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Local model Sheila Sim and actor Elvin Ng are not only good-looking and at the top of their respective fields, they also happen to really like each other as well.

Sparks flew between the co-stars on the set of Channel 8 drama I’m In Charge in January. And after filming wrapped in April, Sim sent Ng a message that sealed their blossoming friendship.

It said: “Elvin, please don’t run away from me and retreat into your own world.”

The pair now have stimulating conversations over Whatsapp and admitted that they have found an amazing connection with each other.

Is this the newest power couple in town?

Debuts 27 May, Monday – Friday, 9:00pm

张启怀报道／摄影 
冯敏诗拍摄／剪辑

名模沈惠怡电视初体验，遇上新传媒阿哥黄俊雄，连续两星期发恶梦！

新传媒8频道全新9点档《小子当家》昨午举行记者会，主要演员齐出席与媒体现场分享拍摄经验。

《小子当家》剧情轻松幽默，除了本地观众熟悉的面孔黄俊雄和陈泰铭之外，还大胆起用之前几乎没有演戏经验的本地名模沈惠怡（Sheila Sim）作为第一女主角。

另外，剧组也请到歌台王子皓皓第一次演出电视剧。

沈惠怡接受xinmsn专访时表示，能将“第一次”献给有经验、有口碑的电视监制张龙敏，她非常放心，也是这次接演电视剧的原因。

虽然Sheila贵为本地模特儿界宠儿，观众在电视广告或杂志上都能看得到她的踪影，但她坦言，拍戏需要她一次过“又说中文又记台词又走位”，压力空前巨大，让她感到不胜负荷。

“前两个星期的压力是最大的！每天晚上都在做恶梦，会梦到Elvin（俊雄）在追杀我，然后醒来的时候是在念台词的⋯⋯ 种种的东西搞得我压力真的很大。”

剧中角色“王小慧”，个性阳光开朗，正面乐观，与沈惠怡平日高高在上的名模形象很不同。

沈惠怡直言，当模特儿跟演戏非常不一样。她笑说，《小》刚开拍时，自己完全真还处在模特儿状态中，“讲话小小声、动作小小、 （打扮得）漂漂亮亮的，好像有风在吹”。

《小》的前半段拍摄，她几乎天天得与“前辈”黄俊雄对戏，朝夕相处。她表示，很感激对方一直从旁指导她，让她更容易进入角色当中。

“他会观察我，当他发现我NG很多次、情绪掉了的时候，他会把我拉到一旁告诉我：你不要紧张，你越紧张越是表演不出来。”

沈惠怡为自己在处女电视作品的努力打了90分，但暂时没有成为全职演员的想法。

跨界电视后，接下来还想尝试？她笑着说，虽然她唱歌的天分几乎等于零，但如果有机会还是希望能尝试一下。

“中学时期我会把音乐开得大大声、在房间大唱，如果家里有人，就会躲在厕所戴耳机唱，私底下也很喜欢去KTV。唱歌是我舒缓情绪的方法！”

《小》之后，她又将继续投入模特儿工作，来临星期天，将为国际品牌Hussein Chalayan在本地时装周走秀。

黄俊雄计划出书 为自己言论“平反”

黄俊雄在《小子当家》中的大流氓角色“阿威”，是那种一出场即是全场目光焦点的小混混人物。除了自己向监制建议剔光头和纹身，他说话也变得“乱乱讲”，为角色豁出去。

黄俊雄透露，入行演出的第一个角色就是《活下去》中的小流氓。几年前，他突然有了想再度挑战小混混角色的念头，企图脱离邻家男孩的框框。

黄俊雄自喻“阿威把我心里的魔鬼全部掏出来”。

 “我个性内向，通常要跟很亲密的人才比较放得开，但‘阿威’让我做了很多叛逆、安全范围之外的东西！”

而对于首次合作的沈惠怡和皓皓，他则说3人合作得很开心，拍戏火花十足，笑场连连，结果还一直被导演骂。

日前，黄俊雄在《红星大奖》一席“完美也有不完美”的“十大”得奖谢词，让不少人摸不着脑，又再被媒体拿来做文章。

记者问他是否有什么要补充的？

他顿了几秒：“其实我要讲的就是，我有自己想传达的意思，可能在那一分钟里面人家是听不进去。谁说上台领奖一定有一个模式。”

“要听的人，就会听。那些要戴着有色眼镜看的，就会戴着有色眼镜看。每个人都在过自己的生活。”

毕业自国大文学系的黄俊雄之后透露，年底将推出自己的第一本书。

他表示，一直有很多的想法，每次当他选择把这些想法在台上讲出来，很多人都会觉得：蛤？在讲什么？所以书里面会有很多关于生活、关于爱的文字，希望能跟大家分享。

至于感情生活，Elvin三缄其口，绕了一圈说：“现在的状态很好，就是工作、照顾我家人，希望以爱出发啦。最重要就是能给予别人爱。”

《小子当家》从5月27日起，每逢星期一至五，晚上9点，通过8频道播出。

In case you’re wondering, here’s a quick recap of the kind of activities they have done with Elvin over the years: in 2010 they brought him on a joyride aboard a lorry truck, in 2011 they trooped down to Muar and he made ‘sushi’ for them, in 2012 they had a mini yusheng party with outside MediaCorp and celebrated his Star Awards win with hisC.L.I.F. 2 life-size standee.

This year, they booked a hotel room at Marina Bay sands and met up with Elvin after the Star Awards Show 2 post-party reception. It was a simple affair that involved home-made food by the members, a sing-along to Bruno Mars’ song and of course, the necessary photo-taking at the end of it.

