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AsiaOne
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- AsiaOne
Christopher Lee, Cynthia Koh, Chantalle Ng among Star Awards 2025 winners, Entertainment News
Star Awards 2025, with its lavish guest list of over 200 celebrities, ended on a high note last night (July 6). From Best Actress to Favourite CP, here's the list of all the winners in each category. Performance Category Best Actor Christopher Lee went home with Best Actor for his role in the 2024 drama Kill Sera Sera. This marks his third Best Actor win, with his first being in 1997 where he broke a record for being the youngest actor to win a Star Award at age 26. Best Actress She was nominated for the category for the first time, and went home with a win. Best Actress went to Hong Kong star Jessica Hsuan for her role in Kill Sera Sera. Best Supporting Actor Chen Hanwei won Best Supporting Actor for the third time for his role in the 2024 drama Unforgivable. He took home the same award in 2015 and 2018. When AsiaOne asked him how he felt about this win, he said he suddenly thought of his mother who died July last year. "In the past, whenever I won an award, she was always the first person I would tell. But this year… I no longer have that chance. So today, I'm wearing her ring and her earrings. I hope she knows." He said some people may wonder why he won again and spoke his piece. "I just want to say this, I'm an actor. Acting is no longer just my profession. It's my life. It's everything to me. I've been doing this for over 30 years, and during that time, I've always been nurturing and guiding the younger generation. But acting is still my craft, and I have to give it my all," he said. Best Supporting Actress This year marks her sixth time being nominated in this category, and her first winning it. Cynthia Koh won Best Supporting Actress for her role in the drama Hope Afloat, and she told AsiaOne she had been waiting for this moment for a long time. "After so many years of returning empty-handed, I've felt disappointed and distraught previously. So to be able to get it this time round, I'm truly very happy," said the 51-year-old. "Honestly, perhaps due to the disappointment from previous years, yesterday I was able to fall asleep really quickly, and didn't really consider winning the award much, if at all." Cynthia last won a Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste award in 2022. Best Rising Star Tyler Ten is this year's Best Rising Star. He won the award for his role in Unforgivable. The 29-year-old told AsiaOne he's thinking of buying a whole cake for himself to celebrate his achievement. "I love chocolate cake, and I've been starving myself so that I can look good on stage. I will also celebrate with my fans and treat them to a meal, because they have been working really hard these past few years and this is my first award so I would like to share [this win] with them," he said. Best Programme Host (Entertainment & Infotainment) Best Programme Host went to Christopher Lee for his cooking show Dishing with Chris Lee S2. He said he wants to film a third season not for the awards, but the audience: "When I go to wet markets, there are many elderly folks who ask me when season three will happen, so I know that audiences love this show. I'll work hard to secure and confirm the third season, because their love is most important." Young Talent Award Child actor Lincoln Ang won the Young Talent Award for Born to Shine. The series was his second drama, with his debut work being All That Glitters (2023). Best Audio Personality Yes 933 DJ Kenneth Chung took home the Best Audio Personality award. He was previously nominated for Top 10 Most Popular Male Artiste in 2023 and 2024. Popularity Category Top 10 Most Popular Female Artiste Awards Ya Hui (ninth win) Chen Ning (third win) Denise Camillia Tan (second win) Chantalle Ng (fourth win) Carrie Wong (10th win) Chen Biyu (third win) Gao Meigui (second win) Tasha Low (third win) Hong Ling (fourth win) Paige Chua (ninth win) Top 10 Most Popular Male Artiste Awards Romeo Tan (10th win) Xu Bin (sixth win) Jeremy Chan (third win) Jeff Goh (third win) Benjamin Tan (second win) Zong Zijie (first win) Marcus Chin (fifth win) Desmond Tan (ninth win) Richie Koh (second win) Guo Liang (ninth win) Most Popular Rising Stars Most Popular Rising Stars went to three actors: Ayden Sng, Zhang Zetong and Tyler Ten. Special Awards All-Time Favourite Artiste Awards All-Time Favourite Artiste is awarded to artistes who have won a cumulative 10 Top 10 Most Popular Artiste awards. This year, the trophies went to actress Yvonne Lim and host Pornsak. [[nid:719896]] Special Achievement Award The Special Achievement Award went to Christopher Lee. My Pick Awards! Favourite CP Chantalle Ng has won My Pick Awards! Favourite CP (Couple) for the fourth time in a row, and this time it's with her Hope Afloat co-star Zhang Zetong. She previously won the same award with Xu Bin for My Star Bride in 2022 as well as Love at First Bite in 2023 and with Desmond Tan for All That Glitters in 2024. [[nid:719888]] The Show Stealer My Pick Awards! The Show Stealer this year went to Jesseca Liu won for her role in