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

Categorised in channelnewsasia.com, EN, MediaCorp.

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By RBKD

Always wanted to see Rui En in person?
Always admired her acting and wish to let her know?

Here is your chance.

Rui En will be attending the Channel 8’s Dramatasy Roadshow 2011 this Saturday at Serangoon NEX Shopping Mall.

Wear BLACK to the event to show your support for Rui En.

In support of this event, RBKD will be distributing namecard size photo cards of Rui En to all Rui En’s supporters in BLACK. Just come and find RBKD after Rui En’s first appearance. Rui En will be on stage 3 times to introduce about her 3 upcoming shows – #codeofhonour, #Unriddle 2 & #joysoflife.

We hope to see you there and we hope to hear your cheers and claps too.

Dramatasy Roadshow 2011
Date: 19 November 2011, Saturday
Time: 12 noon to 7pm (Rui En will be there from 2pm to 430pm)
Venue: Serangoon NEX Shopping Mall (Serangoon MRT)

Code of Honour 正义武馆 debuts 5 December 2011 7pm on Channel 8.

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

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

Categorised in Code of Honour 正义武馆, Dramatasy 2011, EN, Joys of Life 花样人间, MediaCorp, RBKD, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2.

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MediaCorp artistes

Chinese Drama Production

The Chinese Drama team produces up to 300 hours of Chinese drama annually. Popular productions include The Little Nyonya, Holland V, The Ultimatum, Unriddle, The Champion, Love Concierge, which reach out to more than 75% of the TV audiences weekly.

Productions of Chinese Drama have given rise to several stars. Local ingénues Zoe Tay. Fann Wong, Christopher Lee, Chen Hanwei, Rui En, Jeanette Aw, Qi Yu Wu, Tay Ping Hui, Elvin Ng, Dai Yang Tian, Joanne Peh and Chen Li Ping have captured the viewers’ heart and become household names.

Source: MediaCorp

Categorised in EN, MediaCorp, Unriddle 最火搭档.

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A Tale of Two Cities 乐在双城

In this romantic comedy, a rich young heiress gets cheated of her inheritance but eventually finds friendship and love and learns to appreciate that happiness can be found in the simple things in life.

The In-Laws 麻婆斗妇

In-law conflicts are a common issue confronting many families. Capturing the essence of the complexity of this domestic situation, the 35-episode melodrama will be one local viewers can identify with.

On The Fringe

A wayward father discovers that his long-lost son has followed in his footsteps. Can the two rebels overcome their generation gap and steer themselves back on the right path?

Categorised in A Tale of 2 Cities 乐在双城, EN, MediaCorp, The In-Laws 麻婆斗妇.

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Vote NOW to show your support for Rui En!

Voting Mechanics:
To vote, please call 1900 – 112 – 2031.

The telepoll lines for the Top 10 Most Popular Male/Female Artistes will be opened from 18 March to 25 April, 9pm.

Terms & Conditions:
1. Each call costs $0.80
2. Each call is subject to 7% GST
3. Pre-paid card holders and overseas phone lines will not be able to vote
4. Callers aged 18 years and below must seek parental consent

现在就投票支持你喜欢的瑞恩登上十大女艺人榜！

投选方法：
请拨打电话 1900-112-2031 ，这 2031 就代表你要支持的艺人所属编号。

十大最受欢迎男女艺人- 投选热线从2010年3月18日起开放到4月25日晚上9时。

投选规则：
1. 每通电话新币 8 角
2. 每通电话需缴付 7% 消费税
3. 电话储值卡用户及海外电话用户将无法投票
4. 18 岁以下拨电者需征得家长同意

Source: Star Awards 2010 Microsite

Categorised in MediaCorp, Star Awards, Star Awards 2010.

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Categorised in MediaCorp.

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The 29-year-old actress will play a mother for the first time in upcoming drama I’m With You. Good thing she’s a-ok when it comes to kids

26 January 2010
Text: Jamie Yap | Photos: Jamie Yap | Video: Alan Yong

If you’ve bought into Rui En’s all-sunshine-no-dark-clouds chirpiness and outgoing character in current drama Happy Family — a far cry from the ice-cool and poised figure she cuts in person — then the local starlet’s next role shouldn’t take much to convince you likewise.

The wisp-thin actress, who turns 29 this Friday, is set to play a mother of a seven-year-old child in upcoming drama I’m With You — and a widowed, pregnant one at that, after onscreen hubby (played by Chen Hanwei) gets killed in an accident and becomes a ghost who bugs the only human (Adrian Pang) who can see him to help his family out.

It’s a role “totally different from what I did in Happy Family,” she admits, before adding that it also felt “very foreign and alien” to her at the beginning, especially with it being her virgin attempt at matronly personas.

Then again, there’s nothing like research to handle the apparent lack of maternal intuition.

She’s done all her homework to ensure she nails the part. “I read a lot of books and spoke to some mums about what’s it like to be a mother and being pregnant so I know more about the mannerism and emotions. Apart from these little details, the rest is up to me to immerse myself in the role to make sure I pull it off convincingly.”

More crucially, she’s not allergic to children, unlike the showbiz proverb of actors never working with kids or animals. In fact, this lass has been volunteering at a children’s home since last year. Never mind that it started out as a New Year’s resolution (for 2009).

