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VIC (TV Series)
''VIC'' () is a Toggle Original drama series. It was originally released on Toggle on Thursdays, and later aired on Mediacorp Channel U on Sundays. The show depicts the media and modelling industry, and contains some supernatural elements. It was the first Toggle Original Series to be nominated for Best Drama Serial, Best Theme Song and Best Actress for Star Awards. It stars model-actress Sheila Sim, Carrie Wong, Desmond Tan, Irene Ang, Steven Chiang, Jasmine Sim and Cheryl Chou as the main cast. The cast also includes real-life models and past contestants of Miss Universe Singapore. Synopsis Vicky takes part in a reality show ''Fresh Off The Runway'', hoping to become a top model. The executive producer of the show, Cao Shi Ren hopes to create buzz in the media, and resorts to sending anonymous death threats to one of the contestants who happens to be Vicky. One thing leads to another, until one day she is accidentally electrocuted. The CEO of Victory Property, Victori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrie Wong
Carrie Wong Si Tian (born 1 January 1994) is a Singaporean actress. She was discovered through the reality television competition '' Hey Gorgeous''. Early life The only child of a housewife mother and father who works in a security firm, Wong was raised in a Chinese-speaking family. Her father is Singaporean while her mother is a Malaysian Chinese. She studied at Evergreen Secondary School and graduated with a diploma in Hospitality and Tourism Management from Nanyang Polytechnic in 2014. Wong was a blogshop model during her polytechnic years. She was scouted in her final year for '' Hey Gorgeous'' in 2013, where she made it as the second runner up. Career Wong was chosen as one of the six contestants for the preliminary rounds of Hey Gorgeous in 2013, emerging as a first runner-up. Wong made her acting debut in ''Scrum'', where she plays a disabled Sport Sciences polytechnic student. It aired in February 2014 on Channel U. In September 2014, Wong starred in her first M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Sim (Singaporean Actress)
Sheila Sim Hui Yi (born 7 June 1984) is a Singaporean actress, model and businesswoman. Early life and education Sim attended Radin Mas Primary School and CHIJ Saint Theresa's Convent. She later studied at Nanyang Polytechnic but dropped out after three months. Sim graduated from Marketing Institute of Singapore with a diploma in sales and marketing and Curtin Singapore with a degree in advertising and marketing respectively. In 2021, Sim graduated from with a diploma in positive psychology from the School of Positive Psychology. Career Sim started modelling in 2001. She was discovered at 16 by a talent scout while attending the wedding of her aunt Ivy Chng, who was a runway model in the 1980s. In 2009, Sim made her film debut in indie film '' Autumn In March'', and later in 2013, she made her television debut in Channel 8's Chinese drama series, '' I'm in Charge''. In 2014, Sim filmed a toggle original series, ''Mystic Whisper'' and a long-running half hour drama, '' 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Programmes Broadcast By Mediacorp Channel 8
This is a list of Chinese-language television programme broadcast on Mediacorp Channel 8, a television channel in Singapore. The years stated in the list are the years in which the programmes were first aired on the channel. Current programming News * '' Morning Express'' – 晨光第一线 (Weekdays at 9am) * ''News 8 At One'' 点新闻(weekdays at 1pm) * '' Hello Singapore'' – 狮城有约 (weekdays from 6:30pm to 7:30pm) ** ''Hello Singapore Highlights'' (weekdays 7:30am) * ''News Tonight'' – 晚间新闻 (all days from 10pm to 10:30pm) * ''Singapore Today'' – 狮城6点半 (weekends only from 6:30pm) * ''60s News in Brief'' (weekdays at 11am, 3pm and 5pm & weekends at 5pm) Current affairs * ''Tuesday Report'' – 星期二特写 (Tuesday evenings starting at 8:30pm) * ''Focus'' – 焦点 (every Thursday at 10:30pm) * ''Frontline'' – 前线追踪 (Fridays: 8:30pm) Infotainment * ''Let's Talk About Health'' – 医聊大小事 (8pm on Fridays, except last Fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Awards
