The New Paper, 8 October 2009

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  • News
    • 745 2/3  - I let first wife down broke up family SINGAPORE CABBY WITH THREE WIVES CONVICTED OF BIGAMY: REPORTS: CHONG SHIN YEN chongsy@sph.com.sg HEWASmarried,withthreegrown-upchildren.Butthatdidn’tstopKehTeckBok,60, fromgoingafteraChinesenationalwhomhe metwhileontourinChina. Keh got her pregnant, and married her in herhometowninHunanprovince. Then, five years later, history repeated itself. This time, it was a Filipino maid who was workinghereforhisfriend.
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    • 463 2/3 HE DRIVES his son to school every day around 5.30am, and by 1 pm, he will be waiting outside the school gate to pick the boy up. But on 25 Sep, the 9-year-old boy waited in vain for
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    • 557 4  -  Woman finds dead brotherinhisflatafter being alerted to stench by housing authorities REPORT: BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg SHE refused to believe anything was wrong with her brother when HDB and Town Council officials called yesterday to tell her there was a foul smell coming from his flat.
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    • 56 2/3 ITY ROW, SNOW WHITE THE SEVEN DWARFS, IMAGINE THAT, CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH PLUS ONLY IN YOUR MOVIE SECTION Eric Khoo gets bloodthirsty on his new gory film Darah: STARTING PAGE 21 ‘I see horror films as art’ BeatThe Boomzwith RisLowon on91.3FM TheformerMissSingaporeWorld2009, whosteppeddownaftercontroversyover hercreditcardconviction,willjoinThe 91.3 MorningCrewfrom7.45amto8am tomorrow. RisLowwilltakepartinaradiogameBeat
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  • Local News watch
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      49 6 Two lorries were involved in an accident along the East Coast Parkway at 3.15pm yesterday. A 51-year-old man died at the scene and three men were taken to Changi General Hospital with injuries. Police are appealing for eyewitnesses to call 1800-547 1818. –BrynaSim TNP PICTURE: KELVIN CHNG
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    • 250 6 SEX EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS EXTERNAL vendors conducting sexuality education programmes in schools will have to adhere to guidelines released by the Ministry of Education (MOE). The guidelines were listed on the Government’s electronic procurement system. All current providers of such programmes will also have to
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    • 107 6 A TEEN was charged in Juvenile Court yesterday with mischief by fire, which caused more than $1 million worth in damage to the Kampong Siglap Mosque. No plea was taken from the 14-year-old. He is said to have set fire to the Marine
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    • 113 6 THE Housing Board has released figures yesterday to show that the success rate for first-timers to select a flat on one try is 80 per cent. The board said these figures show that the majority of new- ly-weds are successful in
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    • 104 6 A FEW statutory boards and companies are taking a novel approach to revamping their annual reports to reduce their carbon footprints and cut costs. Singapore Land Authority had its employees design its annual report in-house on a volunteer basis and managed to achieve more
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    • News Ming Yi on Trial
      • 866 8/9  -  HongKongtycoonmadedonations tohelppayshop’sdebtstoRenCi Monk convicted of charges relating to unauthorised loan REPORT: AMANDA YONG ayong@sph.com.sg WHEN his Buddhist artefact shop needed money to pay off loans, Ming Yi turned to one of Asia’s wealthiest men for help. Ming Yi, 47, founder and former
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      • 319 8/9 Excerptsfrom DistrictJudge Toh’s grounds of decision done Q A style How much weight should be given to Ming Yi’spreviouscontributionstoRenCi? Not much. The defence pointed out that Ming Yi loaned Ren Ci $310,000 and $300,000in1994and2002respectively.ButMingYi“wouldhave been a 32-year-old Buddhist monk, and it is somewhat surprising thathehad$310,000ofsparecashtolendRenCi.” Still,assumingthatthemoneywashisandnotsomeoneelse’s, RenCirepaidtheloanswithinayear“sohissacrificewasatmostone years’interestontheprincipal”.
