LATEST & EXCLUSIVE ! STAR AWARDS 2009 Special Preview : Analysis & Predictions !

26 April 2009

The BIG DAY IS TONIGHT ! And with just EXACTLY 2 HOURS TO THE BIG AWARDS NIGHT , let me bring u a SERIES OF LATEST STAR AWARDS RELATED NEWS , STATS , PREDICTIONS & MORE ....

时隔2年< 红星大奖 >今晚就要揭幕了，自去年起新传媒将<红星大奖>移期到每年4月举行，今年是改期后的第一届，时间延期了入围的作品增多了，理应该是历届中竞争最为激烈最有看头的一届了。由于去年底一部超级重头制作<小娘惹>在12月的档期播映，霎时间使得众剧相形失色了。有些媒体人认为，<红星大奖>延期是为<小娘惹>铺路开道,也有人预言，今年的<红星大奖>是最没看头最一面倒的颁奖礼。07年底的<黄金路>在今年<小娘惹>的破竹之势光芒四射之下要显的黯然失色了。

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对于今年的入围名单与奖项的归属，难以避难的会惹来非议。入围的形势只是反映出<小娘惹>的强势，在24个演技奖中扫走13个入围，包括6席最佳女配角中的5席。入围中因为有比重头更重头<小娘惹>，最佳电视剧不可能是<黄金路>，当然也不会是眼泪鼻涕大大把的<不凡的爱>和“哭笑骂闹”的家庭剧<心花朵朵开>。<一房半厅一水缸>的形式像似舞台剧多过像一般评审会喜欢的心水作品。<小娘惹>劲敌只有<一切完美>，也不排除今晚可能爆冷，不过个人还是觉得<小娘惹> 最有可能抱奖。

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如果现在你来到加利谷山上询问到任何一位艺人谁会成为这届男主，答案可能只有一个 - 陈汉玮。加之评审团最吃这类搏命的病患者角色，大赢家的归属只有他了。百分百奶爸的搞笑，郑斌辉<黄金路>的内敛，峇峇“戚玉武”的帅与方展发的痴，统统只有陪跑的份儿。

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女主归属可能最难断定，陈莉萍分别有内心戏甚浓的<黄金路>与搞怪无厘头的<一房半厅一水缸>，自如挥洒的两种极端演译，怎能不让评审Impressed? < 沸腾冰点>”中范文芳的疯颠角色会很出位，不过早已名扬海外的她是否会被重拾<红星大奖>赏识呢？无庸质疑多年来欧萱走到今天的<小娘惹>她成功蜕变，是全年最亮眼的明星，如轻易的将女主颁给她，那么新传媒就显有捧星之嫌了。白薇秀也一样，脱胎换骨的演出令人刮目相看。陈凤玲在<黄金路>的表现是她入行以来“ 昙花一现”最成功的一次，能入围就已经是给予她最直观的肯定了。同样重头剧的<黄金路>应该被分得出一个女主的名额。

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男配方面个人的预测会是周初 明。<黄金路>中他没有夸张的脸部表情与肢体动作就演活了角色，平平淡淡张显自然之意，与其他5位入围对手戛然不同，将他们6位同台一比，很容易就看出周初明不愠不火的演技，比起<小娘惹>恶的出奇的章缜翔，庸能的林明伦，夸张的姚玟隆，不屑一提的戴阳天与<沸腾冰点>的疯癫毒辣的朱厚任就显得太为刻意了。

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女配中6位都各有各的出位和夸张。让人不寒而栗的林梅娇，可怜虫马姐黄慧，面目可憎的郭蕙雯，吃娘惹糕点吃到爽的李茵珠，自为认命的哭包向云以及肉骨妹蔡佩璇。根据有关文字报道，行内人认为向云能把<小娘惹>中最不容易出位的角色发挥的如此到味，是向云至今最佳的表现，个人亦同意。这个奖由向云抱回，不会觉得出奇。

<小娘惹>的竹破之势真会呈现一边倒的局面吗？有人会说本届红星是举办以来最无竞争力，最无看头的一届，真是这样么？今晚多少奖项会众望所归，又多少奖项会爆冷，或是你中意的，或是你不喜欢的？就在今晚 一起等待了...

