described as a “carnival of fun and excitement”, the event’s opening day will also feature stilt walkers, face painters and balloon artists.
A giant prop train with video screens showing snippets of Channel 8’s 2012 drama line-up will be the centrepiece of the festivities.
A total of 38 MediaCorp artistes are expected to turn up over the course of Dramatasy.
According to a Channel 8 spokesperson, Dramatasy is the broadcaster’s biggest road show in recent years, and took weeks to conceptualise and prepare for.
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By Han Wei Chou
The charity show, held at the Marina Bay Sands’ Event Plaza, will feature performances by a galaxy of stars such as Rui En, Aska Yang, Alien Huang, Xia Yu and Michelle Yim, as well as “The Noose” stars Michelle Chong and Alaric Tay.
“ComChest TrueHearts 2011” airs on November 27, 7pm on Channel 8.
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MediaCorp Channel 8 revealed Thursday on their official blog that a sequel to the police thriller “Unriddle”, one of the channel’s top rated dramas of 2010, will air in March next year as part of Channel 8’s 2012 drama line-up.
Some members of the original cast, like Rui En, Chen Li Ping and Tay Ping Hui will return in “Unriddle 2”.
The drama will also feature some fresh faces like Elvin Ng, Romeo Tan and Zhou Ying.
Star-studded commemorative drama
Apart from other titles like the comedy “Double Bonus” which stars Zoe Tay and Joanne Peh’s “Pillow Talk”, a drama dealing with marriage issues, Channel 8’s 2012 lineup also features a massive star-studded drama to commemorate 30 years of Channel 8 drama productions.
The drama, titled “Joys of Life”, is touted as containing “more stars than you can ever count” and is scheduled to air in June.
Chew Chor Meng, Rui En along with a mystery Taiwan idol will star in the show, which will also feature a host of past and present celebrities as well as some aspiring stars.
“Joys of Life” will bring audiences on a journey to 60s and 70s, to experience what life was like when mobile getais were all the rage and when societal norms and values were very different from what they are today.
Unriddle 2 最ç«ææ¡£ 2 debuts 5 March 2012 9pm on Channel 8.
Joys of Life èŠ±æ ·äººé—´ debuts June 2012 9pm on Channel 8.
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Singapore actor-director Li Nanxing has a special bond with his upcoming Mandarin drama “On The Fringe”.
The 46-year-old actor had played Ah Yong, a rebellious, hot-blooded youth in the drama’s spiritual prequel “On The Fringe” way back in 1987.
The difference, of course, is that Tian Yi Bang, his character in the new “On The Fringe” is not a wayward youth, but a middle-aged former delinquent.
Tian seeks to prevent his son Yao Zhiyong (Edwin Goh) who has never seen Tian since his mother (Tian’s wife played by Pan Ling Ling) remarried, from following in his footsteps.
It was Tian’s struggle to get through to his son that Li found irresistible in the show, which also stars big names like Fann Wong and Rui En.
On The Fringe 边缘父å debuts 2 August 2011 9pm on Channel 8.
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SINGAPORE: Singapore actress Rui En beat contenders like Chen Li Ping and Jeanette Aw to win the Best Actress award for her performance in the drama “With You”, during the Star Awards 2011 Show 2 held at the Resorts World Convention Centre on Sunday night.
“When I was sitting there [in the audience], I kept telling myself I won’t have to go on stage, because I don’t really like speaking on stage, I feel very awkward and unsuitable for this.
“I didn’t think I would win!” said Rui En, who thanked her fans and her boss for sticking by her through the low points in her career.
“At that time (a low point in her career), my boss was very supportive of me. He kept encouraging me and never gave up on me. I am grateful.”
Although Rui En was pleasantly surprised to win the Best Actress award and Top 10 Favourite Female Artistes award on Sunday, the 30-year-old actress expressed that winning the awards would not affect her attitude towards work very much.
“Whether I win or not, tomorrow I will still have to go to work … it (her wins) just makes the pressure greater,” said Rui En earnestly, before revealing that she has an early day on Monday and will head to Malaysia for a shoot very soon.
Complete List of Winners
Best Info-ed Programme: “Tuesday Report – 3 Days 2 Nights”
Best Info-ed Programme Host: Joanne Peh
Best Current Affairs Presenter: Tung Soo Hua
Best News Presenter: Lin Chi Yuan
Best Supporting Actor: Terence Cao
Best Supporting Actress: Pan Ling Ling
Best Variety Show: Love on A Plate
Best Variety Show Host: Kym Ng
Best Variety Special:
Best Drama: “Breakout”
Best Actor: Qi Yu Wu
Best Actress: Rui En
Top 10 most popular female artistes:
Joanne Peh
Jeanette Aw
Rui EnMichelle Chia
Ann Kok
Yvonne Lim
Vivian Lai
Michelle Chong
Quan Yi Fong
Zhou Ying
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Elvin Ng (left) and Rui En (right) won the awards for Favourite Male/Female Character respectively.
