| Name | Kidulthood |
|---|---|
| Caption | Movie poster |
| Director | Menhaj Huda |
| Producer | Menhaj HudaAmir MadaniGeorge IsaacDamian Jones |
| Writer | Noel Clarke |
| Starring | Aml AmeenRed MadrellAdam DeaconJaime WinstoneFemi OyeniranMadeleine FairleyCornell JohnKate MagowanPierre Mascolowith Rafe SpallNoel Clarke |
| Music | The Angel |
| Cinematography | Brian Tufano |
| Editing | Victoria Boydell |
| Distributor | Revolver Entertainment |
| Released | 3 March 2006 |
| Runtime | 89 minutes |
| Country | UK |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £600,000 |
| Gross | £453,876 |
| Followed by | Adulthood |
Kidulthood (rendered as KiDULTHOOD) is a 2006 British drama film about the life of several teenagers in Ladbroke Grove and Latimer Road area of inner west London. It was directed by Menhaj Huda and written by Noel Clarke, who also stars in the film and directed the sequel, Adulthood.
The same night, Alisa takes a pregnancy test, the look on her face confirming the result of her fears. Later on, Katie's family discover she has hanged herself from the ceiling. The next day, classes are canceled out of respect for Katie. Trevor, Jay and Mooney spend the day stealing, trying to talk to women, drinking alcohol and smoking weed. Alisa and her friend Becky decide to get drunk and high. Becky takes Alisa to an older man's house where they perform sexual acts in return for drugs. Meanwhile, the boys trick their way into Sam's house in order to retrieve a Gameboy he had stolen earlier. When Sam returns and threatens them, the boys overpower him and escape followed by Sam's girlfriend whom Jay had seduced.
Alisa and Becky arrive at a shopping centre, having sold their drugs with the aim of buying new dresses. Here the girls meet up with Mooney and Jay. Jay tells Alisa that Trevor doesn't want her or the baby, and that she should get out of Trevor's life. Alisa decides to return home alone as Becky makes it clear that she wishes to stay with the boys. In the meantime, Trevor has gone to meet up with his Uncle Curtis. He sees Katie's brother at Curtis's house, but they do not speak. Trevor tells Curtis that he wants to work for him so he takes him downstairs to a man has been tied up. At Curtis's urging, Trevor begins carving the man's face. However, he starts crying and is unable to complete the task. When Curtis steps forward and finishes the job, Trevor flees from the house. Trevor then throws the gun into the river and endeavours to find Alisa. Alisa is on her way home when she sees a classmate, who convinces her to come to a party with him to cheer her up.
When Trevor gets to the party, he finds Alisa, and confesses he loves her. Alisa tells him that she never slept with Sam, and that the baby is definitely belongs to Trevor. Unfortunately, Sam has now caught up to Trevor and beats him up with a baseball bat. Alisa runs into the house to get Mooney and Jay. A fight ensues and Trevor falls to the ground, badly injured. The people watching the fight become angry and commence verbally attacking Sam. Katie's older brother then arrives, carrying a gun and asking for Sam. He prepares to shoot Sam but stops, when Trevor says that Sam isn't worth it. The ambulance arrives too late, the film ending directly after Trevor's death.
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| Name | The Streets |
|---|---|
| Background | solo_singer |
| Birth name | Michael Geoffrey Skinner |
| Born | November 27, 1978 |
| Origin | Birmingham, England, United Kingdom |
| Instrument | Vocals, keyboards, guitar| |
| Genre | UK garage Electronica Hip-Hop |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Label | Locked On/679 Recordings (UK)Vice/Atlantic Records (US) (2000–2010) Warner Music (Worldwide) |
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Michael Geoffrey "Mike" Skinner (born 27 November 1978), more commonly known by his stage name The Streets, is a British rapper, musician and record producer from Birmingham, United Kingdom.
In the mid-1990s, following secondary education at Bournville School, Skinner became a student at Sutton Coldfield College, in Sutton Coldfield, and was working in fast food jobs while trying to start his own independent record label and sending off demos.
Although born in Birmingham, Skinner has often been criticised for using a Mockney accent during interviews and in many songs. He can be heard speaking in his normal accent at the beginning of the song "Fake Streets Hats". Skinner has however always identified himself with Birmingham and he is a keen supporter of Birmingham City. He even wore the club's replica shirt on stage.