欧萱被封最烂女主角 = Jeanette Aw Has Kissed Best Actress Award Goodbye ?

25 April 2009

Has STAR Awards Best Actress hot favourite Winner - 欧萱 Jeanette Aw kissed her hopes of winning that Award goodbye on the Eve of the big day tomorrow ? For she has just been dealt a very big body blow ahead of the Grand TV Showpiece Event on tomorrow night ! She has just emerged as the ' Winner ' for the ' Worst Actress Award ' Category in an Online Voting Contest organised by a popular online Portal omy.sg .

http://showbiz.omy.sg/Showbiz/E-News/Story/OMYStory200904251515-57112.html

http://showbiz.omy.sg/Showbiz/E-News/Story/OMYStory200904251610-57125.html


Before this Voting Contest was organised , Jeanette Aw was widely regarded as the hot favourite for the Best Actress Award in this year's Star Award for her excellent portrayal of both characters Juxiang & Yueniang in the hit TV Blockbuster Drama Serial - 小娘惹 The Little Nyonya . She was so successful in her role in the hit TV Series that many even touted her as an upcoming Ah Jie to be .

Now all these could and may well soon change with this result from the online voting contest coming on the Eve of Star Awards Ceremony ! The tables are likely to be turned & she may be viewed as the ' Dark Horse ' instead - with either fellow Nyonya Nominee Joanne Peh or two Best Actress Award Nominee Chen Liping as the new hot favourite for the Best Actress Award on tomorrow night .

One can't help but feel that this Result from the Voting Contest has indeed come at a really unlikely time for Jeanette Aw ! Some can't help but feels that this Voting Contest ( though done out of sheer fun without any real intent of harm to any Artistes ) organised by the popular online portal omy.sg could , in fact have a very adverse damaging effect for Jeanette Aw ahead of tomorrow all important big night ! More so with the Results announced on the Eve of STAR AWARDS !

With the situation as such , some felt that since Jeanette Aw has already been voted as ' 最烂女主角 ' in this Online Voting Contest , this is as good as killing off her chance to win the 最佳女主角 - Best Actress Award on tomorrow night ! As some feel that one can't be the ' Worst Actress ( 最烂女主角 ) as well as the Best Actress - (最佳女主角 ) at the same time , as this would be a ' little ' too contridicting !

So the ' favourites tag ' may now swing in favour of fellow ' Nyonya ' Nominee - Joanne Peh 白薇秀 , who many feel initally that she should not be in the Best Actress Award Category as her role in the hit TV Series is more of a Supporting Role instead of a Lead Role ! Or either Chen Liping with two Nominations in the Best Actress Award Category ( for 黄金路 The Golden Path & 一房半厅一水缸 Just In Singapore ) may also stand a chance of winning the Best Actress Award . Both have somehow emerged as the ' New ' favourites to win the Best Actress Award ( 最佳女主角 ) instead of early hot favourite - 欧萱 Jeanette Aw ahead of the big night tomorrow on STAR Awards Eve !


* Points Of Note :

* Kindly do take note that the Voting Results from the omy.sg Contest is based entirely on public votes ( Votes from TV Viewers ) , while the Results for the STAR AWARDS Best Actress Award Category is based entirely on professional judges & NOT by public Votes *


What does this result actually mean for Jeanette Aw , Joanne Peh & Chen Liping ? How will it all turn out tomorrow night ?


* Catch Star Awards 2009 Tomorrow Night LIVE on Mediacorp Channel 8 at 7pm ! *

The ' Nyonya ' Factor In Upcoming New Drama < 书包太重 > My School Daze & Many More ...

25 April 2009

Some may feel that this Drama Serial has indeed come at the wrong time , especially if it has a lot got to do with school life , behavouir of students in schools , teachers , parents & the importance of learning the Chinese Language as when the Drama Serial officially Premieres next Wednesday , it may well ... be exam time for many students here in Singapore ! It is understood that usually at this period of time , students would be very busy preparing for their exams or for some others , would be in the midst of their exams ! Thus , this Drama Serial may very well rule out all the students , parents & maybe even some teachers for this upcoming New Drama Serial !

