1. Scene & Heard Page 14

Ready to QLO

If you’re happy and you know it: The varying degrees of joy as demonstrated by brand ambassador Rebecca Lim, Qi Yuwu and Rui En. And no that’s not Rui En’s “black face”, okay? She’s just being herself. Don’t take our word for it. Hear it straight from our cover girl this week.

2. Cover story Pages 34-44

The Importance of Being Rui En

By Celine Tan

She doesn’t do smiles. She doesn’t do intimate scenes. She doesn’t care what you think. She only wants to be herself. Here’s the story of why Rui En is Rui En.

“Tom yum soup. Alone time. Doing charity work. Feeling like I’ve achieved something new in my acting. Paris. Shorts and slippers. Rainy nights, but only when I’m safe and warm at home.”

That, ladies and gentlemen, is a list of things that make Rui En happy. So stop asking her why she looks so miserable all the time, because she’s not. Her. Face. Is. Just. Like. That. “I’m not a naturally smiley person,” she tells us exasperatedly. “And when I don’t smile, that’s my face.”

Rui En’s lack of regard for what you think of her fascinates and frustrates us. On one hand, we admire her honesty and that stick-to-her-guns bravado, and give her props for being the lonely tree, steadfast and unwavering in a field of pretty, nodding flowers. On the other hand, there is that maddening question: Who the heck does she think she is?

She is, of course, the actress who would rather stick pins in her eyes than do love, kissing or rape scenes, and whose absolute refusal to compromise in this aspect has led to blow-ups with fellow showbiz-ers. She’s the A-lister who isn’t afraid to show her disdain at awards ceremonies, scoffs at press conferences and interviews, and shuns celebrity events. She’s the star who hates stardom.

And yet, her popularity is iron-clad and her fans ever devoted. She’s been a fixture on the Star Awards Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste list since 2005, and looks to be in zero danger of dropping off anytime soon. In spite of — or possibly because of — her reticence, people love her. We ask her why she thinks she’s popular, despite her unwillingness to play the fame game. “I have no idea,” she says matter-of-factly. “Honestly, I don’t think about all these. I just do what I do.” When we push her to speculate, she shrugs, “I really have no clue. Maybe I’m different?”

Indifferent, more like, her detractors may sniff, and stubbornly self-centred. Self-contained, more like, her legion of supporters will cry, and resolutely sure of what she wants and doesn’t want.

It’s been three long years since our last cover interview and shoot with her, and in that time, Rui En has become ever more enigmatic while maintaining a constant presence on TV in almost back-to-back Ch 8 dramas. It seems the more she acts in reel life, the less she is inclined to act in real life.

In a bid to peek into her doubtlessly-complicated psyche, we’re eschewing fancy themes, costumes and props for this shoot, and just letting Rui En be Rui En. Which explains the moodier-than-usual photos. Along with her own stylist, who dresses her for the Star Awards, Rui En selected these outfits, because they are her. “I’m happy with it,” she tells us after the shoot. “I thought some of the shots were quite what I’m about. It was quite natural for me to do some of those poses.”

Did Rui En give 8 DAYS a piece of her true self in this photo shoot and interview? We’d like to think so, but we’ll never know. And that’s all right.

3. Television Page 101

Joys of Life

Tue, Ch 8, 9PM New Serial!

Nostalgia rules in this mid-year blockbuster serial chronicling the lives of getai perfomances – among them Rui En and Taiwanese singer Alien Huang – in the ’60s and ’70s. The highlights of this 35-part drama, partly filmed at Tuas TV World, are the colourful stage performances (look out for a Bollywood number where Rui En sings and dances…as a dude!). Taiwanese actress Cynthia Wang, Andie Chen, Kate Pang and Chew Chor Meng co-star. – Douglas Tseng

4. TV Synopses Pages 112 – 113

Joys of Life

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

Source: Xinmsn

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

Source: Channelnewsasia

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The stars of the upcoming Channel 8 series ‘Joys of Life’ share filming anecdotes and comment on their first collaboration

Upcoming star-studded mid-year blockbuster Joys of Life is set in the ’60s to ’70s, chronicling the lives of families living on Huaxiang Street. Yong Yong (Rui En) is brought up like a boy and easily handles all sorts of household chores. Mingxing (Alien Huang) portrays the starry-eyed friend of Yong Yong’s step-sister, Rou Rou (Cynthia Wang).

At the press conference, Taiwanese singer-actor Alien shared, ‘Before I came (to Singapore) to film, my fans painstakingly put together an analysis book for me. It has the background of all the key actors; who they are, what shows they’ve participated in, that kind of thing.’

When Alien and Rui En met xinmsn for an interview, they revealed that they had many scenes together, and that they had built up ‘very good’ rapport while filming.

The pair, who started off as singers, also collaborated on one of the title tracks, ‘Care’.

