Zhang Ya Le was born into a wealthy family. When her parents pass away, she inherits their wealth. Ya Le leads a carefree and indulgent life. She is nonchalant about the running of the family bridal business and the investments she holds, and leaves these to her employees. Reality bites one day and Ya Le realizes that the bridal business is in the red, the investments have largely reaped no returns and the banks are hounding for repayment of the loans. When she tries to seek help from her friends, she is hurt to find out that they were only interested in her friendship because of her wealth and the lifestyle she could afford to share with them. Now that Ya Le is down and out, her “friends” have all deserted her.

章雅乐出身富裕家庭，在父母意外去世后，继承了庞大的遗产。雅乐把婚纱店生意和其它投资都交给别人打理，自己却每天过着着挥霍无度，极其奢华的生活。终于有一天，她发现了婚纱店的生意严重亏损，其它投资也付诸流水，还欠下银行一笔巨款。雅乐想找朋友帮忙，却发现以前所谓的好朋友都是为了钱才奉承她，如今见她有难，都对她避而远之。

A Tale Of 2 Cities 乐在双城 premieres 14 February 2011, Weekdays at 9pm, on Channel 8.

For more information, click to access the drama page: Chinese | English

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All three 2010 dramas helmed by the ice princess made it to the Top 5 dramas of the year

She may be known as the ice princess but in the eyes of the ratings gods, actress Rui En is sizzling hot.

In 2010, three of the dramas helmed by the ice-cool actress made it to the Top 5 list of most watched dramas on Ch8.

With You, which is the top drama of the year, starred Rui En, Chen Han Wei and Adrian pang. The drama drew a whopping average of 969,000 viewers.

Apart from With You, Rui En’s other dramas, Happy Family and crime drama Unriddle came in at fourth and fifth places respectively.

Ch8 Top 10 Dramas
1. With You 969,000
2. New Beginnings 937,000
3. Love 897,000
4. Happy Family 896,000
5. Unriddle 891,000
6. Precious Babes 889,000
7. Priceless Wonder 875,000
8. The Best Things in Life 874,000
9. Breakout 866,000
10. Mrs. P.I. 830,000

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in EN, Happy Family 过好年, Ratings 节目收视率, Unriddle 最火搭档, With You 我在你左右, xinmsn.

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Biggest Surprise!

What do Fandi Ahmad and Rui En have in common? Both pictures raked in $100 each.

Categorised in 8 DAYS, EN.

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Rui En has good reason to smile this year – three of the shows she acted in “With You”, “Unriddle” and “Happy Family” placed among the Top 5 most popular drama serials of 2010.

By Han Wei Chou

SINGAPORE: Singapore broadcaster MediaCorp released a list of the Top 10 most highly-rated dramas for the year along with the ratings for television programmes which aired on its channels in 2010 on Thursday.

Channel 8 drama “With You”, a family drama with a supernatural twist, took home the top honour of being the most-watched Mandarin drama serial in Singapore last year, with an average of 969,000 viewers tuning in for each episode.

“New Beginnings” trailed close behind, attracting 937,000 viewers per episode with its heartwarming storyline of love and loss while third-placed Taiwan marathon drama “Love” drew 897,000 viewers.

Despite being the designated blockbuster drama of the year for Channel 8, “Breakout” only managed to take the ninth spot, attracting an average of 866,000 viewers each episode and nudging “Mrs P.I.” – which garnered 830,000 viewers per episode – to tenth place.

“Breakout” may not have placed well in terms of television ratings, but the recently aired series, which featured a cast of A-listers like Jeanette Aw, Christopher Lee and Dai Yang Tian, was the most popular show on MediaCorp video portal site xinmsn.com’s Catch-up TV service in December last year.

It was also the third most popular show in 2010 – behind action drama “Unriddle” (number 5 in television ratings) and “With You” – on the service, which allows xinmsn.com visitors to watch previously broadcasted local (and some selected foreign) television programmes online for free.

However, despite diversifying their subject material, none of the locally produced drama-serials managed to average more than one million viewers per episode.

Viewership for last year’s local dramas generally hovered around 800,000 and 900,000 compared to 2009’s crop of family dramas, which saw three productions breaking the one million-viewer barrier.

