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PHOTOS: Bradley Cooper Is Definitely Dating 20-Year-Old Model

Major PDA alert!

Bradley Cooper, 38, and his no-longer-rumored girlfriend Suki Waterhouse, a 20-year-old British model, were spotted getting very close and very personal at the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships yesterday.

The couple watched as Jerzy Janowicz battled Andy Murray out on the court (spoiler: Murray won).

After some months of speculation, Cooper took his rumored romance with Waterhouse public when he brought her as his date to the Spike TV Guys' Choice awards last month. But even then, the couple kept their distance from each other in front of the cameras, perhaps foreseeing the criticism that'll result from their 18-year age difference.

Clearly, that wasn't the case this weekend.

In the past, the hunky "Silver Linings Playbook" actor has been liked to Renee Zellweger and Zoe Saldana. His very pretty new ladylove used to date British musician Miles Kane.

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Malaika Bobino: The Mrs. Carter Show

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The accolades, achievements and empire built by this woman is nothing compared to the love and appreciation she gives back to her fans. Beyonce Knowles Carter doesn't have to do much to put on a show and Wednesday night she let her music speak loudly.

The Mrs. Carter show stopped through the Bay Area and the sellout crowd was not disappointed. The fans joined in sung every song Beyonce belted out. Despite her countless hits, she didn't disappoint when selecting her favorites for the show.

Mrs. Carter kicked off the show in royal fashion, on the jumbotron Beyonce donned an all white Queen costume sitting on her throne while her dancers bowed to her greatness. Her all woman band, dressed in black took the stage first and began playing while Beyonce sauntered on the stage to sing a few songs from her 4 album ("Run the World" and "End of Time").

To accompany her phenomenal dance moves, she had ten backup dancers. Eight women and two male twins with funky afros and abs of steel. The only two males in her show performed pop-locking and break-dancing moves that brought life to the stage.

Anyone who attended a Beyonce concert in the past would be surprised on how tamed this show was. With her ten wardrobe changes, a video montage was shown of Beyonce throughout the show. She also showed commercials of her endorsements with Pepsi and H&M.

While the idea was clever, it put the crowd back in their seats as if they were home watching the Super Bowl. Probably not the best idea for the amount of time she was off the stage. However, her fashion and singing made us all forget the time in between each set.

One of her memorable performances was when she wore a navy blue sequined catsuit and laid across the black grand piano before being lifted across the floor to the second stage opposite of the arena to perfume "Love on Top."

The finale was something that will have everyone talking about. A tribute to the late Whitney Houston was more than classy, it was an honor. Beyonce sung "I Will Always Love You" before ending the show with her own hit "Halo." She thank the audience and provided a humbling video of her accomplishments in life which included singing for President Obama and holding her child.

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PHOTOS: Jill Scott Rocks Dental Bling

Jill Scott hit the 2013 Essence Festival stage Friday night and like you'd expect she dazzled the crowd with her sultry voice and heartfelt tunes. But the Grammy Award-winning singer, who was dressed in a mint green jumpsuit and a colorful printed wrap, decided to add an extra dose of shine via a gold grill.

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"My grill is intended to be discreet," Jill said during a press conference after her performance. "It's there because I enjoy jewelry."

The glitzy dental accessories are adored by rappers not R&B songstresses like Jill. But we've gotta say, she looked dope with the flash of solid gold covering her bottom row of teeth. And the 41-year-old said she has several of the Paul Wall-designed baubles.

"I've been enjoying playing with fashion--gold grills and diamond grills have just become a part of that," Jill said.

And when asked what has influenced her style, Jill pointed to the movie classic "Mahogany." Taking cues from Diana Ross's glamorous portrayal of Tracy is way better than those Cirque Du Soleil-esque getups we've seen the "Golden" singer rock. Jill also made sure to shoutout her glam squad: stylist Steven Kinlock, and hairstylist Felicia Leatherwood

"I just think fashion is about enjoying yourself and being comfortable in your skin and allowing you to be you--all the way live," Jill explained. "I'm going to keep playing with it because it's a lot of fun. You'll see thirty different hairstyles, at least, in the next year."