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    • 312 10  -  Some girls are extra nervous, with supporters coming from overseas REPORT: YEOH WEE TECK weeteck@sph.com.sg WHENyouseethemonstagetonight,TheNewPaperNewFace2009final-ists will probably be a picture of calm. Butbackstageyesterday,theywereabundleofnerves. That’s understandable. For many of the 20 girls, it’s the first time they are taking part inamajorcompetition. Intheaudiencewillbefriendsandfamily,allcheeringfortheirfavouritefinalist. Twofinalistsareextranervousbecause
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    • 210 10 THERE will be a carnival atmosphere at Takashimaya Square tonight. The New Paper New Face 2009 final will start at 7pm with a Mardi Gras-inspired parade. The girls’New Face journey will beshown on video and Kumar will entertain with his comedy act. Former New
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    • News Sunshine Empire Trial
      • 502 11  -  REPORT: VIVIEN CHAN vivienc@sph.com.sg CONVINCED by promises of monthly rebates and an additional $60,000 payout, Mr Vincent Leo Teng Fong (right) mortgaged his property in Malaysia for RM250,000 ($102,000) and sank about RM223,000 into eightofSunshineEmpire’smostexpensivepackages. He even introduced his parents. He
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    • 584 12/13  -  Mindef to introduce new military experts scheme for SAFregulars REPORT: ANDRE YEO andrey@sph.com.sg AT 17, Ng Jie Ming is deciding if he wants to sign on as a soldier with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). An only child, he feels it is his
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    • 183 11 HARD TO GET YOUR v FIRST FLAT? MAH SETS RECORD STRAIG THE IN STRAITS TIMES TODAY SPEAK imrncaa GOOD I INSPIRE I™.J INTOXICATE s IX LIVES. oME LANGUAGE. EXPECT THE UNEXPECTEP AS SIX FRIENPS WHO THINK THEY KNOW EACH OTHER PLAN AN EVENT THAT WILL CHANGE THEIR LIVES FOREVER. WHAT
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    • 316 12/13 SMartegise Your Career www.sma.edu.sg Make the SMart Choice and Network with more than 2,600 top industry leaders AUSTRALIA EDITH COWAN CRICOS Provider code: *****B Top 10 Universities nationally in terms of overall graduate satisfaction. Edith Cowan University (ECU) is currently Western Australia's second largest university with almost 23,000 students. Besides
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  • Page 12/13 Miscellaneous
    • 428 12/13 THIRD GENERATION SAF: Military Domain Experts Scheme (MDES) PART 1 of 3 Charting a new course The MDES will begin from 1 Apr 2010. It will offer fresh diploma and degree holders and mid-career professionals another avenue to pursue a career in the S’pore Armed Forces (SAF), with opportunities to
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  • Global News watch
    • 39 14 DOUBLEHAPPINESS:HundredsofChinesetwinstakepartin the 6th Beijing Twins Festival on Tuesday. Whether China decides to phase out the one-child policy, population decline is inevitable after more than 15 years of fertility rates below the replacement level of 2.1. PICTURE: AFP
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    • 201 14 Typhoon costs Vietnam 1 trillion in damage ECONOMIC DESTRUCTION AFP THE typhoon that struck Vietnam last week had caused almost US$800 million ($1 trillion) worth of damage, a United Nations (UN) official in the country said yesterday. The latest estimate came as the country invited foreign non-government groups (NGOs) already
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    • 111 14 MALAYSIAN enforcement agencies have been on high vigilance to safeguard the country under the alleged “invasion” threat by an Indonesian group, a local newspaper reported yesterday. “While we see this as a group of mad fools' rhetoric, we are not taking any chances as
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    • 99 14 AFP THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) said yesterday it would lend US$500 million ($700 million) to Indonesia to revive its sluggish economy. The loan will support Jakarta’s multibillion-dollar stimulus efforts that include tax relief, capital spending and government handouts, the Manila-based lender said in a statement.
