By Jocelyn Lee
Of love letters and love lives
“Sometimes 50 of us (from my extended family) go karaoke, it’s very fun. I also like to go Chinatown with my family during CNY and just bask in the atmosphere. As for the questions about my love life, I do “tai chiâ€, saying, ‘Oh I cannot decide between Rui En and Jeanette Aw.’â€
– Elvin Ng uses his on-screen love interests’ names in vain during CNY
Source: The New Paper
Categorised in EN, The New Paper.
Noor Ashikin Abdul Rahman
It was Irene Ang’s win early in the awards ceremony that kick-started Singapore’s haul at yesterday’s Asian Television (ATV) Awards.
Ang, who last took home the same award in 2002, was visibly excited.
“With this hat-trick, I hope Singaporeans will sit up and watch the next winning sitcom, with families coming together after dinner to watch and ‘lepak’ (Malay for chillax) together like PCK (Phua Chu Kang) days.”
Other local winners included Rayson Tan for Best Actor In A Supporting Role and Pierre Png for Best Actor In A Leading Role.
Tan, 49, thanked his wife Chen Liping, who was absent, for taking care of their son while he filmed in Malaysia.
Png won for his role in Zero Calling. He was also nominated in the same category for his role in Channel 8 drama The Journey: A Voyage.
“About time,” he joked after the award win. It follows his Star Awards Best Actor accolade earlier this year, his first award in his 16-year career.
Although the Singapore cheer was loudest with wins in numerous categories, countries like Hong Kong, Taiwan, Australia and Malaysia also had cause to celebrate.
A surprising win came in the form of seven-year-old Malaysian actress Puteri Balqis Azizi who side-stepped her more experienced competitors to win the Best Actress in Leading Role title.
Puteri Balqis grabbed the title from the likes of Rui En, Joan Chen and Tien Hsin.
Source: The New Paper, AsiaOne
Categorised in Asian Television Awards, Asian Television Awards 2014, The New Paper.
Against The Tide
Channel 8, 9pm
While suspense novelist Di Shen is conducting his interview, Agnes manages to escape from her abductor. Psychologist Qiu Xueqing hypnotises her to find out about the abduction. Based on Agnes’s description, Inspector Jian Feng identifies Di Shen.
Tidal Spoiler Level: 5.0 / 5.0
Against The Tide 逆潮 is now airing, Mon-Fri, 9pm on Channel 8.
Source: The New Paper
Categorised in Against The Tide 逆潮, EN, The New Paper.
By Jocelyn Lee
It’s her first time acting opposite Christopher Lee in her 12 years in showbiz. And home-grown actress Rui En has a “score” to settle with him.
At a press conference yesterday for Against The Tide, the 33-year-old star, who is known for being fiercely private, “complained” to local media about Lee’s acts of “sabotage”.
She laughed and said jokingly: “I wasn’t very happy filming with you, okay?
“Everytime I go to a hawker centre to buy food, Christopher would tell everyone where I was, shouting:’Rui En is over there! Go there if you want to take photos with her!’
“I am very low-profile and I don’t like it.”
In the new show, Rui plays a good psychiatrist who turns evil in the end, a role she has never attempted in the past.
On Lee’s teasing, Rui clarified that she would be fine if strangers approached her on their own to take photos with her, but she did not want to draw unnecessary attention in public.
Even though she had “complaints” against Lee, she said that Lee had never crossed the line on set.
“Christopher likes to fool around, but he wouldn’t dare to make me angry,” she said.
“Every time he informs everyone of where I am in public, I’d feel annoyed and keep hitting him.”
Unlike many young stars these days, Rui does not have an Instagram account and emphasises that she will not set up on soon.
She said: “I don’t like to take selfies or photos and I don’t see the need to post them online.”
“My life is very boring in the first place. If I had an Instagram account, I’d bore everyone to death with my mundane posts.”
Tidal Spoiler Level: 0.5 / 5.0
Against The Tide 逆潮 debuts 24 September 2014 9pm on Channel 8.
