Greetings and salutations, fellow stargazers! This is your Showbiz Sista, with not much to say today, because a picture speaks a thousand words, and here are several pictures from that topless shoot that we did with Andie Chen, Darryl Yong and Romeo Tan. You’re welcome.
Happy holidays! Love, Showbiz Sista. xoxo
Greetings and salutations, fellow stargazers! This is your Showbiz Sista chilling out at the hippest new cafe in town: 96°C Cafe!
Remember the barista training course that Desmond Tan, Ian Fang, Julie Tan and Paige Chua went through? Well, they’re putting those skills to good use in the drama 96°C Cafe.
The webisodes, which will be available on xinMSN, have been shot, and today, filming on the Channel 8 drama began. The drama, which also stars Tay Ping Hui, Romeo Tan, Pan Ling Ling, Cynthia Koh, Adam Chen, Zhu Hou Ren, Jin Yin Ji, Wang Yu Qing and more, will pick up where the webisodes left off.
Showbiz Sista will let proprietor Desmond take you on a tour of his modest little setup — and meet the people who work and hang out in 96°C Cafe!
96°C Cafe webisodes debut on xinmsn Feb 18; two episodes will be released every Monday for four weeks. Starting April 7, catch the show as 20-minute episodes every Sunday at 10.30pm on MediaCorp TV Channel 8. And starting April 29, see the whole story unfold as a full drama, airing at 9pm on Channel 8.
Showbiz Sista, signing out. Live long and pop corn!
Video by Loke Kok Fai, photos by Gayathiri Chandramohan.
Greetings and salutations, fellow stargazers! This is your Showbiz Sista, who, along with what seems like all the teenagers in Singapore, has been watching Channel 8’s current 9pm drama, Don’t Stop Believin’.
Yes – if you think that Channel 8 is beloved only by housewives of a certain age, well, get with the programme, yo. The new generation is taking over – in quite a literal sense, Showbiz Sista might add. Don’t Stop Believin’ is all about the real-life-inspired tribulations of a troubled class of secondary school students – played by a cast of today’s hottest young actors including Kimberly Chia, Edwin Goh and Ian Fang – and their clueless but caring new teacher, played by Felicia Chin.
Don’t Stop Believin’ cast at the media conference.
And while Channel 8’s last show Joys Of Life might have done spectacularly well, Don’t Stop Believin’ has already taken over as 2012’s highest-rated drama – and it doesn’t even have any period costumes!
Since its debut a week ago, the show has attracted an average of 906,000 viewers, up from Joys Of Life’s 875,000. And last night’s dramatically emotional episode, about Ian’s character losing his grandmother, has drawn the highest numbers yet, with 956,000 people tuning in to see our bad boy bawling.
That’s not all. There are new indicators of success these days, including, of course, Twitter. And Don’t Stop Believin’ has trended nightly since its Aug 14 debut, no doubt thanks to the fact that nearly all the cast – Felicia, Ian, Kimberly and Edwin especially – are Tweeting giants with a combined army of 100,000 followers. Fwoar!
Besides the fact that this show has got more than its fair share of “idol” boys who make damsels’ hearts go pit-a-pat, like Elvin Ng and Romeo Tan, Showbiz Sista is positive that all of Felicia Chin’s fans are tuning in too, since her projects are few and far between these days.
So it’s congratulations to the cast, and to Channel 8 – I believe the children are our future. Treat them well and let them lead the way.
Catch Don’t Stop Believin’ on weeknights at 9pm on MediaCorp TV Channel 8. Showbiz Sista, signing out. Live long and pop corn!
Greetings and salutations, fellow stargazers! This is your Showbiz Sista on the set of what’s set to be the most fun variety gameshow on Channel 8 in a while: Battle @ Water Margin!
A colourful obstacle course has been built over a pool at the closed-for-renovations Jurong East Sports and Recreation Complex, and today, some of the cast members from upcoming drama Joys Of Life put their wetsuits to the test.
Will tiny Adeline Lim make it through? Will Zheng Geping recover from the experience?
See for yourself in this sneak peek, specially brought to you by your ever-lovin’ Showbiz Sista!
Battle @ Water Margin premieres June 12 at 8pm on MediaCorp TV Channel 8. Showbiz Sista, signing out. Live long and pop corn!
Greetings and salutations, fellow stargazers! This is your Showbiz Sista reporting that our energetic young artistes are hard at work rehearsing for the Comchest TrueHearts charity show this weekend. They’ll be performing a series of dance items, and the proceeds will benefit over 70 charities, so it’s a cause worthy of your support! Check out their rehearsal pics.
Adeline Lim with On The Fringe’s Kimberly Chia and Elizabeth Lee, practising their Korean-inspired dance moves
Jerry Yeo, Ya Hui, Kate Pang and Desmond Tan rock their wushu-themed modern dance item
Ian Fang, Jeffrey Xu and Romeo Tan — have they got street cred or what?
They’re sweaty, but still cute.
Catch ComChest TrueHearts 2011 on Sunday (Nov 27) at 7pm on MediaCorp TV Channel 8.
Telepoll lines are open from now until midnight on Dec 7. Call 1900-112 8805 for a S$5 donation, 1900-112 8820 for a S$20 donation, 1900-112 8850 for a S$50 donation and 1900-112 8800 for an S$88 donation.
Showbiz Sista, signing out. Live long and pop corn!
