Text & Photos: Dang Hui Ling

Check out how these four new MediaCorp signings (of “Hey Gorgeous” fame) fared in their maiden interview with xinmsn

The girl who isn’t afraid of revealing her love life

Somaline Ang, 19

RBKD: xinmsn described the 19-year-old new actress as someone who “packed the room with giggles when she indulged in a fangirl moment”. Somaline named Xu Bin and Rui En as her favourite MediaCorp actors.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in EN, xinmsn.

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Text: Xu Xin

At an imaging session on Tuesday, Rui En looked especially refreshed after a fulfilling two-month break. It was her first “real” holiday in years, she says.

<a href="http://video.msn.com?mkt=en-sg&#038;playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:aa5ce00b-1a97-dfb8-1ee8-194ad48cfe38&#038;showPlaylist=true&#038;from=shareembed-syndication" target="_new" title="Rui En is a beach lover but she is scared to go into the waters! Click to find out why! 瑞恩新西兰悠闲度假 害怕下水拒穿比基尼">Video: Rui En is a beach lover but she is scared to go into the waters! Click to find out why! 瑞恩新西兰悠闲度假 害怕下水拒穿比基尼</a>

This interview is translated by Dang Hui Ling.

RBKD: For the written article, please visit the link below.

C.L.I.F. 3 警徽天职 3 debuts 10 April 2014 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in C.L.I.F. 3 警徽天职 3, EN, Metamorphosis 破茧而出, RBKD, Sudden 骤变, The In-Laws 麻婆斗妇, xinmsn.

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郑慧玲报道/摄影
林雯莹摄影
额外照片：8频道提供
冯敏诗拍摄/剪辑

《警徽天职3》（简称《警3》）昨日举行开镜仪式。

除了有正职警务人员出席开镜仪式，剧中演员也齐现身活动现场，其中包括：戚玉武、白薇秀、瑞恩、李南星、黄俊雄、李美玲、马艺瑄、曹国辉、苏智诚、方展发、洪慧芳、郑各评、陈祎伦、胡佳琪及罗美仪。

RBKD: For the written article, please visit the link below.

C.L.I.F. 3 警徽天职 3 debuts 10 April 2014 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in C.L.I.F. 3 警徽天职 3, CH, xinmsn.

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徐昕报道/ 摄影
林彦析拍摄/ 剪辑

数年没放过假的瑞恩，9月在新西兰海边悠闲度假，钟爱海滩的她，却害怕下水游泳，拒绝穿比基尼！

<a href="http://video.msn.com?mkt=en-sg&#038;playlist=videoByUuids:uuids:aa5ce00b-1a97-dfb8-1ee8-194ad48cfe38&#038;showPlaylist=true&#038;from=shareembed-syndication" target="_new" title="Rui En is a beach lover but she is scared to go into the waters! Click to find out why! 瑞恩新西兰悠闲度假 害怕下水拒穿比基尼">Video: Rui En is a beach lover but she is scared to go into the waters! Click to find out why! 瑞恩新西兰悠闲度假 害怕下水拒穿比基尼</a>

RBKD: For the written article, please visit the link below.

C.L.I.F. 3 警徽天职 3 debuts 10 April 2014 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in C.L.I.F. 3 警徽天职 3, CH, Metamorphosis 破茧而出, RBKD, Ruivin, Sudden 骤变, The In-Laws 麻婆斗妇, xinmsn.

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07 November 2013, Joanna Goh

The popular Ch8 cop drama returns with more action-packed scenes in its third installation next year

RBKD: Check out Xinmsn to find out more about Rui En’s role in C.L.I.F.3 as she returns as Huang Zhijie, team leader of SIS (Special Investigation Section).

C.L.I.F. 3 警徽天职 3 debuts 10 April 2014 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in C.L.I.F. 3 警徽天职 3, EN, xinmsn.

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05 November 2013, Joanna Goh

How can local TV improve its shows?

RBKD: Xinmsn shares about 5 areas local TV can improve on, click on the link below to read in detail.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in EN, Ratings 节目收视率, Sudden 骤变, The Dream Makers 志在四方, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2, xinmsn.

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Rui En accepts the xinChallenge!
《明星行不行》, 让瑞恩来证明！

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Part 2:

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in Sudden 骤变, xinmsn.

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By Joanna Goh

As sudden as it gets: This Ch8 drama sure lives up to its eponymous name

Sudden premiered with plenty of hype and promise: a new TV coupling (in Rui En and Romeo Tan), picturesque scenes filmed in Tasmania, new camera, refreshing angles and even a new story-telling format. While it deserves a ‘bravo’ for attempting the abovementioned factors, there lies an emotional disconnect between the drama and its viewer (aka its missing a spark).