When asked to appraise each other’s singing ability, Alien immediately praised Rui En by saying, ‘I’ve always liked Rui En’s songs. Her voice has a lot of substance and feeling to it. I felt pretty excited working on this song together.’

He quipped that Rui En’s voice is more like a male’s, adding that ‘my key is really high, (when singing a duet) the male and female’s voice are supposed to be different, but we ended up singing at the same key!’

Alien also shared that the producer had to specially remind them not to sing with such a modern feel due to the drama’s time setting.

Rui En then commented that Alien, who did the recording first, ended up sounding like Taiwanese singer Fei Yu-Ching!

Alien retorted with a laugh, ‘Yes I did, (but that’s because I) followed instructions well!’

When asked to recall interesting incidents during filming, Rui En claimed that Alien ‘enjoys mimicking everyone, (but) he just doesn’t dare to mimic me in front of me!’ to which Alien hurriedly emphasized that he has never done so.

He clarified that his imitations of fellow crew members is to inject a bit of life when filming starts to take its toll on those present.

The two then joked that they enjoy mimicking Cynthia, immediately launching into their versions of her.

Taiwanese actress-singer Cynthia Wang’s return to our local television comes after being involved in another mega-series last year, Devotion.

When quizzed on her chemistry with Rui En during their scenes together, she shared that ‘everyone was fully immersed in their roles, up to the point where I felt really moved as well. In the show, I have a line that goes ‘The star and moon are always together; we are sisters who never will part.’ Even without practicing, this line came naturally.’

Cynthia added that she enjoyed filming and called Rui En ‘really adorable’, revealing that the she played host by bringing Cynthia and Alien out for meals often and also bringing goodies on set to share, including what she proclaimed to be ‘the best cheesecake I’ve ever had!’

Click here for the videos.

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

Source: Xinmsn

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日期: 18/6/2012 | 新闻来源: 联合晚报

瑞恩抱着泰迪熊的模样，令人暂忘她是酷酷的“冰山公主”。这只熊是来自粉丝会的礼物，据悉经理人本来要帮她拿着，但她却爱不释手。

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

Source: Wanbao

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张玮珊报道

瑞恩和黄鸿升（小鬼）一同受访时，默契极佳地模仿起王心如，小鬼还被瑞恩亏是”被宠坏的小孩”！

即将在8频道上映的年中重头剧《花样人间》日前（15日）举行记者会，剧中主要演员小鬼黄鸿升、瑞恩、陈莉萍、周初明、王心如、陈邦鋆、庞蕾馨、林梅娇、潘玲玲、姚玟隆、陈罗密欧和林赞银均出席为戏宣传。

记者会上，来自台湾的小鬼透露：”我在台湾还没有过来的时候，粉丝很贴心地为我做了一本’战力分析’，这个人她是谁、她做了什么、她喜欢吃什么，类似这样的东西。简单来说，就是瑞恩她拍过的戏，邦鋆他拍过的戏，阿爸（周初明）拍过的戏，这样子。”

瑞恩和小鬼在剧中有不少对手戏，两人在正式见面前，也曾表示很期待与对方合作。两人一同接受xinmsn的访问时认为，和彼此的默契”很好”，演戏的很多时候都在笑自己。

《花样人间》讲述60、70年代时，住在花香街一栋旧楼里的几户人家，和他们在生活中天天上演的不同戏码。

瑞恩在剧中饰演韩家养女咏咏，从小被父母当作男孩子带大，打扫、煮饭样样难不倒她。小鬼则饰演韩咏咏的妹妹韩柔柔（王心如饰）之好友赵明星，人如其名，成天就爱发明星梦。

小鬼变成费玉清？

瑞恩和小鬼在《花样人间》里，合唱了一首《牵挂》。记者好奇，两位都是歌手出身，对彼此的唱功有和评价？

小鬼立马赞扬：”我本来就很喜欢瑞恩以前的歌，她的声音很有磁性、很有情感。我们合作这首歌曲，其实我蛮兴奋的。”

他继续分享，瑞恩在歌中比较像男生，让他直呼”我的key好高，男生跟女生的key本来就不一样，我们两个人还硬要唱一样的key！”

小鬼也说，监制特别提醒他们，因为戏属的年代，所以两个人都不能把歌唱得太有现代感。由于小鬼是第一个录音的，瑞恩爆他唱出来的效果有点像费玉清！

小鬼也承认：”对对对！非常的中规中矩！”

瑞恩和小鬼爱模仿王心如

《花样人间》中的群戏多、演员也多，人多在一起必定会有趣事。

瑞恩指小鬼很喜欢在片场模仿人：”他最喜欢模仿每一个人，他只是不敢在我面前模仿我！”

小鬼连忙表示：”我没有模仿你！我真的没有模仿你，真的没有！”

