By Joanne Soh
They are young, pretty and talented.
Julie Tan and Jayley Woo are going places with two local movies and several television dramas piled on their increasingly plates.
But now there is talk that these former New Paper New Face contestants, both 21, are rivals on their way up in the entertainment industry.
Like fellow MediaCorp stars Fann Wong and Zoe Tay or Rui En and Jeanette Aw, speculation abounds that these two fresh-faced actresses are “not friends, just colleagues”.
Source: The New Paper, Straits Times Communitites, Asiaone
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By Foong Woei Wan
Something has gone to the head of Channel 8 crime drama C.L.I.F. 2. It’s romance, I’m afraid.
In some parts, the show is like its old self, wielding its police credentials proudly.An early episode has a multitude of officers shutting down a mall to stop a young lone gunman: such a multitude, it looks like a massive Zhang Yimou production, just the thing to warm the hearts of Chinese nationals in Singapore, perhaps.
Later, there is a sly bit about the benefit of traffic fines: Sometimes, if you are a homicide suspect, a speeding ticket may serve as your alibi. Aren’t you thankful for the traffic police?
In other parts, however, the drama is getting unnecessarily soapy.
Now, Joanne Peh and Qi Yuwu are fine actors and make a cute police couple. But dragging them (as well as Rui En and Li Nanxing as police officers) through humdrum relationship problems to perk up a nation-building police show feels excessive.
Love is complicated for Li Nanxing and Rui En (both above) in police drama C.L.I.F. 2.
2.5/5
C.L.I.F 2 è¦å¾½å¤©èŒ 2 is now airing on Channel 8, Weekdays at 9pm.
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By Joanne Soh
The former freelance actor now has a permanent acting contract with MediaCorp that sees him working on only one drama a year.
And C.L.I.F. 2 is what he considers having a “good scriptâ€. The 20-episode series, which premieres on Channel 8 on Feb 18 at 9pm, is inspired by true crime files and filmed with actual police resources.
Starring A-listers such as Li Nanxing, Rui En, Qi Yuwu and Joanne Peh, it revolves around a group of Criminal Investigation Department and neighbourhood police centre officers.
C.L.I.F 2 è¦å¾½å¤©èŒ 2 debuts 18 February 2013 9pm on Channel 8.
Source: The New Paper, Straits Times Communities
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By Charlene Chua
He thinks that the local entertainment scene has been way too stagnant by his standards.
So call it a hero’s complex if you must, but Ken Lim is determined to “revive†it.
The head honcho of Hype Records is convinced that the next big star will rise from the melting pot that is Asia.
So why can’t it be Singapore?
In his mission to put the little red dot on the showbiz map, he has created his own reality TV singing competition, The Final 1, which has the added component of taking viewers through the whole process of packaging a reality show contestant into an artiste.
Local artistes currently signed to Hype Records include actresses Rui En and Jeanette Aw and Singapore Idol winners Hady Mirza and Taufik Batisah.
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From: Sharon Lee
Missed Unriddle 2? The 2012 psycho-thriller is now back on television.
The gritty 20-part crime drama starring Rui En, Chen Liping, Rebecca Lim, Tay Ping Hui and Elvin Ng won plaudits from critics and snagged Rui En a Best Actress award at the recent Asian Television Awards.
Rui En, Chen, Tay and Ng star as CID officers out to solve a series of cases. As they delve deeper, they soon realise things aren’t as simple as they seem. Lim plays a psychiatrist and Rui En’s good friend but is she as innocent as she looks?
The nail-biting drama caught my attention when it first aired last year. It was also the only Channel 8 drama that I watched faithfully every night. Clearly, I wasn’t the only one as the finale attracted 1.047 million viewers.
Unlike most run-of-the-mill MediaCorp dramas featuring everyday characters centred around home affairs, Unriddle 2 stands out with its suspenseful storylines and high production values.
The characters, in particular Rui En’s Xiaoman and Chen Liping’s Zhengyi, also displayed good chemistry together.
