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Aldi launches fancy new range beloved by Adele and the Beckhams

<p>ALDI Australia is about to introduce a fancy homewares range that has the Beckhams and Adele collectively nodding in approval.</p> <p>Yes, you heard it right – ALDI, the place where you normally hunt for discounted Vegemite and budget-friendly meats – is stepping into the world of high-end homewares. Prepare your wallets and your finest monocles, because the supermarket chain has joined forces with the UK's luxury juggernaut, Liberty, to create a line of exclusive designer goodies. Christmas just got a whole lot bougier!</p> <p>Set to hit shelves on November 29, this collaboration promises to bring a touch of sophistication to your life – without forcing you to auction off your grandmother's vintage tea set to afford it. The range includes 12 new products, each bearing Liberty's iconic print designs. And with prices starting at a jaw-dropping $2.99, you might need a moment to let that sink in. We'll wait.</p> <p>Belinda Grice, ALDI Australia’s buying director of Special Buys, expressed her excitement, saying, "It’s so exciting to bring an extra touch of luxury to our customers. A high-quality product at an affordable price is what we do best, so this collaboration with Liberty is a match made in heaven."</p> <p>It's basically like finding a caviar-flavoured chip in your bag of mixed nuts.</p> <p>The range includes everything from candles to notebooks, diaries, hand creams, teapots, diffusers, soap bars and probably a golden unicorn or two. It's a cornucopia of poshness. We imagine this is the sort of stuff the Queen used to take notes during her royal corgi tea parties.</p> <p><img src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/2023/11/Liberty_aldi.jpg" alt="" width="1280" height="720" /></p> <p>For British expats Down Under, this is the homecoming they never knew they needed. It's a bit like getting a surprise visit from King Charles himself, only instead of royal decrees, he bears scented candles and aesthetically pleasing teapots.</p> <p>But wait, there's more! ALDI is not just here to elevate your home decor game; it's also here to sprinkle some goodness in the world. Ten percent of Liberty’s proceeds from the collection will go to support Camp Quality, an organisation on a mission to bring joy, fun and laughter back into the lives of kids facing cancer. So not only can you deck out your living room like a Buckingham Palace waiting room, but you can also feel good about it. It's a win-win situation, or as the posh say, a "triumphantly exquisite dichotomy".</p> <p>As we gear up for the holiday season, let's raise a teacup to ALDI for making luxury accessible to all. Who needs a silver spoon when you can have a $2.99 Liberty teapot? Just remember, the next time someone questions your taste, you can proudly declare, "It's ALDI x Liberty, darling. Look it up."</p> <p><em>Images: Getty / ALDI</em></p>

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Why a familiar face made Adele break down on stage

<p dir="ltr">Adele has broken down during an emotional show in Las Vegas, after she locked eyes with a special audience member. </p> <p dir="ltr">The British songstress was performing at her residency show with a special Halloween show when she spotted a familiar face in the crowd.</p> <p dir="ltr">While dressed as Morticia from the Addams Family for the spooky-themed concert, Adele began to perform her hit song <em>When We Were Young</em> from her award-winning album <em>25</em>. </p> <p dir="ltr">She suddenly burst into tears and ran into the audience, as she spotted the doctor who delivered her son Angelo ten years ago. </p> <p dir="ltr">Adele could be seen mouthing “Shut up!” in between lines of the heartbreaking ballad, as she couldn't believe what she was seeing.</p> <blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy_HGsFrr7Q/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"> </div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <div style="padding: 12.5% 0;"> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;"> <div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: 8px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);"> </div> </div> <div style="margin-left: auto;"> <div style="width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);"> </div> <div style="width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);"> </div> </div> </div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;"> </div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;"> </div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cy_HGsFrr7Q/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A post shared by 𝒜𝒹𝑒𝓁𝑒 𝐿𝒶𝓊𝓇𝒾𝑒 𝐵𝓁𝓊𝑒 𝒜𝒹𝓀𝒾𝓃𝓈 (@thirtyfreeadele)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p dir="ltr">“Oh my god, Colin! Oh my god! This is my doctor that gave birth to my baby!”</p> <p dir="ltr">“I haven't seen you for years!” she exclaimed, as she paused the song and ran up into the audience.</p> <p dir="ltr">As Adele caught up with her long-lost friend, the tune continued playing in the background. </p> <p dir="ltr">The singer apologised to her fans as she was caught up in the emotional moment.</p> <p dir="ltr">“Sorry!” she said to the crowd. “Will you sing it for me? That man delivered my baby!”</p> <p dir="ltr">Fans on Twitter rushed to praise the touching moment and Adele's sweet gesture to the doctor. </p> <p dir="ltr">One said, “This is so heartwarming,” while another added, “That's just the coolest thing ever!”</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image credits: Instagram</em></p>

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Adele called herself a ‘borderline alcoholic’. But is that a real thing?

