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4/14/19

The Daily Buzz For April 15 ☕📰☕


Taron Egerton and Jamie Bell for Man About Town 2019
’Rocketman’ Stars Taron Egerton & Jamie Bell Covers Our Latest Issue, Shot By Brooklyn Beckham, Godson To Sir Elton John.
2019 is set to be a huge year for Taron Egerton and Jamie Bell. The pair will star in ’Rocketman’, the epic musical fantasy about the uncensored human story of Sir Elton John’s breakthrough years, with Egerton playing the celebrated singer, and Bell assuming the role of songwriter Bernie Taupin. The film has already garnered an impressive amount of hype from its trailer and press screenings, and is already being touted as one of the biggest hitters of 2019. We talk to Taron and Jamie about the making of the film, the risks and rewards of portraying real-life characters, and the ‘true fantasy’ that fans cannot wait to see.
Photography - Brooklyn Beckham
Fashion - Way Perry
Words - Benji Walters
Groomers - Lucy Halpem and Katya Thomas
Hair on Taron - Joe Mills at Mills x Primark
Production Federica Barletta
Photo Retouch Spring Studio
Digital Operator Tom North
Photography & Light Assistant Conor Clarke
Fashion Assistant Harry Clements
Special thanks to Loft Studios
Man About Town: 2019, Chapter 1 is available to pre-order now.
Shipping from Mid April 2019


#RHOA: NeNe and Gregg Leakes Forced to Tell the Teas about their Cheating and Marriage Drama at the 'RHOA' Reunion
NeNe Leakes and husband Gregg Leakes faced some uncomfortable questions at the hands of Andy Cohen during Part 2 of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" Season 11 reunion.
While the episode doesn't air until Sunday, a sneak peek clip shows Andy asking Nene if her husband gets on her about "revealing too much" about their relationship on the show.

"Yeah," NeNe says somberly. "He gets on me about revealing a lot of things."
Turning his sights to Gregg, Andy asks, "Do you take issue with some of the things she says on the show?"
"I think that there are limits," Gregg replies, adding that he thinks his wife should "spoon feed" and not "shovel feed" viewers certain information about their marriage.
"There's a lot of things I don't say," NeNe interjects. "Gregg knows that."
Going right in for the kill, Andy asks Gregg if he wished NeNe hadn't spoken specifically about his past infidelity on the show.
"That was so long ago, that it really just didn't have any weight," Gregg replies. "The hurt from that got removed from me a long time ago"

Looking at NeNe, Andy says, "Maybe it didn't get removed from you?"
"Maybe," she replies with a sad smile.
NeNe first revealed Gregg cheated on her in a previously unaired scene from the ladies' trip to Tokyo last year, which Bravo released in December. During a game of Truth or Dare, newcomer Shamari DeVoe asked NeNe, "[Has] there ever been any infidelity in your relationship?"

"Yes. [It was] Gregg," NeNe replied. "There was many days when I just thought I was gonna divorce Gregg."
"I think my breaking point came when Gregg and I couldn't communicate," she added. "Gregg has never been a good communicator. And the way that he communicates now is because he's learned a lot."
NeNe, 51, and Gregg, 64, married for the first time in 1997. They divorced in 2011 and remarried in 2013.
"I think a lot of people were surprised when I filed for divorce," NeNe said during an April 2018 appearance on TV One's "Uncensored" series. "I filed for divorce because I always felt like you have to teach people how to treat you, and I felt like at that time that Gregg wasn't treating me the way I felt I should be treated. It was me teaching Gregg a lesson, and I think he got it."

Gregg was diagnosed with cancer in May 2018, with NeNe taking on the role of caretaker. Gregg's cancer battle has caused major stress on the marriage, prompting NeNe to lash out at cast and crew and vent to fans on social media.

"The Real Housewives of Atlanta" reunion continues on Sunday at 8 p.m. on Bravo.


#Empire: Recap; Blake and Tiana, Treasure, Cookie and Lucious – The Angry Aftermath
Cookie is still pissed at Lucious for seemingly messing around with Treasure. But Lucious explains again that Treasure got head of herself and didn’t know how to express gratitude except sexually, so he stopped her. Cookie is still pissed and reminds Lucious that she is the one who has to care for her firstborn because his firstborn is the guy who ruined Empire. Ouch.
Back at the concert hall, where everyone is practicing for tonight’s show on the Truth Tour, all the talent is pissed at each other for one reason or another. Sexual tensions that led to one-night stands didn’t turn out so well. Tiana isn’t actually impressed with the guy she slept with. And Blake looks hung over and upset that Tiana got with someone else.

Jamal tells Kai that Andre has stage 4 cancer and that given the family drama, he thinks Kai is right: this is not the right time to be in a relationship at all. He attempts to break up again with Kai, but later in the episode, Kai tells Jamal that he accepts the Lyon family drama and all. Finally.
Over at Empire headquarters, Lucious and Giselle (Nicole Ari Parker) are talking about Treasure’s trip up. NO one knows what happened besides Lucious and Giselle thinks it’s crazy to let Treasure go, but she will. Lucious calls a meeting and everyone attends. Becky (Gabby Sidibe, who last week directed her first episode of Empire) tells the group that the tour is going well but it’s not helping to move any units. Free is good but it doesn’t beget sales and she recommends pushing their wares overseas where the data mining issues haven’t hurt them as bad with the consumer base.

“What we can do is start to canvass internationally because the data mining thing wasn’t that big of a scandal overseas,” Becky says. “That’s what Andre suggested and I think we should do it.”
Lucious then has another flashback of a young Lucious and a young Cookie and a young Andre, who is sick and coughing with the croup. Baby boy is very ill and Lucious is supposed to be at a showcase, but Lucious decides to leave the showcase and come home to help with the kid. They sit outside in the cold so the baby can inhale the cold air and stem the coughing. It works.  This is when Lucious decides to leave Empire headquarters and go home to be with his son. His presence helped then, why wouldn’t it help now?
Meanwhile, Treasure comes to visit Cookie at the Lyon family home. She apologizes and is very tentative and says she understands why she is being dropped from the label. But Cookie forgives her (!). Yes, forgives her.

