Insta-buzz: What the stars were up to this week
We round up our favourite snaps from the past week.
JJ Lin returns to Singapore for record-setting concert
You’ve probably seen the slew of Instagram Story videos posted over the weekend already, with concert-goers sharing snippets of homeboy JJ’s two concerts at the National Stadium.
Apart from having VIPs like Korean girlgroup SNSD’s Tiffany and Mrs Goh Chok Tong in attendance, JJ also set a record, for being the first Asian singer to perform two sold-out shows at the National Stadium.
Photos: JJ Lin/Instagram
Did you spot a familiar face on stage during JJ’s two concerts in Singapore?
Hello there! Junyang’s been kept busy on tour with JJ Lin as a back-up singer for JJ's Sanctuary 2.0 World Tour these few months. After a whopping 65 stops (and more to come), he’s finally back in Singapore for the 66th concert.
Photos: Ang Junyang/Instagram
Merry Xmas from our local celebrities
It was a busy Christmas for most of them, but it seemed like family photos were de rigueur this year. But of course, that’s not all they got up to this Christmas.
Photos: Chen Hanwei/Instagram, Yvonne Lim/Instagram, Hong Huifang/Instagram, Constance Song/Instagram
Now, do you get what we said about family photos this Christmas?
Vivian Hsu and her family had a blast of a time on Christmas, with real snow and a true white Christmas. Meanwhile, Christine Fan and Blackie Chen opted to keep things simple with a homemade Christmas tree.
Photos: Vivian Hsu/Instagram, Christine Fan/Instagram
Christmas greetings from Korea’s favourite triplets
It sure has been a while since we’ve last seen Korean actor Song Ilgook’s triplet sons, Daehan, Minguk and Manse, who left the Korean reality show, The Return of Superman in 2016, hasn’t it?
Photo: Song Ilgook/Instagram
It’s back to work as per normal for the cast of My Guardian Angels
The cast of My Guardian Angels had to return back to work a day after the Christmas festivities on Boxing Day, but they definitely made sure to still have fun on-set, with this video of Pierre sneaking up on an unsuspecting Zoe to scare her as proof.
Photos: Zoe Tay/Instagram
Celebrating the Winter Solstice with a piping hot bowl of tangyuan
There’s simply nothing like tucking into a bowl filled with the sweet doughy goodness of tangyuan during Winter Solstice, which fell on Dec 22 this year. Bonus points if they’re handmade, like Fann Wong and Zed’s tangyuan.
Photos: Fann Wong/Instagram, Kym Ng/Instagram
Cecilia Cheung holidays in Bangkok with her two younger sons
Cecilia sure is enjoying her year-end break! After holidaying in Singapore earlier this month, the mother-of-three is now in Bangkok, this time, with her two younger sons, Quintus and Marcus. And no, she has yet to reveal the face of baby Marcus, although Cecilia does seem to be more open about her baby prince now, posting a number of snaps and videos of the 1-year-old with his face strategically hidden.
Photos: Cecilia Cheung/Instagram
BY2 ends off a successful 2019 with two awards
The duo staged a successful “rebirth" with their appearance on the reality show, The Coming One, earlier this year. Since then, it’s been triumph after triumph for the twins. Congrats!
Photos: Miko/Instagram, Yumi/Instagram
Dee Hsu’s youngest daughter sure has some unorthodox photoshoot poses
“A genius darling,” Christine cooed in her caption, sharing that Dee’s youngest daughter, 7-year-old Alice, had come up with the idea to do a cartwheel during the photoshoot. Dee’s younger daughters, Lily and Alice had recently taken part in a fashion shoot for Christine Fan’s fashion brand, GENQUO, where they were praised for being as photogenic as Dee.
Photos: Christine Fan/Instagram
Chantelle Ng and Rui En meet Xu Bin’s adorable baby son, Ethan
Although it was Chantelle and Rui En’s first meeting with baby Ethan, the baby boy managed to capture the hearts of both actresses, and it seems like the feeling was mutual. In a later post, Chantelle shared that poor Ethan cried up a storm later, when it was time to part ways and head home.
Seems like there’s only one solution for this — more meetups in 2020.
Photos: Chantelle Ng/Instagram
That sure is one way to beat the heat this Christmas
Hong Kong celebs Myolie Wu, Nancy Wu, Paisley Wu, Selena Lee and Elaine Yiu, who went on a girls trip to Maldives in late November sent the internet world buzzing with their many snaps of their idyllic getaway. On Christmas, Paisley uploaded a picture she had been saving for a month, sharing a picture of the girls in their swimsuits with the caption, "”Merry Hot Christmas” Everyone”.
Photos: Paisley Wu/Instagram
All decked out in Christmas sweaters and festive headbands this time
Brendan sure is lucky to have so many doting godmothers! Missing from the gathering of godmothers were Hong Kong actress Selena Lee, who wasn’t present due to work and Hong Kong actress-singer Elaine Yiu, who was stuck at home battling a bout of sickness.
Photos: Myolie Wu/Instagram
Jeanette Aw completes her Le Cordon Bleu journey — and is brought to tears by a surprise celebration
Congratulations, Jeanette! The actress’s nine-month patisserie journey has ended, with the actress having graduated with a diploma from the famed Le Cordon Bleu school. Later that day, the actress was brought to tears after being surprised with a celebration party, filled with love and affection from her friends, who she got to know after being appointed the ambassador to Takasaki, Japan last year.
Photos: Jeanette Aw/Instagram
Noontalk Media announces a memorial event for Aloysius Pang on January 5
The memorial event, which will be held at 3PM on January 5, will serve as a simple gathering for those missing Aloysius, who passed away on January 24 this year after sustaining serious injuries during his reservist training.
Photo: Noontalk Media/Instagram
Carrie Wong’s VIP experience at dinner
Carrie, Jeffrey Xu, Felicia Chin, Cynthia Koh and Joanne Peh gathered for dinner earlier this week, where Carrie enjoyed an extra-special dining experience, with everyone scrambling to offer her their prawns, after sharing that she was lazy to de-shell the prawns they were having. Lucky!
Photo: Joanne Peh/Instagram
Singapore was gripped by eclipse fever, and our local celebrities were no exception
All that has to be said (and seen) about the solar eclipse has probably been done to death by now, but we just had to add in Stefanie Sun’s DIY solar glasses, which gave us a good chuckle when we saw the post.
Photos: Stefanie Sun/Instagram
Ruby Lin celebrates husband Wallace Huo’s boxing day birthday
Ruby’s love confession to Wallace in her caption is just too sweet!
"Happy Birthday my dear…… Love you,” she wrote, sharing a picture of their simple celebration.
Photo: Ruby Lin/Instagram
Lin Meijiao celebrates her 56th birthday
Happy birthday, Meijiao! Isn’t this photo of Chantelle and Meijiao the cutest?
Photo: Chantelle Ng/Instagram
More cakes for Elvin Ng
Birthday celebrations for the 39-year-old (his birthday falls on Dec 23) started early last week, and show no signs of abating just yet! The more cakes, the better, right?
Photos: Elvin Ng/Instagram
Too cute for words!
More baby and family photoshoots, pretty please! Xu Bin's baby boy Ethan has been capturing hearts left right and centre, and of course, Tay Kewei and Alfred Sim's little Momo probably needs no introduction by now.
Photos: Xu Bin/Instagram, Tay Kewei/Instagram
Little Egan is all of us after all the feasting and celebrations this week
Can you say, food coma? Janet Hsieh and George Young’s little boy perfectly illustrates exactly how we felt at the end of the week.
Photo: Janet Hsieh/Instagram
