Before the Star Awards last Sunday (Apr 21), veteran actress Jin Yinji had been widely tipped to win Best Supporting Actress for her moving performance in Cash On Delivery. So you can imagine the 76-year-old’s dismay when she went home empty-handed. The award eventually went to Aileen Tan for her villainous turn in SHERO. When … Read more
SINGAPORE: Mediacorp won 19 awards at the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards 2024, including five golds. The company also took home five silver and nine bronze awards, it said in a media release on Thursday (Apr 18). These were among the 57 accolades which Mediacorp achieved, with the company also securing 38 finalist … Read more
“But there was this ad in the paper. It said pilot of the airwaves,” Lance said, adding that a friend working at then-Singapore Broadcasting Corporation – an earlier iteration of Mediacorp – urged him to give it a try. Lance described the Perfect 10 audition process, where he was in an office packed with hundreds … Read more
British actor Dev Patel’s directorial debut Monkey Man premiered in Singapore last week. Those who managed to catch the film may have noticed a familiar face in the cast. Local actor Mathi Alagan, whom many Singaporeans will remember as Bhaskar Ram in Mediacorp long-form drama Tanglin (2015), or Sanjay Devaraj in Code Of Law (2012), plays a guns dealer … Read more
While Lim is focusing on recovering from the birth – “I still have quite a few red spots on my face, which are burst blood vessels from all the pushing” – her husband, the new dad, is “having a great time”, she said. “It’s quite adorable to see him looking at our son. You can … Read more
She was also nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role, for Third Rail. These were just two of Mediacorp’s four wins from the second day of this year’s ATA, which revealed winners in the Entertainment and Performance categories. The national broadcaster clinched two other awards on Jan 12, which announced winners in the Technical … Read more