“What you did was stupid and painful, but most of all it was dangerous. Do you know how many people would be happy to take advantage of a sweet little thing like you? I don’t want you to leave Empire…. You got some growing to do, and clearly you’ve been through some things and we’ll get you someone to talk to and then you’ll get your little ass in the studio and we’ll get you some hits.”
Treasure says thank you. Then Cookie once again thinks of her and Damon that night when she took her clothes off. She thinks she’s going to tell him what happened, but Cook’s sister advises against it. Lucious will leave her, she tells Cookie.

The next scene shows Lucious in the room, watching Andre sleep. Andre woke up and sees his “pop,” and Lucious makes it clear that he will always be there for his son.

What’s next? Stay tuned. Empire is on Wednesdays on Fox!


#NewMusicVideo from Chris Brown – Back to Love
Chris Brown returns with the brand new single called “Back to Love”. The Cam Wallace produced song also comes with a music video which was directed by Brown and Arrad. The cinematic visual was filmed in Paris and features people dancing around the world, as well as follows Brown exiting an apartment building and taking a drive through the city of love.

WATCH HERE

The release of the new single comes on the heels of the success of previous single “Undecided”. Both songs will be included on his upcoming highly anticipated 9th studio album “Indigo” via RCA Records.


#HipHopNews:  Cardi B Laughs When Asked If She Would Make Up With Nicki Minaj
Add this to the list of most awkward hip-hop interviews. Cardi B talked to Variety in a brief red carpet chat at the Swisher Sweets Artist Project event posted on Friday (April 12) and things got really weird when the interviewer asked her about mending fences with Nicki Minaj.
The interview started off well. Bardi talked candidly about her views on Donald Trump, 2020 presidential candidates and her upcoming album. But things turned left when the interviewer asked the Invasion of Privacy rapper, "Is there ever a chance that you and Nicki would make up and perform together?"

Four seconds of awkward silence followed. The man even threw in Cardi's trademarked catchphrase "Okurrr" in order to try to break the tension. It worked, kind of. Cardi proceeded to cackle in his face for a full 15 seconds without answering the question before the interview ended.
Cardi and Nicki Minaj's beef is well documented. It came to a head a couple times in 2018. Once in September when they got into a heated confrontation at a 2018 Fashion Week event. That was followed by a back and forth that featured wild claims and call outs. Things have been mostly quiet since October when they both appeared to agree to go about things positively. However, if this interview is any indication, we are far from getting a collab any time some.


Tiger Woods is back! He wins The 2019 Masters in Augusta!
Tiger Woods captured his fifth green jacket on Sunday, and we we were covering Big Cat's Masters win the entire way
Sunday in Augusta, Georgia, brought us the moment many not that long ago thought they'd never see happen. With a bogey putt on No. 18, Tiger Woods clinched victory at the 2019 Masters, giving us one of the most incredible visuals in the history of the great game as one of the greatest golfers of all time completed a comeback for the ages.
There was, of course, some historical significance that came along with Woods' victory on Sunday at Augusta National. The 2019 Masters victory serves as the 15th major win of Tiger's career, which now puts him just three back of the legendary Jack Nicklaus (18). Woods' win earned him the fifth green jacket of his illustrious career, which pushes him past Arnold Palmer and leaves him just one back of Nicklaus (6).


#PRAYERSUP: The Young Boy Thrown From Balcony at Mall of America Remains Hospitalized
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) - Authorities say a 5-year-old boy who was thrown from a third-floor balcony at the Mall of America near Minneapolis remains hospitalized with serious injuries.

Bloomington police Chief Jeffrey Potts said in a news conference Saturday that the boy fell nearly 40 feet after a man threw him off the balcony Friday. Authorities haven't released the boy's name and say his family is requesting privacy.
Potts said he couldn't give an update on the boy's status, but that he's alive and receiving care and that his parents are with him. Hospital officials haven't responded to requests for a status update.

Twenty-four-year-old Emmanuel Deshawn Aranda, of Minneapolis, was arrested at the mall's transit station after the attack and is jailed on a suspicion of attempted homicide charge. Court records show he was charged in two previous incidents at the mall and at one point had a trespass notice banning him from the mall.


Oh My! Fire Breaks Out at Coachella
A fire broke out on the grounds of the Coachella music festival in the early hours of Saturday but was contained by emergency personnel, according to a report in The Guardian. There were no injuries.

The fire started in a shower block at the festival’s site, the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio, Calif., during or shortly after Childish Gambino’s headlining set. Video footage posted by attendees shows a blaze erupted from a mobile shower unit while security urge people away from the fire, yelling “Back up, back up!” Campers said they heard “explosion sounds.”
Firefighters arrived on the scene shortly after 2 a.m. The Riverside County fire department tweeted, “Firefighters responded to reports of a mobile shower unit on fire. Upon arrival, the shower unit was fully involved, near centre of venue.”

Within half an hour, the blaze was “contained”, the department said. “Mobile shower unit in lot eight storage area. Total of two trailers involved. One damaged, one destroyed. No reported injuries to fire personnel or civilians. Fire crews will remain on scene for one hour for overhaul,” it added.

The festival continued!


#SERIOUSLY? LAPD Arrests One Of The Other Men Shot During Nipsey Hussle's Murder, Due to His Gang Connection to Nipsey and now he’s Paralyzed!
After one of the three victims in the Nipsey Hussle shooting, 56-year-old now wheelchair bound Kerry Lathan, was treated and released for his gunshot wound to his back, he was arrested days later at his halfway house.  Police state he was out on parole, and was barred from being around criminals or people affiliated with gangs.  They claim Nipsey is still affiliated with the Rolling 60's, so Lathan was in violation of his parole.  He was also left paralyzed from the shooting.

Reportedly, Lathan had just recently gotten out of jail after serving a 20 year sentence for murder when he was visiting Nipsey at The Marathon Store.  He and another man were outside with Nipsey - supposedly when words were exchanged with the suspect Eric Holder - when the shooter opened fire.

TMZ reports: Five days after the shooting, Lathan, who is out on parole after serving 20 years for murder, was arrested at his halfway house for associating with a known gang member -- namely, Nipsey.

One of the standard conditions of parole is not associating with known gang members, and police claim Nipsey was a member of the Rollin 60's Crips.
Lathan is now in Men's Central Jail in downtown L.A. where he waits as authorities try to revoke his parole. Lathan is in a wheelchair -- the result of the shooting -- unable to walk.
Damn homie.  To lose a friend, your bodily functions, and freedom - even if temporarily - all in a matter of a week.  That's a lot.

In a 2014 interview with VLADtv, Nipsey explained his decision to join the Rolling 60's after leaving his house at the age of 14.

But, in recent years, and even during that interview, Nip also talked about elevating past that life and the responsibility of elevating the culture and his people using corporate moves. He saw the bigger picture and the greater place the Crenshaw area could become with his financial and human investments in his community.


#BoxOficeNews: 'Little' Comes in at #2 as 'Shazam!' is #1 for Second Weekend and newcomer 'Hellboy' came in Third!
After four straight weekends featuring a new #1 film at the weekend box office, Warner Bros.'s Shazam! took the crown for a second weekend in a row, topping a flurry of newcomers that delivered varying returns. Universal's Little secured the runner-up position, out-performing Lionsgate and Summit's Hellboy, which struggled amidst a flurry of negative reviews ahead of release not to mention reports of tension during production. Additionally, United Artists's release of Laika's Missing Link missed expectations and Aviron's After out-performed pre-weekend expectations.

At the top of the box office is Shazam!, which delivered an estimated $25.1 million in its second weekend, a drop of -53%, for a domestic cume just shy of $95 million. The film also topped the global box office for a second weekend in a row as it added $35.9 million internationally for an overseas cume that now stands at $163.9 million and a global tally reaching $258.8 million.

Universal's Little led all newcomers, delivering an estimated $15.5 million in its debut, for a second place finish. The $20 million production received a "B+" CinemaScore from opening day audiences and, over the weekend, played to a crowd that was 65% female and 56% were aged 25 or older. Additionally, the film played to a crowd that was 43% African American.
Internationally, Little debuted in 11 markets with an estimated $1.9 million led by a $751k debut in the UK. Upcoming key market releases include a June 14 debut in Spain followed by France (Jun 19), Italy (Jul 4) and Russia (Aug 8).

Lionsgate's release of Summit's Hellboy struggled in its debut, delivering a mere $12 million, well below the studio's anticipated $17-20 million opening. The film faced plenty of negativity heading into its weekend from mostly negative reviews to reports of tension during production. Opening weekend audiences were 56% male and 64% aged 25 or older and of that crowd, opening day moviegoers gave the pic a disappointing "C" CinemaScore.


#Oh? After having charges dropped Jussie Smollett vacations in Hawaii!
 “Empire” star Jussie Smollett — who had 16 felony disorderly conduct charges against him in Chicago in February that were then dropped last month — has been spotted vacationing in Hawaii.

The alleged hate-crime hoaxer — who could still face a lawsuit from the city of Chicago to recover the more than $130,000 cost of investigating his case — was photographed laughing and looking carefree at the Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park in Kailua-Kona.
Smollett’s hanging out with his family and was also seen carrying a boogie board.
Chicago police sent Smollett a letter last month demanding he pay up or they’d take him to court.
The deadline has passed, but Smollett doesn’t seem too worried.
Last week, Cook County prosecutor Kim Foxx doubled down on her office’s decision to dismiss charges against Smollett.

He alleged in January that he was physically attacked by two men who yelled racist and homophobic slurs.
Chicago police said Smollett set it all up.
Foxx has said she welcomes an investigation into her decision to dismiss the charges.


Amir Johnson Was Caught Showing Joel Embiid Texts On The Bench During Philly’s Game 1 Loss to The Nets!
The Philadelphia 76ers were caught off guard during Game 1 against the Brooklyn Nets. Despite the game happening in Philly, Brooklyn came ready to play and took it to the three-seed in the Eastern Conference. Between the Nets playing with the swagger and carelessness of a team that had nothing to lose, the Sixers looking awfully tight and struggling to hit a shot, and Joel Embiid not looking quite like himself due to lingering knee soreness, Brooklyn stole home court and picked up a 111-102 win.

While all this was happening, reserve big man Amir Johnson found himself in some hot water because of a moment on the bench caught by ESPN’s cameras. It’s unclear when this happened, but during the fourth quarter of action, ESPN aired a clip of Johnson sitting on the bench next to Embiid. Johnson pulled out his cell phone and was very obviously texting someone while Embiid looked on.

As Bobby Marks of ESPN pointed out, this has the potential to be a problem.
Now, making assumptions during this sort of thing can be dangerous, but as anyone who has ever seen an iPhone can tell you, Johnson very obviously was using Messages. Who knows what it says, if he was having a conversation with someone during the game, or if he was relaying some message to Embiid, but this is not a great look for Johnson. We’ll keep you updated as more information becomes available.



‘Westworld’ Season 3 Adds Lena Waithe To Its Cast – Will Air on HBO In 2020
Writer/director/producer/actress Lena Waithe will appear in HBO’s Westworld during its Season 3, HBO has confirmed. But what she will be doing is still a secret and likely involves a critical plot point of the robots and humans drama. Season 3 just started production and will not air until 2020.Waithe has previously appeared in the film Ready Player One and had cameos on TV shows This Is Us, Transparent and Dear White People. She also wrote for and starred in the Netflix series Master of None, and won an Emmy for best comedy writing for the episode Thanksgiving. The BET series Boomerang has Waithe as its showrunner, and she also has The Chi running on Showtime, a show she crated and executive produces.

Waithe is represented by by WME, The Mission Entertainment, and Del, Shaw, Moonves.


Oprah is Defending Michael Jackson's Accuser after he was caught LYING!
Earlier this month Michael Jackson accuser James Safechuck was caught in a huge lie after claiming he had been sexually abused on a daily basis inside the train station at Neverland Ranch, despite proof the building did not exist during the time he claimed to have been abused [click here if you missed that].

Oprah Winfrey defends Safechuck's inconsistent claims...
Oprah tells Trevor Noah, “I have not wavered.”
“You know why I have not wavered? I’ve had girls at my school who were sexually assaulted and abused. And I have never won a case, and the reason I have never won a case is because when you put a girl on the witness stand and she can’t remember if it was Thursday or Wednesday, it’s automatically discredited. When you’re in the midst of trauma, you may not remember the exact time....if a victim is unable to remember the day and the time an alleged assault happened, “everyone’s like ‘well, okay, I guess it never happened.’ I’ve been through that, so, no.”


