Celebrity
8 Days
How The Stars Combat Jet Lag
Struggling to keep your eyes open in a different time zone after a long flight? Fret not. These globetrotting celebs dish out some tips.
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June 01, 2017
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The Greatest Showman
Seven years. That was how long it took to get The Greatest Showman made.
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June 08, 2017
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Bus See TV
BRYAN WONG takes us on a bus ride down memory lane as the host of new Ch 5 documentary Buses: Dawn to Dusk. He tells us more about his experiences with Singapore’s most common form of public transport. P/S: His childhood dream was to be a bus conductor.
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June 08, 2017
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Bing Bling
We get intimate with Chinese screen idol/ model/ageless wonder, HU BING, in town recently for the opening of La Perla’s Takashimaya boutique, about grey hair, sea cucumbers and Singapore Airlines.
6 min |
June 08, 2017
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In High Spreerits
Tanglin stars NAT HO and JAE LIEW have lots to cheer about — like, the long-running Ch 5 drama’s 500th (!) episode— that they probably deserve to celebrate with a shopping spree. Except that one of them doesn’t own a credit card and the other has just racked up $5,000 in bills.
10+ min |
June 08, 2017
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My TV Diet: Esther Low
The singer-actress, currently on Meet the MP, is indebted to Kublai Khan for giving her career a wind.
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June 08, 2017
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Lee Young-Ae 45
The Jewel in the Palace star recalls the pains (the cold weather) and joys (co-star Song Seung-Heon is “cute and cheeky”) of making her TV comeback in the historical drama Saimdang.
3 min |
January 26, 2017
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Let's Ride
PASSENGER is not a band, but really just one English dude with a guitar... who can hold his own at his first gig in Singapore very well, thank you very much.
2 min |
January 26, 2017
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Last Woman Standing
The longest-running, most successful video game film franchise ends this week with Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. Milla Jovovich returns as the heroine Alice for an actionpacked zombie slayfest to top them all — and lives to tell.
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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
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Travel Hacks To Earn 1 Million Miles
Yes, it can be done. This family is travelling around the world for six months, paying practically nothing for business class air tickets.
3 min |
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
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Danger Is My Middle Name: Idris Elba
Idris Elba is a deejay-musician actor seemingly capable of any role, whether a secret agent in the Euro-thriller Bastille Day or, even… a tiger.
5 min |
April 28 2016
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Ann's Cakewalk
ANN KOK is now the boss of a castella cake bakery — in Johor Bahru. We drop by the store’s grand opening to check things out.
2 min |
September 22,2017
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What Turns Carrie Wong On
Get your mind out of the gutter. Nothing turns CARRIE WONG on more than good, clean fun... sorta. We get Carrie-d away with a game of wordplay: what turns her on? Who has turned on her? How did she turn on the heat at our shoot? Turn the page and read on.
9 min |
September 22,2017
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Kingsman: The Golden Circle
STARRING Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Pedro Pascal DIRECTED BY Matthew Vaughn
1 min |
September 22,2017
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2017 Kim Myung Soo Fan Meeting In Singapore
Popularly known as L, the heartthrob from popular Korean boy band Infinite comes to Singapore for his first solo event. Having appeared in the recent hit drama The Emperor: Owner of the Mask, meet the star up close and enjoy a cosy evening as he shares his innermost thoughts with fans. Sept 23. 7.30pm. Resorts World Theatre, Resorts World Sentosa. Tix: $138–$238 from Sistic*. www.facebook.com/ faithnd
4 min |
September 22,2017
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When There's A Will, There's A Kueh
One Kueh At A Time towkay Nick Soon’s handmade soon kuehs sell out in five hours almost every day. His secret? Working to a soundtrack of hymns.
4 min |
May 04, 2017
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Carl Weathers
The Rocky and Predator star wants his action fans to know that he’s capable of playing other kinds of roles, like the State’s Attorney on the hit drama series Chicago Justice.
5 min |
April 27, 2017
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Don't Worry, Lee Happy
The Grim Reaper came to town last week and by that, we mean, LEE DONG WOOK from Goblin. But things were anything but grim for those at the Korean heartthrob’s meet-the-fans session.
2 min |
April 27, 2017
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Are You Ready To Welcome Captain Marvel!
WHY WATCH: Captain Marvel is the first solo female lead in the Marvel Cinematic Universe! (In July, the Wasp became the first female character to be featured in the title treatment of a Marvel Studios movie, AntMan and The Wasp.)
2 min |
September 27, 2018
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Are You For Her? Rui-dy
RUI EN is back and raring to tickle your funny bone. But first, a latte art workshop is in order.
4 min |
September 27, 2018
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Just Follow Lawrence
In just a few months, he’s gone from “unknown” actor to getting mobbed outside his house in Beijing. Former Ch 8 star LAWRENCE WONG is now super-hot stuff in China, thanks to his breakout role in Story of Yanxi Palace. Here he tells us about his rise to fame and gives us the inside scoop behind the hit Chinese drama.
10+ min |
September 6, 2018
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Just A Kampong Boy In A Market
LI NANXING lives in a semi-D house in Holland V, honours his ex-fisherman dad by owning a fish farm in Lim Chu Kang, and remembers his late mum by cooking her dishes and shopping at Ghim Moh market. Which is where we spend an eye-opening morning with the evergreen star…
10+ min |
September 6, 2018
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An 8 Days Feli Tale
FELICIA CHIN is one of our favourite cover girls — we’ve literally seen the actress grow from Star Search ingénue to Mediacorp Princess to (almost) a blushing bride. Here’s the thing, though: we’ve profiled her so many times over the years, what else is there to learn about her? But as we find out in her last 8 DAYS cover story (for print at least), our lovely Feli’s story is far from over.
10+ min |
September 13, 2018
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The Art Of Fatherhood
Former Ch 8 actor and first-time dad VINCENT NG tells us how his wushu skills come in handy when he’s changing his son’s diapers.
3 min |
September 13, 2018
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Private Unlimited
Private Parts, the hit local play with transsexual themes, is back after 14 years. BEATRICE CHIA-RICHMOND is helming the production, despite concurrently juggling five projects. Who better to ask for multi-tasking life hacks?
4 min |
September 13, 2018
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May-December Romeo-ance
CHEN LIPING and ROMEO TAN play a couple in upcoming Ch 8 dialect drama How Are You?. But only one of them thinks
3 min |
September 13, 2018
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Peh-Ing Tribute
JOANNE PEH’s relationship with print — books, magazines, newspapers — has been a long one. In the second-last print issue of 8 DAYS, she reminisces about all the write stuff, from the time she aspired to be a journalist, to becoming constant fodder for news headlines.
10+ min |
September 20, 2018
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Honey, Bu
Celeb hairstylist DAVID GAN, who is the ambassador of a brand of sparkling honey water, tells us what his favourite 8 DAYS cover is. And no, it doesn’t have Fann or Zoe on it.
4 min |
September 20, 2018
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Get The Low-Down
Who says old people are boring? Veteran actor RICHARD LOW shows that one can have a splashing good time even at 66.
4 min |
September 20, 2018
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What To Expect At Marco Pierre White's The English House
From the furniture to the doormen, the British chef’s first restaurant in Asia looks suspiciously like the Raffles Hotel.
3 min |