We can't wait to see! Check out Jill's gilded smile in the photos below. What do you think of the look?

Shout out to @paulwallbaby for making my grillz. Love you bay pic.twitter.com/xGZYv5iLM1
? Jill Scott (@missjillscott) July 6, 2013

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'Lone Ranger' Is No Match For 'Despicable Me 2'

Those yellow minions are bringing in a whole lot of green at the box office.

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'Tan Mom' Hospitalized

Tan Mom was hospitalized this morning after suffering a seizure inside rehab, TMZ has learned.

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Just Married!

SUMMERFIELD, P.E.I. - Toronto Maple Leafs captain Dion Phaneuf married actress Elisha Cuthbert at a private ceremony on Saturday.

Phaneuf, 28, and Cuthbert, 30, have been together since 2008 when the defenceman was a member of the Calgary Flames.

Cuthbert is best known for her roles on the children's program "Popular Mechanics for Kids" and the television drama "24."

The ceremony took place at St. James Catholic Church in Summerfield, P.E.I., while the reception was held at the couple's summer residence in New London.

The couple drove away from the ceremony in a vintage Camero SS that Cuthbert gave to Phaneuf as a wedding gift.

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The Role He Missed Out On

Now famous for winning Leslie Knope's (Amy Poehler) heart on "Parks And Recreation" and for his "Party Down" bow tie, Adam Scott was once gunning for a role on "Six Feet Under."

He did end up scoring a role on the HBO drama -- as David's (Michael C. Hall) love interest for two episodes-- but it wasn't the role he initially auditioned for.

"You know how I got that role? It was me, Michael C. Hall and Jeremy Sisto testing for the role that Michael ultimately got ... He and I got to know each other a little bit [during the casting process], and then six months later, they had me come in to play his boyfriend for two episodes," Scott told TVLine.

Looks like it's always good to have Dexter Morgan on your side!

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You'd think playing Tony Soprano would be an offer any actor couldn't refuse, but Ray Liotta turned down the iconic role to focus on his movie career. Instead, James Gandolfini nabbed the part, which kick-started TV's Golden Age and made "The Sopranos" look a lot less like "Goodfellas."

Bridget Fonda was the first choice to play Ally McBeal and not Calista Flockhart. Fonda passed, however, and Flockhart made a name for herself on David E. Kelley's legal comedy/drama for the show's five seasons. Fonda focused more on her film career, including a role in "Lake Placid," another David E. Kelley piece.

Can you imagine anyone other than Michael Chiklis as "The Shield's" Vic Mackey? According to show creator Shawn Ryan, FX actually wanted Eric Stoltz for the part.

Imagine if Gillian Anderson ("The X-Files") had played Lady Cora on "Downton Abbey." Anderson admitted to TV Guide Magazine that she was offered the role, but passed. Elizabeth McGovern is now the wife of the Earl of Grantham and has already signed on for Season 4 and 5 of the critically-acclaimed drama.

Michael Richards (the always around, but uninvited Kramer on "Seinfeld") was asked to play Adrian Monk when "Seinfeld" was coming to an end. Richards wasn't interested and without him, ABC passed on the show. USA picked it up and cast Tony Shaloub as the OCD detective on "Monk," a role that won him three Emmys.

Paul Resier and Helen Hunt made an adorable couple on "Mad About You," but the role of Jamie Buchman almost went to funny lady Bonnie Hunt.

Before Ed O'Neill became the patriarch of the Pritchett/Dunphy clan on "Modern Family," the role was offered to Craig T. Nelson (who is now playing a grandpa on "Parenthood"). Nelson admitted to Access Hollywood that he turned down the role because the paycheck wasn't big enough.