Star Awards (Chinese: 红星大奖) are awards for artistic and technical merit where Mediacorp recognises entertainers under their employment for outstanding performances of the year. The awards are given annually in a ceremony. The various category winners are awarded a trophy, with initial designs featuring various star shapes. The star was subsequently removed and the trophy is designed as an S-shaped column, depicting the star. History The first Star Awards presentation was held on 26 February 1994, took place at the Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Mediacorp TV Theatre with an audience of about 500 people. There have no other pre-show and post-awards ceremony held in that year. Winners were announced during the presentation of the ceremony, the ceremony also presented a popularity contest, with Li Nanxing, Chew Chor Meng and Zoe Tay winning the Most Popular Actor and Actress award, respectively. The first Best Drama Serial was only awarded during the third Awards in 1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Against The Tide (TV Series)
''Against the Tide'' () is a psychological thriller drama produced by MediaCorp Channel 8. This drama features different crime cases. Each case lasts 3-5 episodes and features a main character of the case. The drama began production in March 2014 and wrapped up its filming in May 2014. It was aired from 24 September 2014 to 24 October 2014 and has a total of 23 episodes. Plot Acclaimed novelist Di Shen's mission is to expose evil in humans, as he believes that all humans are born depraved. While Di Shen is doing a television interview, a girl escapes her captivity in which she was tortured and abused. As police officers Zhou Jianfeng and Guo Jingcheng fail to obtain information from the girl, they ask for help from the psychiatrist Qiu Xueqing who, through hypnosis reveals that the assailant had a copy of Di Shen's novel. Xueqing asks the novelist to help solve the case believing that the culprit is an imitator of his novels, but for Jianfeng, Di shen is the main suspect. Cast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoe Tay
Zoe Tay Hui Gek (born 10 January 1968) is a Singaporean actress and former model. She has been referred to as the "Queen of Caldecott Hill" and "Ah Jie". To date, Tay has received four Star Awards for Best Actress. Early life Tay is the sixth of seven children born to Teochew parents. She was three when her biological mother died in an accident. Her father remarried and had a daughter with Wong Pong Chin. Her father worked at a pig farm in Lim Chu Kang while her stepmother was a housewife. Tay attended Kay Hua Primary School and later, Yuan Ching Secondary School, where she completed her O-level examinations. She studied fashion design at the Baharuddin Vocational Institute. When she was 13, she thought of using "Jenny" as her English name as people pronounced her hanyu pinyin surname Zheng as "Jenny". However her siblings didn't like it. She later found the name "Zoe" in a dictionary. Career Tay started out as a model at the age of 16. In 1987, she was named Model of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paige Chua
Paige Chua Qi Hui (born 25 June 1981) is a Singaporean actress and television host. Early life Chua was born in Singapore on 25 June 1981. She attended Mayflower Secondary School and Serangoon Junior College before graduating from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts. She also represented Singapore in netball, as part of the National Youth Netball team between 1997 and 1999. She retired from competitive netball due to an injury. Career After retirement from netball, Chua took up basic modeling class and subsequently modelled for four years. Chua made her acting debut in ''Just in Singapore'', where she was cast as the half-sister of Fiona Xie. In the latter part of 2008, she had 2 more roles in '' La Femme'' and ''Crime Busters x 2''. In 2010 Chua earned her first nomination for “Best Supporting Actress” in Star Awards 2010 for her character in ''The Dream Catchers''. She made a guest appearance in ''Unriddle'' as Zhang Meilin, a girl with a d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rayson Tan
Rayson Tan Tai Ming (born 12 January 1965) is a Singaporean actor. Career Before joining MediaCorp, Tan worked as a flight attendant with Singapore Airlines. In 1990, he emerged as the 2nd Runner-Up in Singapore's Star Search Singapore talent competition. He has worked on many different roles and hosted many TV programmes, including the role of Singaporean war hero Lim Bo Seng in the 1997 WWII drama series '' The Price of Peace'' and the host for ''PSC Night'' in 2006. In 1997, Tan was first nominated for the Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes in the annual Star Awards and won it. He was also been nominated multiple times in the annual Star Awards, particularly for the "Best Supporting Actor" award category. He also appeared in the long-form drama, '' Life Less Ordinary''. On 10 October 2024, Tan announced his end of contract with Mediacorp and would be a freelance actor. Personal life Tan married fellow MediaCorp actress Chen Liping in 1998. They have a son named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothee Yap Jin Wei