Unriddle 2 airs on weekdays at midnight on MediaCorp’s Channel 8.
Source: Straits Times Communities
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I read about the recent Asian Television Awards 2012 (Honours for Asia TV’s Best, Life!, Dec 8) with keen interest.
It used to be Channel 5 actors overshadowing the Chinese drama actors at the Asian Television Awards.
However, at the recent Asian Television Awards 2012, local Chinese drama actors scored a total of nine acting nominations. My heartiest congratulations to Rui En for winning Best Actress In A Leading Role at the awards.
Her role in Unriddle 2 as female cop Hu Xiaoman was a breath of fresh air. We seldom see such controversial roles in local Chinese dramas. And it is uncommon, even in overseas productions, for an actress to attempt such a character in the usually male-dominated crime thrillers.
Peh Xinyi
Source: The Straits Times
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Top acting awards go to MediaCorp’s Rui En and TVB’s Moses Chan
By Yip Wai Yee
Singaporeans Rui En and Michelle Chong were given top awards at the 17th Asian Television Awards.
Rui En won the award got Best Actress In A Leading Role, for her role as a criminal investigation department officer in crime drama Unriddle 2, while Chong received the award for Best Comedy Performance By An Actor/Actress for her spot-on impersonations in news parody sketch show The Noose.
Both stars, however, did not attend the glitzy event held at Shangri-La Hotel here on Thursday night.
Rui En, 31, tells Life! that she could not attend as she was filming a new drama series. She says: “I am both surprised and honoured by the award.
For me, the work and the craft have always been my focus, and awards are the icing on the cake.”
She adds: “Getting the award for Unriddle 2 makes me immensely happy given that I love the role.”
The annual awards show, organised by Singapore-headquartered media company Contineo Media, recognises excellence in production, programming and performance in TV productions around Asia.
This year, there was a total of 48 award categories for entries from 13 Asian countries. The results were determined by a panel of 48 judges comprising media industry players from around Asia.
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By Yip Wai Yee
Singaporeans Rui En and Michelle Chong were given top awards at the 17th Asian Television Awards last night (dec6).
Rui En won for Best Actress In A Leading Role for her role as a criminal investigation department (CID) officer in crime drama Unriddle 2, while Chong received the award for Best Comedy Performance By An Actor/Actress for her spot-on impersonations in news parody sketch show The Noose.
Both stars were not present at the ceremony held at Shangri-La Hotel here.
The annual awards show recognises excellence in production, programming and performance in TV productions around Asia. There were a total of 48 award categories for entries from 13 Asian countries. The results are determined by a panel of 48 judges comprising media industry players from around Asia.
Source: The Straits Times
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By Foong Woei Wan
Emotions abound in talent contest while two dramas got tied up in romantic complications.
Somebody or something is seductive when the better part of you says no, and the baser part says: “But why not?”
One part of you knows you shouldn’t be watching Poetic Justice, an ill-conceived Channel 8 romance revolving around a tabloid television news programme, and another part of you keeps wanting to watch the next episode.
The drama is a flight of fancy in the direction of la-la Taiwanese and Korean romances, with Dai Yangtian as a self-absorbed playboy with a bayside property who decides on a whim to become a journalist and rise to the challenge of chasing an icy newscaster (Rebecca Lim).
He has a sensible lawyer friend (Desmond Tan) who somehow joins the news outlet too. Perhaps the lawyer has fallen for a sensitive reporter (Rui En), but is unaware that she has already had a cute romvom run-in with the playboy.
But for all the appeal of the actors and the breeziness of the banter, the drama doesn’t take off.
The part of the show that wants to be a newsroom procedural is pulled back to earth by flimsy writing, and the part that wants to be a love story is limited, ultimately by lack of romantic imagination.
Verdict: 2.5/5
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Poetic Justice 微笑æ£ä¹‰ is now airing on Channel 8, Weekdays at 9pm.
Source: The Straits Times
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