The New Paper, 12 February 2013

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  • News
    • 1194 2 / 3  -  BUT IT’S NOT PORNOGRAPHY It’s for them to remember intimate part of life, says photographer of couples who ask him to take shots of them having sex REPORT: BENSON ANG bang@sph.com.sg FOR most couples, intimacy is best kept personal and away from prying eyes.
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    • 354 2 / 3 TAKING and keeping photos of yourself having sex is a grey area under the law, say lawyers who spoke to The New Paper. Merely possessing such photos is not against the law, but it is illegal to let others see these photos.
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    • 1231 4 / 5  -  Part 2 of the Wendy Jacobs interview He may be a legend on the field but not so much in the romance department. Fandi Ahmad’s wife Wendy Jacobs says: REPORT: DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg SHE is not expecting any Valentine’s Day flowers this Thursday. Indeed, her
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    • News watch
    • 806 8 / 9  -  Hongbao enthusiasts meet weekly in Chinatown, swopping tales and packets of their treasures REPORTS: CELINE CHEN cceline@sph.com.sg EVERY Sunday morning, the thin and slightly hunched Mr Poo Ah Dek hauls three suitcases, each weighing about 10kg, and straps them on his bicycle. The 72-year-old painter sets
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    • 324 8 / 9 YOU can trace the history of banking in Singapore through hongbao, said collector lim Thian Soon, 44, “I appreciate vintage hongbao for its historical value. You can see which banks used to exist, which ones were acquired or merged, the changes in logos and so on,”
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    • 775 10  -  Kidney patients bring CNY joy to elderly REPORT: chaihyn@sph.com.sg CHAI HUNG YIN chaihyn@sph.com.sg HE WAS hospitalised, yet he asked his wife not to visit him. Instead, he insisted she volunteer in his place to cheer up lonely and elderly people at a senior activity centre. Mr
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    • 61 11 SNAKE FACTS Snakes don’t have eyelids. Snakes are found on every continent of the world except Antarctica. A snake can swallow prey four times the width of its head. Snakes smell with their tongue. The fork tells them where the smell is coming from. The longest snake in
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    • 896 12  -  Construction authority ropes in industry to help association for blind REPORT: LOW ZHANG QUAN zqlow@sph.com.sg THE ceiling boards were missing chunks, the wood rotten from water leakage. The walls and cabinets were in a similar state, eaten away by termites. In a storeroom where food
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    • 670 13  -  Japanese tourist unfazed by cafe named after China-Japan island spat REPORT: THEODORA D’CRUZ ttdcruz@sph.com.sg A CATCHY restaurant name, pegged to a heated international dispute, is now under wraps. A red cloth covers the signboard hanging above Diao Yu Dao cafe at Peace Centre in
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    • The Big Picture
      • 572 15  -  This week’s winning pic shows a connected society in more ways than one REPORT: JUSTIN ZHUANG tnp@sph.com.sg WHILE waiting for the train at Bukit Batok station last December, Mr Chen Wei Hao spotted a reflection of a commuter on the platform’s barricades. The strong morning sun had
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    • 379 16 THESE topless girls were what helped the tabloid pull in its readers, titillating millions in the process since 1970. But the days of their pictures splashed so erotically on its famous “Page 3” may soon be over for
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    • 530 16 Korean singer whips up crowd at event in Penang organised by M’sia’s ruling coalition THE fans streamed in as early as 7 am yesterday for the concert that began just after noon. But the thousands who thronged George Town’s Han Chiang School field weren’t
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    • 526 17 A TOWN in southern Philippines plans to hold funeral rites for the world’s largest saltwater crocodile, which died on Sunday in an eco-tourism park. It also wants to preserve the giant reptile in a museum. Guinness World Records had proclaimed the one-tonne creature the
      PICTURES: AFP, REUTERS  -  526 words
    • 423 18 Women in Indian state dumped outdoors after the surgical procedure TWO doctors carrying out 106 sterilisations in a day. Unconscious women being left on a field. Those were the scenes from a rural hospital in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal and broadcast on television channels in
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    • 336 18 THE families were so poor that they were forced to sell their young sons to a shepherd community. The case happened in Kolhapur district in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. The district administration said that about 30 boys ranging in
