Category: Arts

红星大奖 Star Awards 2015 Rocket Award Contenders

红星大奖 Star Awards 2015 Rocket Award Contenders

It’s the awards season at MediaCorp once more! As they will move campus soon, it’s goodbye to Caldecott. A pity, really, because I think it’s such a classy name.

红星大奖 Star Awards 2014 Favourite Female Character Analysis

红星大奖 Star Awards 2014 Favourite Female Character Analysis

The 1st Star Awards show will be on air tomorrow! I will round off my pre-show coverage with the Favourite Female Character 最喜爱女角色 award. Like for their male counterparts, instead of making predictions on such a popularity contest – which can be really obvious – I will look to decide...

红星大奖 Star Awards 2014 Favourite Male Character Analysis

红星大奖 Star Awards 2014 Favourite Male Character Analysis

Having given my take on the open-ended Rocket Award 年度飞跃奖, let’s look at the Favourite Male Character 最喜爱男角色 nominees. Yet instead of making predictions on a popularity contest – it can’t be Elvin – I’ll look at which of the 5 characters portrayed are most worthy of our adulation. It...

红星大奖 Star Awards 2014 Rocket Award Contenders

红星大奖 Star Awards 2014 Rocket Award Contenders

Only 10 days to the 1st Star Awards show! But without the technical expertise to dissect the contributions of the background crew, the 1st show lacks that bit of passion. It becomes akin to a dress rehearsal – even to the viewer – for the main show the week after....

红星大奖 Star Awards 20 Preview

红星大奖 Star Awards 20 Preview

It is that time of the year again! Star Awards 2014 marks the 20th time we celebrate the outstanding performances on Singapore television over the past year. To do justice to this remarkable milestone, Mediacorp has spiced things up with noteworthy features and changes. 1. Photo-shoot

A Sociological Empath

“Cheena” Countdown?

Just 10 hours into the the new year, Mr Ivan Heng started stirring keen debate among some Singaporeans. Recent recipient of the Cultural Medallion award – to celebrate Singaporeans who achieved artistic excellence – Mr Heng’s punch on the Mediacorp TV50 countdown show was surely packed with authority.