Demi Lovato Covers Adele’s “Hello” and It’s Amazing: Watch

Nailed it! Demi Lovato covered Adele’s new hit single “Hello” at Seattle’s Fall Ball on Saturday, Nov. 14, and delivered an emotional performance.

The singer, 25, wowed the crowd as she gave her own heartfelt rendition of the current chart-topping song, hitting every note as she seemed close to tears.

The song is Adele’s first new music in three years and the 10-time Grammy winner, 27, delivered her own searing performance of the song when she performed it live at the BBC One special on Thursday, Nov. 5.

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It’s not the first time Lovato has dug deep into her emotions. The former Disney star — who released her new hit album, Confident, last month — recently opened up about her relationship with her estranged father, Patrick Lovato, who passed away in 2013. One of the songs from that album, “Father,” detailed her complicated relationship with him.

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“I was very conflicted when he passed because he was abusive,” the “Cool for the Summer” singer explained in a recent behind-the-scenes video. “He was mean. He wasn’t capable of raising a family, and it was because of his mental illness. To know that it wasn’t fully his fault really was saddening to me, and I wanted to write about it. I wanted to process it.”

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Lovato has been open in the past about her own struggles with bipolar disorder, substance abuse, self-harm, and eating disorders. In 2011, she went to rehab to seek help for these various issues.

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Jill Duggar Posts Two New Videos of Baby Israel

Too cute! Jill Duggar shared two new videos of her baby boy, Israel, on Saturday, Nov. 14 — and the little man is on the move!

In the first sweet video that Jill, 24, posted on her family blog, her son with husband Derick Dillard is seen crawling on the floor, smiling and kicking his feet while he plays with a marker. In the second video, Israel, 7 months, tries to climb up a chair, while his mom holds him.

The videos come two days after a touching letter to her younger sister Jessa Duggar — who gave birth to son Spurgeon Elliot Seewald on Nov. 5 — that Jill shared on her blog.

“Derick, Israel and I are so excited for you and Benji!” the reality star wrote. “I can’t believe you have a little one now! It was such a joy to get to be a part of the birth from Central America, thank you. You were a champ! I felt those contractions with you. I’m so excited to both be on this motherhood journey together!”

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Jill and Derick are currently on a long-term mission trip in Central America, where they’ve been since August.

And on Sunday, Nov. 15, she shared both a sweet throwback snap of herself with Derick, and a photo of her brother, Justin, for his birthday.

Happy Birthday “Juddy Buddy”! We ?? you and wish we could be there to celebrate! @duggarfam #justinduggar

A photo posted by Jill Dillard (@jillmdillard) on Nov 15, 2015 at 1:54pm PST

“Two years ago I traveled to Nepal with my dad to meet the sweetest most caring and amazing man ever!” she captioned the pic. “I love you with all my heart babe. So blessed to get to spend the rest of my life with you babe.”

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Jessa and husband Ben, 20, revealed their baby’s name in a video on Wednesday, Nov. 11, explaining their reasoning for choosing the unusual moniker.

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“We named him that because Charles Spurgeon was a preacher who lived back in the 19th century and he had a big impact on our lives,” the new dad explained. “Jim Elliot was a missionary.”

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Saturday Night Live Recap: Young Ben Carson Sketch Uses Real Quotes as Punch Lines

In the wake of the tragic attacks on Paris on Friday, Nov. 13, Saturday Night Live opted for a somber cold open for its Saturday, Nov. 14 show. In place of a monologue from the host of the evening — Elizabeth Banks — the show opted for a tribute for the City of Light.

Cast member Cecily Strong offered a message of solidarity for the touching moment.

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“Paris is the city of light, and here in New York City, we know that light will never go out,” she said in English, before translating the words into French.

The rest of the show played out as planned, however, with the 1960s-era “Adventures of Young Ben Carson” making the loudest splash. 

Credit: NBC

“The media went after him pretty hard even though he’s one of the most accomplished doctors in all the land — a true success story,” a voiceover for the sketch began. “But I knew him before all that. I knew him when he was just a young brother on the streets of Detroit, back when he was young Ben Carson.”

The skit showed Jay Pharaoh as Carson, a street-wise youth who wields and knife and tells a smug rival hoodlum, “Like a Muslim in the White House, you don’t belong.”

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At another point in the sketch, Carson’s mom comes to tell her son to stay off the street lest he wind up in prison.

“I can’t go to prison, Mama,” Pharaoh as Carson said. “People go to prison and come out gay. I’m not ready to be gay.”

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The twist? Quotes used in the sketch were things Carson has said on public record in real life. 

See what else young Ben Carson said, and meet his best friend, black Jesus, in the clip above.

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