他补充，有的时候在拍戏的当儿会累，总该需要一点动力前进，所以就会模仿起别人。

记者问瑞恩为什么喜欢模仿王心如时，她笑言王心如讲话的腔调很好模仿。小鬼开始解释，立刻模仿起王心如来，”她最后ending，嘴巴会张开 …”

瑞恩也顽皮地模仿起来：”这样好不好？”

王心如和瑞恩”情同姐妹”

来自台湾的王心如是第二次到本地拍戏，恰巧又是年度大戏之一。去年，她参与了阿姐郑惠玉重返电视圈的作品《阿娣》。

王心如在《花样人间》中饰演韩咏咏（瑞恩饰）的妹妹韩柔柔。她被问及与瑞恩对戏，默契如何时，表示：”大家都很融入在角色里，演到我自己都觉得好感动。我们在戏里有一句话，’星伴月，月伴星，我们是永远不分离的好姐妹’，没有排练过，就很自然的。”

王心如分享，这次的拍摄过程很开心，并且赞瑞恩”超可爱”的。

“她闹起来是很好笑的，而且她都爱模仿我！她可能就是觉得我戏很多。”

王心如也透露，瑞恩会尽地主之谊，带她和小鬼去吃饭，拍戏时也会带起司蛋糕，让王心如直呼，”那是我吃过最好吃的cheesecake！”

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

Source: Xinmsn

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日期: 17/06/2012 | 新闻来源: 新明日报 | 记者: 钟雁龄

资深艺人陈莉萍大前天出席《花》记者会时，顶着个搞笑的“鸡窝头”，非常抢镜头。她在剧中饰演尖酸刻薄的包租婆，与房客王心如和“女儿”瑞恩互动不少。

与瑞恩多次合作默契佳不说，陈莉萍也大赞“外援”王心如表现出色，让她激赏。她说：“我之前刚好就有看她在《阿娣》里的演出，觉得她真的蛮好的，演出很生动自然。”

之前因《阿》的“珊珊”而大受好评，王心如这次二度参与新加坡制作演出，越来越得心应手。除了和众年轻演员打成一片外，更庆幸自己因《花》而多了个“姐姐”。

她笑说：“我在家中是老大，下有弟妹，所以平时都是我在照顾人。这次瑞恩演我姐姐，我们默契很好，也很享受被姐姐保护和照顾的感觉！剧集要杀青时，我都很舍不得了。”

王心如在《花》中会与瑞恩合唱2首歌，自己也会演唱3首。

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

Source: Shinmin, Chinapress

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1. 星光 Starbuzz Page 28

势力扩张

日本品牌Uniqlo本地最大旗舰店Bugis+开幕，甚少出席同类型场合的戚玉武与瑞恩赏脸站台，大喜日子，继续酷。

2. 封面故事 Cover Story Pages 36-52

文：王莉雁

人间笑傲

两代本地演员，台庆重头剧汇聚。

前一秒，肃穆正经如豪门恩怨实录上演。

下一刻，不约而同无聊作怪笑闹成一团默契无懈可击。

瞬间可变脸。

都是演技派。

瑞恩

只是一个无聊人

荧幕上的她，越来越精彩。

新闻里的她，也越来越多话题。

生活里的她，继续乏善可陈，比平常如你我的普通人，还要闷上几百倍。

总想让自己远离这个世界的人，偏偏总是事与愿违。

人生种种，就是这么矛盾。

2. Advertorial Pages 60-61

3. TV Guide Page 78

《花样人间》 26 June 2012, 9pm, Channel 8

8频道打造“戏剧情牵30周年”大制作-怀旧台庆剧《花样人间》，剧集以轻松诙谐的手法，反映60、70年代的娱乐大环境，艺人的精神面貌，成名前后的秘辛。演员阵容豪华，集合了新传媒老中青三代演员：黄文永、林梅娇、陈莉萍、郑各评、潘玲玲、瑞恩、张耀栋、陈罗密欧、陈邦鋆、庞蕾馨、姚玟隆与台湾人气王小鬼、甜姐王心如联手演出。

3. TV Synopses Pages 82 – 85

Joys of Life

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I would like to chastize you with a stern tone about wasting money………………………..

Life is good today.

The stern chastizing will come when I am feeling more socially conscious……………….!!!!!

En.

This was first posted in RBKD forum on 16 June 2012 at 5:13 pm.

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

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Knowing that I never take BTS pix during production, except for the unfortunate banana one, where did these photos materialize from? Xinru’s lovely assistant emailed me some after we wrapped.

This was taken after some rigorous jostling all in the name of filming a shot for the opening. The jostling caused LP’S wig to give up and wanna go home. In the pic you clearly see that she is trying to persuade it to do otherwise.

My expression of sheer delight is exactly the same as in a pic taken when I was 5 yrs old looking at ice cream.

Sorry you guys had to q overnight!

Lots more pix to come!

En.

This was first posted in RBKD forum on 16 June 2012 at 10:59 am.

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

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