<p><em><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/nicole-lee-81635">Nicole Lee</a>, <a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/curtin-university-873">Curtin University</a></em></p> <p>British singer-songwriter Adele says she has quit drinking, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/oct/18/adele-says-she-has-quit-drinking-after-being-a-borderline-alcoholic">describing herself</a> as a “borderline alcoholic” when she was in her 20s.</p> <p>She joins a <a href="https://theconversation.com/why-are-young-people-drinking-less-than-their-parents-generation-did-172225">growing number of people</a> who are trying to quit or reduce their drinking.</p> <p>But what does “borderline alcoholic” mean and is it a real thing?</p> <h2>It’s not all-or-nothing any more</h2> <p>In the <a href="https://theconversation.com/does-alcoholics-anonymous-actually-work-179665">early days</a> of alcohol treatment, people used to think of problems with alcohol as all-or-nothing. They used to believe there was something different about people who had problems with alcohol and those who didn’t. That’s how the idea of the “<a href="https://theconversation.com/is-there-really-such-a-thing-as-an-addictive-personality-184137">addictive personality</a>” came about.</p> <p>But now we think of drinking on a continuum. It goes from not drinking at all to dependent drinking. And people can move up and down that continuum at different points in their lives. The old saying “once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic” doesn’t apply any more.</p> <h2>How much is it OK to drink?</h2> <p>The Australian national alcohol <a href="https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/health-advice/alcohol">guidelines</a> say healthy men and women should drink no more than ten <a href="https://alcoholthinkagain.com.au/resources-and-tools/standard-drink-tool">standard drinks</a> a week and no more than four a day. So that’s about two to three drinks three to four times a week. <a href="https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/health/health-conditions-and-risks/alcohol-consumption/latest-release">Most Australians</a> drink within these guidelines.</p> <p>If you drink over those guidelines you are more likely to experience a number of long- and short-term <a href="https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/about-us/publications/australian-guidelines-reduce-health-risks-drinking-alcohol">problems</a> including alcohol dependence, cancers, diabetes and heart disease. The risk of problems increases the more you drink and the more frequently you drink.</p> <p>About 25% of Australians drink at <a href="https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/illicit-use-of-drugs/national-drug-strategy-household-survey-2019/data">risky levels</a> and around 6% drink at such high levels that they would probably be dependent. Daily drinking is associated with dependence.</p> <h2>So when is someone an alcoholic or a borderline alcoholic?</h2> <p>The term “alcoholic” is rarely used by health professionals any more. It can make people believe there is nothing they can do about the problems they might be experiencing. Historically, that’s what the early treatment providers believed in the 1930s and that <a href="https://theconversation.com/alcohol-problems-arent-for-life-and-aa-isnt-the-only-option-8-things-film-and-tv-get-wrong-about-drug-and-alcohol-treatment-180946">myth has continued</a>. But some people find identifying as an “alcoholic” helpful to maintain their goal of quitting drinking.</p> <p>Health professionals have never used the term “borderline alcoholic”. But in describing herself that way Adele is really saying alcohol is having too much of a negative impact on her life, and like many others has decided to do something positive about it by taking a break.</p> <h2>Which terms do we use now?</h2> <p>Now, we tend to talk about “dependence” on a continuum from mild to moderate to severe. We also talk about the range of problems other than dependence that people can experience, which also lie on a continuum.</p> <p>The threshold for whether someone is a problem or dependent drinker is not just how much they drink (although that is important), but also how severe the alcohol-related problems are.</p> <p>Problems with alcohol don’t always correlate with consumption. Some people can drink a moderate amount and have a lot of problems and others can drink a lot and appear not to have many negative consequences.</p> <h2>I’m worried about my drinking. What next?</h2> <p>If you are wondering if you are drinking too much you can <a href="https://hellosundaymorning.org/nib_alcohol_self-assessment/">check online</a> with a free and anonymous assessment.</p> <p>Signs you may have a <a href="https://alcoholtreatmentguidelines.com.au/resources/appendix-3-diagnostic-criteria-for-alcohol-dependence">problem with alcohol</a> include:</p> <ul> <li> <p>having trouble stopping once you start drinking</p> </li> <li> <p>wanting or trying to cut back but slipping up frequently</p> </li> <li> <p>spending a lot of time drinking or recovering from drinking</p> </li> <li> <p>having cravings to drink alcohol, such as if you come home from work and reach straight for a drink</p> </li> <li> <p>dropping the ball at work, study or home because you’ve been drinking, such as not being able to do your work because you’re hungover</p> </li> <li> <p>continuing to drink alcohol even though you know it’s causing problems with your health, friends, work or relationships</p> </li> <li> <p>giving up or reducing social and work activities to drink instead</p> </li> <li> <p>drinking when it’s not safe, such as before driving or swimming.</p> </li> </ul> <p>If you find you aren’t getting the same effects from alcohol as you used to or you need more and more alcohol to get the same effect, you have probably developed a dependence.</p> <p>Sometimes people who are very dependent can experience withdrawal symptoms when they stop – strong cravings, nausea, sweating, agitation and anxiety.</p> <p>The more of these signs you have, the more likely you are to be dependent on alcohol.</p> <p>If you have any of these signs, taking a break from alcohol for a few months or longer can help. If you find that’s too hard, you can try sticking within the Australian alcohol guidelines by reducing the number of drinks per occasion and increasing your drink-free days.</p> <h2>There’s help</h2> <p>Sometimes when people experience some of these problems they need a bit of help to keep them on track. You can talk to your GP who can refer you to a psychologist or treatment service. Or you can try self-help options such as the Hello Sunday Morning’s <a href="https://hellosundaymorning.org/daybreak/">Daybreak app</a> (a community of people supporting each other to change their relationship with alcohol). If your problems are more severe, you can try something like <a href="https://smartrecoveryaustralia.com.au">SMART Recovery</a> (evidence-based group support for alcohol and other drug problems).</p> <hr /> <p><em>If you are worried about your own or someone else’s alcohol or other drug use, you can contact the National Alcohol and other Drug Hotline on 1800 250 015 for free, confidential advice.</em><!-- Below is The Conversation's page counter tag. Please DO NOT REMOVE. --><img style="border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important;" src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/215987/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" /><!-- End of code. 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"You're crazy": Adele accidentally confirms long-running rumour

<p dir="ltr">Adele has reignited a long-standing rumour about her relationship status during her concert in Las Vegas. </p> <p dir="ltr">During her residency show on Saturday night, one excited concertgoer jokingly proposed to the iconic singer, with the moment being captured on video by another fan. </p> <p dir="ltr">Adele, 35, replied to the fan's tongue-in-cheek proposal by saying, "You can't marry me. I'm straight, my love, and my husband's here tonight," referring to her partner of two years, NBA agent Rich Paul, 41.</p> <p dir="ltr">The female fan asked Adele if she'd be willing to "try", to which the singer quipped, "No, I don't want to try! I'm with Rich... you're crazy, leave me alone."</p> <p dir="ltr">The clip of the moment was then posted to TikTok, as fans flocked to the comments to speculate if she was joking about her relationship status, or if she had married her partner in secret.</p> <p dir="ltr">Since the pair first started dating in July 2021, they have attracted a slew of marriage rumours. </p> <p dir="ltr">She last addressed the rumours in 2022 in a candid chat with <a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/music/a40803238/adele-interview-elle-september-cover-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elle</a> magazine, in which she said "I'm not married. I'm not married!...I'm just in loooove! I'm happy as I'll ever be."</p> <p dir="ltr">The couple first met at a mutual friend's birthday party and immediately hit it off.</p> <p dir="ltr">"I was a bit drunk," Adele revealed in a 2021 interview with <a href="https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/adele-british-vogue-interview" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Vogue</a>. "I said, 'Do you want to sign me? I'm an athlete now.'"</p> <p dir="ltr">"He was dancing. All the other guys were just sitting around. He was just dancing away," the singer added.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image credits: Getty Images</em></p>