Unforgivable. She was last nominated for Best Actress in 2023 but went home empty-handed for the fifth time. Most Emotional Performance Another Unforgivable cast member swept a trophy from My Pick Awards!. Hong Ling won the Most Emotional Performance award for her role as Guan Lin in the drama. Awards presented by partners Bioskin Most Charismatic Award Chantalle Ng won Bioskin's Most Charismatic Award. BYD Favourite Male Character Award The BYD Favourite Male Character Award went to Romeo Tan for his role as Hendrix in Mr Zhou's Ghost Stories@Job Haunting III. BYD Favourite Female Character Award Carrie Wong won the BYD Favourite Female Character Award for her role as Lin Siyu in Coded Love. Programme Awards Best Short-form Entertainment Programme The trophy for Best Short-form Entertainment Programme went to #JustSwipeLah, hosted by Xixi Lim, Juin Teh, Jernelle Oh and Seow Sin Nee. Best Entertainment Programme Dishing with Chris Lee season two achieved the Best Entertainment Programme award. The other nominated shows were King of Culinary season four, Makan On Wheels, Pasar Malam Stars and Star Awards 2024 - Award Ceremony. Best Infotainment Programme Legends of Singapore Comedy won Best Infotainment Programme over Old Taste Detective season five, Tuesday Report - Restart, Women Behind Bars and World's Unique Neighbourhoods. Best Drama Serial The Best Drama Serial award went to Unforgivable. The other nominated dramas were Kill Sera Sera, Once Upon A New Year's Eve, To Be Loved and Born to Shine. Best Radio Programme Best Radio Programme went to The Shuang, Kunz, Jia Trio (Yes 933). DJs Hazelle Teo and Chen Qijia shared funny memories they had while on air. Shared Hazelle, 31: "When I was really new and just entered the radio industry, I went confidently on air during my weekend shift and I said, 'Oh today is a very beautiful Sunday afternoon, I hope everyone can get to have a lan jiao (lazy nap in Mandarin but sounds like a Hokkien swear word).' "That was such a funny mistake I made all those years ago and I will never forget it." Qijia, also 31, recalled how she drank a matcha latte and almost blacked out during a night belt with Hazelle: "It was then that I realised I had caffeine intolerance. So I was literally talking and I almost closed my eyes and blacked out... I told Hazelle, 'Babe, I'm, gonna faint.' Then, she quickly passed me her medicated oil. I'll remember that oil for life." Best Theme Song This year's Best Theme Song award went to Remenants (Once Upon A New Year's Eve) performed by Jim Lim. [[nid:719799]] syarifahsn@ No part of this article can be reproduced without permission from AsiaOne.
AsiaOne
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- AsiaOne
Chantalle Ng wins 4th Star Awards' My Pick Awards! Favourite CP, Entertainment News
Chantalle Ng has won for the fourth time in a row. The 30-year-old received the My Pick Awards! Favourite CP (Couple) accolade with her Hope Afloat co-star Zhang Zetong at Star Awards 2025 this evening (July 6). She previously won the same award with Xu Bin for My Star Bride in 2022 as well as Love at First Bite in 2023 and with Desmond Tan for All That Glitters in 2024. The My Pick Awards! winners were announced at the Star Awards backstage live show, with the other categories being The Show Stealer and Most Emotional Performance. For The Show Stealer award, Jesseca Liu, 46, won for her role as Gao Shuya in Unforgivable. Meanwhile, Hong Ling, 30, won the Most Emotional Performance award for her role as Guan Lin in Unforgivable. [[nid:719845]]
CBS News
16-06-2025
- Health
- CBS News
In Philadelphia, breast cancer survivors paddle toward wellness together with dragon boat racing
On the banks of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, a group of breast cancer survivors assembles for practice. "My life is better for it. It's an incredible community of people who have gone through some version of what I've been through," said Catherine Hagele, a breast cancer survivor and member of the Hope Afloat dragon boat racing team. After finding a lump in 2017 when she was 49, Hagele had surgery, chemo and radiation. "It was the hardest thing I've ever done," she said. She said a big part of her recovery was finding this dragon boat racing team. Paddling their way to wellness in unison, the team called Hope Afloat even created a special song for themselves. Linda Giovinco lost her mother and sister to breast cancer, and then she was diagnosed. She said the team saved her life. "It's increased my confidence, it's given me a sense of camaraderie," Giovinco said. "Having lost a sister, I got all these sisters." Hagele, who works at Penn Medicine, recently received a Penn CAREs grant to supply equipment and discounted memberships for the team. The team ranges in age from 30 to 85 and welcomes all breast cancer patients and survivors, no matter their ability. And a few have been selected to be part of Team USA at the World Dragon Boat Racing Championships in Germany in July. "They are having an inaugural breast cancer survivor division, and so I'm part of the first team," Hagele said. Beyond the support and friendships, research shows dragon boat racing can help reduce breast cancer complications.
