11 December 2006
STAR AWARDS 2006
There were brave smiles and sunken hearts, but thankfully no tears as hot faves were left in the cold at last night’s awards. WENDY TEO, HO LIAN-YI and YEOH WEE TECK report
WINNERS
Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes: Rui En, Kym Ng, Xiang Yun, Quan Yifeng, Jesseca Liu, Huang Biren, Michelle Chia, Jeanette Aw, Felicia Chin, Fiona Xie
Source: The New Paper
Categorised in Star Awards, Star Awards 2006, The New Paper.
06 December 2006
Their chiselled good looks and talent have driven fans to distraction, but who managed to sweep them off their feet? JEANMARIE TAN, HO LIAN-YI and STEPHANIE CONCEICAO report on this year’s crop of male idols
Dude of the year
The nominees
3 ELVIN NG
YOU know a newcomer is hot when he’s too busy to talk about his nomination for Dude Of The Year.
But he really turned heads this year in the Channel 8 idol drama Love @ 0 Degrees along with Rui En, Felicia Chin, Michelle Saram and Julian Hee.
Source: The New Paper
Categorised in Love at Zero Degrees 爱情零度C, The New Paper.
03 December 2006
tanyhi@sph.com.sg
YOU might have felt cynical about tapping celebrities to brandish branded goods.
But what if there was a good cause behind the brandishing?
Celebrity power is being harnessed not only to boost up sales, but to assist in the fight against Aids in Africa.
Motorola’s Moto Red project has recruited a small army of 14 local personalities to become Moto Red ambassadors and help promote Motorola’s upcoming red-coloured handphones.
Their message: If you buy a red Motorola Razr from M1 or StarHub in the coming weeks, US$17 ($26) from the proceeds will go directly to the Global Fund which helps Aids patients in Africa. US$17 is enough to buy medicine to keep an Aids patient alive for a year.
The local ambassadors – including Eunice Olsen, Rui En, Adam Chen, Jean Danker, Russell Wong, Singapore idol runner-up Jonathan Leong and national shuttler Ronald Susilo – will tell you upfront that the project is no act of philanthropy.
Source: The New Paper
Categorised in The New Paper.
28 August 2006
Up-and-coming TV idol Elvin Ng says sudden exposure left him reeling – for a while
jtay@sph.com.sg
TWO years ago, he was a nameless, low-profile undergraduate, making his way alone from one lecture to another at the National University of Singapore.
Today, the 25-year-old fresh English literature honours graduate is touted as one of MediaCorp’s hottest male talents.
Since starring in the Channel 8 idol drama Love @ 0 Degrees alongside Rui En, Felicia Chin, Michelle Saram and Julian Hee, hunky actor Elvin Ng’s local fan base has swelled.
In less than a year, it has grown from 300 members to over 800 now.
Source: The New Paper
Categorised in Love at Zero Degrees 爱情零度C, The New Paper.
26 July 2006
SINGING the National Day Parade theme song has become an honour local singers covet.
But the star element was introduced only in 1998, when Kit Chan became the first local singer to sing Dick Lee’s heartwarming tune, Home.
But nothing approaches the glory of performing in front of a 60,000-strong crowd celebrating the nation’s birthday.
Here’s a look at who has done the honours:
1998: Home by Kit Chan.
1999: Together by Evelyn Tan & Dreamz FM. The music video was shot by famed Hong Kong director Tsui Hark who captured our multi-racial harmony.
2000: Shine On Me by Jai (English version) and Mavis Hee (Mandarin).
2001: Where I Belong, composed and performed by Tanya Chua.
2002: We Will Get There by Stefanie Sun.
2003: One United People by Stefanie.
2004: Home by JJ Lin and Kit.
2005: Reach Out For The Skies by Taufik Batisah & Rui En.
2006: My Island Home by Kaira Gong.
Source: The New Paper
Categorised in NDP 2005, The New Paper.
12 July 2006
TView
STARRING: Rui En, Julian Hee, Michelle Saram
SHOWING ON: Channel 8, weekdays at 9pm
RATING: ****
Love @ 0 deg C
teowyw@sph.com.sg
I AM not sure why Channel 8 chose to brand Love @ 0 deg C as an idol drama.
It’s quite a gross injustice to their own product, I must say.
Especially since idol dramas now have such a bad rep for having mindless fluff and terrible acting – in particular those from a certain Asian country that churns them out by the dozen.
Love @ 0 deg C stars Rui En as Yixin, a fashion design student so poor, she cannot even afford her own creations.
She and sidekick Xiaoling (Felicia Chin) harbour dreams of marrying a rich man and enjoying a life of happily-ever-after.
While at a posh party to snag a rich husband, Yixin keeps crossing swords with arrogant playboy Guobin (Julian Hee), who ends up being her boss when he hires her as a cleaner for his new dessert shop.
When Guobin breaks up with his wilful girlfriend Qiao Anna (Michelle Saram), Yixin cheers him up and they fall in love.
But when Anna is blinded in an accident, Guobin decides it’s his duty to take care of her.
Love @ 0 deg C may be based on a formula targeted at the teen market.
But what makes the show bearable is that it doesn’t play cute.
After all, you can hardly expect to get away with it when your cast has a median age of 25.
Instead, the likeability of Love @ 0 deg C lies in the charm of its lead, Rui En.
The feistiness she injects into her character, and her unaffected performances will make you warm up to her instantly.
WHAT THOSE TICKS MEAN
***** Excellent
**** Good
*** Average
** Mediocre
* Don’t bother
Source: The New Paper
Categorised in Love at Zero Degrees 爱情零度C, The New Paper.
04 July 2006
IS Rui En, 24, ageing before her time?
The pretty actress may not look it, but ‘an old woman’ was how she described herself recently.
Speaking at the Love @ 0 deg C press conference, Rui En said she is unlike the sporty character she usually plays in dramas.
‘I am like an old woman, I like to stay at home to read, or go on the Net. I hardly go out, because I don’t have that many friends. I have only a few close ones. Maybe because I’m an only child, I’m happy with my own company most of the time.’
Her idea of unwinding is to go for long drives.
But the good news is, Rui En is not into looks: ‘I don’t like good lookers, I am not into having a trophy boyfriend by my side.’
So, were her previous boyfriends ugly? Rui En said: ‘I’m not answering that question!’
Source: The New Paper
Categorised in Love at Zero Degrees 爱情零度C, The New Paper.
11 February 2006
ALL Kelvin Tan Weilian wants is… to sing.
The only thing he was not okay with was acting, and he made no bones about it.
Kelvin has been busy filming not one but two dramas – Dream Chasers starring Project Superstar’s top four and Love Degree, opposite Rui En in two episodes – and he feels it has compromised his music career.
Source: The New Paper
Categorised in The New Paper.
11 February 2006
CUTIE-PIE FORMULA
It hasn’t helped that the cutie-pie formula has worked so well that any singer who tries to go against the flow gets washed away.
Singapore’s Rui En tried an aloof chic image in late 2002, but not even Jay Chou’s compositions could save her debut from sinking into oblivion.
Source: The New Paper
Categorised in The New Paper.