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Adele's candid baby confession mid-concert

<p>Adele has candidly revealed that she wants to expand her family with boyfriend Rich Paul.</p> <p>The <em>Hello </em>singer dropped the news during one of her shows in Las Vegas, when she spotted a fan who was 20-weeks pregnant. </p> <p>The fan shared that she was having a girl, but has yet to decide on a name and wanted Adele's help. </p> <p>“I really want to be a mum again soon, so every time I see a name I like, I write it down in my phone,” the singer said to the surprise of fans. </p> <p>The fan responded: “We have two names and we’ve been going back and forth. I can’t, for the life of me, decide. I like boy names for girls. The first name is Parker or Spencer.”</p> <p>The 35-year-old singer then mulled over the two options before she jokingly said: can’t say Parker because Rich likes that name.</p> <p>“I’ll say Spencer,” she concluded. </p> <p>Adele then gave a sneak peek into one of the names she likes. </p> <p>“I love Ray for a girl as well, spelled like the boy’s name,” she added. </p> <p> </p> <div class="embed" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none !important;"><iframe class="embedly-embed" style="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; outline: none !important; width: 603px; max-width: 100%;" title="tiktok embed" src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2Fembed%2Fv2%2F7271648822659501355&amp;display_name=tiktok&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tiktok.com%2F%40editsofadele%2Fvideo%2F7271648822659501355&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fp16-sign.tiktokcdn-us.com%2Fobj%2Ftos-useast5-p-0068-tx%2FowMuDRbnSIJFR8kEBF8Yn65hqBiAEDTkeBf7Qg%3Fx-expires%3D1693706400%26x-signature%3DkvzKhLZtGJ8sMZJLnQSpkH%252FBsQQ%253D&amp;key=59e3ae3acaa649a5a98672932445e203&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=tiktok" width="340" height="700" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></div> <p>The fan was over-the-moon when she found out they had a similar taste in baby names.</p> <p>"Stop - that’s (going to be) the middle name!” she said. </p> <p>Adele gushed that they were "so in sync". </p> <p>Footage of the sweet exchange has since gone viral with over 1.4 million views, and fans are delighted at the interaction. </p> <p>“Spencer Ray is actually nice but the fact that Adele picked it… come on, best name in the world,” wrote one fan. </p> <p>“’Adele named you' 😳 elite story,” another commented on the stories that the fan's future daughter could tell. </p> <p>“Imagine growing up and saying I was named by Adele 😂,” another said.</p> <p>Adele is already a mother to 10-year-old son Angelo, who she shares with ex-husband Simon Konecki. </p> <p>The star has been hinting about wanting to expand her family since February 2022, and has been in a relationship with Rich since early 2021. </p> <p><em>Images: TikTok</em></p>

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"We did it!" Mystery behind Fifi Box's wedding dress unveiled

<p dir="ltr">Fifi Box has been spotted in a wedding dress and veil while holding a bouquet in Las Vegas, leaving many to believe she has tied the knot. </p> <p dir="ltr">While on a work trip, the radio host and her co-host Brendan Fevola and Nick Cody went to see Adele perform at her resident show in Vegas. </p> <p dir="ltr">In order to get Adele’s attention, Fifi dressed in wedding attire and made a sign, despite having no intention of getting married. </p> <p dir="ltr">Explaining the stunt on their radio show on Monday morning, Fifi explained, “We went to Adele last night, Fev and I did have to try and get her attention. So that was the mission, can Adele speak to us.”</p> <p dir="ltr">“We know that halfway through the show she walks through the crowd and chats to people, and what we had noticed in a lot of news stories was that it’s people who had signs or had just gotten married.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Last week, the radio team had put a call out to their listeners to ask for suggestions on how they should get Adele’s attention at the show, with one person suggesting they dress up and act as newlyweds. </p> <p dir="ltr">“So I wore the wedding dress and the veil, I had a bouquet and we had a sign that said ‘I walked down the aisle to your song today’.”</p> <p dir="ltr">Fifi then played a clip of the show in which you can hear Adele target the faux newlyweds and say “Congratulations!” while performing one of her hit songs. </p> <p dir="ltr">“We went to great lengths, but I'm going to point this out,” Fifi said. </p> <p dir="ltr">“Our mission was to get Adele to speak to us, and she looked me in the eye and said ‘congratulations’. We did it! Pretty cool to get a call out from Adele.”</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image credits: Instagram</em></p>

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Tom Cruise celebrates his 60th!

<p dir="ltr">Tom Cruise has turned 60!</p> <p dir="ltr">In honour of his 60th birthday on July 3, <em>Mission: Impossible</em> director Christopher McQuarrie shared a rare photo of Cruise performing a crazy stunt. </p> <p dir="ltr">The actor, known to perform his own insane stunts, could be seen hanging on from an airborne red biplane. </p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Mission: Impossible movie, Dead Reckoning Part One</em> is due to be released in 2023. </p> <p dir="ltr">Cruise however spent his actual birthday watching the F1 Grand Prix in the UK, with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and Lewis Hamilton’s family.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Anthony Hamilton, Antonio Pérez Garibay and Tom Cruise watching the podium celebrations together is everything ❤️ <a href="https://t.co/KvtgU19ssH">pic.twitter.com/KvtgU19ssH</a></p> <p>— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNF1/status/1543665585913008128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Hamilton and Tom Cruise showed love after the race 🤝❤️ <a href="https://t.co/TDHCHh8FFh">pic.twitter.com/TDHCHh8FFh</a></p> <p>— ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNF1/status/1543640030354329601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">The one and only Maverick. Happy birthday, <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCruise?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TomCruise</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TopGun?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TopGun</a> <a href="https://t.co/OWSUMwVWJY">pic.twitter.com/OWSUMwVWJY</a></p> <p>— Top Gun (@TopGunMovie) <a href="https://twitter.com/TopGunMovie/status/1543640720216510466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2022</a></p></blockquote> <p dir="ltr">Also, an avid Adele fan, Cruise was spotted singing and dancing to Adele at Hyde Park where he was also surprised with a birthday cake backstage. </p> <p dir="ltr">"Tom looked like he had an absolute blast. He was really going for it with his dancing and seemed to know all the words to sing along,” an onlooker said. </p> <p dir="ltr">"After the set finished, staff brought the cake out for him and he couldn't stop saying thank you. He hugged his favourite hostess as they sang Happy Birthday.</p> <p dir="ltr">"Then he gave a speech about how nice it was for everyone to be able to come together for events again after Covid.</p> <p dir="ltr">"And Tom said Adele was phenomenal. He was so upbeat and living his best life."</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Getty</em></p>

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Adele shares exciting news on the home front!

