1. Scene & Heard Page 21

Story: Tan Yi Hui

Ratings JOY

The recently-concluded Joys of Life is, for now, this year’s highest-rated show with 993,000 viewers tuning in to the final ep.

Somewhere out there, ice queen Rui En could be beaming. The star of Joys of Life was unreachable for comment at press time, but co-star Zheng Geping, who plays Rui En’s father, was more than happy to rave about the stellar performance: “To be honest, some of us were confident it’d do well.” The nostalgic serial’s first episode in June attracted 971,000 viewers, putting it ahead of popular police thriller Unriddle 2 (921,000 viewers) and family drama Double Bonus (862,000 viewers). Joys still lag behind 2008’s The Little Nyonya, whose last ep attracted 1.67 million viewers, compared to Joys’ 993,000. Still, with an average viewership of 875,000, the 35-ep show is currently No.1 drama this year.

2. Cover Story Pages 32-45

Young Caldecott and the Restless City

Story by Jonathan Fam

Direct from Macau!

Besides battling heat exhaustion, we have to engage a shy shirtless hunk and witness how Rui En and Dai Yangtian fell in love. The latter not literally, of course – it would take a miracle on the Macau’s famous San Ma Lo Street for that to happen.

In Poetic Justice, DYT and Rui En play intrepid reporters who work for an online news agency. Poetic Justice isn’t your usual Ch 8 fare. We say that not ‘cos it’s the first drama since 2009’s Dreamcatchers to be partially filmed in an overseas location that’s not Malaysia, but because it’s the first time the world of journalism is used as a backdrop.

Put another way, Poetic Justice is a Cliff Notes version of Aaron Sorkin’s edgy The Newsroom cross-referenced with the marshmallow passion of Up Close and Personal and the gusto of Erin Brokovich. But ask the fiercely private Rui En if her feelings towards journos have changed since playing a, in her own words, “responsible reporter”, she chuckles, covers her mouth, and chuckles again. Um, we’ll take that as a yes.

Rui En is smiling. She seems genuinely happy.

She even initiates conversations, which is truly surprising. It’s not just because Rui En is notoriously reticent, but ‘cos her schedule here is so packed, she barely has time to catch her breath, let alone make small talk with pesky reporters.

“So how’s your holiday?” she deadpans when she catches us idling. “Do you need an umbrella? You don’t look like you want to be tanned,” she muses when she sees us melting under the scorching midday sun. “You eat carbs? You don’t look like you eat carbs,” she mock-interrogates us during dinner. Er, is the 31-year-old actres confusing us with Fann Wong? (Fact: this writer is the only one eating rice at the dinner table with the four leads. None of them touch carbs.)

Random Rui En facts: The first thing she does when she gets back to the hotel room is to turn on her TV. She finds the noise reassuring. She’s also a “closet NatGeo fan”, though she’d most likely be watching a Korean drama because “it’s important to know what’s popular now”. If she’s hungry, she snacks on potato chips.

These are just about the only things we managed to learn about Rui En during the week-long shoot. It’s near impossible to sit Rui En down for a private tête-à-tête. She is that busy. The 31-year old has been filming back-to-back dramas for three years now. The longest break she’s had were three weeks after Joys of Life wrapped and before lensing Poetic Justice began. Three precious weeks she spent “doing [her] own thing”. Has she thought about taking and extended break? “Of course,” she replies without missing a beat. “But I just decided not to.” So she intends to work until her body can no longer handle the stress? This time, there’s a pause. “Yeah, pretty much…” she says, her voice trailing off as she ponders the question. “Rui En, we need you!” a crew member suddenly calls out to her. And just like that, she snaps back to her reality and disappears.

Interlude: Rui En and DYT are more alike than you think.

Dai Yangtian: “Both of us don’t really like talking, but we communicate well with each other.”

Rui En: “Yes. I also prefer to stay in my room when I’m not filming. I like to keep work and my personal time very seperate.”

Dai Yangtian: “Same here. We don’t usually have meals with the rest of the crew.”

Rui En: “That’s just how it is.”

Dai Yangtian: “Both of us also have trouble sleeping in hotel rooms. That’s why I need to drink red wine before bed.”

Rui En: “I have difficulty sleeping on hotel beds.”

Behind the Scenes

My Fair Ladies: Fact: Actresses are deathly afraid of the sun. A totally-beat Rui En uses her umbrella as a tent in between takes.

