Singer Sade Adu Turns 55 Today!

 

Happy birthday to singer Sade Adu who turned 55 today!

 

Sade was born in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. 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. Later on Sade and her brother lived with their grandparents just outside Colchester, Essex. When Sade was 11, she moved to Holland-on-Sea, Essex to live with her mother, and after completing school at 18 she moved to London and studied at Saint Martin's School of Art.
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 appeared in 1984. She is the most successful solo female artist in British history, having sold over 110 million albums worldwide.
In 2002, she appeared on the Red Hot Organization's Red Hot and Riot, a compilation CD in tribute to the music of fellow Nigerian musician, Fela Kuti. She recorded a remix of her hit single, "By Your Side", for the album and was billed as a co-producer.

Personal life

She squatted in Tottenham in the 1980s, with her then-boyfriend Robert Elms. In 1989, she married Spanish film director Carlos Pliego. Their marriage ended in 1995. She gave birth to a daughter, Ila Adu (who studied at Wycliffe College in Gloucestershire), in 1995 after a relationship with Jamaican music producer Bob Morgan. (She moved briefly to the Caribbean to live with him in the late 1990s, but they later separated and she returned to England.) In 2002, she was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to popular music. She lives in the English countryside and, prior to the release of Soldier of Love in 2010, the Daily Mail described her as "famously reclusive".

 

 

 

 

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Nollywood actress beaten, arrested for theft in Lagos again

An upcoming Actress, Yewande Akilapa who was recently bailed after being imprisoned for theft, has been arrested again.

Recall that in February, 2013, she was arrested and detained for stealing a bunch of master keys in Somolu area of Lagos State.

She was sent to the Kirikiri prison and after a few months there, she regained her freedom, precisely in November, 2013.

Two days ago, she was caught red-handed with another bunch of master keys, beaten by angry residents and arrested again.

According to Stella Dimokokorkus, she was caught stealing again in Magodo Phase 2, No 15, Ibitayo street. While trying to escape, the angry residents ran after her, caught her and beat her black and blue.

Narrating the incident, Stella said “She was escorted back to number 15 Ibitayo street where she had been caught inside the master bedroom with a bunch of master keys hidden in her brassieres.

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PHOTO: Rukky Sanda rocks new hairdo...What do you think?

Rukky Sanda reveals her new hairdo to her Instagram fans. Its a yayy from me! Do you think it looks good on her?

Oops! L'Oreal ad is busted by Diane's unairbrushed Golden Globes appearance

 

 

L’Oreal has been accused of aggressively airbrushing Diane Keaton after its ad aired immediately after she appeared on stage at the Golden Globes.

While Ms Keaton looked fantastic at the Golden Globes event, her 68 years were clear to see on her un-Botoxed face. The L’Oreal ad, however, shows the star with rather smoother skin.

Viewers were quick to react to the unfortunate commercial placement, sharing their views on Twitter

Gregg Giannillo wrote: ‘Worst commercial placement ever. Diane Keaton wrinkled on #GoldenGlobes then ageless and wrinkle-free in L'Oreal wrinkle serum commercial.’
Fellow viewer Vicky King agreed, dispatching: ‘After seeing the Diane Keaton L'Oréal commercial, it's very apparent there's no filter on the #GoldenGlobes cameras.’


And Lauren Bolger tweeted: ‘Wow L'Oréal. Great timing. I guess Diane Keaton stopped using your product! #GoldenGlobes’
Some tweeters even preferred the ad to Ms Keaton’s appearance on the Golden Globes.

Film critic Lou Lumenick wrote: ‘Diane Keaton's L'Oreal Commercial is much better than her Woody Allen tribute.’
The actress's campaign spot was to promote L’Oreal’s Age Perfect Glow Renewal oil.
Indeed in comparing the two videos, it is clear that Ms Keaton’s face boasts more wrinkles in the Golden Globes broadcast than in the L’Oreal ad.

Online reaction: Twitter users including @LogicalLibby accused L'Oreal of using Photoshop

 

HOW TWITTER REACTED TO L'OREAL'S DIANE KEATON AD:

@LogicalLibby: ‘L'Oreal shouldn't run their Diane Keaton commercial right after she's been onstage WITHOUT Photoshop. #GoldenGIobes’
Sher McAllister: ‘Is anyone else disturbed by seeing Diane Keaton's real face on the Golden Globes vs. her L'oreal anti-aging ad face? #CameraTrickery.’
Gregg Giannillo : ‘Worst commercial placement ever. Diane Keaton wrinkled on #GoldenGlobes then ageless and wrinkle-free in L'Oreal wrinkle serum commercial.’
Vicky King: ‘After seeing the Diane Keaton L'Oréal commercial, it's very apparent there's no filter on the #GoldenGlobes cameras.’
Lauren Bolger: ‘Wow L'Oréal. Great timing. I guess Diane Keaton stopped using your product! #GoldenGlobes’
Lou Lumenick: ‘Diane Keaton's L'Oreal Commercial is much better than her Woody Allen tribute.’
Sallie Cunningham: 'Thinking how refreshing is Diane Keaton, no Botox lips or facelift. Then they cut to her L'Oreal commercial and she had 25 year old skin.'
Darek Tatum: 'Wait. So Diane Keaton got all those wrinkles between filming the L’Oreal commercial and the Golden Globes? That’s unfortunate.'