<p dir="ltr">Adele and her boyfriend have announced that they have bought a new home and are moving in together a year after dating. </p> <p dir="ltr">The British singer and millionaire boyfriend Rich Paul reportedly bought the Los Angeles home - which belonged to Sylvester Stallone and his wife Jennifer Flavin Stallone - for an eye-watering $83 million. </p> <p dir="ltr">The pair have been dating for about a year and the singer announced the exciting news to Instagram.</p> <p dir="ltr">Adele shared a photo of herself and Rich outside their stunning new home, along with a series of other images giving a glimpse of their loving relationship.</p> <p dir="ltr">Captioning the post “Time Flies”, the <em>Hello</em> singer also shared a fortune cookie reading which read: “You have found good company – enjoy”.</p> <p dir="ltr">The gorgeous mansion was designed by Richard Landry and boasts eight bedrooms and 12 bathrooms.</p> <p dir="ltr">The main house features six bedrooms and nine bathrooms including a master suite, three spacious en-suite bedrooms, and two maids bedrooms.</p> <p dir="ltr">The luxurious master suite includes a sauna, steam room, and office with a terrace.</p> <p dir="ltr">There is also a two-story guest house with two en-suite bedrooms and a full chef's kitchen.</p> <p dir="ltr">To top it off, there is also a professional movie theatre and cigar room with an air-filtration system.</p> <p dir="ltr">There is also a gym, a massive patio outside with incredible views of the infinity pool, spa, and even a putting green. </p> <p dir="ltr">The home was on the market for about six months for a whopping $110 million, but when there were no takers, he dropped the price down to $83 million. </p> <p dir="ltr">The loved up couple sparked dating rumours last year in July when they were spotted together at an NBA game.</p> <p dir="ltr">They first claimed to have only been “hanging out” but the mother-of-one and father-of-three soon began dating.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: Westside Estate Agency</em></p>

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Stallone sells home to Adele then buys THIS

<p>Maybe you heard that Sylvester Stallone has up and sold his custom Beverly Hills 90210 mansion. The lucky buyer on this occasion was none other than soul diva Adele – who only paid a humble $58 million for the abode residing in the ultra-exclusive guard-gated Beverly Park community.</p> <p>While Stallone and his wife Jennifer now call Florida home (with a $35 million pad out in Palm Beach), the power couple are keeping one foot on Californian soil with a recent purchase.</p> <p>They’ve “downsized” on the down-low to an estate in nearby Hidden Hills. This happens to be another guard-gated community near Los Angeles, in an area well known for its many famous residents – including musicians, pro athletes and nearly all of the Kardashians.</p> <p>Stallone paid about $18.2 million for the residence, meaning he got himself a new home and still managed to pocket roughly $40 million from the Beverley Park sale.</p> <p>The house is set at the end of a discreet Hidden Hills cul-de-sac, the gated estate spans more than two acres and is a true compound, with a mansion-sized main house, a guesthouse, pool house and separate horse barn.</p> <p>All up, the various structures include more than 10,000 square feet of living space, and the fully landscaped property also includes a greenhouse, vegetable garden, 100 fruit-bearing citrus and avocado trees, a koi pond and a horse arena for riding.</p> <p>Built new in 2015, the property was sold the following year for $7.8 million to Margie Keyes, the Australian-born ex-wife of Keyes Auto Group owner Howard Keyes.</p> <p>Shortly after her purchase, Keyes engaged the services of noted interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard who is best known for his work with celebrity clients like the Kardashians and the Osbourne family - for a very custom make over.</p> <p>As you can see in the gallery below, the results of those renovations are stunning and highly luxurious.</p> <p><em>Images: Dirt Real Estate </em></p>

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Adele facing backlash after a tone-deaf instagram post

<p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-size: 16px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #323338;font-family: Roboto, Arial;background-color: #ffffff">Adele has sparked backlash from fans over a “tone-deaf” post in the wake of her postponed Las Vegas residency.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-size: 16px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #323338;font-family: Roboto, Arial;background-color: #ffffff">In a tweet posted on Tuesday night, the singer subtly shut down reports she was cancelling her planned Brit Awards performance next week amid “trouble in paradise” in her new relationship with Rich Paul.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-size: 16px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #323338;font-family: Roboto, Arial;background-color: #ffffff">She posted a happy photo of herself grinning, and captioned it: “Hiya, so I’m really happy to say that I am performing at the Brits next week! Anddddd I’ll also be popping in to see Graham for a chat on the couch while I’m in town too! I’m looking forward to it!”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-size: 16px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #323338;font-family: Roboto, Arial;background-color: #ffffff">Rather than simply dispel the reports she was pulling out of her upcoming appearance, the post has sparked anger among the thousands of disappointed fans who had received word last month that she was cancelling her Vegas shows at the last minute.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-size: 16px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #323338;font-family: Roboto, Arial;background-color: #ffffff">“Have you refunded all the fans yet from the Vegas shows?” one user wrote underneath her tweet.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-size: 16px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #323338;font-family: Roboto, Arial;background-color: #ffffff">“What about all those people that have lost money because you cancelled at the last minute. Where is their performance?” said another disgruntled fan, to which someone replied: “Yep. Exactly. Where is it? She could care less.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-size: 16px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #323338;font-family: Roboto, Arial;background-color: #ffffff">Adele’s post followed rumours her relationship with US sports agent Rich Paul is on the rocks, suggesting it was a factor in the cancellation of her Las Vegas residency.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-size: 16px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #323338;font-family: Roboto, Arial;background-color: #ffffff">According to the <em style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;vertical-align: baseline">New York Daily News</em>, the singer interrupted rehearsals to take calls from her boyfriend and was seen crying.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-size: 16px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #323338;font-family: Roboto, Arial;background-color: #ffffff">An inside source said: “There’s trouble in paradise. That’s why she can’t perform.”</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-size: 16px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #323338;font-family: Roboto, Arial;background-color: #ffffff">The 33-year-old singer devastated fans by cancelling her Las Vegas residency 24 hours before it was set to start last month. She announced the cancellation of the three-month run of concerts at Caesar’s Palace in a tearful Instagram post.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;font-size: 16px;vertical-align: baseline;color: #323338;font-family: Roboto, Arial;background-color: #ffffff">On Tuesday, <em style="margin: 0px;padding: 0px;border: 0px;vertical-align: baseline">The Sun</em> reported that she had also pulled out of her planned performance at the Brit Awards at London’s 02 Arena on February 8, causing a “huge headache” for show bosses who were left scrambling to find a replacement.</p>

