G.E.M. - aka Gloria Tang Tsz-kei - will perform at the Hong Kong Coliseum on Wednesday. The Shanghai-born star found fame aged 16, without having had a "real job". To rectify this, in 2011, G.E.M. (below) embarked on the Freelance Tour, which saw the singer try out a variety of professions, including being a juice vendor in Causeway Bay, a domestic helper and an ATV weather anchor. Her experiences were made into a reality television series. G.E.M also wrote the Chinese version of the theme song for , a 2010 Japanese anime directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and based on by British novelist Mary Norton …
Joseph Malaby Dent was born in 1849 and famously pioneered the Everyman's Library imprint, which he envisioned as a series of 1,000 classic titles published in an attractive format and with a cost price of one shilling each. While the collection featured an impressive range of literature, the British bookbinder prevented classics of "dubious morals" from being printed, including the 1722 novel by British author Daniel Defoe …
Born in 1660 as Daniel Foe (he added the aristocratic-sounding "De" to his name and, on occasion, claimed descent from the family of De Beau Faux), the fanciful merchant failed at running several business and was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1692. He is believed to have used almost 200 pen names during his lifetime, but his perhaps most famous achievement was as Daniel Defoe, author of , which inspired the 1989 film starring Aidan Quinn …
The Irish-American actor made his film debut in 1984 in and had his breakout role in the Madonna blockbuster (1985). "I was on this remote island 1,000 miles off the coast of Kenya. The island didn't have electricity, but some people had generators. I went to someone's house and there was a video of playing. I think it was the only frigging television on the whole island. That was very bizarre," the actor recalls. A roofer by trade, Quinn also starred in the TV drama , portraying Paul McCartney …
Born in 1942, The Beatles legend is credited with having written the first heavy metal track, , which boasts a strong bass and screaming vocals. A versatile musician - he can play guitar, drums and keyboard, as well as sing - McCartney is also gifted in arithmetic and can count backwards from 2,000 to one faster than he can count the same numbers forwards. Last year, he performed at the football World Cup in Brazil, as did American singer Beyonce, whose song has been covered by G.E.M.
