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Helen Folasade Adu OBE (born 16 January 1959; better known as Sade), is a British singer-songwriter, composer, and record producer. She first achieved success in the 1980s as the frontwoman and lead vocalist of the Brit and Grammy Award winning English group Sade.
Sade was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. Her middle name, Folasade, means honour confers your crown. Her parents, Adebisi Adu, a Nigerian lecturer in economics of Yoruba background, and Anne Hayes, an English district nurse, met in London, married in 1955 and moved to Nigeria. Later, when the marriage ran into difficulties, Anne Hayes returned to England, taking four-year-old Sade and her older brother Banji to live with her parents. When Sade was 11, she moved to Holland-on-Sea to live with her mother, and after completing school at 18 she moved to London and studied at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.
While in college, she joined a soul band, Pride, in which she sang backing vocals. Her solo performances of the song "Smooth Operator" attracted the attention of record companies and in 1983, she signed a solo deal with Epic Records taking three members of the band, Stuart Matthewman, Andrew Hale and Paul Denman, with her. Sade and her band produced the first of a string of hit albums. Their debut album Diamond Life was in 1984. She is the most successful solo female artist in British history, having sold over 110 million albums worldwide.
Sade is a 2000 French film directed by Benoît Jacquot, adapted by Jacques Fieschi and Bernard Minoret from the novel La terreur dans le boudoir by Serge Bramly.
The fictional story takes place during the Reign of Terror in France and centers around the Marquis de Sade (played by Daniel Auteuil) who is imprisoned on a country estate with several other noble families, all awaiting an uncertain future. The marquis relives the adventures of his youth and befriends a young woman, Emilie de Lancris (played by Isild Le Besco), whom he instructs in the secrets of love. He also works to overcome the other inmates' resistance to his libertine philosophy.
Actors: Doug Barron (actor), Sue-Ellen Chitunya (producer), Ebbe Bassey (actress), Adam S Budron (actor), Razor Rizzotti (actor), Takahisa Shiraishi (editor), Linda Kutrubes (actor), Iquo B. Essien (director), Iquo B. Essien (writer), Iquo B. Essien (producer), Iquo B. Essien (editor), Eniola Dawodu (costume designer), Jackie Sanders (actress), Eric Faria (miscellaneous crew), Jennifer Tchiakpe (actress),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Alex Kruz (actor), Alexander Etseyatse (director), Alexander Etseyatse (producer), Alexander Etseyatse (writer), Christopher North (composer), Vladimi Versailles (actor), Will Mahr (producer), Roy Pollack (actor), Natasha Ononogbo (actress), Reginald L. Barnes (actor), Rich Graff (actor), Emilio Aquino (actor), Christopher Spurrier (actor), Terry Perry (costume designer), Kelechi Ezie (actor),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Short, Thriller,Actors: Omoni Oboli (actor), Andrew Rozhen (director), Andrew Rozhen (actor), Nicolas Bazanov (miscellaneous crew), Philippa Peter (actress), Igor Maron (producer), Oksana Voronina (actress), Philipp Rozhen (producer), Aleksandr Rozhen (writer), Vladimir Morozov (editor), Conrad Tilla (actor), Vusyk Sergey (composer), Maria Izotova (costume designer), Austeen Eboka (producer), Michael Maltsev (producer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Scott L. Schwartz (actor), Ian Roberts (actor), John Duffy (producer), Angie Stone (actress), Red Grant (actor), Ashley Eberbach (miscellaneous crew), Jose Luis (miscellaneous crew), Jerry Bell Jr. (actor), Harvey White (editor), Sun Jae Kim (actor), Steven D. Snyder (actor), Wayne Santoni (miscellaneous crew), Thai Edwards (actor), Joseph Bayard (actor), Elsi Eng (actress),
Plot: Wonder girls have arrived, and they are taking New York city by storm! The girls arrive in New York city to prepare for their U.S. tour but because of their fun, mischievous personalities they enter themselves into the Apollo Amateur Competition under the stage name, "The Asian Invasion". Their amazing performance wins them a spot in the finals but also stirs up trouble with the reigning champs... The School Gyrls. Join Yenny, Yubin, Sun, Sohee, and Lim on this hilarious journey as they navigate their way through friendships, rivals, loyalty and crushes to prove they have what it takes to make it in the Big City.