Students At LeBron James’ ”I Promise” School Show Major Improvements, New Report Shows Students Tested Higher Than 70 Percent Of Students Districtwide
The students at LeBron James’ “I Promise” School have made major accomplishments with high grade and test scores, behavioral improvements and more.
Back in 2018, James officially opened up his ”I Promise School that caters to educating at-risk youth. The school currently works with grades three and four, but there are plans to open the grade levels from one to eight by 2022.

According to The New York Times, the 240 students enrolled in I Promise have already set the tone for higher achievement. Math and reading scores have jumped from the lowest percentile for both grades in reading to 9th and 16th for third grade and fourth-grade students, respectively. While math was raised from the lowest to 18th, and fourth graders moved from second-lowest to the 30th, according to Complex Media.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

On Friday, Erica L. Green of the NYT reported that the third- and fourth-graders at I Promise School “were, by many accounts, considered unredeemable” upon their arrival — “identified as the worst performers in the Akron public schools and branded with behavioral problems.” Now, with the inaugural 240 students finished with Measures of Academic Progress testing, the school is “helping close the achievement gap in Akron.” “The 90 percent of I Promise students who met their goals exceeded the 70 percent of students districtwide, and scored in the 99th growth percentile of the evaluation association’s school norms, which the district said showed that students’ test scores increased at a higher rate than 99 out of 100 schools nationally,” Green reported.

“When we first started, people knew I was opening a school for kids,” James said. “Now people are going to really understand the lack of education they had before they came to our school. People are going to finally understand what goes on behind our doors.” In addition to providing individual educational needs and support, the school also gives clothing, food and other resources to families in need, which, is partially funded by James’ foundation.

“We are reigniting dreams that were extinguished,” school principal Brand Davis said. “We want to change the face of urban education.”


Historical Morehouse College to admit transgender men starting in 2020
The country's only all-male historically black college will begin admitting transgender men next year, marking a major shift for the school at a time when higher education institutions around the nation are adopting more welcoming policies toward LGBT students.
Leaders of Morehouse College in Atlanta told The Associated Press that its board of trustees approved the policy on Saturday.

Transgender men will be allowed to enroll in the school for the first time in 2020. Students who identify as women but were born male cannot enroll, however, and anyone who transitions from male to female will not be automatically eligible to receive a degree from the institution.
Morehouse officials hailed the move as an important step toward a more inclusive campus while affirming its mission to educate and develop men.

"I think Morehouse having the courage to speak to issues of masculinity in today's environment is important," Morehouse College President David Thomas told The Associated Press. "For 152 years, the world has, in some way, seen Morehouse as the West Point of black male development."
The policy also states that Morehouse "will continue to use masculine pronouns" which it calls "the language of brotherhood."

Morehouse is an iconic college that counts the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., filmmaker Spike Lee and former Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson as its alumni. It bills itself as the "college of choice for black men" that has instilled leadership skills in generations of African American men.
More than 1,000 colleges and universities nationwide have adopted some form of a transgender policy, including about two dozen historically black colleges. An increasing number of schools are updating admissions guidelines to ensure transgender students have a welcoming experience, said Human Rights Campaign spokeswoman Sarah McBride.

"Young people are incredibly supportive of LGBT equality, including transgender equality," McBride said. "Schools are responding in kind. In many ways, our college campuses look like the country we'll have in 10 or 15 years. There are a lot of reasons for hope."
Morehouse becomes the first standalone all-male college in the country to adopt a transgender policy. Nationwide, there are only two other all-male colleges, Wabash College in Indiana and Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. Minnesota's St. John's University, which enrolls only men but shares a co-ed academic program with the College of St. Benedict, also has a transgender policy.

Morehouse has had challenges around LGBT issues, most notably the 2002 attack of a 19-year-old student accused of beating a fellow student with a baseball bat who he mistakenly thought was making a sexual advance.
Gregory Love's skull was fractured in the beating. Aaron Price was found guilty of assault and initially sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The incident was widely seen as reflective of a larger and pervasive attitude toward the LGBT community among African Americans.
Thomas acknowledged that historically black colleges and universities — mainly established after the Civil War with the help of religious institutions like the Baptist and Methodist churches — face added challenges in addressing issues of gender and sexuality because of opposition in black churches.

"I can't speak for all HBCUs, but we know in the black church there has largely been silence on this issue," Thomas said. "I can imagine there may be people who would say, 'Why would you even raise this?' I say to those people we live in an era now where silence on these issues is actually not helpful. For us, as a school for men, it's important for us to set clear expectations about what that means. That's what we're trying to do with this policy."

In 2009, the college updated its dress code, in part to address a handful of students who were wearing women's clothing on campus. The following year, Morehouse held its first Gay Pride. Morehouse offered its first LGBT course in 2013 and has a scholars program named for civil and gay rights icon Bayard Rustin.
Spelman College, an all-woman HBCU next door to Morehouse, adopted a transgender policy in 2017, and the first transgender woman graduated in 2018.
Other HBCUs with transgender policies include Tuskegee University, Howard University, Florida A&M University, Southern University in Louisiana, North Carolina Central University and Morgan State University in Maryland.
Titi Naomi Tukes — a 2017 graduate of Morehouse who enrolled as a cisgender man in 2013 but now identifies as transgender nonbinary and uses the pronouns they/them/their — said they disapproved of the policy, which they learned about in an alumni email on Saturday. Tukes said the policy is hostile and exclusionary toward transgender women and nonbinary students, and could put transitioning students in an unsafe environment if they have to leave the college.

Titi Naomi Tukes — a 2017 graduate of Morehouse who enrolled as a cisgender man in 2013 but now identifies as transgender nonbinary and uses the pronouns they/them/their — said they disapproved of the policy, which they learned about in an alumni email on Saturday. Tukes said the policy is hostile and exclusionary toward transgender women and nonbinary students, and could put transitioning students in an unsafe environment if they have to leave the college.

"You can't control how someone feels in their body," said Tukes, now a management consultant working in New York who added they are willing to offer input on how the policy is implemented. "The college fails at addressing and understanding the gender journey that one undergoes during their college experience, spiritually, emotionally, physically and psychologically."


