2008年5月8日 星期四

单飞3年出片 耀珊帮助牛奶再发唱片


ENERGY前团员“牛奶”单飞3年,最近用回本名“叶乃文”推出个人首张专辑《舞是刀》,历经3年自我磨练,他胸围暴增为100公分,腹部顶起6块肌,被粉丝赞为“人体寿司”,他打趣说自己跳舞常翻跟斗,应该叫“回转寿司”。
  离开歌坛3年,牛奶忙着在台湾经营舞蹈学校,因他获得本地歌手何耀珊的赏识,引荐签入本地“思创”经纪成为师姐弟,酝酿多时,终于完成这张新专辑。
  “牛奶”叶乃文近年每天练舞到午夜12点,返家后还出外慢跑半小时,每天跑5公里,从不间断,仰卧起坐和伏地挺身则每天300下,练成“神功”,他说:“艺人本来就该操练好全身,希望这次出辑,大家可以看出我的改变!”

2008年5月5日 星期一

Olivia Newton-John and Sun Ho collaborate on new album

By Asif Ansar, TODAY Posted: 02 May 2008 1137 hrs
Sun Ho and Olivia Newton-John worked together on Isn't it Amazing

It's not often that someone gets a phone call from the legendary Olivia Newton-John — and especially not to collaborate on a song. But it happened to Singaporean singer Sun Ho. "She made quite a few calls to me even before we met and was telling me what the song would be like and what she wanted me to do," said a clearly excited Ho over the phone from her apartment in New York. The two songbirds worked together on Isn't it Amazing for cancer-survivor Newton-John's upcoming Songs of Hope and Inspiration: Olivia and Friends album to raise funds for a cancer support centre and to commemorate her awareness-raising Great Walk to Beijing earlier this month. Other artistes on the album include Keith Urban, Richard Marx, and Cliff Richard. Ho's part in the song was recorded in the United States — where she is working on her new album — while Newton-John did her bit in Australia before finally meeting recently to put the final touches to the track at rapper-cum- producer Wyclef Jean's studio in New York. "When we finally met at Wyclef's studio, I actually felt like I already knew her and she was exactly how I expected her to be: Very warm, very real and very pretty, of course," said the 37-year-old singer. "Having this chance was like a dream come true, you know, to be able to sing with her in a studio." Besides hobnobbing with celebrities like Newton-John, Ho was also kept busy after being picked as a "Music Ambassador" for the Beijing Olympic Games this year. In February, she became the first person to sing the century-old Olympic anthem in Mandarin at the Forbidden City. But the most of her time is spent on her new album, due early next year, which she is working on with Jean. One of the songs making a buzz is China Wine — the video of which features Ho shaking her bum in tight shorts and gyrating between two homeboys. "If people are saying it is sexy, I'll take that as a compliment," she said when asked if it wasn't a bit too revealing for someone who is seen as a role model for youth and is closely associated with a church. Ho is married to Reverend Kong Hee, the founder of the City Harvest Church in Singapore. She also used to be the church's music director. She said: "But it was not so much intentional … The whole theme was focused on how to bring out something new with an Asian influence but yet relevant to the American market." She also defended the "Geisha" persona she plays in the video where she pretty much comes across as a vindictive ah lian who catches her man cheating. "I was careful about that. Wyclef wanted to use the 'Geisha' persona. At this moment, this is what American people know about Asia. Memoirs of a Geisha is big in the US at the moment," she added. And it seems to have caught the public's eye because, at last count, the video had received over 600,000 views on YouTube. So with things really taking off for her in the States, does this mean we will be seeing less of her here? "Definitely not! Singapore is my home and my family is there and I really miss home. I miss my mum and dad," said Ho, adding that the reason she spends most of her time in the US is because of the new album. "Please tell everybody I love Singapore, and besides my family, I also miss my mee siam and lontong," said the mother of a three-year-old boy. Ho was last in Singapore in October. But not to worry, home is just a phone call away. -
TODAY