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Cowell charmed by twinkle-pawed dog

A four-legged performer stole the show on Britain’s Got Talent on Sunday night, with Pudsey the dancing dog bouncing into the final. With dance partner Ashleigh, he melted Simon Cowell’s heart and topped the public vote after pulling off a routine reminiscent of a scene from The Artist. Cowell told the duo: “This is what [...]

Wanted: Asia’s Next Top Model

Heads up aspiring models, the Asian franchise of the hit reality series is finally coming to Singapore. The search for Asia’s next top model is now on. After successful spin-offs in many countries including Vietnam, China, Britain and Canada, the Asian franchise of the hit reality show, America’s Next Top Model — now in its 18th [...]

Dai Yang Tian: The white mouse effect

Dai Yang Tian: The white mouse effectBy Han Wei Chou | Posted: 03 May 2012 1935 hrs           SINGAPORE: “I know why you are here!” said Singapore actor Dai Yang Tian with a knowing smile, when he spoke with channelnewsasia.com at the Star Awards 2012 Show 2 post-show party on Sunday. [...]

Remembering Emma Yong

Emma Yong (Photo from Emma Yong’s Facebook) Tributes continued to pour in for late thespian Emma Yong from Singaporeans from all walks of life on Thursday as the nation mourned the loss of one of its leading actresses to a 16-month battle with stomach cancer. Members of the theatre community, in particular, were reeling from [...]

Six Youtube Stars on fame, fans, and food.

Youtube Stars – from left – Ana Free, Tiffany Alvord, Clarence Liew, Joseph Vincent, Jason Chen, and David Choi … Five of You Tube’s biggest names are here in our city state to perform at the first ever “You Tube Stars music festival” at the Hard Rock Hotel in Resorts World Sentosa this Saturday. Together with [...]

A post-modern war

KINUTIL By Raymund Fernandez When Ang Tigbuhat reads the latest news on the Spratly Islands he cannot help remembering the novel “The Mouse that Roared” by Irish-American writer Leonard Wibberly. This book, written in 1955 would later become a hit comedy movie starring Peter Sellers. It was a 1970s spoof on the war in Vietnam [...]

‘I’ll have to Google who Frankie Boyle is’: June Whitfield on her love of …

June Whitfield sits at the table in her sun-drenched breakfast room, one hand holding a china teacup while the other flicks expertly across her iPad. Her home is exactly as you’d expect – furnished with polished antiques and pretty florals, classically stylish and immaculately kept. Her whizzery on the internet at the age of 86 [...]

Bravo’s new ‘Around the World in 80 Plates’ series boasts Bay Area chef

Click photo to enlarge Television’s airwaves are so filled with quickfires, cupcake battles and chef tantrums these days, viewers may be forgiven for muddling it all into some Next-Top-Kitchen-Cupcake-Nightmare. But Bravo TV’s newest culinary competition, which launches on Wednesday, offers a decided break from the usual reality TV routine. “Around the World in 80 Plates” [...]