Despite the possibility of losing quite a large number of very important potential viewers of that target age group which this upcoming New Drama is clearly targeting at , this Drama really boosts quite a number of good reasons for u not to miss out , which ever age group u are in !

• The ' Nyonya ' Factor ...
  

What has ' Nyonya ' got to do with a Drama Serial about school life ? Well , a lot if the Drama is made up mostly from the cast of - well ' The Little Nyonya ' ! First , this Drama brings together a star studded cast of Actors & Actresses which includes not one , not two , not three but four Artistes in total from last year's Successful Hit TV Blockbuster Drama Serial - 小娘惹 The Little Nyonya ! Yes ! A total of four of them !

Among the Star Studded Casts are Cynthia Koh(许美珍) , Lin Meijiao(林梅娇) , Eelyn Kok(郭惠雯) & Darren Lim (林明伦) and FIVE if u were to add a ' new addition ' to the Nyonya family - Ann Kok(郭舒贤) to it too ! With a total of 5 ' Nyonyas ' in this Serial , can the Success of 小娘惹 The Little Nyonya spread over to this upcoming New Drama Serial - My School Daze < 书包太重 > ?

郭舒贤 Ann Kok , of course is currently involved in the preparation of the upcoming Peranakan Ball Musical with some of the Casts from the original Hit TV Blockbuster - 小娘惹 such as Xiang Yun , Jeanette Aw & Dai Yang Tian . The Musical will be held next month .

• The ' 方老师 ' Factor
  

While , besides the ' Nyonya ' factor in this upcoming New Drama Serial , there is also another chance for viewers to see Chen Hanwei 陈汉伟 play the role of a teacher yet again ! Many viewers would surely still remember his role as the ever popular & well - liked 方老师 in < 阳光列车 > - Morning Express some 14 Years ago ! His excellent portrayal as a caring & well liked teacher in that popular Drama Serial back in 1995 which saw the Serial having a Sequel ( within that same year itself ! ) is still firmly etched in many people's mind till today !

How different will his current role as a teacher in this Drama Series be different from that of 方老师 in 阳光列车 ? Also , as this Drama also touches on the importances of learning & improving one's Chinese Language , as well as parents ' desire & hopes for their child to do well in their studies are just some of the many reasons why u should not miss watching this Drama Serial , which is where the main selling point of this Drama Serial lies !

• The ' Not So Cool ' 瑞恩 Rui En Factor ...
  

Also , viewers will be able to catch a very rare side of 瑞恩 Rui En in this new upcoming Drama Serial - away from your usual cool cool type of character she plays in the previous few Drama Serials she is in ! Expect to see a rather relaxed & fun side of her in < 书包太重 > for a change !


* Catch 20 Episodes Drama Serial < 书包太重 > - My School Daze Beginning next Wednesday , 29 April 2009 at 9pm on Weeknights - Every Mondays to Fridays on Mediacorp Channel 8 ! *




* Click on the Following Link to view the Video of The Theme Song & the Press Conferences of < 书包太重 > My School Daze now ! *


http://dramafocus.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=156

Can 郭亮 Finally Break The Star Awards ' Curse ' & Win Big This Sunday ?

21 April 2009

It's just 5 More Days to the highly anticipated TV Showpiece Event of The Year - Star Awards 2009 ! After much controversy and seeing it being postponed twice , the BIG Awards Night is finally here round the corner !

While much of the attention will be on how many Awards the hit TV Blockbuster Drama Serial - 小娘惹 The Little Nyonya will win on the Awards Night this Sunday , after gaining a total of 24 Nominations in an unprecedented scenario in Star Awards History , the other main focus of the Night has to be on one man - 郭亮 Guo Liang !

Besides being THE Man of the Big Night as a host , this year also sees him having arguably the BEST chance to break his personal Star Awards ' curse ' which has surprisingly been with him for an exact ten years already ( including this year ! )

One have to go back to exactly ten Years ago in 1999 when he last had the chance to grab hold of the Star Awards throphy ! Despite being widely recognised for having done an excellent job in hosting , the Best Variety Host Award has somehow always " manage " to elude him year after year , which saw him lose to the likes of Mark Lee ( twice ) , Bryan Wong & Quan Yifeng in recent years .

As for the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Category , he has been an absent figure since he last won it in 1999 . Then he managed to make it to the eventual Top 10 List on the Awards night itself for three consecutive years ( 1997 , 1998 & 1999 ) .

So , with him being nominated for THREE different Categories this year , one can't help but feel that there is a very high chance of him being able to finally break his Star Awards ' duck ' since 1999 & to stand on the stage to receive the Star Awards throphy for at least ONE of the Awards that he is being nominated for this year !

Also , with him having such a high appearance rate on TV these days - both in Dramas ( Table Of Glory ) and as a Host ( 综艺 GO LIVE on Mondays 8pm & 小男人周记 On Fridays 8pm ) - with viewers getting to see him appearing on Channel 8 thrice a week ! ) it's really very hard to see why he will go home empty handed on the Awards Night again this year !

ALL THE BEST TO U , 郭亮 for this Sunday STAR AWARDS 2009 !


* For the record , 郭亮 has been nominated for 最佳综艺节目主持人 - Best Variety Show Host Award in ( 艺点心思 CelebriTEA Break ) , together with Quan Yifeng 权怡凤 & Christopher Lee 李铭顺 ( both for 心晴大动员- Life Transformers ) , Kym Ng 鐘琴 for Buzzing Cashier 抢摊大行动 , Lee Teng 李腾 for 都市大发现３ On The Beat 3 & 陈建彬 Marcus Chin for 黄金年华之斗歌竞艺2008 Golden Age Singing Competition 2008 ) .

郭亮 is also in the running for two Other Awards : 最佳资讯节目主持人 Best Info-Ed Show Host for ( 亮点人生 - 真情无障碍 ) & The Top 10 Male Artistes Award ( 十大最受欢迎男艺人) .


* For the 最佳资讯节目主持人 Best Info-Ed Show Host Award , he is being Nominated together with 李心钰 Belinda Lee ( 稀游记 ２ Find Me A Singaporean 2 & 与心共舞 Come Dance with Me ) , 蔡礼莲 Chua Lee Lian ( for 寻找原之味 ) , 许振荣 ( for 旅游线上我在行 ) & 林佩芬 Lim Peifen for ( 简单就是美 ) *


* For the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes Award ( 十大最受欢迎男艺人 ) , u can call 1900 - 112 - 2016 & vote for 郭亮 Guo Liang as many times as u want . Lines are open till 9pm on the Awards Night this Sunday ! *


* Catch STAR AWARDS 2009 ( 红星大奖 2009 ) LIVE This Sunday , 26 April 2009 at 7pm On Channel 8 & at 10pm for the Post Awards Celebrations Show LIVE on Channel U ! ) *

金牌故事人洪荣狄 - Ang Eng Tee Waves His ' Magic ' Again For Table of Glory - 乒乓圆 !

17 April 2009

After having written the Success Stories of Last Year's End Of Year Mega BLOCKBUSTER - The Little Nyonya - 小娘惹 and seeing the Serial achieved a whopping 24 Nominations in total for this year's Star Awards , the man seemed to have done it again for his next latest work in Table Of Glory - 乒乓圆 !

洪荣狄 - Ang Eng Tee the hero behind the Hit TV Blockbuster Serial last year which saw it became the most watched Drama Serial for the last fifteen years , was also the man behind the works of Just In Singapore - 一房半厅一水缸 & the Mega End Of Year Blockbuster two years ago in The Golden Path - 黄金路 ( 2007 ) as well , which also saw him being in the running for the above mentioned three Drama Serials in this year's Star Awards 2009 for Best Scriptwriter Award !

Now his latest work - Table Of Glory - 乒乓圆 , which is currently being shown on weeknights on Channel 8 , he seemed to have done it again ! After making a slow start which saw the Serial achieved only 740,000 viewers for it's first three Episodes , it made a vast improvement in terms of TV Ratings as it saw a whopping 961,000 viewers watching the Serial on Monday Night ( 13 April 2009 ) alone , with an average of 880,000 viewers ( for 9 Episodes as of Monday - 13 April 2009 ) in the latest viewership figures released on Tuesday - 14 April 2009 , despite the Series of negative reports & comments made by the viewers as seen recently in the Chinese Evening Newspapers !

This shows that the viewers are not easily being put off by those negative reports & comments being made and do have faith & belief in this ' 金牌故事人' 洪荣狄 Ang Eng Tee that the Drama will eventually come good ! They are still enjoying the Serial as the story progresses despite all the bad press the Serial has received ! Now the good comments are slowly coming in in various popular Local Forums ! Netizens even praised that the story is getting better & more interesting and even said that the young Actors & Actresses did well !

Now with the Serial currently going into it's 13 Episode tonight , with just 7 more Episodes to go to the Serial Finale on Tuesday , 28 April 2009 , how will the Serial fare in terms of viewership Ratings ? Will we see the figures soar to another new high record as the Drama reaches it's climax ?


* EXTRA : A Sneak Peek To What's Still To Come In Table Of Glory ! The story is certainly getting more & more exciting with each passing Episode !

Some of the exciting moments still to come in Table of Glory : The various conflicts between Ah Wu ( Joshua Ang ) & He Jiajun ( Dai Yang Tian ) , The Table Tennis Duel between both Ah Wu & He Jiajun ... Who will be the winner ? Plus the various hatred & " revenge " plots , how will things turn out ? The 4 Way - Love Affair between the young Actors & Actresses , how will it end ... ?


All these & much more still to come in Table of Glory - 乒乓圆 ...


* Catch Table Of Glory - 乒乓圆 Mondays to Fridays at 9pm On Mediacorp Channel 8 ! *

Jeanette Aw A ' Definite Choice ' In End Of Year MEGA BLOCKBUSTER Drama ?

12 April 2009

A small ' price ' to pay for being popular ? After seeing her popularity soar to new heights from the huge success achieved from Last Year's End Of Year Blockbuster - The Little Nyonya - 小娘惹 , earning huge praises from both the media and viewers for her excellent portrayal of both characters - Juxiang & Yueniang , it now seems that Jeanette Aw is very likely to land another big role in yet another End Of Year Blockbuster Drama for this year !

There have been widespread speculations from some of the popular Local Forums that one of the three Leading roles for this year's End of Year Blockbuster - has been , and in fact already been " reserved " for Jeanette Aw and that she has been kept well wrapped in cotton wool so as to have her " fresh " and ready for this year's End of Year MEGA Drama Serial !

Besides seeing her gracing the MIPTV Event in Cannes , France recently and seeing her appearing occasionally for advertisements on television & print media , she is currently busy preparing for an upcoming specially created ' The Little Nyonya Musical ' - The Peranakan Ball which will be held next month . Besides this , there has been really nothing much for Jeanette fans to cheer about in terms of new Drama productions for this year !

Indeed , Jeanette Aw fans have been waiting for so long , especially after seeing some of the other Artistes who were involved in ' The Little Nyonya ' - 小娘惹 last year already had new roles & new Dramas for the first half of this year ! On the other hand , Jeanette fans & supporters had not had a chance to see their favourite Idol been cast in any new Drama Serial for this year as yet since ' The Little Nyonya ' - 小娘惹 ended at the beginning of this year till now !

Xiang Yun 向云 , Eelyn Kok 郭蕙雯 , Cynthia Koh 许美珍 , Lin Mei Jiao 林梅娇 , Darren Lim 林明伦 , Apple Hong 洪乙心 who were all involved in the production of the hit Mega Blockbuster last year , all saw them having new Dramas & new productions which are either already been shown or are coming up in the first half of this year !

Xiang Yun , of course , was involved in 煮妇的假期 - ' Housewives Holiday ' where she played a typical housewife which ended it's run not too long ago . Eelyn Kok also had a new Drama as early as in February in the Idol Engineering Drama ' The Dream Catchers ' - 未来不是梦 ' and viewers will also get to see more of her in the Upcoming Drama Serial - ' 书包太重' My School Daze right after Table Of Glory together with other 小娘惹 - The Little Nyonya Artistes such as Cynthia Koh, Lin Mei Jiao, Darren Lim and Apple Hong .

Also , u can catch even more of Cynthia Koh & Lin Mei Jiao together yet again in yet another Blockbuster Drama Serial - The ULTIMATUM coming up in the month of May !

Even Joanne Peh 白薇秀 who has not had any New Dramas to show for the first half of this year , is currently busy filming a 180 Episodes Long Running Drama Serial - 想握你的手 which will be shown in November . She can be also be seen on an upcoming Brand New Variety Show where she will host & interview other Mediacorp Stars in ' The Princesses & The Prince ' ...

Even Dai Yang Tian 戴阳天 who lasted only 8 Episodes in the hit Blockbuster Drama Serial last year , is currently now being seen on TV every weeknights , Mondays to Fridays in Table of Glory - 乒乓圆 ...

Except Jeanette Aw who has not seen any new Dramas involving her yet .... Surely , after gaining success from The Little Nyonya last year , it can't be that she WILL NOT be involved in any new Dramas at all for this year ?

If that's really the case , then she will DEFINITELY can't & won't be in the running at all for Next Year's Star Awards already ! And if that's really the case , then it's doesn't really make much sense too & fans & supporters of Jeanette Aw , especially , will definitely find this very hard to believe !

So far , it is now down to four New Dramas in the Second Half of this Year which are currently in the planning stage & two of which have not had any names or casts being involved in as yet .

One is a 20 Episodes Family Drama Serial tentatively called ' 我的企鹅老爸 ' , the other Drama - of course is The End Of Year Mega Blockbuster Drama Serial !

So if Jeanette were to be involved in any new Dramas at all this year , surely it can't be for the " small scale " production Family Drama Serial - ' 我的企鹅老爸' , so it MUST & Should be for The End Of Year Mega Blockbuster Drama already !

Are the " signs " really already there ? Are the " writings " really already on the wall , as they say ? ... So this leaves many of the TV Viewers to believe that the long " rest " or " break " that Jeanette Aw has been ' given ' at the moment must & surely be for THE Big One yet again this year .... Or is it ?

You decide .

乒乓圆 - ' Table Of Glory Special Feature : 乒乓美少女 - 马丽安

10 April 2009


U recognised her as the girl who thrashed Mai Xiaofen 麦晓芬 ( played by Teresa Tseng - 曾詠霖 ) in her first Table Tennis Competitive Match in the Idol Drama Serial : Table Of Glory - 乒乓圆where the latter lost four straight sets - even losing the last Set by 11 - 0 , utterly humilating her & thus destroying her confidence terribily . With this victory , it propelled the Former to become the next up & coming big Shinning Star in Table Tennis & even earned great praise from her Coach / Manager - 江贤 Jiang Xian ( played by Rayston Tan ) as the ' 乒乓美少女 ' ( Babe of Table Tennis ) .


Not only she is very young & has a pretty face , but she also posses a great Table Tennis technique & skill , and comes across as a very confident & ruthless opposition who shows her opponents no mercy at all as can be seen from the way she defeated & thrashed the Number 4 Seeded Mai Xiaofen completely !


We have been seeing lots of her on TV in the Serial too ! Just who is she in real life actually ? Where is she from ? A Star Search Search Finalist or a Star Search Winner , U wonder ?

Curious to know & wanted to find out more about her ? Let's us do the job for U !

* Check this out !


She is actually known as Wu En Yi 巫恩仪 , a Malaysian Artiste , who lives in Kuala Lumpur ( KL ) . She won the Miss Malaysia Global Queen International Pagent two Years ago in 2007 .


Here's a News Article on her victory in the Miss Malaysia Pagent Competition in 2007 :

http://www.kwongwah.com.my/news/2007/08/19/97.html


Also more Info of her Here :


http://celebs.mediacorptv.sg/en/YanYee/biodata


Her Character Intro In ' Table Of Glory ' - 乒乓圆 where she plays 马丽安 ( Ma Li An ) :



http://tableofglory.mediacorptv.sg/bio.htm