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    • 88 14 AFP MALAYSIAN opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim offered some insights on Tuesday to the US on dealing with the Muslim world: Highlight successes, fund education and do not fear openly debating radicals. But Mr Anwar said that Muslim nations must also initiate reforms
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    • 423 15 RIDICULOUSSTARINGINCIDENT A MALAYSIAN youth is now in hospital in a coma after being bashed by a group of boys in a staring incident. Mohd Khairul Nizam Mohd, 16, was at the cybercafe in Rawang, Selangor, last Saturday when the incident happened. He
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    • 293 15 RECKLESS CAR CHASE A CHASE involving two robbers and their victim led to the death of an innocent man. TheincidenttookplaceinPuching,Selangor, at around 10am on Tuesday. When two men on motorcycles broke a car window to take the items inside, the driver decided to take
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    • News Sumatra Quake
      • 546 16 For one farmer, identifying dead friends neighbours is just too much STANDING next to swathes of mud and debris that was once the Indonesian village of Cumanak, exhausted farmer Muchtar said he was haunted by the faces of his dead neighbours. One of
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    • 416 17 Welshyouthsattack‘transvestites’ who turn out to be cage fighters IN THEIR drunken state, the two youths thought they could have some fun attacking transvestites. But the last laugh was on them, as it turned out that the ones they attacked were not transvestites but two cage
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    • 490 18 Indian artiste sparks row after she releases names of others allegedly involved in vice A CASE of life imitating art? South Indian glamour actress Bhuvaneswari, who acted as a callgirl in the hugely popular Tamil movie Boys, was arrested by Chennai police for prostitution. She
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    • 329 19 THESE are no ordinary scuba divers they are ministers in the Maldivian Cabinet learning the basics of scuba diving. Their aim? To be ready to attend an underwater Cabinet meeting chaired by Maldives President MohamedNasheed on 17 Oct. And there is a serious
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
    • 13 14 DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS REGIONAL WEATHER KL:Thunderstorms High33˚,Low24˚ Jakarta:Thunderstorms High34˚,Low26˚ Bangkok:Thunderstorms High32˚,Low25˚ Manila:Thunderstorms High27˚,Low25˚
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    • 40 15 ORIGINAL PRINCESS Meet the woman who helped set the Disney empire rolling NEW HOLLYWOOD PRINCESSES Two stars of Sorority Row have famous parents. We look at them and other kids hoping film success runs in the family STARTING PAGE 21
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  • You
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      42 20 FROM READER SOFEA STACKED: Our reader spotted this lorry on the Tampines Expressway and was concerned that the passengers could have been seriously hurt if the driver had braked suddenly. E-mail your pictures with your name and contact number to tnpclick@sph.com.sg
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    • 167 20 FROM READER QIAN XIN TOPLESS CAR WASH YOUR article on the topless car wash, “No point getting jealous” (The New Paper, 4 Oct) is quite attractive. This does represent a new lifestyle or life attitude indeed. Although the organiser labelled the event a private
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    • 52 20 Comments on the fire at Kampong Siglap mosque: A very unfortunate incident and luckily no casualties...Siglap Mosque will be restored soon with support from Muis and the mosque committee. jahangir My concern is whether there is a proper fire safetysystem forthese“older”mosques? Was the fire-fighting equipment in good-working
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    • 122 20 FROM READER JAMIE LEW THIS is what I want to tell (dethroned Miss Singapore World) Ris Low (right): Will you please shut up? I’mtiredofyouranticsandif someone mentions the word “boomz”again,Iwillgomental. First, it was your inability to speak proper English in a televised interview. Next, it was
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      24 20 Doyouthinkthisyear’sF1 race was a success? It was pretty successful. The race managed to secure a lot of deals and sponsorship. YuJunhong, 22, self-employed
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    • 59 20 YOUR VIEWS E-mail tnptalk@sph.com.sg or write to The New Paper, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Level 6, Annexe Block, Singapore *****4 Forverification,we needthe writer’sfull name andcontact number (preferably a handphone). We reserve the right to edit letters. By your submission, it is deemed that you have granted us the right to
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    • 113 21 WIN Premiums from loads of movies 09 OCT 8 POSE, SNAP WIN Your pics are in. Find out who wins the DVDs p GORE BLIMEYORIGINALPRINCESSbigthingHosteltoEricKhoo’s KING GEEK? Why Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the next big thing ORIGINAL PRINCESS Meet the woman who helped set the Disney empire rolling From Saw to
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  • WE KNOW MOVIES FIRST
    • FIRST ASIAN
      • 407 22/23  -  Depending on who you ask, horror movies are either cathartic, depraved, or just good, clean fun. Who is right? Horror hater JASON JOHNSON tries to find out. JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg Darah,openingtoday,isanIndonesianhorror filmproducedbyEricKhoo’sGorylahPictures. Bysomeaccounts,itisjustasgoryas “tortureporn”favouritessuchasSawand Hostel. Ihaveabsolutelynointerestinseeingit. Havingbeenamoviereviewerforseven yearsnow,I’veseenmorethanmyshareof horror,buttherearesomefilmsthatIsimply refusetowatch.NeversawaSaw.Neverbeento aHostel.Lifeistooshort.
