Star Awards flashforward: Dai Yangtian and Jeanette Aw for Fav Characters

Favourite Female Character

The whispers are saying...

We repeat: this is not an acting award.

Jeanette Aw delivers her lines in alien Mandarin with such perfection that calls for an award of a different sort. The petite actress also has a rare gift - she performs a multitude of emotions with just one expression. Yes, you get the drift.

But a popularity pageant, it is.

The refreshing face, talent-spotted at rival station MediaWorks, has almost always played well-liked characters that are perfect, flawless, and ultimately detached from reality. Juxiang, Yueniang, Yao Jianhong and even her current transformation (or not) into Cai Shiya in New Beginnings are just unbelievably good human beings.

Need concrete proof of her fanbase? Sweeping half of last year's Top 8 Most Likeable Female Characters at the Channel 8 Countdown Party was stunning, to say the least.

That, my friend, was decided by online voting.

The dark horse

Of the remaining four princesses, we're most in awe / afraid of Felicia Chin's following. While Jeanette's Jianhong is one of those leading in the counters, Felicia has a whopping three characters in the titanic mix.

Therefore before we actually pick one of them, we're already declaring the former Star Search winner our dark horse.

And since we have to, we admit we're leaning towards the famously affable actress' ah lian turn in Baby Bonus. It might not have been a Method performance that was a carbon copy of the real loudmouthed rebels roaming the malls, but it was commendable effort nonetheless.

So why still dark horse? For the simple reason we're jittery her fans vote spontaneously (her Tao Haitong in Love Blossoms II and the tortured Sun Min in The Ultimatum are also in the running).

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Felicia Chin @ Simply Her May Issue

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Who does Felicia Chin think she is?

She’s not the cutesy, straight-laced girl you see on TV. Instead, there are many different sides to the reigning princess of Caldecott Hill, as we discovered – some more surprising than others.

She wants to be like Lady Gaga

“She is a great example of fearlessness. We need people like her because she’s inspirational.”

She wants to be a domestic goddess

“I would love to have my own cooking show. When I was younger, I used to raid the fridge and try to cook for my sister and me. One Christmas, I baked cookies for two straight nights to fill 30 cookie gift tins! Nigella Lawson’s my role model. She’s not at all pretentious. And she doesn’t care about eating sinful food, like fried peanut butter sandwiches, late at night.”

She revels in her sexiness

“Sexiness is such a personal concept. I feel sexy at different times: after a shower, after a photo shoot with makeup on… Sometimes, I’ll catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror and go: ‘Wow!’ You have to like what you see in the mirror (to feel sexy). Underwear is important – lacy ones! Beautiful underwear makes me feel good.”

情牽莊惟翔辛偉廉‧陳靚瑄愛得太痛苦

（吉隆坡）陳靚瑄表示拍攝《星光燦爛》時真的愛上辛偉廉（William），卻怪辛偉廉讓她愛得太痛苦！而莊惟翔（Jeffrey）在戲中為陳靚瑄擋刀又被車撞，卻被爆料說“死了還要愛美”！

陳靚瑄在戲中先和莊惟翔配對，後來又情牽辛偉廉，不知現實中要她挑選的話，她會情傾辛偉廉還是莊惟翔？讓現實中曾經歷情傷的她狂笑表示，“你們這樣問讓我好緊張哦！他們兩人的條件都不錯，但我需要時間來慢慢認識一個人，就讓時間來評定一切。”

以大紅花歌舞團為背景的《星光燦爛》將從21日起，每逢週一（4月12日）至四晚上10時於 ntv7啟播。雖然龔慈恩缺席，但主要演員辛偉廉、陳靚瑄、莊惟翔、童冰玉、王駿、莊可比和巫恩儀在發佈會上皆被拱唱歌，結果陳靚瑄演唱時被伴舞的辛偉廉大動作打到，導致她用麥克風K到唇齒，當場失笑，面對辛偉廉無辜聳肩否認，讓她表示“要調回帶子來尋找真兇”。

而辛偉廉現場演唱福建歌曲《車站》，老式唱腔加抖尾音，笑爆全場。莊惟翔表示自己在戲中唱得最少，但卻進出醫院最多次，“我在戲中受傷最多，因為一直忙於英雄救美。”由於他一時忘記自己是為陳靚瑄還是童冰玉被刺及被車撞時，讓“始作俑者”陳靚瑄當場“氣煞”，搞笑轉向辛偉廉說，“我還是選你好了。”

