AXN Redefines Action With All New Branding

Hi Huneybees,

Being in the creative line, my eyes are constantly on the lookout for new and interesting concepts. Design is such a funny thing, it can be minimal 2D with just a stroke and few colours, but is also can be multi faceted - 3D, 4D, wondering when if 5D happening...

But before that happens, AXN is up for a change. A brand new look, with a new line up of programs to keep you stuck on that couch. The new AXN logo embodies Mystery, Intrigue and Intensity with their newly created typeface accompanied by the 3 dimensional red pyramid.

Evoking energy, action, passion and danger, the network will be launching their new "Redefining Action" campaign, pushing out a stellar line up of new and returning series to get their fans excited for the Fall TV season.

One to look out for is the highly anticipated drama - Quantico, that stars Bollywood icon Priyanka Chopra. It premieres on 28 September 2015, within 12 hours of the US telecast!

Quantico

Premieres on September 28th 2015, within 12 hours of the US telecast

Airs every Monday at 9.45pm

First and exclusively on AXN (StarHub TV channel 511)

A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11.

Quantico stars Priyanka Chopra as Alex, Jake McLaughlin as Ryan, Aunjanue Ellis as Miranda, Yasmine Al Massri as Nimah, Johanna Braddy as Shelby, Tate Ellington as Simon and Graham Rogers as Caleb.

Written by Josh Safran. Executive producers are Josh Safran, Mark Gordon and Nick Pepper. “Quantico” is produced by ABC Studios.

For those who like a little more medical emergencies with intense action drama, Code Black is not to be missed. There's no time for sexiness, except that you will be immersed in ER chaos alongside the medical team, going through a surge of emotions up and down.

Code Black

Premieres on October 1st 2015

Airs every Thursday at 8.50pm

First & Exclusively on SONY Channel (StarHub TV ch 510)

Code Black is a heart-pounding medical drama that takes place in the busiest, most notorious ER in the nation, where the staggering influx of patients can outweigh the limited resources available to the extraordinary doctors and nurses whose job is to treat them all – creating a condition known as Code Black. At the heart of the ER’s controlled chaos is Residency Director Dr. Leanne Rorish, renowned for successfully performing high-risk procedures in Center Stage, the trauma area reserved for the most critical cases. Her four new first-year residents are Christa Lorenson, Malaya Pineda, Mario Savetti and Angus Leighton. Leanne’s confidante, Jesse Sallander, is an amiable seen-it-all senior nurse who manages the residents. Also working in the ER is Dr. Neal Hudson, an excellent physician who sometimes disagrees with Leanne’s “cowboy” approach, and Dr. Rollie Guthrie, the energetic, longest-serving attending. In Center Stage, life is measured in seconds, and these heroic doctors and nurses operate with speed and skill within an overwhelmed system, to treat the crowds of people who are often there for one of two reasons: to die or to receive a life-saving miracle.

Well, and of course, not forgetting our favourites like The Blacklist Season 3 and TV sensation - The Voice Season 9, where Pharrell Williams, Gwen Stefanie, Blake Shelton and (*fanning the heat away*) Adam Levine will be coaching their team of singing wannabes.

So, what do you think of the brand new AXN? 

I can't wait to catch the new shows! :)

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Let's Celebrate Youth This Weekend At Orchard Road!

Hi Huneybees, 

The 10th annual SHINE Festival is here again and Huney'Z World is privileged to be supporting them all these years and back this year to introduce you to some of the featured acts. We were at their media conference yesterday and here's why you should be down to celebrate Youths this weekend too! =)

The people behind SHINE 2015 - Samuel and Edward

Themed “Build Your World” this year, it will be a three-days festival held along Orchard Road, from 10 till 12 July. This serves to encourage youth to explore and pursue individual interests as well as encourage youth through collaborations and global outreach. 

An exciting line-up of artistes from the local music, dance, sports, athletics, arts and pop culture scenes awaits, with appearances from David Choi, Arden Cho (YES! The new female Korean-American actress introduced in MTV's Teen Wolf to play the Kitsune, Kira Yukimura), Charlie Lim, JRODTwins and many more. 

Just performed a snippet of Love Me Like You Do with the @jrodtwins at the Shine Festival Press Con and I'm getting chills from the harmonies already!! Drop by the Shine Festival Ngee Ann stage tonight at 8pm to catch us live!!
Posted by Tay Kexin on Friday, 10 July 2015

Sneak preview of  Freestyle Football Showcase by Séan Garnier

Here are some of the featured acts I would recommend that you catch during this festival:

• Freestyle Football Showcase by Séan Garnier
• Performance by JRODTwins and Tay Kexin
• Parkour and Freerunning Showcase by Ryan Doyle

Ryan Doyle demonstrated the art of Parkour and Freerunning

Séan Garnier  is a French freestyle footballer. His career as an  association football player was cut short due to injuries. Back in 2006, when he studied to become a football instructor, he started a program of urban freestyle art gaining great fame with his own style and unique skills. Throughout his freestyle footballer career, he has garnered several titles:

• Double World Freestyle Champion
• 3X French Champion
• 1vx1 World Vice Champion
• REd Bull & XDubai Athlete
• Founder of S3 Society

Here's the schedule for the SHINE Festival...

For more details, kindly refer to: www.shine.nyc.sg. 

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Jessie J Gave Singapore A "Bang Bang" Performance At The Singapore Jazz Festival 2015

Hi Huneybees,

Being able to perform in a subway with just a boombox to introduce herself to the US crowd is no simple feat. There's not alot of singers out there who would have done it and when I saw this video, I was totally sold to Jessie J, (even though her supes trendy makeup already caught my eyes).


This UK singer has come a long way since her songwriting days to the "Bang Bang" diva she is today. People might see her as arrogant, but it was all just a saying. I had a fan girl moment sitting across her during a meet and greet session and there was not a touch of arrogance about her. She even complimented my lipstick colour (Yes, I had the Gunner on from the M.A.C x Nasty Gal collection)!

Photo credits: Marina Bay Sands

#JessieJ !!!! She's amazing!!!!! She got this surprise performance from these kids from #10sq and now she is having them on stage later tonight to perform #Masterpiece with her! @isthatjessiej #SingJazz #SingJazz2015 #SingJazzfestival #Jazz #MBS #marinabaysands #marinabay

Photo credits: Marina Bay Sands

The fan meet was set up for the kids from 10sq - a designated charity of Sands for Singapore and recipients of the Business Times Budding Artists Fund. In continuation of Sands for Singapore’s initiatives of giving back to the local community in meaningful ways, the meet-and-greet at Marina Bay Sands presented the local talent a rare opportunity to meet their favourite star.

Originally a car park, 10sq managed by The RICE Company Limited (RICE) is an arts training centre for young people which combines traditional arts spaces with arts technology. The programmes are designed as a catalyst for young people to initiate new creative ideas and be inspired to reach beyond their limits. 10sq is also home to youth budding artists, majority of whom are beneficiaries of The Business Times Budding Artists Fund, pursuing an arts training programme in Dance, Theatre, Visual Arts and Music.

The young performers from 10sq surprised her with an a cappella rendition of ‘Masterpiece’, which Jessie was very touched. And in return she invited the youth to perform the song with her on stage that evening, in addition to giving them autographed tickets to the her show.

"It is exciting to give them the opportunity of that moment, it would be great to be given the chance when I was 13 or 14!" --- Jessie J

Photo credits: Marina Bay Sands

She was simply so touched and it was amazing of her to be giving the kids a chance on stage when she invited them to sing on stage with her on the second night of  Singapore Jazz Festival 2015! Each of them even got a selfie taken with her and here's one of the happy 10sq member Anthea's pic with Jessie J herself!

And when the sky turned dark and the audience were all hyped up, it was time for the diva to perform. Transforming from a goddess, she donned on a translucent jersey with SINGAPORE written across her chest and subtly showing off her bra and hot pants beneath. 

This has kinda become a uniform for Jessie on her "Sweet Talker" tour, with the countries she's visiting, printed across her chest. But I'm definitely loving her style and especially with the gorgeous ring braids on her head, she really rocked the style amazingly!

The night's performance was every bit worthed to stay up for. Jessie performed every of her hit songs - "Price Tag", "Sweet Talker", "Do It Like A Dude", "Burnin' Up", etc and not forgetting to end it with her highly replayed song with Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj - "Bang Bang". The crowd were made dancing and singing along, when Jessie took off her top showcasing her amazing bod, before throwing her t-shirt to this lucky fan who was ecstatic to have caught it.

