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CTRL (TV Series)
CTRL (Chinese: 操控) is a Singaporean drama produced and telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8. It stars Desmond Tan, Ya Hui, Denise Camillia Tan, Elvis Chin and Richie Koh. Main cast * Desmond Tan as Zhou Zhiping 周志平 : Zhou created the hacker team "Zero". ** 谢颖泽 as the younger version of Zhou * Ya Hui as Liang Siyun ** 吴委恩 as the younger Liang * Denise Camillia Tan as Du Enzhe * Richie Koh as Huang Xuezhong * Guo Liang as Liang Wendao * Adele Wong as Mrs Liang * Bernard Tan as Wang Renhai * Zen Chong as He Shaoguang * Darren Lim as He Shaoqiang * Zhai Siming as Huang Yiming * Mei Xin as Joanna * May Phua May Phua (born 14 May 1975 or 1976) is a Singaporeans, Singaporean actress, fitness trainer, host and businesswoman. Early life Phua attended Singapore Hotel and Tourism Education Centre, SHATEC where she obtained Diploma in Tourism in 1996 ... as Shi Minli * Juin Teh References {{Reflist 2020s Singaporean television series 2021 Singaporean tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Tan (actor)
Desmond Tan (, born 19 August 1986) is a Singaporean actor and was named as one of the 8 Dukes of Caldecott Hill. Career Tan first came to prominence in the entertainment industry when he finished runner-up to Andie Chen in '' Star Search 2007''. He was awarded a contract with MediaCorp and began his part time acting career with some minor roles in various Channel 8 dramas. After almost five years in the industry, Tan won his first award, the Rocket Award, at the 2012 Star Awards for the biggest breakthrough after a critically acclaimed performance as rickshaw driver Luo Xiaoxiao in the anniversary drama '' A Song to Remember''. Tan's rising popularity also earned him the ambassadorship of Samsung's GALAXY Camera in 2012 and later, as Samsung Mobile's Lifestyle Ambassador for the GALAXY S4 in 2013. Tan has gotten 6 out of 10 Top 10 Most Popular Male Artistes in 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 and 2022 respectively. Personal life Desmond Tan was educated at Pioneer Secondary Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guo Liang (actor)
Guo Liang (born 11 November 1970) is a Chinese nationality law, Chinese-born Singaporeans, Singaporean actor and television host. Career Guo graduated from the Shanghai Drama Institute and moved to Singapore during the 1990s to join the Television Corporation of Singapore (predecessor of MediaCorp). He joined TCS in 1994. He joined SPH MediaWorks in late 2000 but returned to MediaCorp in 2005 when the two companies merged. Although trained as an actor, he is mostly known in Singapore as a presenter of MediaCorp Channel 8 current affairs programme ''Hello Singapore'' (狮城有约) but he stop as a presenter as he will return to MediaCorp as a full-time artiste and host of the Star Awards. In 2019, Guo undertakes as a host for a new dating variety show - The Destined One. Personal life Guo married Jade Shen Jie, a Chinese citizen, in 1994 and has a son, Marcus. He took up Singaporean citizenship in 2001 and his wife took up Singaporean citizenship in 2015. In 2010, Guo and Elvin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020s Singaporean Television Series
S, or s, is the nineteenth letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''ess'' (pronounced ), plural ''esses''. History Origin Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative (as in 'ip'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth () and represented the phoneme via the acrophonic principle. Ancient Greek did not have a phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma () came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant . While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician ''šîn'', its name ''sigma'' is taken from the letter ''samekh'', while the shape and position of ''samekh'' but name of ''šîn'' is continued in the '' xi''. Within Greek, the name of ''sigma'' was influenced by its association with the Greek word (earlier ) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been ''san'', but due to the complica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juin Teh
