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| Posted: 05 Apr 2013 04:25 AM PDT A former wrestler jumps out of the ring and into the ocean. UNLIKE in his previous job where he manhandled his opponents in the wrestling ring, TV host Eric Young says he handles the fish he catches carefully. "Ninety percent of what I do is catch and release, it's more sport fishing than commercial fishing. It's very low impact, people sport fish all over the world. We're very mindful to handle the fish right, make sure we put them back in the water still alive so someone else can catch it and have the same kind of experience that we did," he says. Young, a former Total Nonstop Action (TNA) professional wrestler, is the host of the Animal Planet show, Off The Hook: Extreme Catches, about unusual and often dangerous fishing methods. The show features stunts such as Young trying to catch a sand shark with pantyhose – and succeeding. Young, 34, hints that the second season of the show will be even more extreme than the first, with episodes set in the harsh cold waters near Alaska, an ice festival in Minnesota and even under ice dives. It is not only fishing enthusiasts who enjoy the programme, he stresses, adding that he has met many unlikely fans. "I get stopped in the airport, you know, by girls as young as the age of 12 saying they watch the show and they love it. They don't like fishing because fish are 'gross' and they don't like touching them, but it's still a fun show to watch." Part of the fun, apparently, is due to Young's colourful way with words – he cusses quite a bit on screen. In his own defence, he says: "Sometimes the emotions just come out and I cannot help it. I know Animal Planet is not a great fan of it and I know kids watch my shows. "But the person you see on the show is who I am in real life." In fact, it was his colourful personality in the ring that caught the attention of the show's producers. It turns out, fortuitously, that he is also a fishing enthusiast. Young, whose real name is Jeremy Fritz (Eric Young is his ring name), is mindful of environmental issues, with the current furore over depleting fish stocks. He says: "A lot of the fishermen in the United States are worried about world regulations. We did an episode where we were catching bluefin tuna. In the US, they're very protected and you can only catch a certain amount a day, but bluefin tuna are global fish so the same one you catch in Cape Cod in Massachusetts could have been in Portugal earlier that year. Fish that are global should have global regulations." Strong opinions about the current fishing environment and regulations aside, he urges amateur anglers to just have fun. "Fishing is a game of patience and testing. There are so many styles of fishing; try spearfishing, try rod and reel, try net fishing, try until you find what you really like." Ironically, the one person that he cannot seem to convince of the fun of fishing is his wife of 11 months, also a professional wrestler known as ODB, who is in her 30s. He confesses that she is not the biggest fan of fishing and the cold. This means she does not travel with him and they have been apart as much as they have been together since they got married last May because he has been filming the second season of the show. He admits: "I'm not good at the married life." – The Straits Times, Singapore/Asia News Network ■ Catch Off The Hook: Extreme Catches on Animal Planet (Astro Ch 556) every Monday at 9pm. |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2013 04:23 AM PDT The cast of Ghost Child shares spooky stories which they encountered on the set of their new movie. FOLLOWING his success in the horror genre with the National Service-themed military ghost flick 23:59 (2011), Singaporean filmmaker Gilbert Chan decided to direct another scary movie. Written and directed by Chan, the S$1mil (RM2.5mil) Ghost Child is presented by MM2 Entertainment, Clover Films and Zhao Wei Films. The story tells how things start getting spooky for a contractor's mother and daughter when he brings his new Indonesian wife back to his home in Singapore. While driving through a remote area in Indonesia late one night, widower Choon (Chen Hanwei) saves a pretty woman by the name of Na (Carmen Soo) from a bunch of burly rogues. Na follows Choon home to Singapore, but finds that she has to contend with a hostile reception from his mother (Cecilia Heng) and daughter Kim (Jayley Woo). Meanwhile, Kim is also having a particularly rough time in school – poor grades, getting bullied and boy problems – after her mother died of cancer. As if that is not enough, a ghost child suddenly emerges and starts making mischief in their household. For those who are not aware, a ghost child (toyol in Malay or gui zai in Chinese) is a mythical goblin – invoked from a dead human foetus through the use of black magic – that is usually kept for financial gain or to create mischief. Its owners usually make offerings of candies, marbles, toys and even blood to appease the spirit and compel it to perform specific tasks. Chan was accompanied by the movie's leads Soo and Chen at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday to promote the horror flick. Each of them had scary stories to share about weird happenings on the set while filming the movie. Soo, who portrays the demure Indonesian-Chinese woman, admits to being a scaredy-cat who does not really enjoy watching horror flicks. Expressing relief that she did not have any supernatural encounters herself, Soo, however, told of an incident on the set involving the actor who played her first husband. "There was a scene in which he was supposed to rummage through some drawers to look for something. He'd already had a few practice runs and everything went well. Then, when the cameras started rolling, he suddenly yelled 'Cut, cut' and blood was dripping from a deep cut on his hand," shared Soo, who quietly said a prayer for filming to proceed smoothly after the incident. Chan said they found signs of a toyol being kept when the crew went to recce for the shoot. "We saw some marbles, toys and sweets under a shady tree behind the house. In order to film there safely, we were told not to bring any pork onto the set," the director remembered. "Unfortunately, that particular actor (who had injured himself) was not around when the message was passed around. So, he unknowingly brought more than a dozen packets of wantan mee (pork dumpling noodles) with char siu (barbecued pork) for the crew's supper." Based in Singapore, multiple-award-winning television actor Chen hails from Johor and said he was thrilled to make his feature film debut with Ipoh-born model/actress Soo as his leading lady. Playing a contractor who unknowingly brings a toyol home after he marries an Indonesian-Chinese woman, Chen sent chills down everyone's spine at the press conference when he reminisced about his eerie experiences, one of which involved a creepy snapshot on his cellphone. Chen showed the photo to members of the media at the press conference. Commenting on the blurry selca of himself standing in front of a dark pathway, Chen pointed to a pair of figures faintly visible directly behind him in the photo. "I remember telling everyone to clear the set so I could snap a picture of myself alone. Then, someone pointed out to me that there were two mysterious figures behind me in the picture – an adult wearing a sleeveless tank top with a child next to her. It was particularly creepy because I was very sure all the cast and crew were wearing long sleeves that night. And, we never saw anybody that fit the description on the set that day," Chen concluded. n Ghost Child is showing in cinemas now. |
| Posted: 04 Apr 2013 11:18 PM PDT Oblivion – War inflicted by an alien race has left future Earth in really bad shape. The only good thing to come out of it is that the humans won the war. However, a marine extracting valuable resources from Earth discovers something else during one of his missions. Starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman and Olga Kurylenko. Langgar – This local production revolves around the life of a guy named Nizam, who is bent on avenging the death of his pregnant wife who was raped and murdered. The action-packed thriller is directed by Sein (of pop band Ruffedge) and stars Adi Putra, Namron, Hans Isaac and Natasha Hudson. |
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