Whitney Houston's career might have been very different had she not turned down the role of Sondra (played by Sabrina LeBeauf) on the hit '80s comedy "The Cosby Show." "Cosby" director Jay Sandrich told The Daily Mail that Houston stopped just short of signing on the dotted line to play Sondra. "We gather in this room and there are kids from New York and Los Angeles and they are all signing their contracts, and this girl who we brought from New York said 'I can't sign this contract,'" he recalled. "And I said 'Why?' She said, 'Well, I want to be a singer ... I can't be in every show ... I have to be in every tour.'"

Stephen Tobolowsky is one of those amazingly memorable character actors who seems to pop up in everything, but when scheduling conflicts kept him from shooting the "Home Improvement" pilot, the role of Tim "The Toolman" Taylor's sidekick Al Borland went to Richard Karn.

Dana Delany had the opportunity for a big role on "Sex and the City" in its early beginnings. She turned down the role of Carrie Bradshaw (and also the role of Bree in "Desperate Housewives"), and instead Sarah Jessica Parker took the role for "Sex's" six seasons and two movies. Delany's explanation? "I didn't want to be in a show about sex," she told The Daily Mail.

Rumor has it that the role that put red bathing suits and David Hasselhoff on the map was originally offered to Tom Selleck, who turned it down because he didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol.

Sandra Bernhard ("The King of Comedy") never wanted to play Miranda Hobbes (the part went to Cynthia Nixon) even though she was reportedly offered the "Sex and the City" role. During an interview with radio host Howard Stern, she said, "First of all, you have to understand, when I was offered that role they were paying everybody $7,500 a week. The original script was terrible. Never in a million years. It had nothing to do with selling out, it just wasn't any good."

Jon Hamm is "Mad Men's" Don Draper, but it could have worked out differently. Thomas Jane ("Hung") almost played the ad-executive, Hamm admitted as a guest on Marc Maron's WTF podcast. As Hamm tells it, Jane's decision made sense at the time. "It was on a network that no one had heard of for scripted television, they went there to watch reruns of 'Diehard,' or whatever. And it's a very think-y show, which is all not necessarily high up on our current cultural needs," Hamm said in the podcast.

It's been said that the role of Ginger Grant on "Gilligan's Island" was created for actress Jayne Mansfield, but she reportedly turned down the part, which went to Tina Louise. Sadly, Mansfield was killed in a car accident at the age of 34 in 1967, which was coincidentally the last year the show was on the air.

It's widely known that in the original "Lost" pilot, Jack was slated to die. Obviously that changed before they shot the show, but so did the casting -- Michael Keaton, who'd originally been approached by J.J. Abrams, turned the role down when he learned Jack would live, opening the door for Matthew Fox to take the gig.

Before Rebecca Mader took the role as one of the ill-fated "Lost"-ies, Kristen Bell was offered it and turned it down to do a stint on "Broadway" and an arc on "Heroes."

Imagine if Paul Giamatti had worked at Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch. Giamatti was reportedly pursued by NBC executives for the role of Michael Scott, but when Giamatti passed, Steve Carell was then chosen as "The Office's" leading man for seven seasons.

What would the "X-Files" sexual tension have been like if Scully was played by Pamela Anderson instead of Gillian Anderson? We can't even bring ourselves to imagine that iconic role going to anyone else.

John Cusack or Matthew Broderick as Walter White? Too weird to imagine it now, but AMC wanted them as Walter, according to The Hollywood Reporter. When both turned down the role, AMC went with Bryan Cranston as the drug-dealing, facial hair-growing chemistry teacher.

Imagine "Buffy" with Sarah Michelle Gellar as Cordelia (which she reportedly auditioned for originally) and Katie Holmes as the vampire-slaying lead. Rumor has it Holmes turned down the role of Buffy to finish high school. (She started "Dawson's Creek" the following year.)

Buffy's friend (who sometimes wished he could have been more than that) was almost played by Ryan Reynolds. Nicholas Brendon got the role when Reynolds passed.