Walk with me: DYT and Rui En take a casual stroll near the sacred ruins of St Paul’s Church.

Cold? Who’s cold? Rui En and DYT shares a light-hearted moment during a late night shoot.

Fight club: Rui En looks on helplessly while Desmond Tan and DYT fight in a scene.

Vote for Yanzhi as your Favourite Female Character now!

Poetic Justice 微笑正义 debuts 11 September 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Xinmsn

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新剧《微笑正义》讲述饰演英俊的富二代戴阳天，含着金汤匙出生，又加上有颗聪明的脑袋，在机缘巧合下认识了由瑞恩饰演的记者，而两人旋即产生感情并成为一对默契极佳的伙伴，一起伸张正义，揭露新闻事件背后的真相。

《微笑正义》将从9月11日起，每逢星期一至五晚上9时，通过8频道播出。

Poetic Justice 微笑正义 debuts 11 September 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: xinmsn

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Welcome back to another round of our sneak preview for our upcoming drama Poetic Justice “微笑正义”!

It takes lots of effort, skills and qualities to be a good journalist. Do you think the cast have what it takes?

Let’s take a look at what they are up to so far!

While for indoors: in the office:

They are…

Always so focused in their work.

Why so serious in the group discussion?

What mistake did Rui En make? Everyone seems to be giving her the dagger stare! O_O

Journalists may seem busy all the time, but at least they have time to snack!

Following that, remember our previous blog post where we wrote that DYT and Desmond will eventually woo Rui En? If you forgotten, here’s the link: Is Rui En having boy trouble?

Now…a quick look at their drama-mama between the 3 of them!

Catch the drama to fulfill your undying questions!

Vote for Yanzhi as your Favourite Female Character now!

Poetic Justice 微笑正义 debuts 11 September 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: BaguaTV

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Poetic Justice 微笑正义 debuts 11 September 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: BaguaTV

Categorised in BaguaTV / Bagua8, Buzz, Poetic Justice 微笑正义, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2, Unriddle 最火搭档.

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Flight at an ungodly hour tomorrow morning and we hit the ground running. Flight at an ungodly hour back too. Yer pres wanted to see if u guys could send me off, but the hours are too ungodly. How many times can one use the word ungodly in one sentence?

Gonna miss Mondays epi which am so looking forward too. It was heart wrenching for me to do that scene. Almost as painful as the internal bleeding I sustained from trying not to laugh when LP was Wang Bao Chuan.

Dark Knight was disappointing, non?

Stay safe Rangels.

En.

This was first posted in RBKD forum on 29 July 2012 at 11:41 am.

Joys of Life 花样人间 is now airing on Channel 8, Weekdays at 9pm.

Poetic Justice 微笑正义 debuts 11 September 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

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日期: 18/07/2012 | 新闻来源: 联合早报(逗号) | 记者: 陈珮雯 许美珠

那些年，当我们还没有电视机，到大世界玩是最流行的消闲活动。那些年，当我们还没有手机随时随地拍照时，到照相馆留影是最有趣的玩意。那些年，当我们还没有简讯、Facebook或Twitter时，饭后一起“串门子”成了联系感情的最佳方式。

新传媒复古剧《花样人间》让大家重温60年代的新加坡，跟随主要演员们走入时光隧道的无穷想象空间吧！

Q1.如果真能有穿梭时空的能力，你最想回到哪一个时代？

瑞恩：我很喜欢“The Great Gatsby”这本小说，所以想回到书中提到的美国1920年代的flapper era，感受那个时代的华丽。

Q2.最想把60年代的什么东西带来21世纪？

瑞恩：我会带回留声机，听起音乐来特别怀旧浪漫。现在也可能买到古董留声机，但是直接从60年代带回来的最“正宗”吧？

Q3.你又会想把21世纪的什么东西带回60年代？

瑞恩：冷气机！拍《花样人间》和之前另一部怀旧剧《正义武馆》时，真是热到不行。现在拍时装剧《微笑正义》，主要在冷气室内取景，相比之下实在太舒服了！

Joys of Life 花样人间 is now airing on Channel 8, Weekdays at 9pm.

Poetic Justice 微笑正义 debuts 11 September 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: zbComma

Categorised in CH, Code of Honour 正义武馆, Joys of Life 花样人间, Poetic Justice 微笑正义, zbComma/Friday Weekly.