莊惟翔“死愛美”

而辛偉廉爆料說莊惟翔“死愛美”，還示範他明明中刀了還要顧著撥頭髮的表情，讓Jeffrey 無辜解釋，“因為我那時的瀏海很長，如果不撥頭髮，就會遮住演戲時的眼神，怎知就被William笑到現在。”

為戲剃頭製造“地中海”禿頭造型的王駿則表示，現場只有他一人有唱歌台的30年實戰經驗，所以在拍戲時幫了監製不少，但他最近扁桃腺發炎，所以現場只勉強演唱幾句《上海灘》。

“拍這部戲最難忘就是照顧這班小朋友，不是煮粥就是炒面給他們吃。”

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Will it soon be the end of the Seven Princesses of MediaCorp?

Felicia Chin

The hard-work-pays-off princess had an inconspicuous entry in the entertainment industry despite being the female champion in Ch 8's Star Search in 2003. As compared to her fellow female showbiz peers, Felicia was tanned, squinty-eyed and oozed zero onscreen appeal back then. Her career was given an immediate boost after she gained wide-mass appeal in Ch 8's long-running drama series, Portrait of Home I & II, starring as the infamous "Mei Ren Yu" ('Little Mermaid' in Chinese), the plain Jane of Pierre Png's onscreen character's affections. Since then, the former-VJC student has finally "graduated" with flying colours, landing herself plum roles in Chinese dramas like Love Blossoms, Perfect Cut I, The Golden Path, and The Ultimatum. The plastic surgery scandal that plagued her to be "fake from the waist up" did nothing to her foil her image as a sweetie pie, if not to spice up her A-list status and versatility. That obviously gave her last role in Baby Bonus as a brash and bold ah lian that much more oomph.

Is she next to go?: 50% yes, 50% no. With a vivid passion for acting in her, nothing's gonna stand in her path to stardom if she steps out of the past and deals with negativities the right way. Don't count on it though, this princess once expressed desire to complete her university education in future. And when will it be? We have no idea too.

Felicia Chin - Seven Days

Rumoured couple Felicia Chin and Zhang Yao Dong speaks up

For a whole two years, the rumour mill has meticulously spun claims of links between local actors Felicia Chin and Zhang Yao Dong. The speculation is that Felicia was won over by Yao Dong's caring ways.

The photogenic pair made their couple debut in the 2007/2008 Ch 8 mega-drama series, Love Blossoms, and since won over the likes of viewers at home.

The duo however has been adamant with a resolute "we're only just friends" stand. But as garnered wisdom or just a whole load of skepticism will tell you, while a boy and a girl can be friends, there is no such thing as just friends.

For the first time, the pair agreed to an interview together during filming for the ongoing Ch 8 cooking variety programme, Three Plus One. On set, the pair displayed not just their culinary skills but a tacit understanding of one another.

Yao Dong could not stop praising his female compatriot to the skies. "She even sent me a text message and told me that she knows what she would like to cook [for this show]. She said that she had two dishes!

"Her strong points are the many changes she made since she first joined showbiz. Despite going through many trials, her sincerity has not changed. She is very sincere towards people and is very serious about her career. Felicia has a heart of gold."

He then turned around to face Felicia and encouragingly said, "This is really good. Keep it up!" His random outburst was met with an abashed look from the lady herself.

The menu, he added, was "wholly decided by Felicia" and he complimented it as being "inventive" with "many different creative ideas." Apparently, Felicia specially sought help and cooking tips from her maternal grandmother in order to prep for the show.

"When we first collaborated together, the impression she gave me was like a deer caught in the headlights. After one year of trials and tribulations, she has become more matured. She might have been training herself in secret," he continued.

The jovial showers of praise ended hastily, though, once their alleged romance was put to question. "The both of us seldom meet up," he clarified. "The relationship between the both of us can only be described to be 'jun zi zhi jiao dan ru shui' (meaning a normal friendship in Chinese)."

Felicia, on the other hand, was far more coy with her answers. She declined to comment on Yao Dong's positive traits and instead, directed the questions back to viewers, "That is for you guys to slowly understand [him] and discover."

However, she was quick to throw in a failsafe compliment of Yao Dong saying "At least his culinary skills are pretty good!"

Catch Felicia Chin and Zhang Yao Dong on Ch 8's Three Plus One and watch them cook up a storm on May 12 at 8pm!

Felicia Chin @ Glittering Days Filming Pictures