The success of Original Pirate Material in the UK led to a US release of the album through Vice/Atlantic in late 2002. Though the album was not a commercial success in the States, it was received positively by Rolling Stone, Spin, the New York Times, Blender, USA Today and the Los Angeles Times all nominating it as one of the albums of the year. The album was named Entertainment Weekly's "album of the year". The album reached number two on the Billboard electronic charts and the top 20 on the independent and Heatseeker charts in the US in 2003.
"Fit But You Know It" is from his second album, A Grand Don't Come for Free which is a concept album about a short period in the protagonist's life. The events depicted include losing a thousand pounds, the start of a new relationship, going on holiday, breaking up, and eventually finding the grand again. The MC's remix of "Fit But You Know It" features formerly underground MCs such as Kano, Tinchy Stryder, Donae'o, Lady Sovereign and Devilman (music).
The album debuted at number two in the UK album charts, but later reached the number one position. Soon after the album was released, his success grew even larger in July 2004, with the second single "Dry Your Eyes" debuting at the top of the chart in the UK. The success of this album and its singles led to a re-kindling of interest in the first album Original Pirate Material, which re-entered the UK album charts and beat its original chart peak of two years earlier. "Blinded By the Lights", the third single from A Grand Don't Come for Free, hit the Top 10 in September 2004, and a fourth and final single, "Could Well Be In", was released in late 2004.
The lead single, titled "When You Wasn't Famous", was released two weeks prior to the album. The song is about Skinner's troubles with trying to date a famous person, following his new found fame. It was also named 'Track of the Week' by NME in early March 2006, but when it came into the UK singles charts, it only reached the latter course of the top 10, peaking at number eight. There has been much speculation over which celebrity "When You Wasn't Famous" is about - Rachel Stevens and Cheryl Cole are two names that have been ruled out, despite Skinner dedicating the song to Cole on Top Of The Pops. This reluctance to reveal the subject may be more than simple politeness, as some of the descriptions of the unnamed starlet in the track are potentially damaging. At one point, Skinner discloses "my whole life I never thought I'd see a pop star smoke crack."
The second single, "Never Went to Church", is a tribute to Skinner's late father, and appears to use the chord progression of The Beatles' "Let It Be" as a backing beat.
The Streets appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman on 26 June 2006 to promote the new album.
The album also featured the track "Prangin Out" which later would go on to be remixed with Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty
In a blurb about the album on Skinner's MySpace, he says "This album started off life as parables but then I realised that it might get a bit cheesy so I got rid of the alien song and the devil song replaced them with more straight up songs. I've pretty much kept my promise that I made to myself not to reference modern life on any of them though which is hard to do and keep things personal at the same time."
"The final Streets album (the fifth one) will be dark and futuristic. This could not be further from the album you're about to hear, but it's what is on my mind at the moment. I feel inspired by the synthesizer exhibition we just visited in Graz [Austria] after the gig we just did." He has repeatedly stated that it will be the last Streets album, remarking that he is "fucking sick" of the name and connotations that come along with it. In a Beat Stevie episode where he describes the making of Everything Is Borrowed, Skinner says that the final Streets album will be "one more banger" and will be "dancing music to drink tea to".
The album will be released on 7 February 2011.
The first single from the album will be Going Through Hell, the music video for which is currently playing on music channels.
The album's artwork features student accommodation at University of East Anglia in Norwich.
Up until recently his playing line-up was Mike Skinner, Leo the Lion singing backing vocals, Eddie "The Kid" playing keyboard, Johnny Drum Machine playing drums, and long-time friend Morgan Nicholls playing bass and guitar. Morgan has since left the band to focus on playing with rock band Muse, playing a variety of instruments as part of their live show.
His current live line-up consists of Kevin Mark Trail on backing vocals, Wayne Vibes on guitar and bass, Chris Brown on keyboards, Magic Mike on samplers and Johnny Drum Machine as drummer and musical director. Skinner has credited Johnny Drum Machine as the only other member of The Streets to have appeared on all the albums.
Performance trademarks include crowd controlling "Go Low" (the whole audience drops to the floor) and "Go Moses" (audience parts down the middle, Skinner runs to the back and crowd surfs back to the stage) with variable success.
In one of the episodes, Mike and Ted get trained by pickup artist and dating coach 5.0 of Love Systems on how to approach and talk to women.
In December 2010, it was revealed that Skinner had had relationships with both Rachel Stevens and Cheryl Cole (then Tweedy) circa. 2004.