 

 

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PHOTOS: Film star fears her banned breast implants will kill her after her breasts ballooned to an O cup

An adult film star fears her banned breast implants will kill her after her breasts ballooned to an O cup.

Elizabeth Starr had now-illegal 'string' implants 15 years ago to boost her career - but says her life has been ruined by her super-sized chest.

Doctors have recommended she face a double mastectomy rather than live with her potentially fatal implants.

But the mother-of-two, who has endured a staggering 63 corrective procedures, says she can't face more surgery despite being at risk from blood clots and infection as it would mean the end of her career.

The  43-year-old glamour model whose breasts are still growing, said: 'I was basically the victim of an experiment and I've been paying the price for it ever since.

'Back then I had a family to support and I knew getting bigger boobs would boost my career prospects.

'Now I live day to day worrying I might be struck down by infections or blood clots - it's ruined my life.'

Ms Starr, from Los Angeles, California, was already a 32F when she opted for the polypropylene string implants in 1999.

The £3,000 procedure involved inserting synthetic string into the breasts to stimulate fluid production and growth.

But just a few days after the operation she began suffering complications.

Ms Starr, said: 'My right breast was bright red and swollen and I felt weak and shaky.

'The surgeon cut some tissue away from the breast which he thought might be infected.

'But the infection gradually ate a hole in my right breast the size of a 10-pence piece.

'The pain was unbearable.'

Elizabeth had the string implant removed from her right breast, however, the left one was already too embedded to be taken out.

She said: 'The way the implants work is they continue to grow inside you and become enmeshed in the breast tissue.

 

'Even now I have some residual string in my right breast - I don't think I'll ever be free of it all.

'I was lied to and told the operation had been approved by the medical authority, but it hadn't.'

Ms Starr was already a 32F when she opted for the polypropylene string implants in 1999

Over the next 14 years Elizabeth spent a staggering £200,000 on reconstructive operations to put right damage from the surgery.

She said: 'Over the years I've had lots of implants put in and taken out to make my right breast the same size as my left.

'The tissue in my right breast was so badly damaged that there was almost nothing left.

'One operation involved taking a muscle from my back to replace damaged tissue in my right breast.

'I've spent time recovering in oxygen tents and almost died three times.'

Now Elizabeth has a saline implant containing four litres of liquid in her right breast, to match the breast fluid in her left.

The £3,000 procedure involved inserting synthetic string into the breasts to stimulate fluid production and growth

But the risk of further complications casts a shadow over her future health.

She said: 'There is so much scar tissue in my breasts it's affecting the blood flow to the body and could cause a fatal blood clot.

'I'm a ticking time bomb because anything could happen to me - I'm so scared.'

Elizabeth already had 38F breast before opting for the string implants.

And the single mother to Jason, 23, and Nicholas, 20, hopes her story will act as a warning to women wanting to copy her look.

She said: 'If you are going to attempt to try to become as busty as I am you are putting yourself at extreme risk.

'You have to know what you are getting yourself into because it will change your life forever.

Elizabeth has a saline implant containing four litres of liquid in her right breast, to match the breast fluid in her left

The remaining string implant is causing fluid to leak into both breasts making them to balloon

'I'm in constant pain - bending down and getting dressed are difficult because my back hurts from the weight of my breasts.'

She says the remaining string implant is causing fluid to leak into both breasts making them to balloon.

For the last eight years she has been cared for by Dr Alexander Sinclair, an expert in plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Dr Sinclair said: 'Over the years I've seen cases of polypropylene string implants but I've never seen a case quite like Elizabeth's - her future is uncertain.

'I presented her case at the local medical society and the sentiment was she needed a double mastectomy.'

However, the years of operations have decimated Elizabeth's breast tissue, and she is unwilling to face more risky surgery.

She said: 'I have one option other than to live like this and that is to face a mastectomy.

'But after 63 procedures on my right breast and fighting to keep my career and my breast, I honestly don't think that I could.

'A mastectomy would take away my livelihood and I don't know what else I would do.'

'It's hard when you have been a victim of something and it's even harder when you choose a path in life where people might look down on you and think, 'she deserved it'.

'But I wouldn't wish this on anyone and I hope my story will act as a warning.'

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