Ron Swanson loves "Tammys" on "Parks and Recreation," and Lucy Lawless could have been one of them. Lawless was offered Tammy 1, Swanson's ex-wife, but couldn't take the role due to commitments to "Spartacus," Lawless told The Huffington Post. Instead, Patricia Clarkson drove Nick Offerman's small government-loving Swanson crazy in her "Parks and Rec" stint.

A rare case of honesty in Hollywood: Actor John Hawkes turned down a big role as The Governor on the upcoming third season of "The Walking Dead because, as he said, "I just felt there would be someone else who could do it better." David Morrissey is the lucky guy.

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How Carrie Bradshaw Helped Rid The World Of Pubic Lice

Well, this is certainly interesting news: The British Association Of Dermatologists is thanking Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) for the near-extinction of pubic lice.

According to The World Daily, when Carrie Bradshaw got a Brazilian bikini wax on an episode of "Sex And The City," the rest of the world followed suit.

“What we have seen at work is the law of unintended consequences, in popularising hair removal Carrie Bradshaw and co. have contributed to ridding humanity of pest that had plagued humans for millions of years," Dr. Kun Sen Chen of B.A.D. said. "Sadly there isn’t an Emmy for that."

While "Sex And The City" had its fair share of "OMG" moments -- including Charlotte's (Kristin Davis) run-in with crabs in The Hamptons -- it also gave us many great mashup opportunites, like this very long list of guest stars:

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PHOTO: Rihanna's Underboob Is Back, Big Time

It really has been a while since Rihanna flashed her underboob at us and we've been having sleepless nights. But no longer!

The singer took to Instagram today to post a series of artsy selfies. Riffing off Robin Thicke's highly controversial track "Blurred Lines," Rih posted a photo of herself taking off a black and white top and captioned it "#blurredlines." In the process, Rih exposes her underboob in an undershirt we want to call a bra, but really doesn't cover her breasts much at all.

Her winged tattoo and belly chain are visible in the photo as well.

Rihanna recently performed in Denmark as part of her Diamonds World Tour and will perform in Poland next... which we know because she posted a photo of herself stepping off a plane, wearing a blurred lines suit that shows off her toned tummy. She captioned it "Hello Poland!"

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Will Helena Bonham Carter Put Lindsay Lohan To Shame?

Forget Lindsay Lohan -- it's Helena Bonham Carter's turn to try to impress as Elizabeth Taylor. The queen of eccentricity marvels in the new trailer for the BBC America movie "Burton and Taylor." The clip bears a similar tone to Lohan's recent Lifetime movie "Liz & Dick," but with Bonham Carter and Dominic West in the title roles, the film has a chance to set itself apart from the distater we saw in November. Watch for yourself and decide whether you have more hope for this depiction, which centers on the couple's 1983 revival of the Noel Coward play "Private Lives." The movie is set to premiere this fall.

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Robert Downey Jr., Is That You?!

Not too many people seem to remember that Robert Downey Jr. used to be a cast member on "Saturday Night Live" back in the '80s. He lasted only one season, but at the very least this amazing picture came out of his time there. Robert Downey Jr. used to look like this!

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You Will Not Believe What Mariah Carey Named Her Puppies

Even if we gave you 20 tries, you'd never guess what Mariah Carey named her new puppies. And why would you? Mariah is nothing if not royalty and her brand new pups deserve elaborate names to fit into her family ... or so she thinks, we're sure.

Carey welcomed the new additions to her family last May (she already has five Jack Russell terriers: Cha Cha, Jackie Lambchops, Jill E. Beans, Squeak E. Beans and JJ, notes People). The singer took to social media at the time and asked her many fans and followers to help her name the new pooches, offering Pow, Pip and Beau T. Ful as options.

Last week, the "Beautiful" singer took to Twitter again to announce a decision has been made. Introducing:

#dempuppies The family O Jackson P. Mutley: The Good Reverend Pow Jackson, Pipitty L. Jackson (the girl) & Mutley P. Gore Jackson the 3rd!!!
? Mariah Carey (@MariahCarey) July 4, 2013

That's right. Mariah and Nick Cannon's new pups are named The Good Reverend Pow Jackson, Pipitty L. Jackson, and Mutley P. Gore Jackson the 3rd.