Juin Teh (born 6 June 1990) is a Malaysian host and actress. Teh began her career as an events host in Malaysia and took part in various television and radio stations' auditions before entering the 11th season of Mediacorp's Star Search competition in 2019, where she emerged as one of the top 12 finalists. Early life and career Born in Ipoh, Malaysia, Teh adopted the stage name "Juin" (郑六月) when attending university as she wanted a name that is "easy and convenient to remember" and took inspiration from her birth date. Teh moved to Johor when she was between four and five years old where she completed her primary and secondary education. At the age of 17, she enrolled into the Chinese Culture University in Taipei, Taiwan where she majored in mass communications. Teh auditioned for hosting roles at Kuala Lumpur Astro channel ''Evening Edition'' programme and Malaysia's radio station Ai FM, and participated in Singapore Mediacorp's ''So You Wanna Be A DJ'' competition，bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May Phua
May Phua (born 14 May 1975 or 1976) is a Singaporeans, Singaporean actress, fitness trainer, host and businesswoman. Early life Phua attended Singapore Hotel and Tourism Education Centre, SHATEC where she obtained Diploma in Tourism in 1996. Career Phua was a full time Mediacorp artiste from 1996 to 2014. She was talent spotted from the finals of ''The New Paper'' New Face Contest in 1995. The following year, at age 19, she made her television debut in the long-running popular sitcom ''Don't Worry Be Happy'', playing the role of Xiao-mei (little sister), a happy-go-lucky girl, and of which became one of her most prominent role in her acting career. A few years later, Phua began to appear in several Mediacorp co-productions with other territories including the period drama ''Hero of the Times'' (1999), as well as acting alongside Taiwanese star Jacklyn Wu in ''The Tax Files'' (2000), and acting opposite Julian Cheung in action drama ''Dare To Strike'' (2000). Phua is also k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mei Xin
Mei Xin (born Chen Mei Xin on 26 November 1986) is a Singaporean actress, singer and host. Career In 2006, Chen participated in a beauty pageant and emerged as the champion. Shortly after, she signed to Popstar Media, a local agency, and made appearances in commercials and magazines and played small roles in television series. In 2007, she released her debut single "A Moment" (瞬间) and played a supporting role in the Mediacorp drama series ''Dear, Dear Son-In-Law'' in the same year. Chen made her career breakthrough in 2009 where she starred as the female lead in the Chinese series ''Guangdong Gentleman'', produced and directed by Zhao Benshan, who is one of China's most preeminent actor and director. Zhao had spotted Chen in a fundraising event hosted by CCTV in 2008 and decided to cast Chen in his production. In February 2010, Chen became Zhao's 49th and only foreign protégé. The same year, Chen had a prominent role in the drama series ''The Illusionist'' and thereafter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhai Siming
Zhai Siming (born 5 November 1996) is a Singapore-based Chinese actor, model, and TikTok personality. Life and career Born in Hebei, China, and the only child of a single-parent family, Zhai moved to Singapore with his mother, at the age of seven. Zhai's mother has since relocated to Maryland, U.S. for her beauty business, when he was 19. She had initially planned for Zhai to join her after he completed his studies in Singapore, but his participation in the Star Search 2019 competition changed the plans. Growing up attending local schools, Zhai has been a basketball enthusiast since he was young. At the age of 17, while studying in Secondary 5 at Orchid Park Secondary School, he successfully auditioned for a role in the 2014 basketball film ''Meeting the Giant'', which was directed by Tay Ping Hui and produced by Zhu Houren. At 1.87m tall, Zhai is formerly a part-time model and an engineering student at Temasek Polytechnic. He began modelling after he was scouted for '' He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darren Lim
Darren Lim (, born 30 September 1972) is a Singaporean actor and television host. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1997 to 2016 but continues to film on an ad-hoc basis. Career Having left school at age 15, Lim began his career as a singer before joining the Television Corporation of Singapore, Mediacorp's predecessor, in the mid-1990s. He joined SPH MediaWorks in 2000 and was transferred back to Mediacorp when both companies merged in 2005. Since rejoining Mediacorp, his profile rose considerably and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor several times, most notably for his role in ''The Little Nyonya''. Lim left Mediacorp in May 2012 after some 20 years in showbiz to work at his father's business and spend more time with his family. His final series was '' The In-Laws''. He has since returned to acting, but in a freelance capacity. Personal life Lim married fellow artiste Evelyn Tan Evelyn Tan () is a Singaporean actress and former singer. She wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zen Chong
