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By Gladys Chung
Rui En, 33
The self-professed beauty junkie has been announced as the face of L’Oreal Paris Youth Code skincare for the second year running. And for the first time, she will also front the local ads for the brand’s cosmetics such as eyeliner and lipsticks.
The award-winning MediaCorp actress is currently filming the Channel 8 psychological thriller Against The Tide that will wrap in June.
What is the one product you would not step out of the house without?
Eyeliner. It is the staple of my make-up look. I have tried many because my eyeliner smudges often as I have oily lids. I want one that I can apply easily but does not make me look like the Joker in crying scenes.
What is the one grooming service you cannot do without?
Gel manicures. They are a godsend as you can do housework without worrying that your nails will chip. I get my nails done once every two to three weeks.
My favourite design so far is the one I wore for the New Year countdown. They were black talon-shaped extensions that were decorated with silver accents and diamantes.
What is the best beauty invention?
Pre-serum essences such as the Youth Code Boosting Essence. I use it after cleansing and just before the toner. It helps the other skincare products that I apply afterwards to absorb better.
What is your favourite perfume?
I am a perfume collector. My whole room is filled with perfume bottles. I think I own about 200 of them.
The perfume that best represents me is Chanel No.19 ($225 for 100ml). It is unconventional. When you first smell it, you will not go, oh, I love it. But it grows on you. I guess you could say I have that effect on people too. I also love vanilla gourmand perfumes such as Guerlain’s Spirituese Double Vanille. It is mouthwatering.
I will try any perfume. If the one I am interested in is expensive, I will buy decanted 5ml vials onlinento try them out first.
What is the most ridiculous thing you have done in the name of beauty?
I used to rinse my hair with apple cider vinegar. I would do it after shampooing and before conditioning.
It worked and left my hair shiny. But the apple cidar vinegar smell became stronger once I perspired. So I stopped using it.
What is the best beauty tip anyone has given you?
Wear sunscreen and stay out of the sun. I started wearing sunscreen every day when I was 14 because my mum forced me to. For me, a good sunscreen must be weightless and not too matte, but adds a dewiness to my make-up. I like the ones from L’Oreal Paris, Cle De Peau and Bioderma.
Against The Tide 逆潮 debuts 24 September 2014 9pm on Channel 8.
Source: Lollipop, The Straits Times Urban, Stomp
Categorised in EN, L’Oréal Paris, Lollipop, Stomp, The Straits Times.
By Yip Wai Yee
Xu Bin
He shot to leading-man status on television very quickly, snagging the main role of a hair salon manager in Gonna Make It (2013) only a year after his supporting role in Don’t Stop Believin’. That bad boy-turned-good role snagged him the Favourite Male Character award at the Star Awards last year.
He is now filming police drama Against The Tide, alongside fellow young hunks Aloysius Pang and Shane Pow, as well as veteran actors Christopher Lee, Rui En and Zheng Geping.
Against The Tide 逆潮 debuts 24 September 2014 9pm on Channel 8.
Source: Asiaone, The Straits Times
Categorised in Against The Tide 逆潮, asiaone.com, EN, The Straits Times.
By Yip Wai Yee
Cop shows ruled the free-to-air TV series charts in Singapore this time.
The most-watched show on Channel 8 was police procedural C.L.I.F. 2 with an average of 901,000 viewers tuning in every episode, according to figures released by MediaCorp.
The Mandarin 20-parter, a sequel to the year 2011 hit C.L.I.F., starred Joanne Peh, Rui En and Qi Yuwu, and ran from February to March last year.
In second place on the channel was The Dream Makers, a drama that follows the lives of various employees in a TV station. Starring big names Zoe Tay, Rui En and Chen Liping, the show, which ran last June to August, was watched by 885,000 viewers every episode.
Source: The Straits Times
Categorised in C.L.I.F. 2 è¦å¾½å¤©èŒ 2, EN, Ratings 节目收视率, The Dream Makers 志在四方, The Straits Times.
Straits Times Graphics: Lim Zhaowei
Here are the most popular Facebook pages in Singapore, according to social media analytics firm Socialbakers. Click on the various categories to see the respective top 10s.