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1/3/19

The Daily Buzz For Jan 4 ☕📰☕


Emma Stone for Vogue UK - February 2019
American actress Emma Stone takes the cover of British Vogue‘s February 2018 edition captured by fashion photographer Craig McDean. In charge of styling was Venetia Scott, with set design from Andrea Stanley. Beauty is work of hair stylist Mara Roszak, makeup artist Rachel Goodwin, and manicurist Megumi Yamamoto. For the cover Emma is wearing Louis Vuitton.
“I got gloomy for about a week, but realised the most interesting part about becoming an adult is most things become bittersweet. I’m still finding my voice.
It’s OK if not everybody likes you – so that was a major lesson, not falling over myself to win over the unwinnable. Nobody knows what they’re doing! We’re all just a bunch of people trying to figure out how to get through the day.” – Stone for Vogue UK, on turning 30 and life lessons she leaned along the way.



#RHoA: Meet Phaedra’s New Man, Tone Kapone!
Phaedra Parks has been done with her marriage to Apollo Nida for a few years now. Judging by a recent Instagram post, it seems she has a new boyfriend that goes by the name Tone Kapone.
In a gorgeous photo uploaded to her social media page, the ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ alum is seen in a flirty pose alongside a handsome new suitor that people in the comment section have identified as radio host Tone Kapone.

The caption reads: “2019 we are ready.”

According to Kapone’s Instagram bio, he is a host for a Chicago radio station and even occasionally has a spot on ‘Dish Nation’ — the same show that Phaedra’s frenemy, Porsha Williams, has a spot on.

Judging by how comfortable the two seem and the heart emoji that accompanied the snapshot, it may be safe to assume that the man is her new boo. Nene Leakes also left a comment that included a group of heart-eyed smiley faces.
Since Nene appears to be the closest to Ms. Parks these days, she may know something more than the general public does about the attorney with multiple jobs.

So, How do you like Phaedra’s new Man?


#Empire: Jussie Smollett Fights To Save Bennett College
As we wait for the return of ‘Empire’ The stars have been keeping busy! There are several historically Black colleges and universities across the country that have experienced financial woes, and celebrities are stepping up to save them. After learning that Bennett College—an all-women HBCU—was on the brink of losing its accreditation, actors Jussie Smollett and his brother Jake Smollett stepped in to help the institution, Essence reported.

According to the news outlet, the school—which was founded in 1873 and became a women’s institution in 1926—needs to raise $5 million by February 2019 to stay afloat. The Smolletts took it upon themselves to use their platforms to spread awareness about what’s happening at Bennett College and motivate individuals to pitch in and help save the school. Jussie posted a photo of both him and his brother donning shirts that read “Stand With Bennett” accompanied with a caption that read “In the 1930s we had 121 #HBCUs now we’re at 101. Don’t let us be down to 100 if #BennettCollege, who has made the education of black women a priority since 1926, closes its doors.”
Bennett College President Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins hopes that they can raise enough money to not only save the college from closing but keep the college’s doors open so that they can continue to educate, empower, and inspire leaders for generations to come. “We look forward to working with partners who understand that their investment supports the education of deserving young women whose potential is only limited by the opportunities we give them,” said Dawkins in a statement, according to the news outlet. “Our challenge is great. Our time is short. Our resolve is mighty.”

The Smolletts aren’t the only celebrities who are showing their support for HBCUs and their students. Beyoncé generously donated thousands of dollars to fund scholarships for HBCU students. Most recently, the cast of “A Different World” presented a $100,000 check from Ford to Southwestern Christian College in Texas.


#MusicFlashback: Donny Hathaway ‘A Song For You’ Also The Legend will be honored with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award!
Soul legend Donny Hathaway will be honored with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the singer-songwriter's untimely death.

The 2019 list of recipients, announced by the Recording Academy last Wednesday (Dec. 19), features Dionne Warwick, George Clinton & Parliament, Black Sabbath, Julio Iglesias, Billy Eckstine, and Sam & Dave.

Hathaway, the soul stylist whose life was cut short in 1979, recorded a catalog of classics that include “Someday We’ll All Be Free,” “A Song For You,” and “This Christmas.”

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The Chicago native is one of three posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award recipients, alongside Dave Prater of Sam & Dave, the soul music pairing of Prater and Sam Moore, best known for the 1967 hit “Soul Man.” Eckstine, the third among the posthumous recipients, was a jazz legend and bandleader of the swing era. He died in 1993.

"Each year, the Recording Academy has the distinct privilege of celebrating music industry giants who have greatly contributed to our cultural heritage," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of the Recording Academy. "This year, we have a gifted and brilliant group of honorees and their exceptional accomplishments, contributions, and artistry will continue to influence and inspire generations to come."
The Recording Academy also announced honorees of the 2019 Trustee Awards, including the late Nick Ashford, of Ashford & Simpson, the songwriting team responsible for timeless hits such as “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” “You’re All I Need to Get By” and “I'm Every Woman.” Ashford, who died in 2011, will be honored along with his wife and music partner, Valerie Simpson.

A special award presentation ceremony celebrating the honorees will be held in Los Angeles on May, 11, 2019.


#NewHipHop from Future Feat. French Montana – ‘Nasa’
On New Year’s Eve, Hndrxx unleashed his French Montana collaboration “NASA.” Over a soulful sample of Ginuwine’s classic “Pony,” Pluto makes money moves. “I’ve been doing numbers in the jungle with them savages / I’ma put in work until that time and leave my legacy,” he raps.

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“NASA” follows their previous collaboration “No Pressure” off Montana’s 2017 album Jungle Rules.


Rep Nancy Pelosi has been Elected Speaker as Democrats Take Control of The US House of Representatives!
WASHINGTON — On a day of pomp and pageantry, ebullient Democrats assumed control of the House on Thursday and elected Representative Nancy Pelosi of California to be speaker, returning her to a historic distinction as the first woman to hold the post at the pinnacle of power in Congress, second in line to the presidency.

The investiture of Ms. Pelosi, whose talent for legislative maneuvering is surpassed only by her skill at keeping her fractious party in line, placed her at the fulcrum of divided government opposite an increasingly combative President Trump. With Mr. Trump, his presidential campaign and his businesses all under federal and state investigations, her handling of him will likely define the 116th Congress.

Her election came on Day 13 of a government shutdown that has dramatized the shifting dynamics in Washington. Mr. Trump’s insistence on a wall on the Mexican border has come to embody harsh immigration policies that will run headlong into newly energized Democratic opposition.