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      • 459 22/23  - THERE WILL BE DARAH Malay for Blood) When did Eric Khoo get so bloodthirsty? According to the film-maker, he has always been so. JULIANA JUNE RASUL EricandInfiniteFrameworks’ Mike Wiluan’snewjointproductioncompany GorylahPictureshasreadieditsfirsthorror film, Darah. And how fitting that name is. It is the Malay word for blood and it describes the key
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      • 629 24  -  MalaysianIdolJaclynVictordoesn’tsingindebutrole inthelateYasminAhmad’sTalentime There will be singing in Malaysian Idol Jaclyn Victor’sfilmdebut, Talentime. JULIANA JUNE RASUL But not by the 32-year-old powerhouse vocalist herself. Instead, the singing will be done by her 19-year-old co-star Mahesh. Jaclyn will shed the glamorous gowns, the up-dos and yes, her mega
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      • 431 25  -  It’shard enoughplaying a movie character from just reading a script. Charlene Chua So imagine the pressure that Japanese actress Nana Eikura was under when she had to play a real-life heroine, a TV personality who became a national sensation in Japan for her fight against breast cancer.
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      • Article, Illustration
        106 25 With just two films under her belt, newbie actress Sonam Kapoor has beaten the likes of Priyanka Chopra, Kareena Kapoor and Katrina Kaif to emerge as the best dressed celebrity in India, according to People magazine. “Mystyle isn’t abouttrends.Idon’t let the clotheswearme, Iwear them,”said the 24-year-old about her
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      • 65 25 Hong Kong actress and one-half of Cantopop girl duo Twins, Charlene Choi, spent the recent Mid-Autumn Festival at home with her three-year-old puppy. When quizzed by the Hong Kong press whyshedidn’tchoosetospendthenight with her significant other, actor-singer Ronald Cheng, the pixie 26-year-old, known toherfansasAhSa,said:“Hehasn’trested well for a long time.
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      • Article, Illustration
        102 25 How dare they? This is probably what Hong Kong-based Taiwanese sex kitten Shu Qi thought after reports surfaced that a facial products company published an article on her supposed battle with her freckles in her early days as an actress. The company went so far as to call Shu
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    • FIRST BITES
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        139 26 The lastweheard, Billisdead and the actor who played him, David Carradine, has passed on too. Sowho’sthere tokill? Whoever or whatever, director Quentin Tarantino has promised that there will be a part three to his Kill Bill films to make it a trilogy. “TheBride will fight again,”promised Tarantino in
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      • 119 26 Forget mini togas and bedsheet-styled garments. As these pictures tell us, our heroes from the new Clash Of The Titans are in need of more protection, thus the armoured wear. This remake of the 1981 film sees rising star Sam Worthington as Perseus, who volunteers to defeat
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      • 175 26 ONCE there was news that Michael Bay would step away from the Transformers universeto doa “small”film called PainAnd Gain. But it looks like the director has changed his mind. According to a post on his official website (www.michaelbay.com), Bay has met up with Industrial Light
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    • FIRST FEATURE
      • 732 28/29 the young the restless Forget Angelina Jolie, Liv Tyler, Josh Brolin, Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Stiller. These progenies of celebrated actors have had their share of Hollywood success. Now the tide has turned towards the young offspring of Bruce Willis, Will Smith and Tom Cruise, all eager to breakout into
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        179 28/29 KIDS FROM FAME Who the newbies should be looking to emulate, or not Michael Douglas He may have his fair share of duds, but this Oscar winner has lived up to his father’s(Kirk)legacy tobecome alegend himself. Angelina Jolie This independent actress has never relied on Oscar-winning father Jon Voight.