Celebrities
| Rank | Page | Local fans | Global fans |
| 1 | Taylor Swift | 249,318 | 54,271,481 |
| 2 | Katy Perry | 187,934 | 63,511,276 |
| 3 | Bruno Mars | 144,078 | 46,923,064 |
| 4 | Rui En | 134,527 | 337,332 |
| 5 | 소녀시대(Girls’ Generation) | 124,201 | 5,870,816 |
| 6 | 周æ°å€« Jay Chou | 115,201 | 2,388,744 |
| 7 | Lee Minho (ì´ë¯¼í˜¸) | 107,157 | 11,967,696 |
| 8 | Jason Mraz | 103,896 | 13,755,472 |
| 9 | 슈í¼ì£¼ë‹ˆì–´(Super Junior) | 102,438 | 7,084,743 |
| 10 | BIGBANG | 99,916 | 7,120,011 |
Source: Social Bakers via The Straits Times
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Categorised in EN, Facebook, Social Bakers, Social Media, The Straits Times.
By Amelia Teng
Marina Bay will not be the only place in Singapore where the New Year will be ushered in with fireworks.
While many will make a beeline for the fireworks, organisers have also come up with novel ways to welcome the New Year, from pony rides and dinosaur displays to a mass Harlem Shake performance.
CHANCE TO INTERACT
It’s not just the event itself… but the run-up and the planning process is an opportunity for residents to get together and know their neighbours better.
In the heartland
Dinosaurs in Boon Lay
Children will get to meet six “dinosaurs”. Some are over 2m tall, and can move their heads and “roar”.
Local entertainers Taufik Batisah and Rui En are also set to perform.
Around 20,000 are expected to attend the event in Boon Lay Place.
TIME: 6.30pm to 12.30am
Source: The Straits Times
Categorised in Boon Lay Countdown 2014, EN, The Straits Times.
By Yip Wai Yee
After acting for two decades, MediaCorp actress Ann Kok is finally making her big screen debut in upcoming local flick Filial Party.
In 2004, she returned to Singapore to join the now-defunct broadcaster SPH MediaWorks, before going back to MediaCorp a year later after SPH MediaWorks closed.
“Five years of being away is a long time for an actress. I felt I had to start all over again and do everything from scratch.”
By then, younger actresses such as Joanne Peh, 30, and Rui En, 32, had also overtaken her in popularity – something she says she was perfectly fine with.
Source: Straits Times, Diva Asia
Categorised in Diva Asia, EN, The Straits Times.
Two domestic dramas – one in Singapore and one in Japan – show relationships under stress.
By Foong Woei Wan
In 2011 Taiwanese hit In Time With You, Singaporean actor Romeo Tan had only a few seconds to make an impression and he did.
It was a small scene that wouldn’t have been as cute with a less adept actor.
On Channel 8, where his star is rising, Tan has inhabited supporting role with ease. Now making his debut as a leading man in Sudden, he is assured and restrained as a lawyer who is picking up the pieces after a road accident leaves him in a wheelchair.
But he is powerless to overcome the drama, which is more surface shine than substance.
Formally ambitious, the story zigzags back and forth in time in early episodes and provides an extensive view of the accident from the standpoints of a handful of characters: the lawyer (Tan) who is hanging upside down with his dying key witness in his overturned car; his panicking girlfriend (Rui En) who was following him in her car after he received a death threat; and a fledgling lawyer (Zhang Zhenhuan) who helps the witness call his daughter (Rebecca Lim) and misses a job interview.
Tan and Rui En’s lawyer characters break up after the accident but she lingers in his house and likewise, the drama doesn’t give up hope of getting them back together.
Many episodes begin and end with flashbacks to their courtship in Tasmania, which are meant to shed some light on their stalemate now. But they don’t.
Conversations in the past and the present, in picturesque Australia and boutique Singapore, tend to echo each other in a way that is more repetitive than revealing. However meaningfully Tan and Rui En smile, there is a limit to the profundity they can give a postcard-thick story.
It’s all quite pretty, though.
Verdict: 2.5/5
Sudden éª¤å˜ is now airing on Channel 8, Weekdays at 9pm.
Source: The Straits Times
Categorised in EN, Sudden 骤å˜, The Straits Times.
Sudden
Channel 8, 9pm
A defence lawyer takes on the case of a young woman who is the prime suspect in the murder of a founder of a charity organisation. Stars Rui En.
Sudden éª¤å˜ is now airing on Channel 8, Weekdays at 9pm.
Source: The Straits Times
Categorised in EN, Sudden 骤å˜, The Straits Times.