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    • 406 18 IN THE prison world of illicit activities, things are usually smuggled in, usually by friends or family of inmates. In some Israeli jails, the commodity goes the other way and it goes to the wives of the inmates. The commodity? The inmates’
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  • Page 6 / 7 Miscellaneous
    • 48 6 / 7 S’PORE WEATHER I Thunderstorms I High 30˚ I Low 25˚ REGIONAL WEATHER I KL: Thunderstorms High 32˚, Low 24˚ I Jakarta: Thunderstorms High 33˚, Low 26˚ I Bangkok: Sunny High 34˚, Low 25˚ I Manila: Thunderstorms High 29˚, Low 23˚ PEARLS BEFORE SWINE STEPHAN PASTIS DILBERT SCOTT ADAMS
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 344 23 WATCH ’EM PICTURE: STARHUB CABLE TV Highs And Lows (above) VV Drama (StarHub Ch 855), 2.45pm This new Hong Kong series revolves around an undercover narcotics bureau cop whose ties to a fellow drug buster become strained when the latter pockets the loot from an operation. Starring Raymond Lam, Michael
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  • Racing
    • 590 24 / 25  -  BRIAN MILLER brian@sph.com.sg IT WAS Oscar evening at Kranji yesterday when MARTIN owned by Oscar Racing Stable came with a grand run at the top of the straight to capture the auspicious $200,000 Fortune Bowl in fine style. Ridden by Danny Beasley and pre
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    • 323 24 / 25 RACE 1 (Ararat) 1st 4 Bec Said No Credit ($21-$9) 2nd 7 Celebrity Psychic ($16) 3rd 2 Ombra Sierra ($7) 4th 6 Wabash River. Forecast $51. Place forecast $5 (2-4), $10 (2-7), $14 (4-7). Tierce $320. Trio $47. Quartet No winner ($4542 jackpot carried forward to next
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    • 1407 24 / 25 Race 1 Gong Xi Fa Cai Stakes C5 1200m C*****m 11 PRINCESS JANNA 52 c 51.5 (71-17) E Aslam (2) 6 3 5 (534) 0.5 SJohn (6) 5 5 i XWinning stable: Northwest Racing. Trainer: B Dean. Time: 1min 11.30sec (Going: good). Forecast: $35.
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    • 411 24 / 25 THE unkindest cut of all has turned around the fortunes of TRUDEAU who took out the $95,000 Macau Jockey Club Trophy over 1,400m at Kranji yesterday. Ridden by Barend Vorster, Trudeau scored by a neck from MATTERHORN, the mount of Manoel Nunes. Tom, ridden by
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    • 1702 26 / 27 GOING FORECAST: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 4 TURF 1200m TIME 12:30 Stakes: HK$700,000 NO. HORSE NAME TRAINER JOCKEY WT(IB) BAR 1 TATTENHALL FLYER K W LUI C K TONG 131 5 2 NIGHTLIGN A LEE M L YEUNG 127 2 3 ALL MY
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    • 2316 26 / 27  -  I COMMENTS BY PHILLIP WOO COURTESY OF THE HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB. RACE 1 (1,200m) FLYING IBIS (6) finished up strongly along the inside to just miss a placing in a promising debut fourth behind Berlinski over this course-and-distance after being ridden for luck from
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    • 593 26 / 27 Race 1 C5 (SC) 1200m Best Wishes Stakes C5 (SC) 1200m Best Wishes Stakes XWinning owner: Mdm SC Koh. Trainer: B Brogan. Time: 1min 11.50sec (Going: good). Forecast: $547. Tierce: $4003. Quartet: No winner ($2190 jackpot carried forward to next race). Malaysian W/P: RM112, RM21, RM17,
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    • 1747 28 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TAN THEAN LOON’S KUALA LUMPUR TIPS RACE 1:11 Concrescence 3 Yargu 4 Better And Better 6 El Mariachi RACE 2: 3 Terra Firma 7 Weowna Gin 8 Spin Citi 6 Kanegura RACE 3: 4 SOMMIDO)7 Pagsanjan 2 Cape D’Or 3 City Hero
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    • 1020 29 I COMMENTS COURTESY OF THE AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS RACE 1 Stony Creek (1,000m) 4 TALE OF TWO CITIES (Ms E Haworth) 6g (20:2-4-2): Big drifter in the betting and only got warmed up late for 5th (57.0) to Notdatpetite 1,100m Stony Creek
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    • 351 29 12:20 Race 1 STONY CREEK 1000M 1 BROKEN JAW JOHN ROBERTSON (4) 60 2 EXPLETIVE DELETED D W STACKHOUSE (11) 60 1 4 TALE OF TWO CITIES C A ROBERTSON (12) 60 JOHN ROBERTSON (4) 7 MT SUGARLOAF DEAN HOLLAND (3) 59 2 EXPLETIVE
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  • Sports
    • Sports watch
      • 118 30 Reuters TOP Indian players formed an association yesterday to protect their professional interests, days after signing a temporary truce with the All India Tennis Association (AITA). The AITA said they would wait for the Indian Tennis Players Association to approach the governing body for
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      • 114 30 AFP FLANKER Antonie Claassen was called up by coach Philippe Saint-An-dre yesterday for the 23-strong French squad to prepare for the Six Nations match against England at Twickenham on Feb 23. South African-born Claassen was one of five changes to the
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      • 115 30 PA Sport FORMER Essendon sports scientist Stephen Dank has denied supplying the Australian Rules club’s players with performance-enhancing drugs and insisted that he ran his supplement programme with the full knowledge of other key club officials. The Australian Football League confirmed on
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      • 666 30 NBA AP MIAMI HEAT 107 LOS ANGELES LAKERS 97 LEBRON James ran a few steps behind the play, knowing exactly what was coming. The lob from Norris Cole arrived, and the NBA’s reigning MVP rose for a catch and dunk. He made it
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    • Mad About Golf
      • 526 31 Following two runners-up finishes, American bags win and breaks record AP BRANDT Snedeker finally got his hands on some silverware by winning the Pebble Beach Pro-Am yesterday morning (Singapore time), having been a runner-up to Tiger Woods and then Phil Mickelson in tournaments the previous two weeks. Snedeker
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      • 264 31 AP THE PGA of Australia has confirmed it will move the venue of its PGA Championship, which was overshadowed last year by a billionaire resort owner’s decision to position a giant robotic dinosaur outside the clubhouse and post unusual signage around the course. PGA of
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      • 108 31 SENTOSA Golf Club has a new experience that mixes the game with food. Labelled “Fore Flavours’, the programme pairs a delectable meal with a golf session for members and non-members with the club’s pros, Skye Neal and Mark Lazenby on the range. Every
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    • Tennis
      • 654 32 AFP HORACIO Zeballos denied Rafael Nadal a fairy-tale finish to his comeback tournament yesterday, rallying to hand the Spaniard a rare clay court defeat in the US$410,200 ($508,285) ATP event in Chile. Zeballos, ranked 73rd in the world and playing in just his second ATP
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      • 371 32 FED CUP AFP THREE-TIME winners Italy edged out a weakened United States 3-2 yesterday (Singapore time) to reach the Fed Cup semi-finals and an April date with double defending champions, the Czech Republic. Italy, champions in 2006, 2009 and 2010, needed top-ranked women’s
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    • African Nations Cup
      • 666 33 FINAL NIGERIA 1 (Sunday Mba 40) BURKINA FASO 0 NIGERIA’S third African Nations Cup title, clinched yesterday morning (Singapore time) against Burkina Faso in Johannesburg, was a huge personal triumph for coach Stephen Keshi although the man himself would hate to admit it. Big
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      • 162 33 CHAMPIONS Nigeria supply five of the 2013 African Nations Cup All-Stars team chosen by the CAF technical study group and announced yesterday. Goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama, defender Efe Ambrose, midfielders John Obi Mikel and Victor Moses and striker Emmanuel Emenike were selected after the Super Eagles
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    • Football
      • 695 34  -  TNP columnist and former England star Paul Parker says local fans don’t have an ‘in-depth appreciation of the Beautiful Game ALI KASIM aakasim@sph.com.sg IN THE WAKE of the Republic’s involvement in the recent wave of match-fixing headlines around the world, former England and
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      • 652 35  -  Warriors’ coach will quit if team fail to meet July target SHAMIR OSMAN shamiro@sph.com.sg THEYhave been powerhouses in decline over the last couple of seasons. Warriors FC, the most successful team in the 17-year history of the S-League with eight titles, have only one trophy the 2012
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      • 338 35  -  MALAYSIAN SUPER LEAGUE SHAMIR OSMAN TAKING control of a loose ball, Hariss Harun glanced up at goal then sent the ball rocketing into the bottom corner of Izwan Mahbud’s net. In training with V Sundramoorthy’s LionsXII at the Jalan Besar Stadium yesterday, the 22-year-old
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      • 491 37 PA Sport THERE are no immediate fears for Paul Gascoigne’s life but he is still receiving hospital treatment in the United States, said his long-time therapist. The former England midfielder, 45, travelled to a clinic in Arizona last week in a bid to tackle
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      • 182 37 Wire Services BRITISH tabloid The Sun has launched a campaign to raise funds for stricken star Paul Gascoigne. The paper yesterday reported that new England sensation Jack Wilshere, the 21-year-old Arsenal midfielder whose style and skill so many are comparing to Gascoigne, has
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      • SOCCER SHORTS
        • 200 37 PA Sport ANDRE Villas-Boas has revealed that Tottenham chartered a private jet to ensure Emmanuel Adebayor made it back in time for last Saturday’s 2-1 win over Newcastle. “Yes, we sent a jet to get him,” the Spurs manager said. “He arrived at Luton airport (last
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        • 122 37 PA Sport GREMIO have confirmed that Arsenal defender Andre Santos is on the verge of completing his loan move to the Brazilian club. There was much speculation the fullback was returning to South America after he was photographed arriving in Brazil on Sunday. And Gremio
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        • 187 37 PA Sport KEI Kamara has come a long way since fleeing the battle fields of Sierra Leone’s civil war and migrating to America as a refugee. The latest chapter in the 28-year-old’s journey has brought him to the English Premier League via a loan
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      • 1051 42 / 43  -  Fandi’s sons willing to switch nationalities if it can further their football career DAVID LEE davidlee@sph.com.sg LOCAL football fans who are pining for the day when a band of brothers in iconic red Lions jerseys unleashes some pain on opponents, much like how
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      • 603 42 / 43  -  SAZALI ABDUL AZIZ msazali@sph.com.sg IT WAS a bit of a challenge interviewing Fandi Ahmad and his wife, Wendy Jacobs, at their Seletar condominium last weekend. Not because the couple were uncooperative. Not at all. They were warm and jovial, despite their
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      • ON TV
        • 106 42 / 43 LIVE TELECASTS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (ROUND OF 16, FIRST LEG) Tomorrow: I CELTIC v JUVENTUS SingTel mio TV Ch 111 (mio Sports 1), 3.45am I VALENCIA v PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN SingTel mio TV Ch 112 (mio Sports 2), 3.45am Thursday: I REAL MADRID v MAN UNITED SingTel mio TV Ch 111
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        • 35 42 / 43 ABN AMRO WORLD TOURNAMENT Thursday: I LAST 16 (SESSION 1), DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 6pm Friday: I LAST 16 (SESSION 2), DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 211 (Racquet Channel), 2.30am
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        • 34 42 / 43 ISPS HANDA AUSTRALIAN OPEN Thursday: I DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel), 12 noon AFRICA OPEN Thursday: I DAY 1 StarHub TV Ch 213 (Golf Channel) Ch 255 (Sports HD), 7.30pm
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        • 42 42 / 43 Today: I CHICAGO BULLS v SAN ANTONIO SPURS StarHub TV Ch 202 (SuperSports), 9am I DALLAS MAVERICKS v ATLANTA HAWKS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 9.30am Tomorrow: I MIAMI HEAT v PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS StarHub TV Ch 216 (NBA TV), 8.30am
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    • EPL
      • 1001 36  -  Our columnist picks out the great and the good, the terrible and the tragic and the occasionally grotesque from the weekend NEIL HUMPHREYS npsports@sph.com.sg 1. Coach’s career in balance, Parti DURING the Manchester United-Everton game, Jose Mourinho texted more frantically than a lovesick teenager and
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      • 649 38 / 39 PA Sport SIR Alex Ferguson has confirmed Manchester City’s shock defeat by Southampton last Saturday prompted him to scrap his selection plans and go full tilt for the English Premier League title. The move paid dividends as first-half goals from Ryan Giggs and Robin
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      • 96 38 / 39 PA Sport BOOKMAKERS Paddy Power and Betfred have become the first to pay out on this season’s English Premier League title race. It has become a feature of recent championships that bookmakers call the outcome before it actually happens, although Betfred came a cropper last
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      • 497 38 / 39 Wire Services JOSE Mourinho is confident his friendship with Sir Alex Ferguson will continue no matter what the outcome of Thursday morning’s (Singapore time) Champions League showdown between Manchester United and Real Madrid. Real host United in the first leg of the
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      • 353 38 / 39 PA Sport DAVID Moyes is concerned Everton do not have sufficient strength in depth to be anything other than a “half-a-season” team. For the first time this season, Moyes (left) felt Everton had been beaten by a better side in yesterday morning’s (Singapore time)
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    • Champions League
      • 627 40 / 41 Scottish giants hope a packed Celtic Park will rattle Italian champions Reuters JUVENTUS know they will enter a seething cauldron tomorrow morning (Singapore time) when they take on a Celtic side flying the flag for Scottish football. The Champions League last-16 first-leg
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      • 477 40 / 41 AFP VALENCIA defender Joao Pereira believes his side’s recent performance against Barcelona proves they can compete with the best, as they prepare to take on Paris Saint-Ger-main as the Champions League returns to action in the Round of 16 tomorrow morning (Singaporetime). The Portuguese
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      • 577 40 / 41 AFP PARIS St Germain’s trip to Valencia in the Champions League tomorrow morning (Singapore time) pits the wealthy French team against one of many La Liga clubs struggling to stay competitive after years of financial struggle. Rather than splurging hundreds of millions of euros
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    • 156 1 L O U D UD Music to the max the new paper February 12 2013 http://www.loudr.sg D The feisty ladies of K-pop foursome Miss A tell LOUD they need their share of TLC too Grammy movers shakers ammy overs hakers oursome Miss A p6 WIN tickets to Miss A’s concert
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    • 144 2  -  IN YOUR FACE CHNG CHOON HIONG CHNG CHOON HIONG chngch@sph.com.sg PRINCE sure has been busy lately. In a year already crowded with highly-anticipated comebacks, the 54-year-old purveyor of sexy songs is hinting he’ll be out with a new album too, thanks to the digital tracks he’s been
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      73 2 While the stars took to the stage to receive their trophies, others in the audience busied their thumbs to post live updates on their Twitter pages during the Grammy action. RANDY JACKSON @YO_RANDYJACKSON Amazing nite for our idols, congrats! @kelly_clarkson @carrieunderwood #grammys Chris Daughtry @CHRIS_Daughtry Huge CONGRATS to
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    • LOUD BYTES
      • 104 2 IFBEYONCEcando it, so can Adele. The multiple Grammy award-winning British singer might lip sync for her Oscar performance of Skyfall. An Academy Awards insider said the 24-year-old “has every intention of singing live... but, like every artist, she needs a back-up to
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      • 97 2 DOWN with the paparazzi! US rock star Steven Tyler is proposing the Hawaii Senate Bill 465 dubbed the Steven Tyler act which aims to have stiffer penalties for paparazzi who intrude on the privacy of stars on Hawaii. Under the bill, these celebrities are
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      • 90 2 YOU mightjust spot US pop star Britney Spears as a resident performer at a Las Vegas casino soon. Resort bosses from Sin City have confirmed that the 31-year-old is close to sealing a deal that will see her playing a series
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    • 829 3 Spending Valentine’s Day alone this year? Why not obsess over some very, very young pop stars? LAST week, Justin Bieber became the first pop star ever to have five No. 1 albums before the age of 19. His latest chart-topping album is Believe Acoustic, in which
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      830 4 / 5  -  Justin Timberlake suited up 60s-style for his musical comeback after four years. He wasn’t the only one who gave a stellar performance at the 55th Grammy Awards yesterday REPORT: NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg OH YES, he brought sexy back all right. In a highly-anticipated comeback, US pop
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    • 355 4 / 5  -  THOSE WHO DIDN’T GET THE MEMO... Jeanmarie Tan Rules are meant to be broken, right? That’s probably how these singers justified flouting the Grammy Awards’ new dress code that was enforced last week. TV network CBS had requested that “buttocks and female breasts are adequately covered”
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    • 948 6 / 7  -  REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyun@sph.com.sg THEY are four headstrong, sassy ladies who have no problems taking charge of their personal lives and burgeoning showbiz careers. But label them bra-burning feminists? Hell, no. K-pop quartet Miss A may have sung “I can live well without
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    • 191 6 / 7 What music gets you going? LOUD hits the street to ask people what’s on their music players... In this Valentine’s Day special, our jocks from HOT FM and Kiss 92 tell us their favourite love songs... CharmaineYee, 25 Hot FM 91.3 Hot 30 Countdown 7.30pm-midnight Thank You
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      • 726 8  -  S’pore students get masterclass from top classical violinist Nicola Benedetti REPORT: NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg HER feet were firmly planted on the ground, her slender violin rested between shoulder and chin, and she held her violin bow loosely. Inhaling slightly, 15-year-old Jaz Loh started to
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      • 562 11  -  YouTube star Tiffany Alvord went from pop covers to original material REPORT: CATHERINE ROBERT crobert@sph.com.sg SHE is not just a flash-in-the-pan YouTube star. US singer-songwriter Tiffany Alvord has built such a loyal fanbase with her covers of pop songs by folks like Carly Rae Jepsen
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      • 217 8 EXPIRE AND RELENTLESS LIVE IN SINGAPORE Brace yourself for a night of deafeningly loud music when hardcore bands Expire and Relentless from the US and Australia respectively scream the house down on Friday. They’ll be joined by local opening acts Overthrown, Tipping Point and
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      • 542 9  -  Be prepared to be floored by the Mandopop superstar at his concert here in June REPORT: TAN KEE YUN keeyunt@sph.com.sg IF YOU were blown away by Mandopop superstar Jay Chou’s visually dazzling performance at last year’s Formula One SingTel Grand Prix in
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      • 652 10  -  The Summer State say it’s hard work, not luck, that has got them the gigs in their short run REPORT: NOOR ASHIKIN ABDUL RAHMAN ashikinr@sph.com.sg IN THEIR short existence, local pop-rock band The Summer State have managed to score some very memorable gigs, opening
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      • 110 10 HOME CLUB AND THE RSC PRESENT IDENTITE 8.6 POST VALENTINE’S HEARTBREAK/AN EP LAUNCH PARTY As a follow-up to their self-titled EP last year, lo-fi pop group Obedient Wives Club will be launching their second EP, Murder Kill Baby. Local indie-pop quintet Rocketswan will also
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    • LOUD THROWBACK
      • 618 12  -  Shoegaze leaders My Bloody Valentine is finally back with a new album REPORT: JONATHAN ROBERTS jonrob@sph.com.sg SMALL corner of the Internet momentarily shattered. On Sunday, Feb 3, a simple Facebook post that a new album was available online went out. Within seconds, servers went down. This
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      • 177 12  -  Josh Groban Juliana June Rasul WHAT, this isn’t a comedy album? In the last few years, US pop-opera singer Josh Groban has been known more for his hilarious film cameos. With All That Echoes, his sixth studio album, he returns to the opera lite genre that he
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        140 12  -  Super Junior-M Tan Kee Yun CRITIC’S PICK! WITH their second full-length Mandarin studio album Break Down, Super Junior-M, a sub-unit of K-pop superstar boy band Super Junior, prove they aren’t just some group created for the massive mainland Chinese market. These eight dudes six of whom are South Korean
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        154 12  -  Imagine Dragons Noor Ashikin Abdul Rahman THIS Las Vegas-based rock band certainly got off to a stellar start with their debut album. If you have yet to hear its first single It’s Time, which rock have you been hiding under? The big hit, both in terms of sound
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        136 12  -  Girls’ Generation Tan Kee Yun MENTION Girls’ Generation and the mental image of hot bods and lovely legs instantly surfaces. It’s easy to forget that these nine ladies boast powerful vocal prowess, along with their delectable looks and collective sweetie pie charm. I Got A Boy,
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    • 71 2 http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max This week in L O U D R Gear up for Miss A Psych yourself up for this sizzling Korean girl group with a music video of their hit single, I Don’t Need A Man. Boys, boys, boys! Team Bieber or Maynard? How about Austin
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    • 5 3 http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max
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    • 261 3 GIVEAWAYS LOUD Win CDs from Bieber and Benedetti Justin Bieber If you can’t actually be with Justin Bieber this Valentine’s, you can at least have his mug plastered all over your wall and your EZ–Link cards. We have three sets of Bieber posters, EZ-Link stickers, pens and his latest album,
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    • 231 9 http://www.loudr.sg Music to the max LOUD GIVEAWAYS We have three pairs of concert tickets (each ticket worth $148) to give away, courtesy of Multimedia Entertainment. To win, SMS your answer to this question: Where will the local leg of Opus Jay 2013 World Tour be held? 1) Singapore Flyer 2)
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