Genres: Family,Actors: Marcos Cruz (composer), Roser Segura (editor), Tony Akposeri (actor), Nadia Soraya Hennrich Kock (editor), Olamide Maarore (director), Olamide Maarore (writer), Olamide Maarore (producer), Hile Martins (actor), Maxwell Nwokoye (actor), Kenneth Okolie (actor), Abu Tafawa-Balewa (actor), Damilola Afolabi (actress), Ijeoma Agu (actor), Tomi Awoyemi (actress), Rita Misan Oribioye (actress),
Plot: AINA is a character-driven story that takes place against the backdrop of Africa's largest city and is based on actual events. The story gives us an insight into the unique and complex professional arrangements in Lagos, and takes us into the dark underworld of quid-pro-quo game of sex exploitation, where very powerful men offer young professional women opportunities in exchange for sex. AINA is a serious movies that needs to be seen by people seeking change.
Genres: Drama,Actors: Daisuke Namikawa (actor), Fumihiko Tachiki (actor), Takehito Koyasu (actor), Masaya Takatsuka (actor), Yoshihiro Togashi (writer), Toshiyuki Kato (director), Austin Tindle (actor), Toshio Okuma (writer),
Plot: In the present day, hundreds of extraterrestrial species walk the Earth. Some are pacifistic, others violent. Some are here for research purposes, others are career criminals. However, humans don't know they are here. Now, one more alien has arrived on Earth. One of the universe's foremost geniuses with a personality that's bound to attract all sorts of trouble.
Genres: Animation,Actors: Fathia Balogun (actress), Yemi Solade (actor), Lanre Hassan (actress), Odunade Adekola (actor), Tajudeen Mobolaji Arotambo (actor), Tajudeen Mobolaji Arotambo (director), Modupe Johnson (actor), Dele Akinbo (actor), Bayo Adu (actor), Fakolade Ajanaku (actor), Bamidele Akinbo (producer), Bukola Afolabi (actress), Oluwafunke Fashina (actress), Toyin Miller (actress), Omotunde Ogundina (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Safiya Songhai (producer), Safiya Songhai (director), Safiya Songhai (writer), Erika A. Salter (producer), M.G. Espar (composer), Amanda Bujak (costume designer), Paul Galando (editor), Hakim Wray (miscellaneous crew), Victoire Charles (actress), Yaa Asantewa (actress), Brandon Keely (miscellaneous crew), Harry Leeds (miscellaneous crew), Antonia Opiah (miscellaneous crew), Samantha Ten-Eyck (miscellaneous crew), James A. Tyler (producer),
Plot: After the tragic death of her mother, Sade is desperately looking for signs of the dead at the expense of the living. Consumed by a world of grief and frustration Sade finds herself distracted just long enough for her young son to wander off into a deserted graveyard, where both her greatest wish, and worst fear will come to pass.
Keywords: african-american, cemetery, child-abuse, child-sex-abuse, children, death, ghost, ghost-story, grave, mother-daughter-relationshipActors: Veronique Doumbe (writer), Veronique Doumbe (producer), Veronique Doumbe (director), Veronique Doumbe (editor), Veronique Doumbe (producer), Osas Ighodaro (actress), Genia Morgan (actress), Bradford Reed (composer), Rachael Palmer Jones (actress), Daisy Flores (miscellaneous crew), Thierry Ngooh (producer), Victor Taplin (miscellaneous crew), Khadijah Franklin (actress), Patricia Rampolla (actress), Anastasia Cerankosky (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: "Luggage" tells the story of Sade, an African woman who, after many years of living in New York City, decides to visit her family back home. The news of her imminent arrival spreads like wildfire, and Sade finds herself besieged by requests for gifts. To make matters worse, post-9/11 airport security is less than sympathetic to the plight of the challenged traveler.
Keywords: post-september-11-2001, travel, womenActors: Luc Jabon (actor), Christian Coppin (actor), Annette Wauthoz (editor), Jean Mulders (producer), Jean Mulders (director), Monique Boffa (editor), Monique Boffa (actress), Stéphane Lizin (composer), J.L. Manderlier (composer), Luc Vreux (actor), Valdemar Lopos dos Santos (actor), Christine Jans (actress), Nadine Preiser (actress), Michel Hayoit (producer),
Genres: Fantasy,