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Crime Hunters (TV Preview) - Smooth Criminals
by Penelope Ng
At first glance, it seems like Ch 8 is churning out another drama that rips off a foreign hit series. The Crime Hunters bears a close resemblance to the American Golden Globes-nominated CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, but the local version is more than just about scalpel and knife - it offers romance and a wonderful cast totally at ease with each other, judging from their hilarious banter at a press conference at Amara Hotel.

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Golden Globes Predictions
by Noelle Perera
At the Golden Globes this year, we see the curtain calls of our TV staples Friends and Sex and the City. While Sex and the City series doesn't air in Singapore , censorship rulings and bans haven't stopped Singaporean women from being some of the world's most hardcore Sex fans . Although we lament the loss of 4 best girlfriends, our secret desires of owning all of Carrie's Manolo Blahniks and Jimmy Choos live on.

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Boston Public - Mad about School
by Ronald Wan
You know it isn't an ordinary school when the teachers go at each others' throats while some search for a make out place, and the students bring guns to class and make drug deals with peers. It's just as obvious this isn't a local school because there aren't any scenes of teachers scolding students via a phone camera or long queues of pathetic weepy parents for primary 1 registration.

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Star Awards Pictorial - Starry Starry Night
by Ronald Wan
UrbanWire's TV critic Ronald Wan survives a night of razzle and dazzle at the 2003 Star Awards to bring you an exclusive pictorial.

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