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ARTS&LEISURE
October14
FOR KIDS
Young Hollywood’s Greatest
This programme gets up close and personal
with the biggest stars inHollywood, featuring
“best-of” celebrity moments through clips
of candid interviews and behind-the-scenes
footage done in a top-seven countdown
format – categories include “the greatest”
action stars, and next generation superstars
and heartthrobs. Premieres 25 October
on RTL CBS Entertainment HD (StarHub
Channel 509; SingTel mio TV Channel 318).
Halloween Treat
In honour of All Hallows’ Eve, Disney
Channel has a full line-up of spooky
fun and adventure in store, including
film favourites and all-new episodes
fromhit shows like
Austin andAlly
,
Pair
of Kings
,
Jessie
,
Good Luck Charlie
and
Lab Rats
. It all starts with
Toy
Story of Terror
at 12midnight, followed
by
Phineas and Ferb Halloween
,
Gravity Falls
,
Art Attack Halloween
Special
and the popular
Pirates of the
Caribbean: The Curse of the Black
Pearl.
31 October on Disney Channel
(StarHub Channel 312).
Grace
Set in present-day Asia, this
new, four-part mini-series – an
HBO Asia original – unravels the
story of a father whose terrible
mistake condemns his family to
unspeakable horrors. The show
takes a look at the Asian concepts
of family, sacrifice and vengeance,
and promises to give viewers
quite a fright. We asked
Grace
’s
GEORGE YOUNG – a British
lawyer-turned-actor of Malaysian-
Chinese and Greek descent –
what we can look forward to.
What can we expect from
Grace?
Oh, wow – without giving anything
away, it’s a modern tale that
focuses on the repercussions of
one man’s actions; the sins of our
fathers coming back to haunt us.
It’s a modern, Greek tragedy with
an Asian twist, which, I realised, is
very much my kind of thing, being
half-Greek and half-Chinese!
The horror series is set to conclude with the last two episodes
premiering back-to-back on Halloween night. How scared should we
actually be?
Just settle down, get nice and comfy, dim the lights a bit and let us take
you on a ride – that way, when it happens, it happens. I wish everyone
could see me grinning right now…
Tell us about your character, Charles.
Charles is married to Lisa, the eldest daughter of the Chan family – the
focus of this tale we’ve woven for you this Halloween season. Charles
works in the Chan family business, and is trying to provide for Lisa and
their future baby that’s well on its way at the start of the series. If Charles
gets a little cynical at times, it’s because he’s tired, so cut him some
slack please, dear audience; I’m very protective of him.
What was the best thing about filming the series in Singapore?
I’ve been filming here for three years now, so for me it was seeing how
– in that short span of time – Singapore has reached the international
stage in terms of production values and studio space. To have so much
talent – both international and home-grown – come together in one
glorious, new soundstage to make something all of us feel is very special
is, well, very special indeed. The environment and what we created here
in Singapore brought us all together – from a bunch of actors playing a
family to actually becoming one. I can’t wait for you to see it.
Grace premieres 17 October at 10pm on HBO/HBO HD (StarHub
Channel 601).
SMALL SCREEN