Source: Asiaone, Lollipop, The New Paper
Categorised in Against The Tide 逆潮, asiaone.com, EN, Lollipop, The New Paper.
By Jocelyn Lee
Christopher Lee was clearly in a good mood during the press session at Goodwood Park Hotel, as he joked around with his co-stars Rui En, Desmond Tan, Carrie Wong and Xu Bin.
In the drama, he plays a mystery-crime novelist implicated in a sex and physical abuse case, and tries to clear his name by getting involved in the investigation. The suspense-thriller premieres on Channel 8 next Wednesday at 9pm.
Against The Tide 逆潮 debuts 24 September 2014 9pm on Channel 8.
Source: Asiaone, The New Paper
Categorised in Against The Tide 逆潮, asiaone.com, EN, The New Paper.
By Jocelyn Lee
He not only bagged the Best Actor title at the annual Star Awards a few months ago, but local actor Pierre Png has been romancing the hottest MediaCorp actresses in his television dramas.
He had previously played the lovers of Caldecott Hill “Ah Jies-in-waiting” Joanne Peh, 31, Jeanette Aw, 35, and Rui En, 33.
For his latest drama, Life is Beautiful, which starts filming today, the 40-year-old reunites with Rui En.
Png, who is married to former actress Andrea De Cruz, 39, compares his on-screen partners…
Most Natural – Rui En
The pairing of Png and Rui En for TV is not new.
They had previously played husband-and-wife in the well-received drama A Tale of 2 Cities (2011) and The In-Laws (2011).
“We have taken turns to chase each other in the past dramas we worked on. In (Life is Beautiful), she is supposed to be the one wooing me.” Png said.
He sang praises of Rui En, saying that she is “very genuine” and “great to work with”.
He said: “The love between us will be natural and convincing.
“We will work some magic this time round.”
Life is Beautiful åˆä¸€çš„心愿 debuts 02 March 2015 9pm on Channel 8.
Source: The New Paper
Categorised in A Tale of 2 Cities ä¹åœ¨åŒåŸŽ, EN, Life is Beautiful åˆä¸€çš„心愿, The In-Laws 麻婆斗妇, The New Paper.
RUI EN, 33, SINGAPORE
One of Channel 8’s top actress, she’s the first local ambassador to promote the brand’s Youth Code range of products.
GONG LI, 48, CHINA
In 1996, Gong Li, one of the first Asian actresses to make it in Hollywood, became the first Chinese ambassador of L’Oreal Paris.
FAN BINGBING, 32, CHINA
The actress and fashion icon Â- currently seen in superhero blockbuster X-Men: Days Of Future Past as mutant Blink – topped the Forbes China Celebrity 100 list in 2013 and 2014, after coming in the Top 10 every year since 2006.
LI BINGBING, 41, CHINA
Hugely successful in her home country, the actress is starring in the upcoming Hollywood blockbuster Transformers: Age Of Extinction.
Source: The New Paper, Lollipop
Categorised in EN, L’Oréal Paris, Lollipop, The New Paper.
By Charlene Chua
At 18, she’s become the first non-celebrity model ambassador from Singapore to represent global beauty brand L’Oreal Paris in Asia.
Fiona Fussi, winner of Elite Model Look Singapore 2011, joins the ranks of L’Oreal’s famous Asian faces – local actress Rui En, Chinese actresses Fan Bingbing and Li Bingbing and Indian actresses Aishwarya Rai and Sonam Kapoor.
Source: Lollipop, The New Paper
Categorised in EN, L’Oréal Paris, Lollipop, The New Paper.
By Kok Yufeng
NDP 2014 will use familiar songs instead of having a new theme song
Previous years’ theme song
2005
Reach Out For The Skies
Composed by Elaine Chan, the first woman to do so, this theme song was written by Selena Tan. It was performed by Singapore Idol winner Taufik Batisah and actress Rui En.
Source: The New Paper
Categorised in EN, The New Paper.