But on Thursday, if only for a few hours, the dark clouds of divisive politics parted long enough for a peaceful transition of power from Republicans to Democrats, as a majority lawmakers rose in turn from their seats on the House floor to utter Ms. Pelosi’s name and formally award her the gavel she relinquished in 2011 after a Tea Party wave swept Republicans to power.
Following her election, Ms. Pelosi, wearing a hot pink dress, ascended to the marble dais in the center of the House chamber with Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the incoming Republican leader, who handed her the wooden gavel.

“To the speaker of the House, Ms. Pelosi, I extend to you the gavel,” he said. The room erupted into applause as Ms. Pelosi held the tool aloft, showing it off to her colleagues.
The congressional freshman class of 2019 includes the most racially diverse and most female group of representatives ever elected to the House.
Nov. 28, 2018
“Our nation is at a historic moment,” she declared. “This Congress will be bipartisan, transparent and unified.”

Moments later, with a “Come on, kids!” Ms. Pelosi invited the children and grandchildren on the floor of the House to surround her as she took the oath of office.
Scores of newly elected Democrats in the most racially, ethnically and gender-diverse class in history were on hand for the occasion, some of them clad in the traditional or religious garb of their communities — a Palestinian thobe, a Muslim hijab or head scarf, a Pueblo dress. The new members provided the visual tableau of change in a chamber that has for centuries been overwhelmingly white and male.

“When our new members take the oath, our Congress will be refreshed, and our democracy will be strengthened by the optimism, idealism and patriotism of this transformative freshman class,” Ms. Pelosi said in prepared remarks to be delivered from the House floor. “Working together, we will redeem the promise of the American dream for every family, advancing progress for every community.”

Representative Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, nominated Ms. Pelosi to be speaker, prompting a standing ovation from most of the Democratic side of the House and much of the spectators in the gallery.
Ms. Pelosi hugged other members of Congress after being elected speaker.CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times
In nominating Ms. Pelosi in a rousing speech, Mr. Jeffries extolled her as “a woman of faith, a loving wife a mother of five, a grandmother of nine, a sophisticated strategist, a legendary legislator, a voice for the voiceless, a defender of the disenfranchised, a powerful, profound, prophetic, principled public servant.”

“House Democrats are down with N.D.P.,” Mr. Jeffries said, using Ms. Pelosi’s initials, and referencing a song by Naughty By Nature, O.P.P.

But Ms. Pelosi’s election was not without dissent. Having spent more than 15 years at the helm of her party and been demonized by Republicans during the midterm congressional election as the ultraliberal face of far-left radicalism, Ms. Pelosi, 78, spent the weeks after Democrats won putting down a rebellion over her leadership in Democratic ranks and consolidating support through a combination of deal-cutting and cajoling.
Workers placed a new sign above Ms. Pelosi’s office door.CreditPete Marovich for The New York Times
She suffered more than a dozen defections: freshman Representatives Anthony Brindisi of New York, Jason Crow of Colorado, Joe Cunningham of South Carolina, Ben McAdams of Utah, Max Rose of New York, Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey, Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey and Jared Golden of Maine, as well as Representatives Jim Cooper of Tennessee, Ron Kind of Wisconsin, Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania, Kurt Schrader of Oregon, and Kathleen Rice of New York.

Many of the newly elected members had campaigned calling for change in Washington and a new generation of leadership for their party, and promising not to vote for Ms. Pelosi as a result. As part of a final deal to shore up support, Ms. Pelosi agreed to limit her speakership to four years.

But two of the ringleaders of the squelched effort to depose Ms. Pelosi, Representatives Seth Moulton of Massachusetts and Tim Ryan of Ohio, ultimately voted for her.

With her re-election, the biggest Republican super PAC — and the one that arguably tried hardest in 2018 to tie Democratic candidates to Ms. Pelosi — practically celebrated. “Democratic candidates spent the last two years promising voters that they’d be different — they wouldn’t stand for the same old leadership and the same old way of doing business in Washington,” the Congressional Leadership Fund said in a statement. “Yet with the very first chance they got, they broke their word and their bond with the voters who elected them.”

Ms. Pelosi became the first person since Representative Sam Rayburn of Texas, more than 60 years ago, to reclaim the position of House speaker.

Even as Ms. Pelosi broke historical barriers, the spirit of a new generation of Democrats was in evidence in the well of the House on Thursday. Several lawmakers bounced or rocked infants as they cast their votes for speaker, while Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, at 29 the youngest person to be elected to the House, made a heart sign with her hands — a millennial-approved gesture of affection — at loved ones in the House gallery above. Representative Rashida Tlaib voted for Ms. Pelosi for the “future of our children,” she said, while her own two children dabbed beside her.


Karrueche Tran & Boyfriend Victor Cruz Start the Year With a Bikini Clad Bang
It’s a new year and a new bikini for Karrueche Tran! The “Claws” actress was spotted in Miami on Wednesday soaking up the sun and getting fresh with her boyfriend, Victor Cruz.
Showing off her assets, Karrueche stunned in a polka dot string bikini. Splashing around in the ocean with Cruz and sharing some PDA, the duo seems to be kicking off the year in high spirits.

Karrueche Tran, who’s been dating the retired NFL player since December 2017, is clearly letting loose before the drama of “Claws” season 3 airs on TNT.

The 30-year-old actress is never one to shy away from slipping into a two-piece and 2019 seems to prove no different!


Taylor Swift had a New Squad for her New Year’s Eve party
Looks like Taylor Swift has a new group of friends.

The 29-year-old pop star, who previously gallivanted around town with the likes of Lena Dunham, Karlie Kloss, Selena Gomez, Hailee Steinfeld, Martha Hunt and more, hosted a New Year’s Eve party with a “childhood heroes” theme, but the guests were different from her usual crowd.

Longtime friends Abigail Lucier, Gigi Hadid, Blake Lively and husband Ryan Reynolds all attended the soiree, but there were some newcomers, including Iris Apatow, stylist Ashley Avignone and model Leah McCarthy.
Taylor Swift and her then-squad at a VMAs afterparty in 2015.Getty Images
“Mary Poppins, Audrey, Ariel, Ms. Frizzle, Cinderella, Gwen, Mr. Toad, Avril, Nancy Drew, Posh Spice, Rizzo, Frida Kahlo, Steve Irwin, Dorothy..” she captioned a series of photos from the party. “This new year we decided to dress up as our childhood heroes. Sending you all love and hope going into 2019 💗.”
Hadid dressed as Mary Poppins, while Swift dressed as iconic Disney mermaid Ariel. Lively dressed up as Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz.” Swift’s boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, wasn’t visible in any of the photos she shared, though they were spotted out and about in New York City on Sunday.
In addition to snacking on pizza and drinking Reynolds’ gin, the group gathered to watch Swift’s new “Reputation” tour special on Netflix that dropped early New Year’s Eve.