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      • 470 30  -  You may or may not recognise Joseph Gordon-Levitt, but believe us when we say that he is the face of a new generation Jason Johnson No,sorry,we don’thavea super exclusive interview with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Wedidn’tgetinvitedtothepressjunketfor (500) Days Of Summer, if they even had one. Wedidn’tgotoanypressconferences.We didn’tevensnagameaslyphoneinterview. (500) Days
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    • FIRST INTERVIEW
      • 73 31 GIVEAWAY We’regivingaway fiveSnowWhite &The Seven Dwarfs Blu-Ray discs, each worth $59.90, courtesy of Scorpio East Entertainment. To win, call Infoline at 1900-9140 801 and answer this simple question: At what age was Marge Champion first chosen to be a live-action model for Snow White in
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      • 541 31  -  Every girl dreams about becoming a princess. Joanne Soh Marge Champion got her dream and more. Shewasa14-year-oldstudentinherfather’s dance class when she got a call from Walt Disney to be a live-action model for Snow White. Speaking to The New Paper at the Walt Disney Animation Studios in
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    • MOVIE DATE
      • 439 32  -  A Mars vs Venus look JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg JEANMARIE TAN jeanm@sph.com.sg You would expect the first feature film from Webb, the guy who directed videos for rock band My Chemical Romance, to be reasonably emo. Well, (500) Days Of Summer is a lot emo. Taking the conventions of
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      • REVIEWS
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          98 32  -  JJ It’sstrangetherearen’tmorehorrormovies set in sorority houses. A slasher in a sorority house would be like a kid in a candy store. Everywhere you look, another nubile young girl to slaughter! Sweet! So we have Sorority Row, a remake of a horrorflickfromthe’80s,TheHouseOn Sorority Row (movie titles were allowed to
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        • 25 32  -  Tan Kee Yun Therearenoblatantmessagesof nationalism,nomomentsofmelodramatic grief,butCityOfLifeAndDeath,whichwonthe BestFilmawardattherecentSanSebastian FilmFestival,couldverywellbethemost powerfulAsianwarfilmevermade. Itweavesseveralstoryarcs,showing differentcharacters’pointofviewduringthe NankingMassacrein1937and1938,honestly andunflinchingly. DirectorLuChuaninjectscomplexityand gritintohismaincharacters,namelyLu(Liu Ye),aleaderoftheChineseresistancefighters, andyoungJapanesesoldierKadokawa(Hideo Nakaizumi)whosetransformationfroman innocent,naiveboytoscarredwarveteranis especiallyheart-wrenching.
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        • Article, Illustration
          20 32  -  Charlene Chua Wouldyoumarryyourgirlfriendifyouknew shewasdyingofcancer? Ormakeadocumentaryofyourfinaldaysto tellyoungwomenthatbreastcancercanhit youinyour20s? Thestoryofareal-lifecouplewhodidjust thatistoldinJapanesemovieAprilBride. Thiswouldhavebeenlabelledaclassic tearjerkerifthescripthadbeenconjuredupby anunimaginativescreenwriter. Butwhenyouseethatsuchselflesslove actuallyexists,thesobfestbecomesreal. Whydoesittakeafilmaboutdeathto remindusofthebeautyoflife? Findoutforyourselvesbutdon’tforgetthe tissues.
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        • 48 32 Howaboutsomehot stuff,baby. This evening! FUNNY PEOPLE Funny people may be a tad more serious than Judd Apatow’srecenthits like KnockedUp,but it’s still funny, people! CLOUDYWITH ACHANCE OF MEATBALLS SonyPictures Animation finallymakesits mark with thisfunnytaleabout food fallingfromthesky. SURROGATES BruceWillis isback inthis rathersillybut quitefun sci-fi flickabout murderin theage ofavatarrobots.
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    • FLICK CHICK
      • 418 33  -  A year ago, I wrote in this column about how veteran comedians Mike Myers and Eddie Murphy had lost their funnybone. Small talk about big flicks JEANMARIE TAN jeanm@sph.com.sg Why? Did you even see the twin yukfests that were The Love Guru and Meet Dave?
