Early Life. Actor, director, producer. Born April 7, 1954, in Hong Kong, China. When his parents moved to Australia to find new jobs, the 7-year-old Chan was left behind to study at the Chinese Opera Research Institute, a Hong Kong boarding school. For the next 10 years, Chan studied martial arts, drama, acrobatics and singing, and was subjected to stringent discipline, including corporal punishment for poor performance.
It's fair to say the Judges seem a little sceptical when 12-year-old schoolgirl Maia Gough reveals her musical idol is Whitney Houston.But the young singer from South Wales has the entire audience on their feet following her powerful performance of I Have Nothing.t's fair to say the Judges seem a little sceptical when 12-year-old schoolgirl Maia Gough reveals her musical idol is Whitney Houston.
16 EGOT winners Taylor Swift is chasing. Singer/songwriter Taylor Swift is halfway to EGOT, winners of the Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony. Taylor Swift is halfway to the Grand Slam of artistic achievement. Swift was awarded an early Emmy for best original interactive programming â winning for her special, AMEX Unstaged: Taylor Swift Experience on Thursday. Swift now has an Emmy to go along with multiple Grammys, which puts her halfway to what is now known as an EGOT. Coined by 30 Rock character Tracy Jordan (played by Tracy Morgan), an EGOT is exactly what it sounds like: the winner of an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony.