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I Want To Be A Star
''I Want to Be a Star'' () is a Toggle original series drama which is shown on Toggle. The show depicts the life of a calefare and rising to fame as actors and actresses of Mediacorp. It stars Chew Chor Meng, Shane Pow, Kym Ng, Somaline Ang, Dennis Chew, Ya Hui as the main cast of the series. Channel 8 began airing the series every Sunday at 10.30pm from 25 December 2016. Plot Da Tian opens a calefare agency. Edgar, Fei Mei, Gao Mei, Fa Ge, and Ru Hua all start off as extras in films. Soon, Gao Mei gets her friend Mei Yi to join. Mei Yi and Di Long fall in love. Edgar starts to fall in love with Gao Mei but it is not reciprocated. Cast Main cast Other characters See also *List of MediaCorp Channel 8 Chinese drama series (2010s) Controversy * A scene from episode 6 had to be removed following a public outcry of the show's casual racism. Actor Shane Pow is seen wearing an Afro wig as well as blackface make-up after a casting director fails to find an man of African descent f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chew Chor Meng
Chew Chor Meng (born 20 November 1968), better known as Zhou Chuming, is a Singaporean actor. He is one of the first batch of actors to receive the All-Time Favourite Artiste award with Zoe Tay & Li Nanxing. Career Chew started his career in showbiz after winning Star Search in 1990, a bi-annual nationwide talent search. Since then, he has never failed to make it to the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes in the Star Awards, an award ceremony for TV personalities, since its inception in 1994. In 2004, Chew was awarded the All-Time Favourite Artiste with Li Nanxing and Zoe Tay. He first earned his acting nomination for his role as Hong San in the 1995 epic '' The Teochew Family'', which he's still known to audiences in China. This was also evident when he bagged the Best Actor Award in Star Awards 2000 in '' Hainan Kopi Tales''. His popularity has also spread across the causeway as he was voted the Most Popular MediaCorp Male Artiste in Malaysia. He made his first crossover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indians In Singapore
Indian Singaporeans (Tamil: ') are Singaporeans of Indian or South Asian ancestry, who constitute 9.0% of the country's citizens, making them the third largest ancestry and ethnic group in Singapore. While contact with ancient India left a deep impact on Singapore's indigenous Malay culture, the mass settlement of Indians on the island only began with the founding of modern Singapore by the British in 1819. Initially, the Indian population was transient, mainly comprising young men who came as workers, soldiers and convicts. By the mid-20th century, a settled community had emerged, with a more balanced gender ratio and a better spread of age groups. Indian Singaporeans are linguistically and religiously diverse, with ethnic Tamils and Hindus forming majorities. The Indo-Singaporean culture has endured and evolved over almost 200 years. By the 1990s, it had grown somewhat distinct from contemporary South Asian cultures, even as Indian elements became diffused within a broader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Lee (Singaporean Actor)
Mark Lee Kok Huang (; born 16 October 1968) is a Singaporean comedian, actor, television host and film director. Early life Lee's father was a barber, and his mother was a food and beverage stall assistant. Growing up, Lee would help out in the hawker stall to prepare and sell cooked food, beverages, and chee cheong fun at a hawker centre. Lee was schooled in Jurong Secondary School. Career Lee is famous for, amongst others, playing the title role in Singapore's Mediacorp Channel 5 television sitcom '' Police & Thief'' as Lee Tok Kong, ''Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd'' as guest appearance Lee Kok Peng from season 5 until season 7 and in Mediacorp Channel 8 long series television drama '' Holland V'' as Su Hao. He also gained recognition for his work with Jack Neo and Henry Thia in films such as ''Money No Enough'' and '' Liang Po Po: The Movie'' and long-running comedy variety programme ''Comedy Nite'' (搞笑行动). He made his directorial debut in the comedy horror film ''The Gh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Wong
Bryan Wong Lok Kiang (, born on 30 January 1971) is a Singaporean television host and actor. Career Wong began his career as a child actor in 1981 and featured in several popular children's programmes on SBC. He began performing modelling assignments and commercials while still a teenager. In 1994, he joined TCS as a full-time artiste after a short stint as an interior designer. Although his first hosting role was for the teenage lifestyle programme ''Gen Y'', it was the infotainment programme ''City Beat'' during the late 1990s that first exposed him to television audiences. While his co-hosts Kym Ng and Sharon Au were winning awards at the annual Star Awards, he was not well received by the general public. He later stated that he had planned to resign several times but did not have a choice as he had to support his family. In 2000, he and several fellow artistes left TCS to join the newly formed SPH MediaWorks. While with MediaWorks, he became known for co-hosting Chan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xiang Yun
Chen Cuichang (born 27 October 1961), better known by her stage name Xiang Yun, is a Singaporean actress & television host. She is commonly referred to as MediaCorp's first "Ah Jie" (Senior actress) for being among the first locally trained artistes and has been in the entertainment industry for more than 29 years. Career Chen is one of the first batch of graduates from SBC's drama training class. She began her career in children's drama in 1980 and proceeded to act in the drama series ''Double Blessings'' and ''All That Glitters Is Not Gold'' in 1983. It was her role as "Ah Mei", love interest of Huang Wenyong's character "Ah Shui", in the 1984 blockbuster drama series '' The Awakening'' that propelled her to fame, evidenced by the fact that she and Huang were named among the "Top 5 Favourite On-Screen Partners" and "Top 5 Most Memorable Drama Characters" of the last 25 years at the Star Awards 2007 anniversary special. In 1997, she played Singaporean war heroine Elizabeth Cho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhu Houren
