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In the age of the pop star, Adele Adkins is an anomaly. Adele doesn’t don provocative meat dresses like Lady Gaga. She does not employ the bounce and glitter of Katy Perry. She does not shimmy the stage in hot pants, or have a bevy of back up dancers, or use large scale theatrical stage productions or any of the other quintessential pop standbys that pepper the Billboard Top 20, and yet, three of the top ten songs are hers.

The lauded British songstress has employed the most subversive gimmick a female pop artist can; she is herself, a real woman, who looks like a real woman, on stage singing out to the audience about real heartbreak. And people love it.

In 2009, Adele received a Grammy for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Her album 19 was certified platinum. Her sophomore album, 21, garnered even more critical success and helped her earn six Grammys this year. What was the impetus for all this success? Adele says it was in the wake of a bad break up with a broken heart that she penned the rich and evocative anthems that have so moved audiences. “Rolling in the Deep” and “Someone Like You” and “Set Fire to the Rain” are all at their core, songs about lost love and heart break. So perhaps the most lasting pop formula of all is simply real girls singing about real boys who broke their heart.

In October 2011, Adele was forced to cancel her tour due to a serious vocal hemorrhage. It seemed as if things might be over before they had hardly started for Adele. After a voice saving surgery and months of recovery, Adele made her official comeback at the 2012 Grammys where she brought down the house with a vocally pure and rousing performance of “Rolling in the Deep.”

With her vocal health back on track and her 2012 Grammy sweep, it appears this year is set to be another record breaker for the sultry soprano. It was just recently announced that Adele has become ITunes first Double Platinum selling artist with over two million downloads of 21. Adele is also slated to perform at the 2012 London Olympics.

The present finds Adele rolling in the success and happily coupled with boyfriend Simon Konecki leaving critics and fans alike to wonder where the inspiration for her next songs will come from. Adele says now that she’s in love; her music will take on a new theme. Whether it’s falling in love or falling out of love, it is a sure bet that fans will still flock to the mega mezzo-soprano they have come to love.

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If you are reading this, make sure you are not in the office or you may just be fired over laughing aloud. Here you will learn of the top 5 ridiculous celebrity ad campaigns. They are promotions that may have been created off the hook. Nonetheless, it is official, these ad campaigns are ridiculous, bad and below average. On a scale of one to ten, none of them would get over three.
If you are update with the latest buzz, then you may have noticed a flood of fashion related campaigns that feature some of Hollywood’s most loved female stars. On the Christian Dior Champaign where Mila Kunis is featured there are some points that the producers must have missed out. One thing they may not have realized is that not all actors can pull out show off poses. Mila Kunis appears on the face of the Champaign with her fingers ridiculously creeping on the direction of the corner of her mouth. This is short of what would have been expected of the gorgeous Hollywood star.

On a Pizza Hut commercial Elijah Wood, one of the most handsome and talented American actors, throws a pile of something that pretty much resembles mashed potatoes flat on his sister’s face. This seems quite awkward however we can gauge the commercial and give it a 5 out of 10 since the celebrity figure was had not walked into international fame during the commercial shooting.

The Hollywood star Kate Winslet pulls a very sloppy pose during a fashion Champaign. She poses with her hand behind her head and her elbow positioned high to the roof. It is evident that the purpose of the commercial was not achieved since apparently the celebrity was supposed to show off specific details on her clothing and give the ad a dynamic edge. To most people, the exhibition of the commercial is simply not practicable especially for a fashion mammoth like St. John.

On yet another ridiculous commercial for Aim mint toothpaste, Meg Ryan carelessly directs her mint toothpaste to her friends. The only thing missing in the Champaign is a ra ra ra! Sound expressing how harshly the toothpaste was passed on. It is a fact that this is one of the most ridiculous commercials of all times.

On another St. John ad, Winslet is seen to show off a hot black dress. The only problem is that she pulls out the pose as if she had just woken up on the bare floor and noticed that she was not on her cozy bed.

Have you noticed any other ridiculous celebrity ad campaigns lately?

Emily is a blogger who writes about a variety of topics. Most nights she reads up on celebrity gossip while sipping her Tassimo coffee to keep her writing through the late hours of the night.