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.
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“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.
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