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"I'm so sorry": Adele issues teary apology

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pop legend Adele has made a </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/im-really-sorry-adeles-shock-announcement-on-eve-of-vegas-residency/news-story/92152db4a75ff220d6ff3aae7d233d03" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">teary announcement</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> online that shocked fans, revealing she has postponed her highly-anticipated Las Vegas residency the day before it was due to open.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 33-year-old was due to debut her </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Weekends with Adele</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on Friday, January 21, playing two shows every weekend until April.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But, just 24 hours before her first show, Adele took to Instagram to make her announcement.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She explained that she “wasn’t ready” for the residency, first announced in November 2021, due to Covid and other production delays.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CY-AYtZAgp-/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/tv/CY-AYtZAgp-/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Adele (@adele)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’m so sorry, but my show ain’t ready. We’ve tried absolutely everything that we can to pull it together and have it ready in time for you, but we’ve been absolutely destroyed by delivery delays and Covid,” she began in the clip.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Half my crew, half my team are down with Covid - still are. It’s been impossible to finish the show. I can’t give you what I have right now, and I’m gutted,” she continued.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’m sorry it’s so last-minute. We’ve been awake for over 30 hours now trying to figure it out and … we’ve run out of time. I’m so upset and I’m really embarrassed and I’m so sorry to everyone that’s travelled again.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’m really, really sorry. We’re on it, we’re going to reschedule all of the dates, and I’m going to finish my show and get it to where it’s supposed to be.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It’s been impossible. We’ve been up against so much and it just ain’t ready.”</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CW53ZoEgv-m/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CW53ZoEgv-m/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Adele (@adele)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The star’s announcement even seemed to take the venue by surprise, with Caesars Palace still listing the start date as January 21 on its website.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Though Adele has simply said that “all dates will be rescheduled” in a caption accompanying her announcement, it’s unclear how many of the shows will be affected.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Adele is expected to earn almost $1 million per show, with </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Sun</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> reporting that the singer will also enjoy some perks during her stay at the famed location.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The casino will provide the </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Easy On Me</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> singer with a “$56,000-a-night private suite accessible at any time during the residency, a butler, an executive assistant, chauffeur and security”, as well as free food and drinks for her and any guests staying at a Caesars resort.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: @adele (Instagram)</span></em></p>

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Adele buys Sylvester Stallone’s home at bargain price

<p dir="ltr">Pop superstar Adele has expanded her property portfolio once again, after she<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.nine.com.au/property/news/adele-buys-sylvester-stallone-beverly-hills-mansion-for-80-million-dollars/0df9aa49-c3bd-45a3-9d4f-a08992d2093f" target="_blank">dropped $80.1 million</a><span> </span>on the deluxe mansion of<span> </span><em>Rocky</em><span> </span>star Sylvester Stallone.</p> <p dir="ltr">The sprawling Mediterranean-style estate - located in Beverly Hills - has eight bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, and sits on a 14,164-square metre block.</p> <p dir="ltr">The home boasts a variety of luxe features, including a two-storey foyer, infinity pool, movie theatre, gym, and a two-storey, two-bedroom guest house.</p> <p dir="ltr">The listing also notes that the home comes with its own putting green, cigar room, custom bar, and a master bedroom featuring its own dual bath, sauna and steam room.</p> <p dir="ltr">Though Adele has previously told<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/adele-british-vogue-interview" target="_blank"><em>British Vogue</em></a><span> </span>she made the move to LA because she couldn’t afford London’s house prices and an $80 million price tag sounds quite steep, the singer actually scored herself quite a good deal.</p> <p dir="ltr">“The kind of house I have in LA I could never afford in London. Ever,” she said at the time.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I looked at houses. It’s like hundreds of millions of pounds. I don’t have that much money at all. I’d throw up.”</p> <p dir="ltr">One LA property expert even told<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/01/01/adele-buying-sylvester-stallone-estate-house-steal-rocky/" target="_blank"><em>TMZ</em></a><span> </span>that the purchase was an “outright steal”.</p> <p dir="ltr">Stallone first listed the home for an eye-watering $152 million in January 2021, as reported by<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/adele-buys-sylvester-stallones-mediterranean-style-beverly-hills-mansion" target="_blank"><em>Architectural Digest</em></a>.</p> <p dir="ltr">After receiving little interest, the 75-year-old dropped the price to $117.5 million in May, before Adele snapped it up with a discount of almost 50 percent this year.</p> <p dir="ltr">Her latest purchase comes as her fourth in LA within the last five years.</p> <p dir="ltr">The<span> </span><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.oversixty.com.au/property/real-estate/see-inside-adele-s-41-5-million-property-portfolio" target="_blank">previous three LA pads</a><span> </span>cost Adele between $9.5 and $10.5 million each, and her latest acquisition brings her total spending to $110 million.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>Images: @adele (Instagram) / Getty Images, Realtor</em></p>

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Sunrise presenter issues tearful apology to Adele