Zen Chong (; born on 15 August 1978) is a Malaysian actor who is based in Singapore and contracted artiste under MediaCorp. Career Chong joined MediaCorp in 2001 after finishing third in that year's Malaysian edition of Star Search Singapore. One of his first major roles was in the 2003 sitcom ''Lobang King'' where he was cast alongside veteran artistes Chew Chor Meng, Huang Wenyong and Irene Ang as the smooth-talking employee of Huang's character. Chong is known for portraying juvenile " ah beng" characters, antiheroes and villains. He shot to fame for his role as a main antagonist in the hit period drama ''The Little Nyonya''. Although initially a replacement for Andrew Seow, he was praised for his convincing portrayal of antagonist Robert Zhang and won a Best Supporting Actor nomination at the 2009 Star Awards, his first ever awards nomination. He was given his first lead role in the 2008 co-production '' The Thin Line''. Personal life A native of the " New Villages" in K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adele Wong
Adele Wong (born 8 March 1983) is a Singaporean actress, singer, writer, and screenwriter. Biography Born in Singapore, Wong traces her ancestry to Shanghai, China. She graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with an honors degree in sociology. At NUS, Wong was active in dance and theatre. Upon graduation, Wong began her professional career in acting, hosting and writing. She played the lead role in ''Damned'' which was part of an omnibus feature film which premiered at the Osaka Asian Film Festival in 2009. Wong also played a lead role in ''Garden Girls'', a short film, which premiered at the Singapore Film Festival in 2009. Wong has been seen in several television programs in Singapore. She recently starred as the female lead Annie in Jack Neo's first English-language drama series for Okto titled '' Happily Ever After''. She was also seen in the 2009 MediaCorp Chinese New Year television film, ''A Kuchinta Family Reunion''. In July 2009, Wong played the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin Min Daily News
''Shin Min Daily News'' () is a Singapore Chinese-language afternoon newspaper currently published by SPH Media Trust. First started on 18 March 1967, by Singapore businessman Liang Runzhi (梁潤之) and the renowned Hong Kong writer Louis Cha as an offshoot of Hong Kong's ''Ming Pao'', it featured exclusive serializations of some of Cha's ''wuxia'' novels in its early days. In the early 1980s, Cha sold his shares in the paper after the Singapore government ruled that foreigners could only hold up to 3% of shares in locally based papers. ''Shin Min'' is a tabloid-style paper focusing on entertainment and local news with sensationalised headlines, although it is printed on broadsheets. Its main competitor was ''Lianhe Wanbao'', which was also published by the SPH. ''Wanbao'' ceased publication on 24 December 2021 and merged into ''Shin Min''. ''Shin Min'' was also published in Malaysia until 1994, and it was the first Chinese language newspaper to be published in tabloid. Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ya Hui
Ya Hui (; born Koh Yah Hwee; 18 May 1987) is a Singaporean actress. Early life Ya Hui was born on 18 May 1987 in Singapore. She was educated at Manjusri Secondary School and Serangoon Junior College. She joined the Dance Team for her Co-Curricular Activities from her primary school days to junior college, and was the prom queen during her college days. Career Ya Hui was offered a contract with Mediacorp after the Star Search (Singapore season 9), Star Search contest, a large-scale TV talent scouting competition in Singapore, in 2007. She was considered a popular contestant for that contest season. She was one of the runners-up and the winner of the ''Miss Telegenic'' title at the grand finals. Shortly after, Ya Hui was chosen as the face for the TVC of beverages brand Heaven and Earth. She also landed a supporting role in the long-running drama series, ''Love Blossoms II'' as Tao Wen Zhu, acting alongside seasoned actors Ivy Lee (actress), Ivy Lee and Zheng Geping. Her versa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