Now that's a mouthful.

The 43-year-old also posted a photo to Instagram showing off The Good Reverend Pow Jackson:

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We suggest the couple's twins, Moroccan and Monroe, start practicing their pets' names now.

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Happy Birthday, 'Forrest Gump'!

Nineteen years ago today, on July 6, 1994, one of the great American epics was released. "Forrest Gump" became a staple of movie culture, producing one of the most indelible title characters of all time. Tom Hanks went on to win his second consecutive Oscar for the performance, and "Gump" has seen been catalogued in Americana via countless television re-airings, a themed chain restaurant and a coveted spot in the United States National Film Registry.

Based on the 1986 novel by William Groom, "Gump" held the No. 1 spot at the box office for a whopping 10 consecutive weeks, becoming the fourth highest-grossing film of all time after earning $677.4 million worldwide. It currently holds on to the No. 60 spot on the list.

The movie has since become a dividing point in American pop culture. Despite its historical stature, many critics and even some fans have lambasted the film's immense adoration. Some feel it's a saccharine melodrama that is far inferior to "Pulp Fiction," its chief competition for that year's Best Picture Oscar.

Still, at No. 71 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies countdown, the movie is an undeniable piece of pop culture history, even if not all audiences find it as sweet as a "box of chocolates." Join us in recalling the "Forrest Gump" premiere and the movie's many accolades in the slideshow below.

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LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 27: Director Robert Zemeckis (L) holds the Oscar he won as best director for the film "Forrest Gump" as he poses with Steven Spielberg, who presented the award to Zemeckis at the 67th annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 27, 1995. "Forrest Gump" won six Oscars, including best picture, best actor and best director.

BEVERLY HILLS, UNITED STATES: Academy Awards nominees for Best Actors John Travolta (L) for "Pulp Fiction" and Tom Hanks (R) for "Forrest Gump" stand with each others wives Rita Wilson (2nd L) and Kelley Preston (2nd R) gather at the Academy Awards luncheon on March 14 at the Beverly Hills Hilton. The 67th Academy Awards were held on March 27.

UNIVERSAL CITY, UNITED STATES: Cast members from the movie "Forrest Gump" pose with the award they won during the 21st Annual People's Choice Awards at Universal City Studios on March 5, 1995. From left are Mykelti Williamson, Gary Sinise and Tom Hanks. Hanks won as best actor in a drama, and the film itself won as best drama and best movie.

BEVERLY HILLS, UNITED STATES: Academy Awards nominee for the best achievement in directing Robert Zemeckis (R) for "Forrest Gump" stands with his wife Maryellen in front of an Oscar statue during the Academy Awards luncheon on March 14, 1995, at the Beverly Hills Hilton.

UNIVERSAL CITY, UNITED STATES: Tom Hanks holds his award for outstanding performance, male actor in a leading role for his part in the movie "Forrest Gump" during the inaugural Screen Actors Guild Awards on Feb. 25, 1995, in Los Angeles. Hanks, who is the favorite for best actor at the Academy Awards in March, also holds his first Screen Actors Guild card he got when on the television show "Bosom Buddies."

BEVERLY HILLS, UNITED STATES: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences President Arthur Hiller (L) and actress Angela Bassett announce Beverly Hills the nominations for Best Picture for the 67th Annual Academy Awards on Feb. 14, 1995: 'Forrest Gump' (Paramount) 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' (Gramercy Pictures) 'Pulp Fiction' (Miramax) 'Quiz Show' (Buena Vista) 'The Shawshank Redemption' (Columbia)

HOLLYWOOD - JUNE 23: Actress Robin Wright and actor Sean Penn attend the "Forrest Gump" Hollywood premiere on June 23, 1994, at the Paramount Pictures Studios in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)