“I promised myself that I’d some charity work because it’s something I think I should have done a while ago, but frankly I was lazy. Finally, last year, I volunteered at a kids’ home. I visited the kids and also took them on outings like to the beach and organise things like Christmas parties.”

Because she’s an only child in her family, she considered the time spent with the home’s kids, mostly of primary and secondary school-going age, to be “the first time I was really interacting with children. Before that I doubted my ability to get along with them, but after this I realize it just comes naturally.”

While we don’t doubt that her comfortableness around kiddies will come in handy as he plays mummy in the show, we’re curious as to how she feels about her first-ever collaboration with Adrian Pang, who winds up falling for her in the series. After all, the actor’s Mandarin-speaking anathema is just about as well-known as her own bête noire on filming intimate scenes.

“I can understand his apprehension and feelings,” she says good-naturedly. For my first few Chinese dramas, I started out from being a position where I’m not good with speaking Mandarin. I worked with Pierre Png before and these guys really memorise word for word, so I know it can be stressful. So I do sympathise and I’ll definitely help him out.”

Her co-star also made headlines of late when it was confirmed he would leave TV station MediaCorp (the date is set for this April) for a career in theatre, the medium with which he originally started in.

With their show seemingly being his last Chinese drama production before he bids adios to TV land, Rui En simply said, “If he thinks it’s the right thing to do, and now is the right time to go, I say go with what you feel. Then I support his decision.”

I’m With You debuts May 2010 on Ch 8.

Source: MediaCorp

Categorised in MediaCorp, With You 我在你左右.

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请问：如果你是小冬，你要怎么帮爷爷改掉坏脾气让大家都愿意回家呢？

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Source: MediaCorp

Categorised in Happy Family 过好年, MediaCorp.

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看过宣传短片后, 我心想: 为何取名<过好年>呢? 戏理的人物多数哭比笑还要多呢! 但俗话说, 家家有本难念的经, 雨后才会有彩虹, 董家也不例外. 董家的纠纷是否能化解,一家人团聚过好年呢?
The first thing that struck me after watching the preview was: Isn’t it an irony to name the TV series “Happy Family” when the show in fact highlights the struggles of a family? But as the Chinese saying goes, “Every family has its own set of problems and struggles”, how true for the Dong family. Will the Dongs manage to overcome all odds and emerge as a happy family before the Lunar New Year?

故事简介Synopsis

董建业(陈澍城饰演)是戏里的一家之主. 他有三个孩子, 金星 (陈天文饰演), 木星 (林明伦饰演)与水星 (郭舒贤饰演), 但他却陆陆续续的把他们赶走. 金星因被父亲诬赖害死母亲而离去; 木星为了不要被父亲看不起而发誓要出人头地才回家; 水星因17当上未婚妈妈而被父亲打瘸了, 不得不离家. 幸亏他在几年后领养了孤儿,杨小冬 (瑞恩饰演).
The Dong family is headed by Dong Jian Ye (played by Chen Shu Cheng). He has three children, Jin Xing (played by Chen Tian Wen), Mu Xing (played by Darren Lim) and Shui Xing (played by Ann Kok), all of which were driven out of house 17 years ago. Jin Xing left after being accused of causing the death of his mother; Mu Xing vowed never to return until he made a name for himself; Shui Xing was forced to leave after she got pregnant at 17 and was beaten till lame by her father. After his children left, Jian Ye adopted Yang Xiao Dong (played by Rui En), daughter of a neighbour who was killed in a fire, as his granddaughter.

小冬是个单纯善良的女孩. 因母亲早年过逝, 父亲抛弃而被邻居,建业,领养. 她偶然间认识野口菜子 (金沛晟饰演), 金星的继子. 相处多日,她在不知不觉中对这个陌生人产生了感情…
Xiao Dong, an innocent and simple-minded girl, helps her grandfather run a little shop in Chinatown selling sundries. She meets Noguchi Nariyasu (played by Remus Kam), stepson of Jin Xing, and falls in love with him subsequently…

后来, 建业不幸中风. 他最大的心愿是能与家人再此拍全家福. 为了完成爷爷的心愿, 小冬与野口菜子开始寻找建业失散多年的子女,希望能在新年前让一家人团聚.他们能成功吗?
After suffering a stroke, Jian Ye’s dying wish is to take a family portrait again. Thus, Xiao Dong and Nariyasu embark on a search for his children with the intention to reunite the family and fulfill Jian Ye’s wish. Will they succeed?

媒体招待会照片Press Conference Photographs

	“导演说我们两个可以去日本拍戏… 日本花园啦!” “The director told us we would have to go Japan for the shoot… Japanese garden lah!”
	“在戏里虽然穷, 但我们是最快乐的一家人.” “Even though we are poor, we are also the happiest family in the show.”
	舒贤太入戏, 拍完后还是一拐一拐的走 Ann was possessed by her character so much so that she continued limping even after the shoot
	“我现在是小冬” “I am Xiao Dong now”
	“不亲吻不要紧, 我们还是很有默契的喔!” “No kissing scenes but we still have chemistry!”
	全家福 Family Portrait

别忘了在1月19日起, 每逢星期一至五, 晚上9点, 收看<过好年>!
Don’t forget to catch “Happy Family” starting 19 January 2010, 9pm, every Monday to Friday!

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Source: MediaCorp Channel 8

Categorised in Happy Family 过好年, MediaCorp.

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