It’s unclear whether the group listened to Swift’s track “New Year’s Day” when the clock struck midnight.


The Coachella 2019: Lineup Features Childish Gambino, Pusha-T, Idris Elba, Solange Ariana Grande And More
Childish Gambino, Tame Impala and Ariana Grande will headline the 2019 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which returns to the Empire Polo Club in Indio for twin weekends April 12-14 and April 19-21. Tickets for Coachella 2019 go on sale at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 4.
According to Deadline reports, In addition to the aforementioned headliners, the popular festival will also feature a diverse array of music including Solange, Kid Cudi, Aphex Twin, Janelle Monáe, the 1975, Pusha-T, Blood Orange, Diplo, Weezer, Kacey Musgraves, Rosalia, SOPHIE, Mac DeMarco, Idris Elba, Jon Hopkins, Kaytranada, Anderson .Paak, Juice WRLD, Playboi Carti, Bad Bunny, Sheck Wes, Gesaffelstein, J Balvin, and more.


#LGBTQNEWS: Brazil’s New President Jair Bolsonaro targets The LGBTQ Community on 1st day in office
Sao Paulo • Newly installed President Jair Bolsonaro targeted Brazil’s indigenous groups, descendants of slaves and the LGBT community with executive orders in the first hours of his administration, moving quickly after a campaign in which the far-right leader said he would radically overhaul many aspects of life in Latin America’s largest nation.

Sao Paulo's stock market, meanwhile, jumped 3.56 percent to a record closing of 91,012 points as new Cabinet ministers reinforced the intent to privatize state-owned companies and a Brazilian arms maker benefited from Bolsonaro's plans to loosen gun controls. Similar spikes in stock prices also occurred during the presidential campaign.

One of the orders issued late Tuesday removed the concerns of the LGBT community from consideration by the new human rights ministry.
In removing LGBT concerns from the responsibilities of the human rights ministry, Bolsonaro did not name any agency to consider such issues. He has strongly criticized what he calls "gender-based ideology," saying it is a threat to Brazil's Christian values.

Damares Alves, the new human rights minister, did not discuss the LGBT order in her first address on the job, but the evangelical pastor has insisted over the years that "the Brazilian family is being threatened" by diversity policies.
On Wednesday, she said: "The state is lay, but this minister is terribly Christian."
Under the new administration, Alves added, "Girls will be princesses and boys will be princes. There will be no more ideological indoctrination of children and teenagers in Brazil."
LGBT activist Symmy Larrat said she doesn't' expect reasonable treatment from the Bolsonaro administration.
"The human rights ministry discussed our concerns at a body called secretariat of promotion and defense of human rights. That body just disappeared, just like that. We don't see any signs there will be any other government infrastructure to handle LGBT issues," she said.
The newspaper Folha de S.Paulo reported that Bolsonaro will later announce the closing of an agency within the Education Ministry that has been aimed at promoting diversity in public schools and universities.
New Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo indirectly criticized the LGBT community as being "those that say they are not men and women."

Also on Wednesday, the Brazilian Press Association criticized restrictions on journalists at Bolsonaro's inauguration. Reporters had to arrive seven hours before the events began and were forbidden to move freely in Congress and the presidential palace. Food was seized and access to bathrooms and water was limited.

"What was seen in different scenarios of Brasilia is incompatible with a democratic regime," the association said in a statement. "Respect to the press is one of the main indicators of nations that consider themselves civilized."
Bolsonaro's first day in office sparked a wave of optimism in Brazil's financial market. Stocks of Brazil's electric-company Eletrobras soared more than 20 percent. Arms maker Taurus, one of the main allies of the new president, jumped more than 47 percent.
Bolsonaro, a fan of U.S. President Donald Trump, met with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss joint efforts regarding the leftist administrations in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Pompeo told him that Trump is "very pleased with the relationship that our two countries are on the precipice of beginning to develop."

“He’s also confident that it (the relationship between the U.S. and Brazil) will benefit the world and the set of shared values that we believe we can together advance,” Pompeo said before leaving Brasilia for Colombia.


Idris Elba’s ‘Turn Up Charlie’ Sets Netflix Premiere Date, Unveils First-Look Photos, Rounds Out Recurring Cast
Netflix has slotted Friday, March 15 for the premiere of new comedy series Turn Up Charlie, starring Idris Elba. The internet TV network also unveiled some first-look photos (see above and below) and rounded out the recurring cast, which includes Angela Griffin (Coronation Street), Guz Khan (Borderline), Jocelyn Jee Esein (Upstart Crow), Jade Anouka (Trauma), Cameron King (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children) and Dustin Demri-Burns (The Spy Who Dumped Me).

Co-created and executive produced by Elba and Gary Reich, the eight-episode Turn Up Charlie centers on the titular Charlie (Elba), a struggling DJ and eternal bachelor, who is given a final chance at success when he reluctantly becomes a ‘manny’ to his famous best friend’s problem-child daughter, Gabby (Frankie Hervey). Piper Perabo and JJ Feild co-star.
Tristram Shapeero also executive produces and directs the series with Matt Lipsey. Martin Joyce and Ana Garanito are co-executive producers. The series is co-produced by Reich’s Brown Eyed Boy Productions and Elba’s Green Door Pictures.


Wendy Williams’ Husband Selling Love Nest He Shares With Alleged Mistress Amid Baby Rumors
The New Jersey home where Wendy Williams Opens a New Window. ‘ husband was allegedly living a double life with his pregnant mistress is now up for sale, RadarOnline.com can exclusively report. Williams, 54, has been married to Kevin Hunter Opens a New Window. , 46, since 1997.

The couple has vehemently denied recent reports that Hunter impregnated Sharina Hudson Opens a New Window.  – a woman he’s accused of having a 10-year affair with. Now, Radar has uncovered that the 3,800-square foot love shack Hunter purchased for his secret live-in girlfriend is on the market for much less than what he originally bought it for! Click through the gallery to see photos of the home that could potentially destroy the talk show host’s marriage once and for all.