But the best moment had got to be when she took a break and introduced the kids from 10sq performing "Masterpiece". They sang with such beautiful voices, that even Jessie couldn't help joining in and sharing her mic with her little fans.

“This is what I live for, they are my inspiration!” --- Jessie J

Thank you SingJazz for such an amazing experience! Here's more photos from that night and stay tuned as I update with more from SingJazz and my interview with Jessie J! :)

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Funfilled Night @ The Singapore Social Concert With Blush, Carly Rae Jepson, PSY and Cee Lo Green

Hi Huneybees,

I'm still recovering from the Singapore Social Concert. I was there for 2 days and I literally screamed my voice away! With so many stars performing just inches away from me, it's a miracle I did not faint!

Blush - The sexy all asian girl band kickstarted the concert

The hot-cha All Asian girl band - Blush heated up the stage, getting the audiences all raved up with their sexy dance moves and skin-tight S&M inspired clothings. I know guys were drooling and bet some girls were dying to "kill" them, but I must say, they have amazing vocals and definitely a "climax" right from the start!

Blush is a pop music girl group composed of five members - Angeli Flores (Philippines), Alisha Budrani (India), Ji Hae Lee (Korea), Natsuko Danjo (Japan) and Victoria Chan (China). They were formed by FarWest Entertainment in 2010 with the intent of popularizing an Asian vocal act in the United States as well as in all of Asia. 

Carly Rae Jepson - The songstress was all about LOVE!

Next up was Carly Rae ‘Jeppo’ Jepson. Displaying her lovable girl-next-door look and voice, she was all bubbly, dancing around the stage, engaging the audience in every song. Her sweetness was making me forget the heat and got me dancing and singing to her songs like "Tonight I'm Getting Over You" & "Curiosity", tying her songs together with a little bit of story telling.

Jeppo then got the audience to look to the full moon and performed "Your Heart Is a Muscle", getting us to "light up" our mobile phones and sway along with it.

She also performed "Take A Picture", the song that was song was written as part of Coca-Cola’s campaign. It was definitely her song, totally her genre. Hmmm, actually, where's my coke?

The closing song was non other than "Call Me Maybe" which all the audience around me have been asking her to sing for that hour. Come on, save the best for last man!

PSY - Famous yet humble was his thing

The crowd was roaring in screams when PSY came out to the stage. His wonderful command of English blew me away again and he was so so humble. He was thankful for everyone's support and one thing he said made everyone appreciate his years' of hard work even more --- "I'm amazed. You know or speak Korean, but you all sang and danced to my songs, happily. That’s the beauty of music and how it can (and should) transcend all language barriers."

He only performed 4 songs - "Champion", "It’s Art (예술이야)", "Gentleman" & "Gangnam Style", which was like teasing us and not giving more. But I must say, the 4 songs was enough to bring the house down! Everyone danced and tried to sing along with him. It was a full workout the whole time he was on stage.

PSY ending his performance with his world renowned "Gangnam Style" with his hot Korean dancers should have ended with some fireworks to celebrate the moment! He also mentioned that he will be debuting his album in September, so let's see what phenomenon he have up his sleeves....

Cee Lo Green - Vote him for Singapore's president?

Stunning us with his crystal embellished robe, Cee Lo Green proved his "The Voice" worthy performance! His voice was the power station, stunning us with numerous songs of his, including "Don't Cha" which he wrote for the Pussycat Dolls. 

Singapore also proved to be too "hot" for him, when he disrobed and flashed his tummy at us. He was all about sexiness, there was a certain amount of the F word, but WTH, that's who he is right?

He has got to be my favourite singer out of the 4 performers, he sang live as though we were listening to his album, he engaged the crowd and he even asked us to vote for him as president. It was a joke, but that was an interesting thought ya?

Ending his performance with "Fuck You" a chart topping song, everyone sang and danced along. Yes, Singaporeans need to "release" all their pent up stress, so why not just a few shouts of the F word?

A big shout out to Starcount for bringing the stars in for the amazing night.

Do hope they can do this in Singapore again next year!

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