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| Name | Noel Clarke |
|---|---|
| Caption | Noel Clarke at the BAFTA awards, February 2008 |
| Birthname | Noel Anthony Clarke |
| Birthdate | December 06, 1975 |
| Birthplace | London, England |
| Occupation | Actor, writer, producer, director |
| Yearsactive | 1999–present |
| Website | http://www.noelclarke.co.uk/ |
Clarke began his writing career in 2005 when he wrote the screenplay for the film Kidulthood which was released in 2006. He also directed and starred in the sequel, Adulthood, which was released in 2008. On directing his first film, Clarke described his experience, "Directing for the first time was definitely a challenge and tiring at times. It was a steep learning curve and if you’re willing to do stuff and go with it, then it pays off." His other writing credits include "Combat" which is an episode of the Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood, and West 10 LDN, a pilot for BBC Three which is about kids on a rough housing estate.
In 2008 he starred in the video for The Prodigy single "Invaders Must Die".
In 2009, Clarke was awarded a BAFTA award in the category of Orange Rising Star Award. As a result of the success of Kidulthood, Adulthood, and his BAFTA win, he was ranked at number 83 in the MediaGuardian 100, an annual ranking of media people in The Guardian.
Clarke has worked with BBC Blast, a project for teenagers that aims to inspire and get people being creative. Shortly after his BAFTA win he gave a talk to inspire young people telling them to "broaden your mind".
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| Birth date | June 01, 1975 |
|---|---|
| Birth place | London, England, UK |
| Yearsactive | 1999–present |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouse | John Simm (2004-present) |
Magowan and Simm have appeared together in three films: 24 Hour Party People, the award winning short film Devilwood and the heist thriller Tuesday.
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| Name | John Simm |
|---|---|
| Birth date | July 10, 1970 |
| Birth place | Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Spouse | Kate Magowan (2004–present) |
He is currently filming Exile, a BBC One drama in which he plays a journalist alongside Jim Broadbent.
In 1986 Simm enroled at the Blackpool and The Fylde College in Lytham St. Annes for three years and starred in Guys and Dolls and West Side Story at The Grand Theatre, However, he soon decided that musical theatre didn't interest him, so he joined an amateur dramatic group and honed his skills in his spare time, playing the title roles in Billy Liar and Amadeus. He then moved to London to train at the Drama Centre London at the age of 19, where he studied the Stanislavski School of acting, and graduated in 1992.
Simm made his professional acting debut in 1992 with the role of Joby Johnson in an episode of the TV series Rumpole of the Bailey (there had been an earlier part in the BBC drama Between the Lines where Simm was in one scene as PC Witty, but the scene was cut). There then followed a variety of roles during which time he honed his craft in front of the camera, including a psycho in The Bill, a lovestruck schoolboy in Heartbeat, and a drugged up burglar in The Locksmith. He also made two series of the BBC sitcom Men of the World, playing the lead role of Kendle Bains opposite David Threlfall. His next project saw him take the role of Gary Kingston, a deluded murderer, in Chiller.
In 1995, Simm played the troubled teenager Bill Preece in the "Best Boys" episodes of the acclaimed ITV police drama, Cracker. This is considered his breakthrough role. The series was created by Jimmy McGovern but Simm's episodes were written by Paul Abbott. He also made his feature film debut in Boston Kickout beating Dennis Hopper to the Best Actor award at the Valencia Film Festival.
In 1996, he made his professional stage debut in the Simon Bent play Goldhawk Road at the Bush Theatre, directed by Paul Miller.
In 1997, he starred as Danny Kavanagh in the first series of The Lakes, a BBC series written by Jimmy McGovern. In 1999, he starred in the second series of The Lakes as well as appearing as Jip in the award-winning cult clubbing film Human Traffic and Michael Winterbottom's acclaimed Wonderland.
In 2000, he starred in the opening episode of the BBC drama Clocking Off, written by Paul Abbott, with whom he would work with again in 2002, when he starred as 'Cal McCaffrey' in the multi award-winning political thriller series State of Play. Both these series also feature Philip Glenister, with whom he would later star in Life on Mars and "Mad Dogs". Simm also played the lead role of loan shark John Parlour in Tony Marchant's Never Never for Channel 4.
In 2002, Simm featured in another Michael Winterbottom film, 24 Hour Party People, as New Order frontman Bernard Sumner. At a live concert in Finsbury Park that same year, Simm sang the Joy Division song "Digital" onstage with New Order (a few years later, he would be chosen by the band to induct Joy Division/New Order into the rock and roll hall of fame). It was also this year that he played Raskolnikov in the BBC adaptation of Crime and Punishment adapted by Tony Marchant. Marchant also wrote The Knight's Tale, one of a series of modern reworkings of The Canterbury Tales, in which Simm played Ace opposite Chiwetel Ejiofor and Keeley Hawes. Later that year Simm starred opposite Christina Ricci and John Hurt in the film Miranda.