Diddy Hired Alex Fine to Train Cassie Before she ran off with him!
This week Sean 'Diddy' Combs' long-time on-again off-again girlfriend Cassie Ventura debuted her new man, personal trainer Alex Fine
Insiders claim Diddy is actually responsible for their hook-up...

According to reports Diddy hired Alex as Cassie's personal trainer and that's how they met.

The source claims Diddy is livid about their hook-up and is convinced Cassie was cheating on him with Alex but sources close to Cassie insist she didn't start messing with Alex until after her break-up.


(Report) Kim Kardashian & Kanye West Using Different Surrogate for Fourth Child
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West famously used a surrogate to welcome their third child Chicago West, who will turn one years old in just a few weeks!
TMZ is now reporting that the power couple has chosen a different surrogate to welcome their fourth child – a baby boy – into the world.
The reason? Their previous surrogate actually gave birth to a daughter on Christmas Eve, so she was unavailable.

There’s no further information about who Kim and Kanye chose to carry their fourth child. Neither Kim nor Kanye have confirmed the news.


The Golden Globes 2019 Presenters List has been Released
The 2019 Golden Globe Awards are taking place in just a few days on Sunday (January 6) live from The Beverly Hilton, and the list of presenters has finally been released!
Producers have gathered a star-studded list of celebrities to hand out trophies this weekend, including many past Golden Globe winners and nominees!

Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg are set to co-host this year’s big event and Just Jared will be live blogging the show as well. Stay tuned!

Tune into the 2019 Golden Globes, airing this Sunday from 5-8 p.m. PT/8-11 p.m. ET on NBC.

GOLDEN GLOBES PRESENTERS
Halle Berry
Chadwick Boseman
Sterling K. Brown
Jessica Chastain
Kaley Cuoco
Jamie Lee Curtis
Dick Van Dyke
Idris Elba
Harrison Ford Cecil B. DeMille Award recipient
Johnny Galecki
Justin Hartley
Taraji P. Henson
Felicity Huffman
Allison Janney
Michael B. Jordan
William H. Macy
Chrissy Metz
Mike Myers
Lupita Nyong’o
Gary Oldman
Jim Parsons
Sam Rockwell
Saoirse Ronan
Octavia Spencer
Ben Stiller
Lena Waithe
Catherine Zeta-Jones


Netflix Issues A Warning Against The #BirdBoxChallenge
Netflix issues a warning against viewers participating in the dangerous “Bird Box Challenge.” Get the scoop.

Netflix took to social media on to issue a warning against their viewers participating in a new challenge inspired by their hit film, “Bird Box.”
People participating in the #BirdBoxChallenge blindfold themselves and do a variety of things ranging from doing hair to driving cars.

Netflix tweeted:
CHILL, It’s just a movie!


Aaliyah's Mother Slams "Lies and Fabrications" of R. Kelly Sex Allegations
Aaliyah's mother Diane Haughton is speaking out amid allegations that the singer had a sexual relationship with R. Kelly when she was underage.
A former back-up performer named Jovante Cunningham alleges in the new Lifetime docu-series Surviving R. Kelly that she saw Aaliyah and the rapper having sex. At the time of the supposed encounter, R. Kelly was 27 and Aaliyah 15.

In the first episode, Cunningham described what she purportedly witnessed between the two while on tour. "We were out on the road with Aaliyah," she said. "On a tour bus, there really aren't many confined spaces. When you get on the bus there are bunks and so these bunks have little curtains you can pull at night if you don't want anybody to see you sleeping."

She explained that people on tour were "laughing" and at one moment, "The door flew open on the bus. Robert was having sex with Aaliyah." R. Kelly's real name is Robert Sylvester Kelly.
What she apparently saw amounted to "Things that an adult should not be doing with a child."
Haughton spoke out on Wednesday and called Cunningham a "liar."
"The woman and so-called back up singer that describes seeing, meeting or ever breathing the same air as my daughter, Aaliyah, is lying and is a liar," Haughton said in a statement to E! News. "My husband and I were always on tour with her and at interviews and every place she went throughout her entire career. Whoever this woman is, I have never seen her before anywhere on planet earth, until now."

Haughton then called Cunningham's claims "lies and fabrications" that "can not be tolerated and allowed to be spewed from the forked tongues of saboteurs of Aaliyah's legacy."
She continued, "My daughter only wanted to realize her dream of sharing her talent with the world, and give her all performing on stage and in front of the camera for the fans she adored so much. She realized that dream, thanks to those true fans who still love and support her legacy unconditionally to this day. Shame on all those involved in this project who thought it kosher to drag Aaliyah's name into a situation that has nothing to do with her today. Once again, this will not be tolerated."

One of R. Kelly's former personal assistants Demetrius Smith claims in the Lifetime series that the "Ignition" rapper and Aaliyah got married when she was 15. Smith said he got "papers forged for them when Aaliyah was underage."

The "Try Again" singer died in 2001 after a plane crash in the Bahamas. She was 22.


Nordstrom Co-President Blake Nordstrom Dead At 58
NEW YORK (AP) — Blake Nordstrom, who led the upscale department store chain Nordstrom as co-president with his brothers Erik and Peter, has died. He was 58.

The Seattle-based company did not disclose the cause of death, saying Nordstrom passed away unexpectedly early Wednesday. Last month, Nordstrom said that he had been diagnosed with lymphoma, but that his cancer was treatable.

Nordstrom Inc. said in a statement that its executive leadership will continue under Erik and Peter Nordstrom. The company is publicly traded, but family members still own about 30 percent of its shares. The family group had hoped to take the company private last year, but a special committee for its board rejected the offer as too low.
Blake Nordstrom had worked at the chain for more than 40 years. He was the great-grandson of company founder John W. Nordstrom, a Swedish immigrant who opened a Seattle shoe store in 1901 that eventually became a national department store chain.

“Everyone who worked with Blake knew of his passion and deep commitment to employees, customers and the communities we serve,” said Nordstrom Inc. Chairman Brad Smith said.


AND FINALLY FROM “THE CRAZY PEOPLE SHOPPING AT WALMART” FILES
‘ALWAYS TAILS’
Real talk, that’s gotta tickle and itch right? Like how annoying would waking around with that random touch on the back of your thigh all day be? Ughhh.


#EGGPLANT NATION Meet Papi Cub!
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