The full list of the Top 10 most popular dramas is presented below:

Top 10 most popular drama serials in Singapore

1 With You 969,000
2 New Beginnings 937,000
3 Love 897,000
4 Happy Family 896,000
5 Unriddle 891,000
6 Precious Babes 889,000
7 Priceless Wonder 875,000
8 The Best Things In Life 874,000
9 Breakout* 866,000
10 Mrs P.I. 830,000

*Calculated based on all episodes of the drama, which ended on January 7.

Source: Channelnewsasia.com

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在2010年，8频道推出众多不同主题与类别的戏剧，这些新尝试获得了成功。“我在你左右”以扣人心弦、探讨家庭与爱、并巧妙加入超自然元素的故事线紧抓住观众的心，获得最高收视。

Channel 8’s dramas explored a myriad of different themes and genres in 2010, and this proved to be a success. The drama “With You” rated highest, captivating viewers with its strong storyline on the issues of family and love, intertwined with a clever supernatural element.

8频道10大最受欢迎电视剧 Most Popular Drama Serials
1 WITH YOU / 我在你左右 969,000
2 NEW BEGINNINGS / 红白喜事 937,000
3 LOVE / 爱 897,000
4 HAPPY FAMILY / 过好年 896,000
5 UNRIDDLE / 最火搭档 891,000
6 PRECIOUS BABES / 三个女人一个宝 889,000
7 PRICELESS WONDER / 游戏人生 875,000
8 THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE / 五福到 874,000
9 BREAKOUT / 破天网 866,000
10 MRS P.I. / 查某人 830,000

Source: BaguaTV

Categorised in BaguaTV / Bagua8, EN, Happy Family 过好年, Ratings 节目收视率, Unriddle 最火搭档, With You 我在你左右.

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We dropped by “A Tale Of 2 Cities” filming the other day at a taekwando school and caught Rui En, Pierre Png and Yao Wen Long monkeying around in between breaks!! They probably hoped these photos would never see the light of day BUT…

While the director wasn’t looking, Pierre demonstrated a mean flying kick move which turned into a somewhat flying eagle / owl / phoenix / condor?? move. See how Wen Long tried to play along with him? :p

Obviously not contented with him monkeying alone, Pierre dragged his unwilling “partners-in-crime” down with him and got them to demonstrate his own version of flying eagle / owl / phoenix / condor?? move!

Kids, don’t try this at home.

Stay tuned for more updates as the the promo for this drama will commence soon!

Source: 8gg

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It’s the time of the year again where the Best categories of Star Awards nominations were being considered… To kick start the event, let’s hear you out on your most worthy top 5 Best Actresses?

Rui En finished the year with 3 major lead roles in Happy Family 过好年, With You 我在你左右 and Unriddle 最火搭档. Will she finally get a nomination after missing out for many donkey years or end up another year with zero nomination?

Predict your top 5 Best Actresses now before the public announcement at the end of the month!

Source: BaguaTV

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Ms Kok Len Shoong and Mr Paul Yuen said the departure of some of MediaCorp’s elite stable of Seven Princesses has opened up opportunities for the Malaysians.

The Princesses are Fiona Xie, Felicia Chin, Dawn Yeoh, Jesseca Liu, Jeanette Aw, Joanne Peh and Rui En.

Only the last three are still with the broadcaster.

Ms Kok said: ‘Maybe young actresses are in greater demand because some of the Princesses left. Once they get more chances to appear on TV and produce good results, the public will notice them.’

She added that MediaCorp is always on the lookout for new talents, overseas and local.

Mr Yuen wishes more Singaporeans would take up acting and be less afraid to perform. He said: ‘Fewer Singaporeans are turning to acting professionally…

‘It shouldn’t be just about money or a person quitting acting because you don’t earn enough. If you have the talent and the passion, give it a try.’

Source: The New Paper

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By Teo Wan Gek

PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong ushered in the new year amid dazzling fireworks together with more than 20,000 residents in Serangoon last Friday night.

He was at a countdown party organised by the Serangoon Citizens Consultative Committee.

Dubbed ‘Serangoon Swing 2011’, it got off to a rousing start at 6pm with line dancing, bouncing castles and a foam party booth.

The Serangoon Gardens Circus was filled to full capacity as thousands thronged the specially built stage to watch local media artists such as Rui En and Jeanette Aw perform.

As midnight drew close, Mr Lee joined the artists and celebrities on stage to ring in the new year, adding his own well wishes for Singapore.

‘We have had a very good 2010,’ he said. ‘Let’s work together, climb new heights and break new ground, and make Singapore even better in 2011.’

Source: The Straits Times

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