By Han Wei Chou

Cooking, cleaning and acting, oh my!: Rui En is a little nervous about her role in “Joys of Life”.

On the outside, she was calm, relaxed and all smiles, during the commencement ceremony for the upcoming 60s period drama “Joys of Life” on Monday.

On the inside, Singapore actress Rui En said she is “really nervous” about playing Han Yong Yong in the show, a woman resigned to being mistreated by her foster father Han Jian Ren (Huang Wen Yong), and made to do all the cooking and housework in the household.

“This role is very not me, very unfamiliar and very strange,” said Rui En of her character.

“I have done some research. I have asked my grandma and my dad.

“The women of previous eras were actually very accepting of whatever life throws at them, not like now, where we try to change whatever we can change,” observed the actress.

“It’s so interesting, the way women then and women now are so different. It’s been a huge leap.”

“I feel it is very refreshing, but I am also quite nervous to do it because she is a character who is very good at housework and cooking, which are the two things that I am like the worst at! ”

“I am actually very stressed out!”

Cooking, cleaning and acting

Calling Rui En a kitchen novice would be an understatement.

“I can do instant noodles. I can add a fried egg. That’s it. I don’t even know how to cook rice!” she continued.

“When the EP (executive producer) was explaining [the character], I went ‘You have to know that I can’t cook’, then she just stared at me. She was quite shocked you know.”

“I said ‘I can’t even cook white rice’. She was like ‘You can at least boil water right?’ Then I said, ‘Ya, ya, I can boil water.’,” said Rui En with a chuckle.

“It was quite funny actually!”

Though she is not very handy around the kitchen, Rui En declared that she is doing everything in her power, to make sure she looks convincing as Han Yong Yong.

“I have been spending the last few weeks doing cooking crash courses, housework crash courses.

“I’ve had people teach me how people of the 60s would do the housework.

“It’s not like mop and broom you know, it’s like get down on your knees with a towel and wipe the floor that kind of thing,” said Rui En with a grimace.

“Housework is foreign to me. Housework of the 60s is even more foreign to me!”

Just who has been doing all the housework around her house all this time? And who cooks for her?

“So far, it has been taken care of. My whole life, I have been lucky enough to have it taken care of.

“I think I am quite representative of my generation,” said Rui En sheepishly, before revealing that she has a hired helper who does most of the housework for her nowadays.

“I think I will be a lot more ‘advanced’ in doing housework and cooking after this!”

Rui En (left) all dressed up for the 60s, at the commencement ceremony for “Joys of Life”.

Rui En (right) poses for a photo with her co-stars.

Joys of Life 花样人间 debuts 26 June 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Channelnewsasia

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日期: 8/2/2012 | 新闻来源: 新明日报 | 记者: 钟雁龄

老戏骨陈莉萍在新剧《花》中与收视女王瑞恩饰演母女，瑞恩在前天开镜礼上就表示很开心和陈莉萍合作，她还大爆陈莉萍在刚拍完的《最火搭档2》中为减压而不断笑场。

陈莉萍在《花》中饰演嘴巴不饶人的恶妈妈，上回和瑞恩搭档《最火搭档》后，两人建立难得的默契，陈莉萍更大赞瑞恩演绎自然、深刻，是出色的好演员。

陈莉萍说：“近期就是跟瑞恩合作比较多，我们有很多东西不用说出来，就可以给对方戏，配合得很好。我们毕竟都不是擅于表达的人，哈哈。”

#Unriddle 2 最火搭档 II debuts 5 March 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Joys of Life 花样人间 debuts 26 June 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Shinmin，Chinapress

Categorised in CH, ChinaPress 中國報, Joys of Life 花样人间, Shin Min, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2, Unriddle 最火搭档.

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张玮珊报道/摄影
郑怡萱拍摄/剪辑

瑞恩在新传媒8频道新剧《花样人间》挑战温顺角色，称煮饭、切菜可能需要用替身！

年中重头剧《花样人间》前天（6日）举行开镜仪式，剧中众演员包括周初明、瑞恩、黄文永、林梅娇、陈罗密欧、郑各评、陈莉萍、陈邦鋆、庞蕾馨、姚玟隆、潘玲玲、陈泰铭、洪乙心齐齐出席。参演的两位台湾艺人黄鸿升（小鬼）和王心如则还未抵新。

《花样人间》讲述60年代时，住在花香街一栋旧楼里的几户人家，和他们在生活中天天上演的不同戏码。

瑞恩在剧中饰演韩家养女咏咏，从小被父母当作男孩子带大，打扫、煮饭样样难不倒她。

“我很紧张，因为是我比较不习惯演的角色。她比较温顺，很会做家务、很会煮饭。这两样东西对我来讲，已经很有挑战性了。”

瑞恩也透露，她特地去学煮饭和切东西，但是由于练习的时间不够，有些镜头还是必须用上替身。

瑞恩将在剧中，与两位台湾演员有不少对手戏。

有机会与小鬼、王心如同台飙戏，瑞恩表示：”这次有新的搭档，应该可以擦出新的火花。”

