Eric Khoo 52

The filmmaker on his new retrospective DVD box-set and the joys of directing Jack Neo.

Tickle Me This, Tickle Me That

Elmo is the smartest three-and-a-half-year-old you will ever meet. He’s also a puppet and very, very real. We caught up with the super cute monster from Sesame Street who was in town recently to spread his #ShareTheLaughter campaign.

Time To Edwin

Fresh-out-of-NS EDWIN GOH tells us how his time in the army has mellowed him, his motivation to bulk up and which Ch 8 actor he keeps getting mistaken for.

A Tragedy In The Ring

A last-minute replacement for Sylvester Sim in a highly publicised square-off with STEVEN LIM resulted in a tragedy of epic proportions.

Boos & Bravos

BRAVO to Jerry Before Seinfeld (Netflix), Jerry Seinfeld’s first comedy special in 19 years — and the first of a reported US$100 million (S$135 mil) deal with Netflix — where the stand-up icon returns to New York’s The Comic Strip, the club where he began his career in the mid-1970s.

Hats Off To Gaga

Romanian fashion designer DINU BODICIU on the unusual reason he doesn’t like to queue and the time he loaned an outfit to Lady Gaga, who returned it without dry-cleaning.

Go Bolt Or Go Home

Music legend MICHAEL BOLTON, in town to promote his Asian Dream Tour, may be famous for his love ballads but he doesn’t fancy knowing how they inspire sexy time.

What It Takes To Be A Serial Celeb F&B Towkay

Lots of patience and perseverance, at least according to actor Zhang Yaodong.

5 Things To Know About The New Love, Bonito Flagship Store

So is it better tha their online store?

How Bungee Jumping Will Change Your Life

That’s what the godfather of bungee jumping, AJ HACKETT, claims the sport will do for you.

Josh For Love

Former Ch 8 actor Joshua Ang is getting married in March and there’s going to be a I Not Stupid reunion at his wedding.

How To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse

Create an app to destroy the undead, or dance your way out of danger, according to Benjamin Heng and Alaric, stars and producers of Singapore’s first zombie flick, Zombiepura.

Let's Get Naked

Make-up brand Nudestix’s 20-Year-Old Girlboss Taylor Frankel only needs two pencils in her make-up bag. Seriously?

Tuna With Pedigree

The $32 rice bowl at casual bluefin tuna specialist KURO MAGURO bridges the gap between cheap chirashi and expensive sushi deliciously.

China's Next Big Thing?

Local singer Nathan Hartono has the looks, the voice... and Jay Chou as his mentor. Thanks to his highly-lauded performance on a Chinese singing competition, the 25-year-old may just become Singapore’s biggest singing export since Stefanie Sun.

"I Have No Intention Of Going Back To Having The Body Of A 14 Year Old Boy"

Beware, body-shamers — call someone fat and you may be the one getting shamed instead. Just ask the Playboy model who fat-shamed a naked woman at her gym. Or RUI EN, who, after putting on 7kg for a role and getting flak for looking heavier, tells us it’s time to “open a dialogue” in Singapore about body-shaming. Is 2016 the year we banish fat-shaming and accept that people come in all shapes and sizes?

Welcome To The ‘Slow City' Of Korea

Kancheong spiders, take it easy in Jeonju. In Korea’s charmingly quaint ‘Slow City’, harried urbanites can press the pause button and pretend they’re in a historical K-drama.

It's Not Easy Being Green

Urban farmer Bjorn Low had to electrocute turkeys and wring chicken necks in agricultural school before starting his own biz. Even then, he can’t afford the produce he grows.

Homecoming Princess

Look out, everyone! FIONA XIE is baaaack! Sorta. We think. The erstwhile Mediacorp Princess, who came home to shoot a Ch 5 drama, isn’t exactly sure how back she is, although she does say: “Now that I’m back…” Oh, Fiona, always leaving us wondering. Did seven years away make her older and wiser? Or is she still the same coquettish minx? In this cover story and with these sexy pics, Miss Xie scratches our seven-year itch. Also, now that she’s (kinda) back, are the Seven Princesses relevant again?

Dead And Lovin It

It's chimichanga time! Still reeling from that ending in Avenger: Infinity War? Then let Ryan Reynolds lighten the mood as the sweary, irreverent, irresponsible and totally self-aware Deadpool. But take note: Deadpool 2 may also be the end of the franchise. Say What?!

Do the write thing

Playwright HARESH SHARMA on making it as a professional writer, and how to write for everyday occasions.

New Year, new job

Planning to switch jobs in 2017? Fret not, we’ve got you covered. CHOOK YUK YNG, country manager of career portal JobStreet. com Singapore, offers the do’s and don’ts when it comes to job hunting.

Of Love & Lies

What’s real and what’s an elaborate act? BRAD PITT stars in Allied,the wartime romantic thriller in which he and his co-star Marion Cottilard display a chemistry so intense and sparkling, people suspected she was to blame for his break-up with Angeline Jolie.

Timothy Go

The ex-Channel NewsAsia presenter on his new role with 938Now and his adventures running a Subway store.

Daughter & Sense

SHAUN CHEN is about to become a father for a second time. But before he jumps back into a brand new cycle of baby-induced sleep deprivation (not that he ever got out of it), he talks to us about his year of breaking dad in this exclusive cover shoot with his 17-monthold “mistress” NELLIE.

The Beguiled

STARRING NICOLE KIDMAN, COLIN FARRELL, KIRSTEN DUNST, ELLE FANNING DIRECTED BY SOFIA COPPOLA

Love Thy Neighbour...

... Especially if you're RUI EN. The star recently made headlines again, this time for being rude to her neighbours. But she's not the only celeb who has had run-ins with the folks next door.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

STARRING Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Kurt Russell DIRECTED BY James Gunn

He Means Bees-Ness

Everyone from your parents to Gwyneth Paltrow is convinced of the bee-nefits of honey. But you could be wasting your money on that exorbitant jar of gooey sweetness, says Jason Koh, one of fewer than five people in Singapore who hold a diploma in apitherapy, or bee therapy.

Philip Winchester

The Strike Back star, 36, on trading guns and a bullet proof vest for the law books and a suit on the legal drama Chicago Justice.