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    • FIRST LOOK
      • 235 34  -  SequelNewMooncan’tarrivefastenoughforTwilightfans Joanne Soh Thecountdownhasalreadybegun.Inabouteightweeks’ time, Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) will return to the big screen. ForTwihards (diehard fans of the Twilight vampire movie franchise), these two need no introduction. Fans have been eagerly waiting for this day since the first movie hit
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      • TRAILER TALK
        • 161 34 French director Pierre Morel transforms John Travolta into a chop-socking spy in From Paris With Love. Travolta plays atough-as-nails FBI agent who teams up with a greenhorn (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) at the US embassy in Paris for a high-risk mission. Playingaroguishbruteisn’t foreign territory for Travolta, but
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    • FIRST FASHION
      • 182 35  -  NOT many people know aboutLeslie Mann’ssartorial style. Stars glam up the red carpet... or not Jeanmarie Tan Hey, not many people even know who she is. For most of her 20-year career, the 37-year-old actress had been relegated to forgettable supporting parts. But of late, Mann
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    • FIRST BUYS
      • 395 38  - ANGELS DEMONS Crazy rides, riddles are good enough MOVIE: EXTRAS: Jason Johnson A lot of people consider Dan Brown, the guy who wrote the book which Angels Demons is based on, a complete hack. But while his prose may not be elegant, and while his characters may be one-dimensional, you
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      • 109 38  -  Collectible: Kelvin Chan What makes this figure exceptional is that the head sculpt is so realistic, with sweat pores, facial hair and wrinkles. In fact, images of the toy have been mistaken for Christian Bale, the actor who played Connor in the movie.
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      • 95 38 Think of the MPro 120 as having a large-screen TV that fits in your pocket. About the size of a spectacle case, this portable projector can turn any wall into a 50-inch flat-screen TV. Onboard stereo speakers, coupled with an advanced liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS)
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      • 113 38  -  MOVIE: EXTRAS: JJ In one of the making-of featurettes for the Friday The 13th DVD, this producer guy saysthat“there’sacertainmagicto JasonVoorhees”. You wonder how Hollywood keeps making one crummy movie after another?It’sbecauseofguyslikethis. This 12th instalment in the Friday The 13th franchise is a sort of remake of the
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        140 38  -  RATING: EXTRAS: NONE Kane Cunico On a clear August morning in 1974, New Yorkers looked up in awe at a man walking back and forth between the rooftops of the newly-opened World Trade Center. That man was French tightrope walker Philippe Petit. From his beginnings as a
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      • 155 38  -  RATING: EXTRAS: KC Adapted from the hit American TV musical series, Hannah Montana: The Movie tells the story of Miley Stewart (aka pop sensation Hannah Montana) who lives a double life, if only to stay true to her simple, country girl life. But when the glamorous
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      • 123 38  -  Collectible: Simon Ang We could have covered the entire family tree of Terminators here, but there are simply too many. So we’rejustgoingtofeaturethis bohemian-looking Terminator from Hot Toys instead. Known as the weathered rubber skin version, this Arnold-wannabe comes complete with removable rubber mask, scarf and
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      • 80 38 If you want boom in your room, but don’twanttodealwithmessyspeaker cables snaking all over the floor, check outCreative’snewwirelessspeakers. With its built-in receiver, the Inspire S2 Wireless will play audio via a Bluetooth connection from a notebook or PC up to 10m away. And using a high-end
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    • 37 22/23 GIVEAWAY WINDARAHPASSES We’regivingaway 10 pairsof in-seasonpasses tothemovie Darah,courtesyof Golden Village. Towin, call Infolineat 1900-9140 801and answerthis simplequestion: Whichlocalfilm-maker is behindthe Indonesian movie Darah? 1. Royston Tan 2. EricKhoo 3. JackNeo The contestcloseson Sunday atmidnight. Eachcall costs20 cents.