HOLLYWOOD - JUNE 23: Actor Tom Hanks, actress Sally Field and director Robert Zemeckis attend the "Forrest Gump" Hollywood premiere on June 23, 1994, at the Paramount Studios. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)

Sally Field arrives at the "Forrest Gump" Los Angeles premiere at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)

HOLLYWOOD - JUNE 23: Actor Tom Hanks and actress Rita Wilson attend the "Forrest Gump" Hollywood premiere on June 23, 1994, at the Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)

Eddie Van Halen during "Forrest Gump" Los Angeles Premiere at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)

Gary Sinese during the "Forrest Gump" Los Angeles premiere at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)

Sally Field and Tom Hanks during the "Forrest Gump" Los Angeles premiere at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Ron Galella/WireImage)

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REVIEW: Brandy, LL Cool J, Jill Scott, And Maxwell Shine At Essence Music Fest

(Clockwise) Maxwell, Brandy, LL Cool J, Jill Scott all performed live on the first night of Essence Music Festival

NEW ORLEANS -- As the concert portion of the 2013 Essence Music Festival kicked off on Friday night, The Huffington Post was live on hand to take in one of the country's most important -- and fun -- festivals.

Brandy, LL Cool J, Jill Scott, and Maxwell got the party at Essence Fest started right with four stunning performances.

Brandy, whose first album came out almost twenty years ago, kicked things off with awesome renditions of her classics. From some of her earlier hits like "I Wanna Be Down, and "Sittin Up In My Room" to the more recent "Two-Eleven" offerings, Brandy's show did more than just warm up the crowd.

While she clearly has plenty of hits of her own, the highlight of her show was without a doubt the three song medley she did covering her favorite Whitney Houston tunes. No one will ever be able to perform "How Will I Know," "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," and "I'm Your Baby Tonight" better than the legend who originated them, but based on the crowd's excited reaction, Brandy did a great job paying tribute.

Next up, LL Cool J brought a rare bit of Hip-Hop to the mostly R&B/Soul music festival with an hour long set of rap classics. Backed by super-dj, Z-Trip, LL's set kept the crowd on its feet the entire time. There aren't many DJ's that can keep up with the pure, unadulterated energy LL puts into his performance, but Z-Trip, the 2009 recipient of America's Best DJ award, matched LL's energy with masterful precision and technique on the ones and twos. Together, the legendary DJ and rapper brought new life to LL's "I Need Love," "My Radio," "Doin' It," and "Loungin'."

In an unexpected twist at his set's denouement, LL brought out Eric Sermon and Parrish Smith -- better known as EPMD -- for a bit of a reunion as they performed their 1990 collaboration, "Rampage." In one of the night's more fun moments, LL also brought 10 women from the crowd onto the stage to participate in a little dance off as the Commodores' classic "Brickhouse" blared through the Super Dome speakers. LL ever-graceful, hugged, kissed and thanked each individually as they exited the stage, demonstrating how he earned the "Ladies Love" portion of his name.

Only at Essence Fest could the kinetic enthusiasm LL brought to the stage be followed by the smooth, sultry stylings of Jill Scott without missing a single beat. Jill's performance, while decidedly less bombastic than LL's, provided a wonderful, and necessary, change of pace for the audience.

With her hometown Philadelphia's skyline as her set's backdrop, Jill weaved a loose narrative with the themes of songs like "A Long Walk," "Golden," and "He Loves Me," to create an immersive experience for the audience. She'd pull the crowd in with the story-telling and then blow their minds with her soaring vocals. And while Jill's aura kept the audience transfixed, nearly to the point of hypnosis, her set's highlight came when she and her back-up singers switched places to perform the H-Town classic "Knockin 'Da Boots".

But this night belonged to Maxwell. The crowd gasped a bit as the singer almost took a spill coming down the stairs at the show's start, but that slight misstep was but a minor imperfection in an otherwise perfect show. From the set's beginning until its end, the audience sang along to every note, every lyric, and every riff as the 40-year-old balladeer performed some of his biggest hits and crowd favorites. There aren't too many things in life similar to hearing a stadium full of people attempting their best falsetto as Maxwell leads the way singing "This Woman's Work," the Kate Bush classic he gave new life to.