她补充，之前有看过小鬼主持的综艺节目，也曾观赏过王心如在去年的8频道大戏《阿娣》中的演出。

意想不到会入围《红星大奖》

今年，瑞恩凭8频道电视剧《乐在双城》的”拜金女”一角，再次入围《红星大奖》的”最佳女主角奖”。

她淡淡地说：”（入围）很意想不到，因为我本来以为说，今年是没有办法入围。我完全没有期待任何东西。”

至于胜算如何，瑞恩直接表白地回答”零”，看来她认为自己能够连桩的机率不高。她也看好郭舒贤，觉得凭着她在《万福楼》的演出，应该有机会被封”视后”。

当天的开镜仪式特地请来了舞狮团助兴。

瑞恩则饰演钱家失散多年的女儿，是钱一多（张耀栋饰）的孪生姐姐。

瑞恩饰演的韩咏咏是韩健仁（黄文永饰）和刘黛玉（林梅娇饰）的养女。另外，韩健仁的第二个女儿韩柔柔由台湾演员王心如担纲。

瑞恩饰演韩咏咏，从小被父母当男孩子带大，是个打扫、煮饭样样精通的女生。

瑞恩和陈丽萍继《最火搭档》系列后，再度联手，这次饰演一对失散多年的母女。

钱家的全家福

瑞恩饰演韩咏咏，从小被父母当男孩子带大，是个打扫、煮饭样样精通的女生。

Joys of Life 花样人间 debuts 26 June 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Xinmsn, Mypaper, Omy

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Rouding up the activies for 花样人间 this week was the 开镜 ceremony held on yesterday (Monday) on set! With it being Yuan Xiao 元宵节, we brought in 2 lions and a dragon to start this drama with a bang!

Smiles all around! The partial 韩 family here. (Wang Xin Ru 王心如 will play Rui En’s younger sister, the belle of the street 韩柔柔.)

The 钱 family with sons 钱一多 and 钱二多. (No Rui En is not photo-bombing, she turns out to be part of this family too!)

Joys of Life 花样人间 debuts 26 June 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: BaguaTV

Categorised in BaguaTV / Bagua8, EN, Joys of Life 花样人间.

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Reports: Tan Kee Yun

A massive hit in East Asia, but not so much on our shores?

If initial numbers are an indicator, Chinese palace drama Scarlet Heart, which has garnered buzz for reviving the career of former pop idol Nick Wu and making stars out of unknowns such as Cecilia Liu Shishi, isn’t really local audiences’ cup of tea.

Figures from international market research firm Taylor Nelson Sofres show that the first nine episodes of the show attracted an average of just 349,000 viewers.

That figure is substantially lower than what the two MediaCorp series, Code of Honour and Kampong Ties – that preceded Scarlet Heart in the same timeslot – attracted in their respective first nine episodes.

Kampong Ties attracted an average of 566,000 viewers and Code of Honour snagged 469,000 viewers.

Source: The New Paper

Categorised in Code of Honour 正义武馆, EN, Ratings 节目收视率, The New Paper.

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1. 新闻馆 Newsstand Pages 12-13

文：文婉瑜

全情投入

《红星大奖2012》入围名单出炉。

有人喜，就有人忧。但世事难料，不到最后一分钟，鹿死谁手没人说得准。

公认有演技，未必就一定会得奖。

红星入围名单（部分）

最佳女主角
郭舒贤 《万福楼》
范文芳 《边缘父子》
白薇秀 《乐在双城》
瑞恩 《乐在双城》
郑惠玉 《阿娣》

最佳电视剧
星洲之夜
警徽天职
甘榜情
边缘父子
拍.卖

Categorised in A Tale of 2 Cities 乐在双城, CH, I-Weekly, On The Fringe 边缘父子, Star Awards, Star Awards 2012.

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1. 狮城娱温 ZONE Page 12

Text/李秀文

《红星大奖2012》入围名单已经出炉！今年的“视后”是“阿姐”与“花旦”之争，范文芳和郑惠玉难得碰头。白薇秀和瑞恩则同样以《乐在双城》入围。

《红星大奖2012》部分入围名单

最佳女主角>>郭舒贤(万福楼)、范文芳(边缘父子)、白薇秀(乐在双城)、瑞恩(乐在双城)、郑惠玉(阿娣)

Categorised in A Tale of 2 Cities 乐在双城, CH, Star Awards, Star Awards 2012, U-Weekly.

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Source: Zaobao

Categorised in CH, Zaobao.

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By Christopher Ong

NTU alumna Rui En (left) and Xiang Yun

Adding a touch of stardust to our garden campus in December were artistes Rui En, Xiang Yun, Elvin Ng and Tay Ping Hui, who were here to film the latest MediaCorp blockbuster Unriddle 2.

Nanyang Business School graduate Rui En found time to browse a copy of HEY!. “This is actually quite a step forward and I think it looks really, really cool,” she said of the magazine.

Click here for more photos!

#Unriddle 2 最火搭档 II debuts 5 March 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: Hey!

Categorised in EN, HEY!, NTU, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2.

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