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    • 54 25 WIN APRIL BRIDE MOVIE PREMIUMS IVEAWAY G We’regivingaway 10 setsof movie premiumsfor AprilBride, courtesyof EncoreFilms. Eachset contains a movie posterand apair ofpassestowatch April Bride. Towin, call Infolineat 1900-9140 801 and answerthissimple question: WhichJapaneseactor plays the roleof TaroAkasuin the movie April Bride? 1. TakuyaKimura 2. ShunOguri 3. Eita The contestcloseson Sunday
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      • 17 71 HERO HONDA INDIAN OPEN Today: DAY 1 Ch 26,4.45pm MADRID MASTERS Tonight: DAY 1 Ch 26,10.15pm
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      • 18 71 RAKUTEN JAPAN OPEN Today: QUARTER-FINALS Ch 21,11am CHINA OPEN Tonight: QUARTER-FINALS Ch 22,9pm Tomorrow: QUARTER-FINALS Ch 22,11am&7pm
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      • 422 71 LOCAL EVENTS DRAGON BOAT What: National 5-Crew Dragon Boat Challenge When: Saturday and Sunday Where: Jurong Lake DRAGON boat teams with five crew members, consisting of four paddlers and one steersman, will race a distance of 250 metres in 11 different categories. What: SAVA Sprints International V When:
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      • 497 58 KUALALUMPURTRACKWORK NST CLASSY mare Ishbiliya worked with vengeance in Kuala Lumpur yesterday and looks ready to avenge her last-start defeat by Triple Gems in the Fillies and Mares race over 1,400m on Sunday. Taken out by a track rider, the four-year-old Australian-bred filly by Akhadan trotted
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      • 352 58 GOING:GOOD RACE1 CLASS5 1650m 9 AIPODERIMAGE119(26-8) YTCHENG (10) 1 2 RAINOFTHUNDER131(36-11) DWHYTE (6) 2 8 MASTERMASTER121(20-11) BDOYLE (3) 3 7 FASTERFASTER121(71-18) WCMARWING (11) 4 ?Trainer: L Ho. Margins: 2.25, shd. Time: 1min 41.34sec. Forecast: $31. Place Forecast: $10 (Nos. 2-8), $11 (Nos. 2-9), $6 (Nos. 8-9).
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      • 353 58 GOING: GOOD Race1 MaidenPlate 1200M 12 STRAWBERRYICE58(14-10) KarlNeisius (6) 1 1 MAGICFLUTE58(15-5) RichardFourie (7) 2 6 JABELLE58(34-17) FelixCoetzee (1) 3 11 ROCKTHENATION58(24-5) PietBotha (9) 4 ?Trainer: Dean Kannemeyer. Margins: 4.5, 1, 0.5. Time: 1min 13.0sec. Forecast: $17.PlaceForecast:$16(Nos.1-6),$7(Nos.1-12),$11(Nos.6-12).Tierce:$205.Trio: $46.Quartet:$1520.EOB:$17. Race2 MaidenPlate 1600M 14 NOORDHOEKFLYER56(8-5) KarlNeisius
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      • 302 59 WILLIAMLOW’SGUIDETOKRANJITRACKWORK LAST-START winner Ricoco showed he was on course for a back-to-back win over the 2,000m when he did another eye-catching gallop in Kranji yesterday. Brought out for his second hit-out in three days, the Patrick Shaw-trained galloper turned in a smart 39.8sec over 600m.
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      • 621 59 RACE1-1200m(Turf) OP 6.30 ThreeYearOldStakes 1 BetterThanEver JSaimee (8) 57 2 MySon RFradd (3) 55 3 SkyHappiness BVorster (6) 55 4 EternalHonour KBSoo (9) 53 5 FukuKitaru MGallagher (5) 53 6 Lira OChavez (2) 53 7 SuperReturn AlanNg (7) 53 8 WhizzKid MYap* (4)
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    • Sports Mad About Golf
      • 289 60 MICHAEL Campbell was invited to dinner by Daniel Chopra at his favourite restaurant in New Delhi last night and hopes it will be part of a special week at the Hero Honda Indian Open. The 40 year old Kiwi is thrilled to be in India
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      • 118 60 SEMBAWANG member Frank Eng showed his familiarity again with his home course when he shot another two-over 74 for a massive lead after the second day of the Singapore Open Senior Amateur event yesterday. Eng, with a course handicap of seven, has a 10-shot lead over Foo
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      • 648 60 AP AS THE two Presidents Cup captains took their seats on the dais for a news conference on Tuesday, no interpreter was needed to read the early body language in the run-up to the biennial match-play event that starts today in San Francisco. There
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      • 263 60 FORMULA ONE Reuters RECOVERING Brazilian Felipe Massa could be back behind the wheel of a Formula One car in Italy next week despite a ban on testing during the season, Ferrari said on Tuesday. “It is possible Felipe will drive a Formula One car
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        788 61 Croatian tennis star MARIN CILIC will meet Nikolay Davydenko of Russia today in the third round of the China Open. In an interview courtesy of tennis equipment giant Head, the 20-year-old talks about his tennis habits, his life off-court, biggest achievements so far and future goals How
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      • 262 61 AFP RUSSIA’S Maria Sharapova became the latest upset victim at the China Open yesterday, while four of her compatriots including Nikolay Davydenko advanced to the quarter-finals in Beijing. Sharapova, a three-time Grand Slam winner, made 21 unforced errors and surrendered her serve four times in