Maxwell teased the audience a bit as he transitioned from the last few bars of "Sumthin' Sumthin'," into the first few classic bars of "Ascension" only to abruptly stop just as the crowd picked up the song. "Y'all want that?" he asked. "I got something better," he responded as he dove right into "Fortunate." Saved for the show's end, Maxwell turned the mic to the crowd, motioned for the band to stop playing, and let the crowd sing acapella the first verse of his biggest hit, the aforementioned "Ascension." The singer took a bow after that and exited the stage only to return for an encore performance of yet another crowd favorite "Pretty Wings."

As the crowd spilled out of the Superdome onto New Orlean's Poydras Ave. everyone seemed to be singing the tunes of one of the most legendary artists to take the stage. And to think - this was only the first night's performances at the 19th annual Essence Music Festival.

The Huffington Post's Jermaine Spradley (@MrSpradley), Julee Wilson (@MissJulee) and Jessica Anderson (@MrsJessCC) live tweeted last night's show. Check out some of their real-time thoughts below and check back for more updates on Essence Fest 2013:

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Marc Anthony's Back On With Much Younger Girlfriend (PHOTOS)

Looks like Marc Anthony and his much younger girlfriend, Chloe Green, are giving love a second chance.

Jennifer Lopez's ex-husband was spotted in Saint-Tropez, France, this weekend with his 22-year-old girlfriend, from whom he reportedly split last April.

The two first went public in February as the singer, 44, took his twins Max and Emme to Disneyland and Green joined. It was then explained that Green's father, founder of British clothing retailer Topshop, has been friends with Anthony for a long time.

"Chloe's devastated," a source close to the heiress said after their breakup. "They've split and she didn't see it coming at all. She's surrounding herself with friends and they're trying to comfort her, but she's really upset."

Luckily for her, Anthony must have had a change of heart. The singer was not only spotted holding hands with Green on Friday, but he was seen walking with his arm around her mother Tina as well.

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Kyle Aldridge Killed At Annapolis July 4th Parade: 7-Year-Old Fell Off Float, Was Struck By Trailer Driven By Grandfather

A 7-year-old boy from Baltimore who died during the Annapolis Fourth of July parade was struck by a trailer being towed from a van driven by his grandfather, Annapolis police said.

Kyle Aldridge had been sitting on the side of a homemade, single-axle trailer that was carrying a motorcycle that performs wheelie simulations, advertising a company called iWHEELiE.com, police said.

The boy got off the trailer, fell to the ground and was struck by the trailer's tire, police said. The incident happened at 7:11 p.m. as the van and trailer were lining up on Amos Garrett Boulevard to join the annual parade.

The boy was taken to Anne Arundel Medical Center, where he died, police said.

The driver of the 2005 GMC Savana van that was towing the iWHEELiE.com trailer was identified as the boy's grandfather, 43-year-old Jason Hicks of Glen Burnie.

Driver error, drugs and alcohol were not factors in the accident, police said. Anyone who witnessed the accident is asked to call Officer David Higgins at 410-268-9000.

Annapolis Mayor Josh Cohen met with the boy's family at the hospital. He released a statement through police that said: "It's an unbelievably tragic accident. Our entire community's thoughts and prayers are with the family."

The parade began at 6:30 p.m. at Amos Garrett Boulevard and West Street, continuing down West, around Church Circle and down Main Street.

The accident is being investigated by the Annapolis Police Department Traffic Safety Unit.

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Neighbours ? Berlin: Auguststrasse 52-VI, 200380x80 cm
Silver Gelatine Emulsion on Mixed Media( Removed Wall Paintings) on Canvas
The piece is included in the collection of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art and was shown in the Portrayal_Betrayal exhibition in 2012

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