Scion Of The Times

KUOK MENG RU has a knack for helping music companies with long histories take big strides into the digital age. But when it comes to business, the CEO of BandLab Technologies still relies on good ol’ values that’ve worked for generations in his family, which happens to be one of Asia’s richest.

Checking In With: Sherson Lian

The Malaysian celeb chef and TV host on Michelin-starred restaurants, the best place for nasi lemak in KL, and his fear of hotdogs.

Smashin' Good Time

Got a lot of pent-up frustration? Go break some stuff and vent at THE FRAGMENT ROOM.

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.

The Greatest Showman

Seven years. That was how long it took to get The Greatest Showman made.

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.

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. 

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.

My TV Diet: Esther Low

The singer-actress, currently on Meet the MP, is indebted to Kublai Khan for giving her career a wind.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle

STARRING Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Pedro Pascal DIRECTED BY Matthew Vaughn

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

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.

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.

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.

#MeToo: Korean Edition

After sweeping Hollywood, the #MeToo movement has made its way into Korea, with a string of actors getting busted for sexual misconduct. The difference? The perpetrators have all admitted to committing the indecent acts.

He's Got Some Dad News...

Former Ch 8 actor JOSHUA ANG just got hitched last weekend. But that’s not all. He is, surprise surprise, going to be a dad too.

American Made: Based On A True Lie

WHY WATCH: What if Top Gun’s Maverick went rogue and worked for Pablo Escobar?

Retirement Fun?

Birthday girl (woman?), veteran actress JIN YINJI, says all is good now after her recent contract hoo-ha.

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.)

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.

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.

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…

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.