Zhu Houren () is a Singaporean Singaporeans, or the Singaporean people, refers to citizens or people who identify with the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual country. Singaporeans of Chinese, Malay, Ind ... actor. Personal life Zhu was educated at Chung Cheng High School. In 2003, he made his directorial debut in the telefilm '' After School'', while taking on a role in the same film. During the Star Awards 2010, Zhu won the Best Supporting Actor award for his role as ''Liang Zhigao 梁志高'', an old man who suffers from senile dementia for the drama '' Reunion Dinner''. He is married to Vera Hanitijo and has 2 sons, Jonathan, an independent director, and Joel, an actor. Filmography Television Compilation album Awards and nominations References {{DEFAULTSORT:Zhu, Houren Singaporean people of Chinese descent Living people Singaporean male film actors Singaporean male television a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Woon
Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant to Christians, as it belonged to Saint Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ), an early disciple and deacon who, according to the Book of Acts, was stoned to death; he is widely regarded as the first martyr (or "protomartyr") of the Christian Church. In English, Stephen is most commonly pronounced as ' (). The name, in both the forms Stephen and Steven, is often shortened to Steve or Stevie. The spelling as Stephen can also be pronounced which is from the Greek original version, Stephanos. In English, the female version of the name is Stephanie. Many surnames are derived from the first name, including Stephens, Stevens, Stephenson, and Stevenson, all of which mean "Stephen's (son)". In modern times the name has sometimes been given with intentionally non-standard spelling, such as Stevan or Stevon. A common variant of the name used in English is Stephan ; related names that have found some curren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Lim
Rebecca Lim (; born 26 September 1986) is a Singaporean actress who won Best Actress in a leading role at the Asian Television Awards and two Best Actress in a Leading Role awards, a Best Supporting Actress award and 10 consecutive Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste in the local Star Awards ceremony from 2012 to 2022. Lim also won Best Performance in a Leading Role at the Seoul International Drama Awards. Lim has been the cover girl for numerous fashion magazines, and has been invited to Paris Fashion Week 2019 for Christian Dior and Hermes show. In 2020, Lim was awarded the Best Actress National Winner - Malaysia for her performance in The Bridge. Early life and education Lim was born on 26 September 1986 and is the second among three children in a Hokkien family. She studied at CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School for her pre-school, primary, and secondary education, followed by Victoria Junior College and Singapore Management University (SMU) for her tertiary education. Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romeo Tan
Tan Romeo (; born 9 April 1985) is a Singaporean actor, who has been named as one of the 8 Dukes of Caldecott Hill. Tan came into prominence after finishing in fourth place on the tenth season of the television series ''Star Search'' in 2010. Education Tan studied at Ngee Ann Secondary School and multimedia technology at ITE MacPherson. Acting career Romeo Tan made his television debut on the fourth season of ''Heartlanders'' in 2005. In 2010, after completing his filming for ''The Best Things in Life'', Tan participated in the tenth season of ''Star Search''. He auditioned for the competition and was accepted for the competition. Tan finished in fourth place, losing the title to Jeffrey Xu. He was offered a two-year contract by MediaCorp together with Xu, Adeline Lim, Sora Ma, James Seah, and Darryl Yong. In 2012, Romeo Tan was the first among his fellow ''Star Search'' finalists to be given a supporting role in the critically acclaimed police procedural series '' C. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Neo
Jack Neo (born 24 January 1960) is a Singaporean actor, television host, comedian and film director. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1983 to 2003. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was best known for his cross-dressing roles, as Liang Po Po (literally: Granny Liang) and Liang Xi Mei (a woman homemaker in her 40s) in the long-running television comedy show ''Comedy Nite''. Since his debut as a feature director, Neo has proven to be the most commercially successful local director who has also met with some success in Malaysia and Taiwan. He has shown a penchant for the franchise series films. His most critically acclaimed film is '' I Not Stupid'', which satirizes Singapore's streaming educational system in 2002. Despite his box office success, many of his recent films have been panned by local critics as being simplistic, sexist, and having too many blatant product placement. Career Neo wrote and acted in a comedy skit for Tanjong Katong Secondary School at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesseca Liu
Jesseca Liu () (刘芷绚/劉芷絢; ; pinyin: "''Liu Zhi Xuan''" was her previous Chinese stage name) (born 13 February 1979) is a Malaysian actress, who is based in Singapore and was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 2004 to 2010. She is a contracted artiste under MediaCorp and managed under HIM International Music. Early life Jesseca Liu was born on 13 February 1979 in Langkawi, Malaysia, with the name Lao Chew Yen. She began modelling after graduating from Saito Academy in 2001. Languages often spoken by Liu are Cantonese, Hokkien, Mandarin, English and Malay. She finished second for a Malaysian beauty contest in 2001. Liu began acting in Malaysia in a few Chinese drama productions produced by Singapore-based companies. Career Liu was spotted by a producer in MediaCorp in 2004 who offered her the meaty role of He Yi Xuan in the sports themed drama, '' The Champion'', starring opposite Qi Yuwu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackface
Blackface is a form of theatrical makeup used predominantly by non-Black people to portray a caricature of a Black person. In the United States, the practice became common during the 19th century and contributed to the spread of racial stereotypes such as the "happy-go-lucky darky on the plantation" or the " dandified coon". By the middle of the century, blackface minstrel shows had become a distinctive American artform, translating formal works such as opera into popular terms for a general audience. Early in the 20th century, blackface branched off from the minstrel show and became a form in its own right. In the United States, blackface declined in popularity beginning in the 1940s and into the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s,Clark, Alexis.How the History of Blackface Is Rooted in Racism. ''History''. A&E Television Networks, LLC. 2019. and was generally considered highly offensive, disrespectful, and racist by the turn of the 21st century, though the practic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