SINGAPORE: Singapore actress Jeanette Aw and “Breakout” co-star Christopher Lee took home the award for Favourite On-screen Couple (Drama) at the Star Awards 2011 Show 1 on Sunday.
Aw played Yang Nianqing, a mentally unstable woman who falls in love with Lee’s character Situ Dong Cheng, a disgraced lawyer in Mandarin drama “Breakout”, which had won awards for Best Director and Best Music and Sound Design earlier in the evening.
The couple beat out other popular couplings like Elvin Ng and Zhou Ying – also from “Breakout” – as well as Rui En and Chen Han Wei in “With You”.
Although Singapore actress Rui En missed out on the Favourite On-screen Couple (Drama) Award, she managed to snag the Favourite Female Character Award for her portrayal of Yang Xiao Dong, a happy-go-lucky girl in the drama “Happy Family”.
“I am very grateful to my fans. They are my motivation and I think of them when things get tough during shooting.
“They do a lot for me. Of course, as a result, I am under more and more pressure to do my work well,” said Rui En.
The winners of the Favourite Male Character, Favourite Female Character, Favourite On-screen Partners (Variety) and Favourite On-screen Couple (Drama) awards were determined solely through online voting.
Winners List for Star Awards 2011 Show 1
Favourite Female Character: Rui En
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SINGAPORE: The list of nominees for the Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Male/Female Artistes was unveiled during a press lunch at the Four Seasons Hotel Singapore on Thursday.
Fan favourites like Singapore actor Dai Yang Tian, Elvin Ng, Joanne Peh, Rui En and actress Jeanette Aw, all managed to earn a place on the nomination list.
While Ng, Peh, Aw and Rui En were also nominated in other categories at this year’s Star Awards, this is Dai’s only nomination so far, a fact that has sparked speculation that his star has dimmed.
Voting
The winners of the Top 10 Most Popular Artistes Award will be decided via telephone voting by the public and the results will be revealed ‘live’ during the “Star Awards 2011 Show 2” on April 24 on Channel 8.
The telepoll lines for the Top 10 Most Popular Male/Female Artistes will remain open till April 24, 9pm.
Each call costs S$0.80 (excluding GST) and callers bellow 18 years old must seek parental consent.
Mobile phone pre-paid card holders and overseas phone lines will not be able to call in their votes.
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By Han Wei Chou
SINGAPORE: Romantic drama “A Tale of 2 Cities” is off to a brilliant start after attracting more than a million viewers when it debuted on Valentine’s Day.
According to figures from MediaCorp, the ratings for the drama’s debut episode is the highest among the recent crop of high profile Mandarin dramas on Channel 8, such as the blockbuster drama “Breakout” and crime thriller “Unriddle”.
“A Tale of 2 Cities”, which revolves around the lives and loves of four odd couples, even managed to beat last year’s overall ratings champ, the supernatural family drama “With You”.
“With You” garnered 923,000 viewers when it debuted at the same 9pm time slot compared to the debut episode of “A Tale of 2 Cities”, which drew a whopping 1,016,000 viewers.
“A Tale of 2 Cities” executive producer Paul Yuen attributed the successful debut of the show to its believable story setting and of course, the hard work of its cast.
“I wanted to create something different with this drama. We used different editing techniques and made sure Singaporeans can relate to the story.
“One aspect of this drama’s storyline for example is how families think about money and happiness. I didn’t want it to be too burdensome with themes like revenge or whatever,” Yuen explained to channelnewsasia.com.
“The cast was also very willing to challenge themselves by playing roles that they have never done before and did not worry about hurting their public image,” he said.
Yuen cited how Rui En took great pains to play the spoiled, ultra-feminine rich girl Zhang Ya Le, who falls from grace and has to struggle to find happiness in the show, as a good example of the cast’s willingness to try new things.
It may have been hard work for Rui En, but the positive reception the show’s debut episode received makes it all worthwhile.
“As long as I can entertain my audience, any sacrifice is worth it. Including the awful gel manicures,” Rui En told channelnewsasia.com.
“I am very surprised and happy [the show debuted well]. I didn’t expect that a ditzy ‘princess’ would be such a draw.”
Yuen had also praised Joanne Peh for daring to discard her good-girl image and play Pan Le Yao, a sexy, materialistic man-eater with a wicked sense of humour.
However, Peh’s fans will have to wait for Tuesday night’s episode of “A Tale of Two Cities”, when her character debuts at 9pm, to see that different side of her.
-CNA/ha
“A Tale of 2 Cities” airs every weekday night at 9pm on Channel 8.
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