This is a list of ten commercials made by celebrities before they attained fame. Some are bad, some are mediocre, but none are good! Here is the list of top 10 celebrity commercials.

10. Elijah Wood Pizza Hut

I don’t think Elijah has grown much since making this commercial. The best part is when he throws a pile of what appears to be mashed potatoes in his sister’s face!

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Clearly, these lists are lightning rods for controversy. I guess it’s fair to say I enjoy and am annoyed by it at the same time, as some of the comments are thought provoking and some induce cringes (suggesting Journey albums, really?). However, I think the decade that will cause the most controversy is the nineties. Not only is it the freshest in our minds, but there is even less consensus than other decades. One of the most popular band in the US during this decade (Pearl Jam) was only moderately well known in the UK, and the UK’s biggest band of the nineties (Oasis) exists only in the form of one album in America. Like the other decades, there are more than 10 great albums, but these are the ones I think are the best.

10. Different Class Pulp Wikipedia

Unlike their Britpop peers, Pulp had been around for a good long time before they finally made it big with Different Class with its big single, “Common People.” Jarvis Cocker became a spokesperson alongside Blur’s Damon Albarn and Oasis’ Noel Gallagher for the new music scene that had swept the UK. Cocker, never comfortable with his position, went into a dark period following Different Class which is documented on their follow-up, This Is Hardcore.

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Throughout the history of modern music, the world has seen a plethora of child stars - but some really stick out for their brilliance in either vocal talent, or stage talent. This is a list of the top 10 child singers. NOTE: I have left off the children who made their fame through the Mickey Mouse Club.

10. Charlotte Church

Church’s big break came at the age of 11 when she sang “Pie Jesu” on the television show Talking Telephone Numbers in 1997, closely followed by her performance on ITV’s Big, Big Talent Show in 1998. This led to concerts at Cardiff Arms Park, Royal Albert Hall and the opening spot for Shirley Bassey in Antwerp.

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Despite the hardships suffered through slavery, many African Americans have managed to become great inventors, scientists, and thinkers. This is a list of the ten greatest African American inventors.

10. Madame C J Walker 1867 - 1919

Invented: Hair Lotion for black women

Sarah Breedlove, who later became known as Madam C. J. Walker, was born into a former-slave family to parents Owen and Minerva Breedlove. Madam Walker was an entrepreneur who built her empire developing hair products for black women. She claims to have built her company on an actual dream where a large black man appeared to her and gave her a formula for curing baldness. When confronted with the idea that she was trying to conform black women’s hair to that of whites, she stressed that her products were simply an attempt to help black women take proper care of their hair and promote its growth. She was the first African-American woman millionaire.

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The science of sleep is a modern one - in fact most scientific information on sleep has been gained in the last 25 years. This is a list of 20 very interesting facts about sleep.

Facts 1 - 10

1. The record for the longest period without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The record holder reported hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision, slurred speech and memory and concentration lapses.

2. It’s impossible to tell if someone is really awake without close medical supervision. People can take cat naps with their eyes open without even being aware of it.

3. Anything less than five minutes to fall asleep at night means you’re sleep deprived. The ideal is between 10 and 15 minutes, meaning you’re still tired enough to sleep deeply, but not so exhausted you feel sleepy by day.

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