Timothee Yap Jin Wei (; born 5 November 1994) is a Singaporean sprinter. He has represented Singapore at several major international competitions across the various age categories and at the senior level. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 metres race; his time of 10.79 seconds in the second round did not qualify him for the semifinals. Athletics Yap took part in the Summer Olympics at the Rio 2016 where he participated in the 100m sprint. In the preliminaries, he clocked a time of 10.84s and finished second in Heat 3. He then qualified for the next round in Heat 7 where he raced with Usain Bolt. He was ranked 9th with a time of 10.79s, which was faster than the preliminaries. Showbiz career In September 2016, NoonTalk Media and Yap completed a contract. Yap debuted in the Mediacorp Toggle's web series ''2589 Days Apart'', together with Felicia Chin Felicia Chin Foong Ling (born 24 October 1984) is a Singaporean actress, host and content creato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Tianwen
Chen Tianwen (born 28 May 1963) is a Singaporean actor. Career Chen was educated at the now-defunct Serangoon Garden Secondary Technical School. He joined the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (now Mediacorp) after completing the 5th artiste drama training class and made his debut in 1984. He is contracted to Mediacorp, starring in many Chinese-language Singaporean dramas shown on MediaCorp Channel 8 since the 1990s. He has also starred in Singaporean movies including '' Ah Boys to Men'', '' Ah Boys to Men 2'', '' Ilo Ilo'', '' The Lion Men'', '' The Lion Men: Ultimate Showdown'', '' Ah Boys to Men 3: Frogmen'', '' Mr. Unbelievable'', '' Lulu the Movie'' and '' Take 2''. Chen holds a black belt in taekwondo and his martial arts background led to him being cast in many ''Wuxia'' dramas in the 1990s and as characters with fight scenes in other drama series. He is also a member of the Singapore Celebrity Soccer Team. ''The Straits Times'' remarked that Chen's "much-prais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Png
Pierre Png Tiang Huat (born 29 October 1973) is a Singaporean actor, comedian and businessman. He is known for starring in multiple Singaporean MediaCorp's Channel 5 and Channel 8's dramas which include '' The Gentlemen'' and '' When Duty Calls''. Early in his career, he was known for playing the comedic role of Phua Chu Beng in the long-running sitcom '' Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd''. He is also known for his role as a troubled and unhappy husband in the 2008 year-end blockbuster period drama '' The Little Nyonya'', and as a villain in 2013 drama '' The Journey: A Voyage'', the latter for which he won the Star Awards for Best Actor. In 2018, he appeared in the Hollywood film '' Crazy Rich Asians''. Early life Png was born on 29 October 1973 in Singapore, and was educated at St Gabriel's Primary School and Holy Innocents' High School. Career Png first encountered acting shortly after National Service in his role in the 1998 film '' Forever Fever''. The role piqued his interes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Peh
Vanessa Peh Ting Ting (born 16 December 1994) is a Singaporean actress, model, entrepreneur, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Singapore World 2018 on 14 September 2018. She represented Singapore at the Miss World 2018 pageant and advanced to the Top 30 of Miss World Grand Final. Personal life Vanessa was raised in Singapore. Her father and mother are Chinese. She is an actress, model, and entrepreneur by profession. She has studied in Nanyang Polytechnic and majored in Medicinal Chemistry and interned at Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB). She is multilingual with the ability to speak English, Mandarin, French, and Hokkien. She was also a ballet student in the Royal Academy of Dance in London and a piano student, graduating with distinctions from ABRSM. Pageantry Miss Singapore World 2018 Vanessa is the winner of Miss World Singapore 2018. She was crowned as Miss Singapore World 2018 pageant at R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |