Newspaper Review 2

Date: 11th December 2008
Newspaper: Straits Times, Life Section
Article: Shining Stars

Summary
Thursday's Life Section On Shining Stars Is Basically About 8 Different Stars And What They Have Accomplished. The Eight People Are:

1:Jack Neo(Film Maker)
The Article Talks About How Jack Neo Is Doing Very Well In The Film Making Industry By Producing Good Movies Especially After The Movie 'Money No Enough'. One Thing That Jack Neo Said In His Article About Critics Is That "I Put A Lot Of Heart Into My Films. But I Can't Make Something Critics Like Because I Know What My Market Needs"

2:Tanya Chua(Singer-Songwriter)
When Tanya Chua(Singapore Singer) Won Taiwan's Prestigious Golden Melody Award For Best Mandarin Female Singer 2 Years Ago, Some Thought It Was A Fluke. Then The Industry's Dark Horse, She Beat Stalwarts China-Born Pop Queen Faye Wong And Fellow Singaporean Stefanie Sun. This Year She Proved Her Critics Wrong When She Achieved The Best Mandarin Female Singer Award For The Second Time And The Best Album Producer For Her Sixth And Latest Album. When Interviewed, She Said That The Last 10 Years Was A Struggle Of Trying To Follow The Direction Her Local Management And Record Company Had For Her. She Also Added That She Felt So Confused And Unsure Of Her Own Singer-Songwriter Identity But She Finally Found Herself Again.

3:Eric Khoo(Film Director)
Eric Khoo Made History This Year When His Fourth Feature-Length Film, My Magic, Became The First Singapore Film To Make It To The Prestigious Palme d'Or Competition At The Cannes Film Festival In May. He Continues To Be The Republic's Most Effectice Celluloid Ambassador In World Cinema.

4:Low Ke Hoe(Singtel's Director Of mio TV And Content)
Telecommunications Giant SingTel Scored A Major Coup When It Announced In July That Its Pay-Tv Service, mio TV, Would Be Offering Hit American Television Series On Demand As Soon As 24Hours After They Premiere In The United States. When Asked, "What Does The Consumer Want?" He Answers, "Control, To Get The Content They Want , Very Specific To Their Tastes And On Their Own Schedule." That Was What The Team Aimed To Give The Consumer.

5:Kenneth Tan(COO, Media Development Authority, And Singapore Film Commision Director)
Kenneth Tan Has Been A Fixture On Life!'s Poer List Since 2006. Last Year, Mr Tan First Made His Debut At No.9 For Shepherding Golden Village's Vivocity Outlet To A Spectacular Opening. Last Year, He Climbed A Notch To No.8 For His Staunch Support Of Home-Grown Films. This Year, He Soars Three Apots To No.5. By The End Of Next Year, He Hopes That The First Made-In-Singapore Stereoscopic 3-D Film, Amphibious, Will Be Completed, With Five More In Development.

6:Lee Thean-Jeen(Writer, Director, Producer)
The Singapore Permanent Resident Earned His Spot On Life!'s Power List By Cornering On Productions Such As English-Language Television Drama Which Looks Cinematic, Beautiful And Also Boasts A Literate Script. This Year, His Production Company Was Behind 2 Such Offerings And He Is Also Writing And Directing More Award-Winning Shows. Mr Lee Also Says That The Minute You Feel That You Have Achieved Something, You Will Stop And Not Improve. He Also Added That What Keeps Him Going Is That There Is Always A New Challenge Ahead For Him To Overcome.

7:Midas Promotions
The Second Day Of Music Festival SingFest In August Attracted One Of The Largest Crowds. The Draw Was Midas Promotions' Coup In Attracting Commercial Acts Such As Alicia Keys, The PussyCat Dolls And So ON. This Was A Vast Improvement From The Previous Year's SingFest. By Living Up To Its Name With A Golden Touch On This Year's Live Music Scene, Midas Makes Its Debut Entry On Life!'s Power List. "Singapore Is Well On Its Way To Being The Entertainment Hub Of Asia" Says Midas Promotions.

8:Kok Leng Shoong(Mediacorp Vice-President Of Chinese Drama Productions)
She May Not Be Recognised In The Streets By Fans But Her Keen Talent-Spotting Eye Determines Who Gets Star Treatment. The Mediacorp Veteran Joined Then-Radio And Television Of Singapore As A Sub-Editor When She Was Fresh Out Of Nanyang University. She Transferred To The Newly Set-Up Chinese Drama Department In 1986, Where She WOrked Her Way Up From The Bottom As An Assistant Producer. She Recalled It Was Such A Struggle That She Wanted To Quit. At The End Of The Day She Said That "If You're Good, Nobody Can Take That Away From You"

Reflection
The Life Section's Power List Is Very Inspiring As I Read Through The Achievements Of Different People. It Gets Me Very Inspired And Also The Feeling That I Can Do More For The Arts As I Do Like The Arts. The Life Section has Always Got Me Going Further And This Article Has Just Made Me Realise That Its Not A Small World After All! If In Singapore, The Smallest Country In The World, Already Has Many Great Achievers, Imagine How Much More There Would Be In Bigger Countries! I Guess Its About Time I Started Working Towards Being Someone In Future! To The Rest Of The People Out There, All The Best!

-NaZiRa