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Joanne Soh

Lifestyle Correspondent

Joanne has been a journalist for more than 20 years and is now a lifestyle correspondent at The Straits Times. Her career began at SPH Magazines, evolved to entertainment reporting for The New Paper, before she moved to the Life desk in 2023. A mother of one, she sews, plays pickleball and binge-watches K-dramas outside work.

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Physical star Amotti loves Singapore’s bak kut teh so much, his wife cooks it for him at home

Tickets to Amotti's high-intensity training classes at Lululemon Training Ground in Singapore on Jan 24 were sold out in minutues.
Tickets to Amotti's high-intensity training classes at Lululemon Training Ground in Singapore on Jan 24 were sold out in minutues.

‘Deep, profound chemistry between us’: Tan Kheng Hua on acting with daughter Lim Shi-An

jsdementia23 - Movie still: Another Go, starring Tan Kheng Hua (left) and Lim Shi-An. It is part of an anthology of five short films exploring love, caregiving and the realities of dementia.

SOURCE/ COPYRIGHT: GAVIN LIM
jsdementia23 - Movie still: Another Go, starring Tan Kheng Hua (left) and Lim Shi-An. It is part of an anthology of five short films exploring love, caregiving and the realities of dementia.

SOURCE/ COPYRIGHT: GAVIN LIM

Young love’s tragedy is timeless in Once We Were Us, human connection rules in amiable Rental Family

jomovie21a - From left: Koo Kyo-hwan and Moon Ga-Young in Once We Were Us


SOURCE: GOLDEN VILLAGE
jomovie21a - From left: Koo Kyo-hwan and Moon Ga-Young in Once We Were Us


SOURCE: GOLDEN VILLAGE

‘I’ll never be ready for a goodbye’: Actress Julie Tan knows time with her 19-year-old dog is limited

Actress Julie Tan and her dogs, Tinkerbell (left), a 19-year-old silver toy poodle, and Waffles (right), a 10-year-old beige maltipoo.
Actress Julie Tan and her dogs, Tinkerbell (left), a 19-year-old silver toy poodle, and Waffles (right), a 10-year-old beige maltipoo.

South Korean rock band Day6 to bring 10th anniversary tour to Singapore Indoor Stadium in April

South Korean pop-rock band Day6 will be performing at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on April 18.
South Korean pop-rock band Day6 will be performing at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on April 18.

Actress Zoe Saldana thanks directors, fans for making her highest-grossing actor of all time

US actress Zoe Saldana poses during a photocall for the European premiere of "Avatar: Fire and Ash" at the Seine Musicale concert hall in Boulogne-Billancourt, on the outskirts of Paris on December 5, 2025. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)
US actress Zoe Saldana poses during a photocall for the European premiere of "Avatar: Fire and Ash" at the Seine Musicale concert hall in Boulogne-Billancourt, on the outskirts of Paris on December 5, 2025. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)

Kim Seon-ho and Go Youn-jung make a picture-perfect couple in romcom Can This Love Be Translated?

Can This Love Be Translated?, starring Kim Seon-ho (left) and Go Youn-jung.
Can This Love Be Translated?, starring Kim Seon-ho (left) and Go Youn-jung.

Hong Kong singer Charlene Choi confirms romance with personal trainer 10 years her junior

Hong Kong singer-actress Charlene Choi confirmed her relationship with Elvis Lam at a fan event on Jan 13.
Hong Kong singer-actress Charlene Choi confirmed her relationship with Elvis Lam at a fan event on Jan 13.

Taiwan star Vivian Hsu almost hit by shower fixture after water pipe bursts

The sudden explosion caused the shower head to “burst out from the wall”, Vivian Hsu penned in Chinese.
The sudden explosion caused the shower head to “burst out from the wall”, Vivian Hsu penned in Chinese.

Singer Jolin Tsai sues influencer for calling Pleasure World Tour a ‘cult’ event

Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai at her Pleasures World Tour in Taipei.
Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai at her Pleasures World Tour in Taipei.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.