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What does this mean?

Not to worry… it’s something to do with our upcoming drama! Let’s REWIND a little!

《微笑正义》is an upcoming drama of a group of people doing investigative journalism. So here’s an inside scoop of the drama:

Mainly there are two journalists – The rookie and the experienced journalist played by both Rui En and Rebecca Lim.

Rebecca plays Luo Ling, a TV journalist and news anchor. Been in this industry for awhile, she is confident and does not admit defeat easily.

Rui En plays Liu Yan Zhi, a TV host cum producer of “Reality TV”. She is a relationship with Lin Zhong Lun, played by Yuan Shuai, but the latter went missing three years ago…

Firmly believing that Zhong Lun will return, she decides to wait faithfully for his return and hoping that there will be an explanation to his disappearance.

Dai Yang Tian plays Fang Zheng Ye. Hailing from a rich family where both his parents head a group enterprise, he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

He lives a lavish lifestyle, has never taken up a single job, and his fortune keeps rolling in through his investments. Later on, he will invest in the TV Company.

Along the way, he and his lawyer friend Zi Sheng, played by Desmond Tan, befriends Yan Zhi.

With both Zheng Ye and Zi Sheng wooing Yan Zhi, what will she do? Who will she choose?

Will she be able to let go of her relationship with Zhong Lun? Or… will she continue to wait for Zhong Lun’s return?

Catch the drama to find out the reason behind Zhong Lun’s mysterious disappearance and how it links to one of the characters in the drama.

Poetic Justice 微笑正义 debuts 11 September 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: BaguaTV

Categorised in BaguaTV / Bagua8, EN, Poetic Justice 微笑正义.

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1. Feature Pages 44-46

Story by Jonathan Fam

Des-tined for the big time

Desmond now resembles a darker, hotter Qi Yuwu – how’s that for climbing the celeb ladder? He has also muscled his way into Ch 8’s elite club of twenty-something leading men mature enough to romance the likes of Jeanette Aw and Joanne Peh. It’s a group so exclusive (or should we say elusive) that its current membership totals two: Dai Yangtian and Elvin Ng. Well, three now, since Desmond is romancing Rui En in his next drama, Poetic Justice, which starts filming this month.

Poetic Justice 微笑正义 debuts 11 September 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Categorised in 8 DAYS, EN, Poetic Justice 微笑正义.

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The actress shared her thoughts about portraying a reporter for her role in the upcoming drama “Poetic Justice”

Often being painted in a negative picture by the local newspapers, you can’t fault Rui En for developing a a love-hate relationship for her new role as a reporter in the new Channel 8 drama, ‘Poetic Justice’.

The actress, who just wrapped up filming for ‘Joys of Life’, starring Taiwanese idol Xiao Gui, will be immersed in a new production soon and she let on that she is ‘used to the hectic life.’

TV audiences will see Rui En portraying a low-profiled lifestyle reporter in ‘Poetic Justice’ where she will be paired up with Dai Yangtian for the first time.

During an interview with xinmsn, Rui En revealed that she is not close with Yangtian, but looks forward to working with him.

The 31-year-old expressed that Yangtian seemed to be ‘a quiet person,’ and laughingly replied that she is ‘not worried at all!’ to work with him.

‘On the contrary, we might get along well as we are both quiet, [co-starring in the drama together] that would be good,’ the actress shared.

Commenting on the negative news about the actress splashed all over the media in recent months, Rui En faces accusations for ‘putting on a long face’ during the Star Awards 2012 award ceremony. She touched on her experience with reporters and felt that the reporter ‘took things out of context’.

The 31-year-old wonderd aloud, ‘Why do reporters have to be so harsh in their words?’ and added that she developed next feelings when she was told of her role in the drama.

‘I am the one who’s being reported by reporters and now I’ve to understand them and probe deeper into the reasons behind why they do certain things,’ the actress explained.

To prepare for her role, Rui En did her homework and read the autobiography of Mike Wallace, a famous US reporter. She also researched about the profession so as to prepare herself to ‘experience the grievances of a reporter’ for the next two months.

The actress jokingly lamented, ‘I understand that reporters did what they have to do for the job, but sometimes it is really a bother!’

Poetic Justice 微笑正义 debuts 11 September 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in EN, Joys of Life 花样人间, Poetic Justice 微笑正义, xinmsn.

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