It also left us confused. Unlike its grim and gritty doomsday-esque posters and impactful start (which left its male lead crippled for life), Sudden felt more like a romance-themed drama series than a legal drama TV series, what with the emphasis on its two leads’ relationship (chronicling it from their courtship to cohabitation days) from the start to end of each episode. Admittedly, its love line runs strong in the show, but its storyline(s) feels less cohesive in comparison.

Okay, enough of the technicalities. We put ‘Sudden’ into perspective and see where the show got its name from.

Dun dun dun, you’re in for a ride

Sudden ascension to #1 male lead: Romeo Tan

Romeo Tan had big shoes to fill and plenty to live up to in this show: in a span of three years, he went from second male lead to starring male lead (in Sudden). Tasked to carry the weight of the show with female lead Rui En, he had a steep learning curve piled on his plate – on top of having to put up a convincing romance with Rui En’s character – which is no easy feat. Let’s face it. It’s not his best performance to date (he’s had better shows and roles) but we don’t blame the actor for it. All he needs is time to mature. In fact, to cover up the awkwardness (or lack of chemistry) between the two of them, their relationship would have panned out better should their differences be addressed from the start.

For example, branding it as a May-December romance (i.e., a mature senior lawyer Chuning falling for her adorkable pupil Qiliang) would have made for a more acceptable alternative because putting them on the same pedestal, to say the least, felt hard to believe.

Sudden death of the show’s biggest star: Flapper

Six episodes on and we still find it hard to believe that Flapper –the lovable golden retriever who’d wag his tail when his masters are home, act dead and “pray” on command and even force the main couple (Chuning and Qiliang) to get their act together, kiss and make up when at cold war – is gone. As a pivotal plot device in this show, Flaps (as Chuning calls him) was the unlikely star of the show who stole our hearts with his every whimper and bark, and it was a pity he was gone too soon in the show (and in a span of 3 mins – yes we counted).

Sudden loss of innocence in the lawyers of this show

Instead of preserving the upright and pristine image of lawyers (as seen in most dramas), this show gave the law industry a tinge of realism by painting the grey side of its characters too. The scheming, underhanded and manipulative tactics resorted by the lawyers in these show –and specifically Zhang Zhenhuan’s character, Sun Dalun, a young hotshot lawyer who has no qualms breaking the rules of the game to win a case – felt more true to life.

Sudden (and uncalled for) cliché: Brain tumour

Lest you think the only unforeseen circumstance keeping Chuning and Qiliang apart is his inferiority complex (after he became disabled from the car accident), Chuning is stricken with advanced dementia (a hereditary disease passed down from her mother) which totally throws their relationship off the balance.

While the scenes featuring the mental and emotional breakdown of her character were some of the best parts in the show, is there a need to go down this path? Things are getting dramatic tonight, guys. Be prepared for the waterworks!

Sudden bromance which provided comic relief: Wentai and Shenghua

The group scenes involving Ian Fang (as Zhong Wentai), Yuan Shuai (as Lin Shenghua), Flapper, Rebecca, Romeo and Rui En’s characters at Ah Liang’s agency formed the liveliest bits of the show. We particularly enjoyed the dynamics displayed between Ian and Yuan Shuai in the early episodes which had their characters ganging up against their “sister in-law” Chuning. Frenemies? How cute.

Sudden level(s) up in episode 18 onwards

Are you serious, drama producers? The show finally wakes up from deep slumber, makes a 180-degrees turn from its unexciting start and morphs into a suspenseful crime thriller at episode 18. Now we’re talking! The pace tightens, the plot thickens, and dear show, you have finally got our attention.

And that’s some strong acting from Rui En as her character starts to lose her mind and her tough-cookie exterior crumbles with the onset of her disease and endless hallucinations… or not….

(EPISODE 20 SPOILER ALERT NEXT!)

Sudden collision between drama worlds; Sudden suddenly became good

We bet we aren’t the only one who feel this way: the final showdown between Rebecca and Rui En’s characters was definitely reminiscent of the duo’s final scene in Unriddle 2 last year – only creepier with the existence of a revengeful and psychotic twin (called Yixin). We might be stretching it but the final scene in episode 20 could have very well been a continuation of Unriddle 2, when a psychotic twin sister returns to seek revenge on the police officer Xiaoman. Okay, we’re stretching it…

Thankfully, the final three episodes made for a satisfying watch and a conclusive end to a story that started out weak – all sins have been forgiven, including the loss of Flapper. IF only it had maintained such strong pacing in its early episodes…

Are we going to have a 50 First Dates-esque sequel next?

