Not everyone can be '90s heartthrob Takuya Kimura, and that's okay. In a recent episode of Just Swipe Lah with host Jernelle Oh and fellow actors Aileen Tan and Zhang Zetong, Desmond Tan talked about how he tried to be like the Japanese icon at the start of his career. "The me from back then was madly...
About a decade ago, the term "8 Dukes of Caldecott Hill" was coined to refer to eight promising Mediacorp actors: the late Aloysius Pang, Desmond Tan, Ian Fang, Jeffrey Xu, Romeo Tan, Shane Pow, Xu Bin and Zhang Zhenhuan, who goes by Zhang Zhenxuan now. Debuting as a boy band, they sang Backstreet Boys' I Want It That Way...
The Year of the Dragon is auspicious for East Asians, and children born in the year are thought to be destined for success in life by some. These celebrities are expecting babies in 2024. Desmond Tan Last October, local actor Desmond Tan announced he had "the happiest news to share" — his wife was pregnant with their first child, a...
Not every woman wants a chiselled body from their partner. Recently, AsiaOne spoke to local actor Jeremy Chan about his new drama series All That Glitters, and he shared about his wife Jesseca Liu's views towards his physique, fitness habits, and working chemistry with local actors Desmond Tan and Ayden Sng. As he had to get fit...
When local actor Desmond Tan was told during a production meeting that he would be travelling to Alor Setar, Malaysia, to film his new Mediacorp drama All That Glitters, he was confused at first. "What star?" he wondered, thinking that the production team had mispronounced the location name. Speaking to AsiaOne at the press conference for the...
Local actor Desmond Tan had always wanted a more functional kitchen to improve the quality of life. However, as a young actor then, he and his partner had to work within a budget. The opportunity to change came last year, when they had a termite attack in the kitchen. At first, he and his wife, a non-celebrity...