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    • 504 62/63  -  ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg DOLLAH Kassim is a fighter deep down inside. Even if he does not know this now as he lies unconscious in hospital, unable to respond to voices or open his eyes. Still in a coma in critical condition but stable on a life support
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    • 354 62/63 PNEUMONIA DOLLAH is now fighting pneumonia (fluid build-up in his lungs) after he suffered a sudden heart attack together with a collapse, that caused an infection in his lungs. Such infections in the lungs are caused when contents from the stomach go up (like in vomiting, choking)
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    • 387 62/63 WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS Reuters DIEGO Maradona, unhappy with interference in his job as Argentina coach, will review his position after their final World Cup Qualifier away to Uruguay in Montevideo next Wednesday, he said on Tuesday. Maradona (above) said his appointment a year ago had made
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    • Sports EPL
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        545 64 Glamour in the terraces? Here are some Hollywood A-listers and their affiliations Jude Law (Tottenham) THE British actor who starred in Cold Mountain and The Talented Mr Ripley is a Lilywhite through and through. Other fans of Spurs include RayLiotta. Kevin Costner (Arsenal) COSTNER’S love affair with the
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      • 791 69  -  HECAN,ANDHE’S49 IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg IF THE Football Association are genuinely serious about their “Respect’’ campaign, then there is only one thing they can do to Sir Alex Ferguson. They have to hang him out to dry. The Manchester United manager’s
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    • Sports Football
      • 500 65 PA Sport EUROPE’S top clubs look to be successfully fending off the effects of the global recession after a strong showing in a recent report by financial experts Deloitte. The Deloitte Sports Business Group yesterday presented research that suggests top-flight football has been less badly affected
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      • 444 65 Wire Services MANCHESTER UNITED UNITED have made a world-record operating profit for a football club, according to the latest figures announced. The Premier League champions made £71.8m ($160m) for the season 2007-8 to put them at the top of the money tree globally.
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    • Sports World Cup Qualifiers
      • 599 66/67 England’s1966WorldCup-winning defender George Cohen has the answer FORMER England World Cup winner George Cohen believes England must have complete trust in their goalkeeper to win the World Cup just like Sir Alf Ramsey’s players did with the legendary Gordon Banks in 1966. “You can’t
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      • 167 66/67 PA Sport THE England Football Association have announced a five-year sponsorship deal with confectionery giants Mars. Mars will initially be an official supplier to England until July 2010 then become a “supporter” of the team, and they will also help drive a new element of the
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      • 794 66/67 PA Sport ENGLAND’s World Cup winner George Cohen reckons Fabio Capello has all the traits of Sir Alf Ramsey as he targets victory in South Africa next summer. Capello has adopted a much stricter approach to team affairs since taking over following Steve McClaren's
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      • 267 68 PA Sport MICHAEL Carrick has vowed to seize his chance if he is given the nod by England coach Fabio Capello for Saturday’s World Cup Qualifier in Ukraine. The Manchester United midfielder has struggled to establish himself at international level, playing second fiddle to the
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      • 229 68 PA Sport PORTSMOUTH goalkeeper David James, who has missed the last five England matches through injury, hopes to reclaim his place in Kiev. West Ham stopper Robert Green has taken over the No. 1 jersey in James’ absence, but the 39-year-old insists he is now
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      • 345 68 Wire Services ENGLAND skipper John Terry concedes it is “unthinkable” his career will come to a close without tasting real success in either the Champions League with Chelsea or at international level. It has been a strong start at both club and international level for
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      • 296 68 England have booked theirplaceinnextJune’s World Cup in South Africa, but there are still issues to be addressed. Here are the big ones: PA Sport GOALKEEPER BEN FOSTER is likely to find himself out of the Manchester United side when Edwin van der Ser returns from injury. Robert
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