Sudden 骤变 is now airing on Channel 8, Weekdays at 9pm.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in EN, Sudden 骤变, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2, xinmsn.

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1. Cover Story Pages 36-47

不可能的可能

瑞恩.陈罗密欧

塔斯马尼亚 独家直击

《骤变》塔斯马尼亚9日拍摄，他和她奉旨谈情说爱制造浪漫。

回到戏里5年前的邂逅，那个只有他们的世界，一字一句一举一动，暧昧甜蜜滋长中，美好得很动人。

原以为戏外独来独往酷酷的她会秉持一贯”各自精彩”的作风，岂料…两条平行线原来也有交汇的一天，冰山终有被劈开之时。人生，其实没有这么多以为。

文: 黄敏玮

咖啡座避雨取暖，5分钟闲聊。求上镜好看、才穿3层的陈罗密欧，很得意地偷笑身上囊着5、6层冬衣的瑞恩像个肉粽一个，“你看她包到这么圆！哈哈哈。”

-莎拉曼卡市集(Salamanca Market)开工，瑞恩趁几分钟空档发挥口中的“女人本色”，认真逛街，结果越逛越远，陈罗密欧第一时间叫得大大声：“Minion！找你！”

-瑞恩牧羊场上单脚立换靴，陈罗密欧连忙扶着，但不忘调侃一番：“乖，穿鞋！我们去gai gai！”听到难以站稳的瑞恩“啊”声不断，他又调皮假装帮孕妇生产：“啊~加油！”

-摄影师一拍陈罗密欧，就必须花好一段时间对焦，唔，据说是因为他五官太立体，有一定难度。冷不防一旁的瑞恩“酸”他，“有人整容啦！”眼镜简直碎一地。冰山公主被对手开玩笑，亦会开对手玩笑？怎。么。可。能？

诸如此类情景前所未见，就算是去年随瑞恩与戴向宇澳门拍摄《微笑正义》，亦只见一喊卡两人就向左走向右走各忙各的场面。

“我就是这样讲话的，哈，她很习惯了。大概觉得我是个rude kid吧！”陈罗密欧说。

才不信他Day 1就敢如此任意妄为。事前必定老早拟定好“备战策略”吧？

“之前听大家说，她是独来独往的，我也是这么觉得，所以很紧张，每天都在想：怎么做彼此才会更舒服一点？也不敢乱跟她讲话和玩，刚开始会比较小心一点，很客气，客气到不像情侣的感觉。我觉得她也感觉到我很紧绷，不敢做一些东西，所以她会主动帮我。后来，我习惯了她做工的方式，我一习惯一个人，pattern就开始出来了，会跟她讲废话开玩笑，她也会对我翻白眼。一来一往，就比较舒服了。

我们拍戏一overnight就会变很high，她会用印度腔讲话，很好笑。之前‘Despicable Me’的minions她很喜欢，我们就一直笑一直笑，用minions的语言‘banana banana’这样讲话。她ok啦，没有我想象中、也没有别人形容中的那么冷。”

从来没吃闭门羹？

“我也是会看她的肢体语言的啦，从她给的眼神，会知道：不要去烦她！又或者如果我try玩一下，没有反应我就bye！走掉咯！So far so good，她没有怎么样！”

谈她，从头到尾满满感激。

“她真的帮了我很多。有时NG太多次害到她，我会很内疚担心，因为她得重演，但她每次都是：‘不要紧，再来一次’，没有给我压力。如果要的话，她可能给一个脸弄一些声音，我就很可能会更糟更紧张。但她一直很帮我，我的自信也因此慢慢建立起来。”

瑞恩不只一次私下探问：“他跟你说了我什么坏话？”

好奇心不免被挑起，究竟她为何如此在意，到底有什么话可以让他讲…

“哈，不是啦。他说话有时候太直，不过他没有恶意的。他比较不会想：万一得罪她，万一说错话，怎么办？其他人就比较会小心。他是这么天真的一个人，在演艺圈也算难得啦。

有一次，我、怡霏跟他在拍法庭戏，他突然问我：为什么你没有Twitter、Facebook、Instagram？我就说，因为我觉得这些东西让生活很复杂。我不要，我的生活已经够复杂了，我不希望花时间在post这个写那个。因为艺人身份，你必须想：Post这个会不会怎样？必须很小心。他就冒出一句话，而且是很认真的：是不是你的era是没有这些东西的？Era咧！用中文说是‘时代’，意思就是说我很老啦！我跟怡霏就酸了他半个钟头：是咯，我们的era要on course去学怎么上Instagram！他都不敢出声，只是坐在那边一直笑，笑到耳朵都红了，哈哈。他就是一个这样的人，我还真的不知道他会冒出什么东西，有时还蛮担心他会跟记者讲什么。我有劝他，以后跟记者讲话，请不要这样，至少要先想了才讲。”