Giving thanks to the support shown by fans and family at his post-party interview with xinmsn, Elvin said, “I don’t know what I have done to gain all these. I have the support a lot of people this lifetime and often I ask myself: ‘What have I done to deserve this?’ But I’m grateful and I will continue working hard to do even better shows.”

“Of course I have to thank my fans all the time,” the thankful actor said. “They are not my fans but the ones behind my success; it’s their hard work that has allowed me to achieve all these [awards].”

Indeed, Elvinology is more than just a fanclub, said fanclub president Audrey Huang. “We are a place where strangers become friends, friends become family.”

Read full article here: http://entertainment.xin.msn.com/en/celebrity/buzz/asia/elvin-ngs-post-star-awards-celebration-with-his-elves#image=1

Debuts 27 May, Weeknights, 9.00pm

I’m In Charge

Telecast Details: Debuts 27 May, Monday – Friday, 9:00pm

Episodes: 20

Executive Producer: Chong Liung Man

Story Planner: Ang Eng Tee                     

Synopsis

This is a 20-episode drama about a youth who has to shoulder the duty of being the man of the house while his mother is hospitalised. Not only does the boy have to support the family, he also must bear the responsibility of looking after his young brother and sister. The story underscores  the value of familial love and the need for young people to be independent and to have a sense of responsibility.

Wang Jiahao is a rebellious youth whose bad name causes him to be blacklisted by schools. In spite of that, his mother does not give up hope on him. She works hard at two jobs just to admit him into a private school. But Jiahao does not appreciate his mother’s effort at all. He lives aimlessly day by day, with scant regard for his future until one day, his mother meets with an accident and lies unconscious in hospital. Only then does Jiahao realise that he has to assume the heavy responsibility of being the “head of the family”.

Jiahao’s mother, while fending off a thief’s attempt to snatch her $1000, is pushed down the stairway. Despite losing consciousness upon hitting her head, she still clutches her purse. Jiahao knows that the $1000 is meant for him; he has threatened to leave home if his mother refuses to give him $1000 to buy a computer.

Staring at his unconscious mother, Jiahao has never felt so remorseful. He promises his mother to take good care of his younger brother and sister so that she will see a complete family upon regaining consciousness.

Jiahao has a 14-year-old sister who is as rebellious as him, and an extremely mischievous 10-year-old brother. He quickly feels the helplessness of managing the family and his two siblings. He does not even know how to boil water. The two rascals are simply disobedient to him.

Fortunately, Jiahao has a warm and kind paternal aunt, Wang Xiaohui. She volunteers to move in with the children and claims that she will take “good” care of them. However, this aunt is a super bungler. She is eager to help but always messes things up. Not only does Xiaohui cook a meal that is too awful to swallow, she almost causes the whole family to die of gas poisoning.

Jiahao has no choice but to “head the family”. He has to see to everything – from doing the basic of preparing three meals a day to washing the laundry, clearing the choked toilet bowl, emptying the rubbish, buying toilet paper, trimming his brother’s hair, meeting the teachers, etc. As if this string of duties is not enough, he also has to find time to visit his eccentric maternal grandfather. Only then does it dawn on him that his mother had been a “superwoman”, a multi-tasker; her children do nothing but rely on their mother for food and money. He finally understands his mother’s pains of looking after them.

Jiahao’s mother has left little money for them. Auntie cannot even pay her mountain of credit card debts, let alone help them financially. Jiahao has no choice but to work during his school vacation. While working at a restaurant in the swimming club, he is mesmerised by a pretty girl in swimwear.

The girl is Jiang Haiying, a sweet girl with a fantastic figure. In the water, she is like a mermaid. Out of the water, she is bubbly and cheerful. But the other party is a top student of a prestigious school, and a swimming captain to boot. Her father is a well-known lawyer. He is nothing compared to her. Moreover, Jiahao has a secret- he has a phobia of entering a pool as a result of a childhood incident where he nearly drowned. This is his secret that cannot be revealed, yet the girl he is fond of is a “mermaid”. Jiahao has the courage only to enjoy watching her in stealth but not to take any action. One day, Jiahao happens to see Haiying struggling in the water due to leg cramp. Seeing that nobody else is in sight, he jumps into the pool to save her without considering his own safety. Unfortunately, Haiying ends up saving him instead. It is “a blessing in disguise”, and Jiahao befriends Haiyin. He also finds out that like him, Haiying has “a secret that cannot be revealed”….

On the home front, Jiahao is in a fix. His sister wants to wear a nose stud. He opposes it vehemently for fear that his mother will wake up to see her daughter turned into a young punk. His sister’s response that “Mother may never wake up again!” incurs his wrath.  After retorting that “You have never behaved like an elder brother”, she leaves home.

Will Jiahao eventually behave like an elder brother?

In the midst of facing a deluge of problems, his maternal uncle Ah Wei appears at the flat. He is homeless after being released from prison. Xiaohui is afraid that Ah Wei, With his secret society background, will lead Jiahao astray. She is determined to stop Ah Wei from moving in but the thick-skinned latter refuses to leave.  In a quick change of heart, Xiaohui also moves in to set herself against Ah Wei. Both parties are hostile and often at loggerheads with each other. Sandwiched between them, Jiahao can only agonise.  Around this time, a man claiming to be their future father appears out of nowhere, making this messy family even more “exciting”. …

Jiahao tries his best to overcome the various obstacles. His efforts are not futile in the end. He succeeds as “head of the family”, and in “pairing up” Ah Wei and Xiaohui. His mother awakens to see her son has changed for the better and a family full of warmth….

The light-hearted drama, scripted by Ang Eng Tee and directed by Chong Liung Man, seeks to entertain viewers for an hour in a relaxed mood.