<div> <div class="reply-list-component"> <div class="reply-component"> <div class="reply-body-component"> <div class="reply_body body linkify"> <div class="reply-body-wrapper"> <div class="reply-body-inner"> <div class="body_text redactor-styles redactor-in"> <p><em>Image: Getty &amp; Sunrise</em></p> <p>Weekend Sunrise host Matt Doran gave an unreserved apology to Adele and her loyal fans after the “terrible” oversight that led him to interviewing the global singing megastar without having listened to her new album first.</p> <p>Doran addressed the controversy on Weekend Sunrise for the first time since reports emerged of the interview which he flew to London to conduct.</p> <p>The Channel 7 personality admitted to being in the wrong, having endured a “torrent of abuse and mockery”, but also set the record straight regarding how the error came about.</p> <p>“I want to address something that’s made headlines this week,” Doran said on Saturday.</p> <p>“This is a story that has sparked a torrent of abuse and mockery around the world. If I’m being honest with you, the bulk of this abuse I deserve and totally own. I flew to London to interview Adele – an unspeakable privilege that was meant to be one of the highlights of my career.”</p> <p>He went on to explain that he made the “terrible mistake of assuming” that Adele’s album 30 would not be supplied to him prior to the interview, as it was being conducted prior to the album's global release.</p> <p>“The day after we landed in London, an email came through from Sony which didn’t mention Adele but contained a link to her album,” he said.</p> <p>“The genuine, dead-set, hand-on-heart truth is that I missed it. By an absurdly long margin, the most important email I’ve ever missed in my life.”</p> <p>“At least half the interview was focused squarely on the new music,” he said.</p> <p>“I thought it was reductive to describe it as simply about divorce, that it was about empowerment, and would inspire people to summon the courage to steer their lives in a new direction.</p> <p>“We spoke of the paradox that is being the world’s most famous artist - but hating fame.</p> <p>“Throughout the 29 minutes, Adele was profound, she was funny, she was raw and then she was honest. Honest enough to describe her depression as ‘end-of-the-world stuff’.</p> <p>The Weekend Sunrise presenter admitted to insulting Adele by missing the link to listen to the new album.</p> <p>“But by missing the album link, however I might try to justify it, I’ve insulted Adele,” he said.</p> <p>“To Adele I say: I’d never have knowingly disrespected you by deliberately not listening to your work.</p> <p>“I’m so sorry.</p> <p>“I also apologise to Adele’s Australian fans - who through my error have been denied this interview and the insight into her character.”</p> <p>Doran pointed to the lyrics of the tenth track,<span> </span><em>Hold On</em>: “Sometimes forgiveness is easiest in secret.”</p> <p>“I’m not expecting that forgiveness,” he said.</p> <p>“But I do owe you an apology.”</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

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Adele convinces Spotify to make big changes

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Adele has convinced executives at Spotify to make changes to their service upon the release of her new album. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The British singer managed to persuade Spotify to remove the default shuffle option for new release albums. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a result, listeners can hear the track listing as it was intended to be heard by the artist. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Adele shared the news with her Twitter followers, saying “</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our art tells a story and our stories should be listened to as we intended.”</span></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">This was the only request I had in our ever changing industry! We don’t create albums with so much care and thought into our track listing for no reason. Our art tells a story and our stories should be listened to as we intended. Thank you Spotify for listening 🍷♥️ <a href="https://t.co/XWlykhqxAy">https://t.co/XWlykhqxAy</a></p> — Adele (@Adele) <a href="https://twitter.com/Adele/status/1462260324485242881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While the shuffle option still comes up as the default on playlists, on individual albums, the tracks will be played in order. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When Adele tweeted the news, Spotify replied to the songstress saying “Anything for you”.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Adele’s fourth studio album </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">30</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> was released the day after the Spotify changes were made, which was highly anticipated after her six year hiatus. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She first teased the album on Instagram early in October, as the announcement boasts over 6 million likes. </span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CU-Kv8NgvVj/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CU-Kv8NgvVj/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Adele (@adele)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image credits: Shutterstock / Instagram @adele</span></em></p>

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See inside Adele’s $41.5 million property portfolio

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Pop icon Adele has shared an inside look into her property portfolio, revealing that she has invested millions in Los Angeles real estate but can’t quite afford London’s hefty prices.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 33-year-old, who has a reported net worth of $USD 200 million, has snapped up three properties in the last five years in the exclusive neighbourhood of Hidden Valley.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The kind of house I have in LA I could never afford in London. Ever,” the British singer told </span><em><a rel="noopener" href="https://www.vogue.co.uk/arts-and-lifestyle/article/adele-british-vogue-interview" target="_blank"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vogue</span></a></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her most recent purchase, a 513-square-metre, four bedroom home, was from her friend and next-door neighbour Nicole Richie, which she paid USD $10 million for earlier this year.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The pop star bought her first home in Beverly Hills for $USD 9.5 million, before going on to purchase a second home for $USD 10.5 million shortly after splitting from husband Simon Konecki in 2019.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s widely believed that Konecki lives in the home, which is across the street from Adele’s other two properties, so that the pair can raise their eight-year-old son close together.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The exclusive community - located inside a gated enclave - is aso home to fellow A-listers Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lawrence and Katy Perry.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Take a look inside the singer’s deluxe portfolio and everything they offer.</span></p> <p><strong>#1 Hidden Valley Road (2016)</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The four-bedroom home designed by Scott Mitchell opens with a two-storey foyer, and comes with a library on the second floor.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7845901/adele1-0.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/58a89ca9577944859c9d12230ed9f73c" /></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: Realtor</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Features of the home include two formal living rooms - one with a fireplace and the other with floor-to-ceiling windows - as well as a chef’s kitchen, an expansive family room and breakfast area, and a bonus room usually reserved as a gym.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7845899/adele1-3.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/df02202242a3420b84d9119a988556a1" /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Image: Realtor</em></span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7845898/adele1-2.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/b10f8c08b7a947e7a17bb1e5075797ea" /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Image: Realtor</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Outside, the property includes a treehouse, an outdoor train set, a pool, and a dog run.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7845900/adele1-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/e041985bcfd64b37b8138b2a6784ab1b" /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Image: Realtor</em></span></p> <p><strong>#2 Hidden Valley Road (2019)</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dubbed an “art collector’s paradise”, the contemporary home features high ceilings and plenty of natural light.</span></p> <p><img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7845896/adele2-1.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/8c7973ecd0974be486a3a1bdecc93cfd" /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Image: Realtor</em></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The home boasts a sunken living room, a 2000-book library, custom-made furniture, and a jacuzzi in the main bedroom’s ensuite, as well as a private balcony and custom walk-in wardrobe.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sitting on more than 3000 square metres, the house is surrounded by expansive lawns, fruit trees, a solar-heated pool, and a large driveway</span></p> <p> <img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7845897/adele2-0.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/87973c84ae13448b83fc354838829ad2" /></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><em>Image: Realtor</em></span></p> <p><strong>#3 Lime Orchard Road (2021)</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The mini-mansion wraps around a park-like backyard, with a large lawn accented with stone pavers that lead to a stone patio with an inset pool and separate spa.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other features include a basketball court and a large hedge offering maximum privacy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But, photos of the home are hard to find since Adele bought the home from Richie and her husband, Joel Madden, in an off-market deal.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Madden and Richie made a tidy profit on the property after purchasing it for $USD 6.7 million back in 2015.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: @adele (Instagram)</span></em></p>