眼中的他，是个单纯男孩，“跟他，其实有一点点像在哄小孩。”

劝新人？哄小孩？！真的不像她会做的事。

“他是个比较特殊的状况，其实一开始我已经知道这次对他来讲是一个很大的挑战。他也有跟我说，跟我对，他的压力更大，虽然我不是故意的。以前我会觉得，我就拍好我的戏，其他东西不要去管，但人越成熟，就会放下一些自己。以前的我算是比较自我，现在我会把自己放在别人的角度去看，我可以了解他第一次当第一男主角，又是跟我对戏，压力很大，每天看到它，他都一直在瘦。所以我就决定：Ok，我需要帮他，尽量让他舒服一点。能帮就帮，我也没有想要得到什么回报。可以帮到新人，给一些advice，是一件好事。”

是乐在其中的。

手捧热饮料在农场木屋外欣赏风景，古桥上坐着凝望水面…沿途一有时间，瑞恩便“消失”一阵子，享受美景与独处时间。

“太美了，真的。开工的第一天，我就这么觉得，开始哭，他们全都以为是因为我被风刺到眼睛，哈哈。”

下一个目的地，锁定在几年前曾经到访，美得也让她落泪的巴黎。

这几年档期爆满，几乎零缝隙休息，可能吗?

“接下来要等《警徽天职3》开拍，大概有几个月，休息时间应该是有史以来最长的。也是我要求的的啦，因为我也觉得要停下来，重新找一些灵感。是时候充电，我需要让自己进步。我还是给自己那么大的压力，而观众对我的要求跟期望也越来越高。”

三樽视后奖座，有一定重量，“《最火搭档》，已经到了那样的境界，怎样去超越，对我来说是一个挑战。我也跟《最火》的故事人聊过，我们也算是朋友啦，他也会觉得，自己已经写了一个这样的剧本，让很多人印象深刻，怎么去超越，是很大的压力。

从新人到有知名度到比较红，不同阶段会有不同挑战，不是你已经红了、有一个status了，就会没有压力，反而是有更大压力的。很多人都希望可以把你打倒。这是当然的，人都是这样子的。我尽量不要去想，但旁边的人会提醒。”

活得潇洒什么都不care？难啦，当红花旦如她，也有顾虑担忧。

“没有什么是永远的，也没有什么是确定的啦，除了死亡和税务。”

与瑞恩的9日相处，还有这些发现…

~“Sandy，I love you！You must be tired！”她用近乎唱歌的可爱调调，对赶羊后、跑得很喘得牧羊犬说。是爱狗之人，但碍于与怕狗的婆婆住在一起，未能落实养狗梦。

~怕冷的她，这次花了上千元网购冬装。“因为上次拍《未来不是梦》，拍到很痛苦，那是第一次去有下雪的地方，我根本不知道应该买什么，钱也不多，也不怎么舍得花，去到那边可以传达6、7层，还是冷死。所以这次，我决定我不要痛苦了。”闲话家常时会大力推销很保暖的鹅毛大衣，亦会打探我脚上的靴子到底暖不暖耐不耐，哈，很女人咯。

~谈逛街，她的眼睛永远闪闪发光。途经市集某摊位其实没多久，就已买下熏衣草暖暖熊，哇，高手！她笑称shopping不为自己，“几年前年级比较小，我买的东西都是给自己的，一大箱都是我自己的东西，现在大了，会到处看有没有东西可以买给别人。就像刚才买的暖暖熊，就是买给婆婆的，因为她的腰部是很好。”

~开工第一日，已到处换澳币。不会吧，钱这么快就花光？“我都没有买什么东西，虽然我昨天太累不想跟他们出去吃，叫了room service啦。我到现在还搞不懂钱花到哪里去了，哈哈，可能放在房间？”她一脸疑惑。原来她，也有迷糊的时候。

适逢陈罗密欧NG、台词念不好的时候。爱开玩笑的监制对他说：“斌辉来了！” – 剧组最爱跟他开的玩笑，意思是：要换不NG的阿哥当男主角了！

虽然瑞恩事后悄悄透露：“哎呀，酸他，表示剧组已经把他当自己人了。最主要是，大家看到他是认真的，没有在玩。”

2. TV Ratings Page 84

Channel 8
1. 好好说慢慢讲
2. 夜市人生
3. 骤变
4. 3菜1汤
5. 笑笑没烦恼

Sudden 骤变 is now airing on Channel 8, Weekdays at 9pm.

C.L.I.F. 3 警徽天职 3 debuts 10 April 2014 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Xinmsn

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