In 2004, he played the researcher and charity investigator Daniel Appleton in the BAFTA award-winning Channel 4 drama Sex Traffic. This hard-hitting two-parter followed the plight of two young Moldovan sisters sold into sexual slavery. After reuniting with Shaun Parkes in Howard Davies' production of Joe Penhall's Blue/Orange, in which he played Dr Bruce Flaherty opposite Brian Cox, Simm starred as Detective Inspector Sam Tyler in the 2006 BBC series Life on Mars playing a police officer apparently sent back in time to 1973. The show won the Pioneer Audience Award for Best Programme at the 2007 BAFTA TV Awards, Simm was nominated but lost out on the award for Best Actor. He decided to leave after series two (2007), stating that he felt he had taken the role as far as he could.
His next project, in March 2007, was The Yellow House for Channel 4, a biographical drama produced by Talkback Thames, based on the book of the same name by Martin Gayford about the turbulent relationship of artists Vincent van Gogh (Simm) and Paul Gauguin (John Lynch).
In the same year, Simm also returned to the theatre as the title character in Paul Miller's acclaimed Bush Theatre staging of Simon Bent's version of Elling, a comedy about two men just out of psychiatric hospital adjusting to 'normal life' and to each other. Following positive press reviews and an extended, sell-out run, the production was transferred to the Trafalgar Studios 1 in July 2007 and Simm was nominated for an Olivier Award for his performance.
In 2007, Simm was chosen by Russell T Davies to play the Master, the nemesis of The Doctor in the long-running BBC series Doctor Who. He appeared in the final three episodes of series three: "Utopia", "The Sound of Drums" and "Last of the Time Lords". He also starred in the Christmas 2009 'The End of Time'two-part special, again as The Master.
In 2008, Simm played Edward Sexby in The Devil's Whore, a four-part English Civil War epic for Channel 4, written by Peter Flannery. Shot on location in South Africa, the drama also features Dominic West as Oliver Cromwell and Andrea Riseborough in the title role. He performed at The Royal Variety Performance with Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller, and starred in the film Skellig, with Tim Roth and Kelly Macdonald, broadcast on Sky1 in April 2009.
Simm is involved in an ongoing project with director Michael Winterbottom, the working title is Seven Days, and it's being filmed in real time over five years.
He returned to the west end stage in Autumn of 2009 to critical acclaim, starring opposite Ian Hart, Lucy Cohu and Kerry Fox in the Andrew Bovell play Speaking in Tongues, at the Duke of York's theatre.
In 2010 Simm filmed Mad Dogs for Sky1, Directed by Adrian Shergold, Simm plays "Baxter", in a project that reunited him with Philip Glenister and Marc Warren along with Max Beesley and Ben Chaplin.
In September 2010 John Simm played Hamlet at the Sheffield Crucible and in Nov began filming Exile with Jim Broadbent for BBC1, a 3 part drama set in Manchester, produced by Abbottvision and written by Danny Brocklehurst.
Simm is a supporter of Manchester United.
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| Name | Adam Deacon |
|---|---|
| Birth date | March 04, 1983 |
| Birth place | Hackney, London, England |
| Occupation | Actor Rapper MC |
| Genre | Grime Garage Hip-Hop Rap Pop |
| Years active | 1995-present |
Adam gave a brief synopsis about the 2009 show gunrush on Pyro radio saying, "That it’s about a White middle-class family whose daughter gets shot and it’s about people keeping quiet in the ends. I think more and more writers are starting to realise that there is a market and more people will watch this stuff, so slowly but surely, more doors are opening." Deacon co-starred in West 10 LDN, a Kidulthood-like TV programme made by Noel Clarke. He has also starred as "Bones" in an MTV show called Dubplate Drama. His next role was in 4.3.2.1, a heist movie, released in June 2010 which also starred Tamsin Egerton, Emma Roberts and Noel Clarke, who directed the film. Adam is now in the process of directing his first film entitled Anuvahood which he has written and stars in. The film is described as, 'A pulls-no-punches, coming-of-age story, centering on one directionless hopeless "shotter", who finds his true worth in the face of urban adversity.' The tracks are: 'Adamhood' and 'On It 08', which also featured Plan B. Adam's music is available on his myspace page. He also contributes as a drummer and as an ambulance driver to Professor Greens music videos; Hard Night Out and Before I Die, respectively.
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