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Weekend Sunrise host speaks out after Adele interview fiasco

<p dir="ltr">Weekend Sunrise host Matt Doran has spoken out for the first time since news broke over the weekend of his alleged suspension following a huge misstep during his interview with Adele earlier this month, with outlets claiming the star walked out of the interview.</p> <p dir="ltr"><em>The Sunday Telegraph<span> </span></em>claimed that Doran was suspended for two weeks by Channel 7 after admitting during what was supposed to be the only Australian TV interview with Adele that he had not listened to her latest album,<span> </span><em>30.</em></p> <p dir="ltr">However, on Sunday night, Doran told<span> </span><em>The Australian<span> </span></em>that he was never formally suspended, despite disappearing from the air for one weekend.</p> <p dir="ltr">The host flew to London on November 4 for the exclusive interview with Adele prior to the release of her highly-anticipated album, arranged as part of a $1 million deal between Sony and Channel 7 that included broadcast rights to Adele’s One Night Only special.</p> <p dir="ltr">Sources have said that during the lengthy half-hour interview with the star, compared to the limited amount of time usually allotted for interviews, Doran didn’t ask any questions about her album, the first she’s released in six years and the first released since her divorce.</p> <p dir="ltr">Adele quickly cottoned on, asking the reporter what he thought of her album, which is when he revealed he hadn’t listened to it. Speaking to<span> </span><em>The Australian,<span> </span></em>Doran said that he is “mortified and unequivocally apologetic”. He said that he had been sent a digital version of the album but missed it while flying to London, calling it the “most important email I have ever missed”. Doran said, “When I sat down to interview Adele, I was totally unaware that I’d been emailed a preview of her unreleased album.</p> <p dir="ltr">“I have since discovered it was sent to me as an ‘e card’ link, which I somehow missed upon landing in London. It was an oversight but NOT a deliberate snub. This is the most important email I have ever missed.”</p> <p dir="ltr">While some reports claim Adele walked out of the interview after the reveal, Doran said it was the “polar opposite”. Doran clarified, “What was meant to be 20 minutes was extended to 29 minutes. The majority of the chat was about the album.” Although the interview was recorded, Sony has reportedly denied Channel 7 rights to air any portion of it.</p> <p dir="ltr">Meanwhile, Doran has been copping it online from fellow journalists and comedians alike since the story broke on Sunday, with people like Marc Fennell, Rosie Waterland, and Peter Helliar weighing in.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">Re: Adele/Ch7. I’ve spent over a decade interviewing major actors, musicians around the world. Negotiating access, researching for genuinely interesting convo? That’s the hard part. Literally the *easiest* part is listening to the album on a 14hr (likely biz class) flight.</p> — Marc Fennell (@MarcFennell) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcFennell/status/1462342092538073088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">I just keep thinking… how bad must the interview have been, that Adele actually asked him if he’d listened to the album? One Google search would’ve revealed it’s about her divorce (at its simplest). He must have been SO wilfully uninterested for it to be obvious he knew nothing.</p> — Rosie Waterland (@RosieWaterland) <a href="https://twitter.com/RosieWaterland/status/1462369484560240645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">Adele knew Matt Doran hadn’t listened to her album when he said his favourite thing about it was the “ripping guitar solos”. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Adele30?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Adele30</a></p> — Peter Helliar (@pjhelliar) <a href="https://twitter.com/pjhelliar/status/1462323034719592452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr">Seven’s Matt Doran turning up to a major international discussion without doing any preparation. Who does he think he is, the Prime Minister of Australia? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/adele?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#adele</a></p> — David M. Green (@David_M_Green) <a href="https://twitter.com/David_M_Green/status/1462307164848934917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 21, 2021</a></blockquote> <p dir="ltr"><em>Image: Instagram</em></p>

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The real reason for Adele's weight-loss journey

<p><em>Images: Instagram</em></p> <p>Adele opens up about her weight loss journey in an intimate interview with Oprah Winfrey.</p> <p>In the<em><span> </span>Adele: One Night Only TV special</em><span> </span>which aired last night in the U.S, the British singer discussed her 100-pound (45kg) weight loss with the talk-show queen, saying it was “never” about “becoming skinny” but feeling stronger after her divorce from Simon Konecki.</p> <p>“Once I realised that I had a lot of work to do on myself, I stopped drinking and I started working out a lot….to keep me sort of centred,” she recalled in the interview.</p> <p>Adele revealed she suffered from “terrifying anxiety attacks” that “paralysed” her completely when her two-year marriage ended in 2019.</p> <p>The couple, who had been together since 2011 and shared son Angelo, nine, finalised their divorce in January this year. Soon after they split, Adele relied heavily on working with a trainer in the gym to ease her anxiety.</p> <p>“It became my me time,” she said. “Me having a plan every day….having these sorts of pins in my day, helped me keep myself together.”</p> <p>Adele stressed that she “wasn’t bothered about [weight] at all” and her work at the gym simply “contributed to getting [her] mind right”. Because of this, she was able to push aside criticism that came with her recent weight loss.</p> <p>“I’m not susprised or disturbed by any of the [weight comments] because my body has been objectified throughout my career,” she said, “But it’s not my job to make people feel validated by their bodies.”</p> <p>Elsewhere in the Oprah interview, Adele admitted it was hard coming to terms with being a single parent.</p> <p>"It's a process. You know, the process of a divorce, the process of being a single parent," she said. "The process of not seeing your child every single day wasn't really a plan that I had when I became a mum. The process of arriving for yourself every day, turning up for yourself every single day and still running a home, running a business.</p> <p>"So many people know what I'm talking about and I feel like that as well. I juggle those things as well. I felt like not doing it anymore. And also trying to move forward with intention, not just trying to get out of it for no reason. It made my feet hurt, walking through all that concrete.”</p>

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"Most turbulent period of my life": Adele's huge announcement

<p>In a lengthy Instagram post on Wednesday, Adele delighted fans as she officially announced her highly-anticipated new album. </p> <p>The songstress revealed that her album, titled <em>30</em>, will be released on November 19th.</p> <p>Adele described the album as a diary of "the most turbulent period of my life", as she navigated her divorce with Simon Konecki after seven years together. </p> <p>In a text image, she writes about the process of making her album and then having its release delayed. </p> <p>She says, <span>"I was certainly nowhere near where I'd hoped to be when I first started it nearly 3 years ago. Quite the opposite actually. I rely on routine and consistency to feel safe, I always have. And yet there I was knowingly – willingly even, throwing myself into a maze of absolute mess and inner turmoil!"</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CU-Kv8NgvVj/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CU-Kv8NgvVj/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Adele (@adele)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span>"I've learned a lot of blistering home truths about myself along the way. I've shed many layers but also wrapped myself in new ones. Discovered genuinely useful and wholesome mentalities to lead with, and I feel like I've finally found my feeling again. I'd go as far as to say that I've never felt more peaceful in my life."</span></p> <p><span>"And so, I'm ready to finally put this album out."</span></p> <p><span>The 33-year-old singer goes on to explain how her new album was her "ride or die" and her "friend" that she needed during a difficult time in her personal life. </span></p> <p><span>She concludes the post saying "Home is where the heart is x".</span></p> <p><span>The post has racked up almost 5 million likes in under 12 hours, as fans of Adele from around the globe </span>rejoice in her return. </p> <p>The first single from the album, Easy On Me, will be released on October 15th: her first new single since 2016. </p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUpkLl3g0nx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUpkLl3g0nx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Adele (@adele)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Adele's new album <em>30</em> comes as her fourth studio album, following <em>19</em> (2008), <em>21</em> (2011) and <em>25</em> (2015), which she has previously described as timestamps of her life at those ages. </p> <p><em>Image credits: Instagram @adele</em></p>

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Adele gets candid about weight loss and divorce in new Vogue interview

<p>Adele has broken her silence on the heartbreak of her divorce, being a single parent and her incredible weight-loss in a candid interview with Vogue. </p> <p>Appearing on the front cover of the November issues of both <a rel="noopener" href="/Adele%20makes stunning appearance in Vogue magazine" target="_blank">British</a> and <a rel="noopener" href="https://www.vogue.com/article/adele-cover-november-2021" target="_blank">American Vogue</a>, the 33-year-old songstress has bared her soul ahead of the much anticipated release of her fourth studio album next month. </p> <p>It's her first music release since her divorce form Simon Konecki, who she <span>split from in April 2019 after seven years together.</span><span></span></p> <p>The pair share eight-year-old son Angelo, and used her new music to answer a lot of his emotional questions. </p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUvEZs2MZcE/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUvEZs2MZcE/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by British Vogue (@britishvogue)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>“My son has had a lot of questions. Really good questions, really innocent questions, that I just don’t have an answer for."</p> <p>“’Why can’t you still live together?’ I just felt like I wanted to explain to him, through this record, when he’s in his twenties or thirties, who I am and why I voluntarily chose to dismantle his entire life in the pursuit of my own happiness," she said.</p> <p>“It made him really unhappy sometimes. And that’s a real wound for me that I don’t know if I’ll ever be able to heal.”</p> <p>The loving mother went on to clarify that her and her ex-husband "<span>never fought over him or anything like that, Angelo’s just like, ‘I don’t get it.’"</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUu_IFDs5dR/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUu_IFDs5dR/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by British Vogue (@britishvogue)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span>Adele also shared that she felt "embarrassed" her marriage didn't work out so publicly, </span>saying, <span>“That thing of not being able to make something work. We’ve been trained as women to keep trying, even by the movies we watched when we were little." </span></p> <p><span>"At the time it broke my heart, but I actually find it so interesting now. How we’re told to suck it up. Well, f**k that."</span></p> <p><span>Despite admitting she thought her entire album would inevitably become about her divorce, she said it covers many other things and she hopes to teach Angelo some valuable life lessons through her music. </span></p> <p><span>“I wanted to put it on the album to show Angelo what I expect him to treat his partner like, whether it be a woman or a man or whatever." </span></p> <p><span>"After going through a divorce, my requirements are sky-high. There’s a very big pair of shoes to fill.”</span></p> <p><span>The singer also discussed her impressive 45kg weight-loss, saying she had </span>inadvertently gotten in shape after turning to exercise to deal with stress. </p> <p>“It was because of my anxiety. Working out, I would just feel better,” Adele said.</p> <p>“It was never about losing weight, it was always about becoming strong and giving myself as much time every day without my phone. I got quite addicted to it. I work out two or three times a day.”</p> <p>The honest interview comes just days after Adele announced her brand new single to the world. </p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUpkLl3g0nx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUpkLl3g0nx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Adele (@adele)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p>After posting a sneak peek on Instagram, she revealed that Easy On Me would be released on October 15th. </p> <p><em>Image credits: Vogue - Steven Meisel</em></p>

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Adele confirms boyfriend rumours

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After months of swirling rumours, popstar Adele <a rel="noopener" href="https://celebrity.nine.com.au/latest/adele-rich-paul-dating-relationship-confirmed-instagram-post/bee88561-7a28-4b83-b1a8-a4f03e2ac3c2" target="_blank">has confirmed</a> her relationship status on social media.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Adele and sports agent Rich Paul were first spotted together in July while attending Game 4 of the NBA Finals, after Paul told the </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Yorker</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> they were “hanging out” in May.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Adele shared a trio of photos, with the first two showing off her stunning black and white gown, as well as a black-and-white selfie of herself with Paul.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Keeping it short and sweet, Adele captioned the post with a single heart emoji.</span></p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/CT_s4RMASgx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;"><a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CT_s4RMASgx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" target="_blank">A post shared by Adele (@adele)</a></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">According to </span><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forbes</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Paul is a sports superagent, as well as the founder and chief executive officer of Klutch Sports Group, the agency that represents Lebron James and other famed NBA players.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Adele separated from former husband Simon Konecki in 2019, before finalising their divorce in March this year.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They have one son together, nine-year-old Angelo.</span></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Image: adele / Instagram</span></em></p>

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