8 Days

After three years in a halfway house, Malcolm (Desmond Tan), an ex-drug addict with a yen for running, is released. Rebuilding his life, he faces adjustment problems. At work as a sullen furniture mover. At home with his unforgiving father, Kong Sai (Zhu Houren), and friendlier stepmom Sally (A Brighter Summer Day’s Elaine Jin). Out of shape while panting-jogging, Malcolm is overtaken by a cheeky kid, Benson (Albert Tan), who trash-talks him to motivate him.

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Taiwanese host Matilda Tao has joined her son in studying in Singapore. The 56-year-old, whose son Li Wu, 17, attends an international school here, recently enrolled in the Chinese EMBA programme at the National University of Singapore (NUS). After completing her first course — accounting — Matilda returned to Taiwan and shared her experience on her podcast. And talk about being thrown straight into the deep end.

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Antonio Miscellaneo leaves Italian food behind at the Dempsey eatery, serving Persian flatbreads, Ottolenghi-inspired salads and charcoal-grilled seafood.

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There are some birthdays that are especially hard to celebrate. Yesterday (Oct 6) would have been late Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu’s 50th birthday, and her family and close friends gathered at her grave at Chin Pao San Cemetery in New Taipei to mark the occasion. Her younger sister Dee Hsu, 48, shared several photos from the intimate gathering, which was attended by their mum, Barbie’s husband, South Korean singer DJ Koo, 57, as well as celeb pals, singer Christine Fan and Blackie Chen.

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Buying your own place at 24 in Singapore is rare, but that's what Yiting, better known online as Hokkien Girl, did two years ago. On top of that, she spent around S$100K renovating it. Now 26, the content creator recently opened the doors to her 721 sq ft, two-room apartment on Kaypoh Room Tours, sharing that she moved into the apartment in August 2024. "A lot of people will [ask], 'Ah, you can [buy your own place], like family damn rich or whatever,' right?

You know that feeling when you catch a whiff of something funky in public and have to pretend everything is fine? Japanese singer-actor Sho Hirano, 29, appears to know it all too well. The Number i member was recently in Paris for Fashion Week, where he attended Louis Vuitton’s menswear show. Seated next to Sho in the front row was Australian actor Josh Heuston, 29, who has appeared in Thor: Love and Thunder and Netflix series Heartbreak High. Sounds like prime seating, right?