The Bezos Family Foundation announced the news, revealing she passed away peacefully at her Miami home on Thursday August 14 and Jeff has now shared a heartbreaking tribute
Jeff Bezos and his mum Jackie Bezos (Image: Getty Images North America)
Jeff Bezos is mourning the loss of his mother, Jacklyn “Jackie” Bezos, who has died at the age of 78.
Taking to Instagram he wrote: “Her adulthood started a little bit early when she became my mom at the tender age of 17. That couldn’t have been easy, but she made it all work. She pounced on the job of loving me with ferocity, brought my amazing dad onto the team a few years later, and then added my sister and brother to her list of people to love, guard, and nourish. For the rest of her life, that list of people to love never stopped growing. She always gave so much more than she ever asked for.
“After a long fight with Lewy Body Dementia, she passed away today, surrounded by so many of us who loved her — her kids, grandkids, and my dad. I know she felt our love in those final moments. We were all so lucky to be in her life. I hold her safe in my heart forever.”
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England women’s rugby union side will become the first UK sports team to partner with Barbie – but the deal has been launched without any of the brand’s famous dolls.
Athlete Dina Asher-Smith and boxer Nicola Adams have previously been immortalised in plastic, but the Red Roses’ range is initially restricted to t-shirts, hoodies and replica balls.
“The collaboration aims to inspire the next generation of female rugby players through grassroots initiatives, funding, merchandise and powerful storytelling,” said the Rugby Football Union.
Toy maker Mattel, the company behind Barbie, will make a £20,000 donation to the RFU as part of the deal to increase girls’ access to clubs and coaching in England.
Mattel has recreated a host of sporting figures as Barbie dolls, including American Olympic champion gymnast Gabby Douglas, fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, snowboarder Chloe Kim and golfer Lorena Ochoa.
London 2012 Olympic champion Adams, world champion sprinter Asher-Smith and skateboarder Sky Brown are among the Britons who have also been commemorated.
The partnership could yet expand, with England hot favourites for the Rugby World Cup on home soil. Their campaign begins on Friday, 22 August against the United States in Sunderland.
Barbie has previously been criticised for promoting unrealistic body types.
In her 2000 book Body Wars, psychologist Margo Maine wrote that if Barbie were scaled up to adult height, she would have a figure within the guidelines for diagnosing anorexia.
The brand introduced different body, hair and skin types to its range in 2016 and the 2023 movie Barbie, licensed by Mattel, confronted the gender norms and body image the doll had previously been associated with.
When her doll was released in 2020, Asher-Smith was pleased it accurately depicted her body.
Barbie is also supporting the RFU’s Girls’ Activity Days scheme which aims to introduce girls to rugby. More than 400 clubs are hosting one of the events this summer.
“We know how important the visibility of rugby is in attracting girls and boys to our sport and it’s been a core part of our strategy for the women’s and girls’ game for many years,” said Alex Teasdale, RFU executive director of the women’s game.
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Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Serbia, smashing windows of the governing party’s headquarters in the northern city of Novi Sad, where the country’s antigovernment revolt started more than nine months ago.
The protesters came out in force for a third night on Thursday, following major clashes earlier in the week that saw dozens detained or injured, demanding that President Aleksandar Vucic call an early election.
In Novi Sad, where a train station canopy collapsed last year, killing 16 people and creating public anger over alleged corruption in infrastructure projects, protesters attacked the offices of the governing Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), carrying away furniture and documents, and splashing paint on the entrance.
“He is finished,” they shouted, with reference to the president as they demolished the offices. The police and Vucic’s supporters, who have guarded the office in Serbia’s second-largest city for months, were nowhere to be seen.
In Belgrade, the Serbian capital, hundreds of protesters and SNS supporters threw flares and firecrackers at each other on one of the city’s main boulevards. Police fired tear gas at least two locations to disperse the protesters and keep the opposing camps apart.
Similar protests were held in towns across the country.
Vucic told pro-government Informer television that “the state will win” as he announced a crackdown on antigovernment protesters, accusing them of inciting violence and of being “enemies of their own country”.
“I think it is clear they did not want peace and Gandhian protests. There will be more arrests,” he said during the broadcast.
He reiterated earlier claims that the protests have been organised from abroad, offering no evidence.
The previous night, there were gatherings at some 90 locations in the country, according to Interior Minister Ivica Dacic the following day.
Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said that 47 people were arrested in Wednesday’s clashes, with about 80 civilians and 27 police officers left injured.
The EU’s Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos said on X that the reports of violence were “deeply concerning”.
“Advancing on the EU path requires citizens can express their views freely and journalists can report without intimidation or attacks,” Kos said on X.
Taylor Swift made her first appearance on partner Travis Kelce’s New Heights podcast and whipped fans into a frenzy as she gave fans an insight into her personal life
Taylor Swift appeared on New Heights with Travis Kelce
Taylor Swift has laid bare her Love Story as she dropped details of her hotly anticipated new album in a podcast chat with her boyfriend. The Bad Blood star whipped fans into a frenzy this week when she talked about her upcoming record, The Life of a Showgirl, on her NFL boyfriend Travis Kelce’s show.
The loved-up couple gave their first joint interview, sharing intimate details of their life from how they got together and their first date to baking sourdough. The move was an unexpected one by Taylor, 35, who usually channels her private life through her music.
Two years ago, Travis used his New Heights podcast to declare his interest in Taylor, and the singer said the Kansas City Chiefs star’s “wild, romantic” gesture won her over. “This kind of felt more like I was in an 80s John Hughes movie and he was just like standing outside of my window with a boombox, just being like, I want to date you,” she said.
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Taylor Swift appeared on Travis Kelce’s podcast(Image: livvydunne/Instagram)
“I was like, if this guy isn’t crazy, which is a big if, this is sort of what I have been writing songs about wanting to happen to me since I was a teenager.”
Proud Travis, 35, declared his love for her throughout the two-hour chat with his brother, Jason. He could not contain his excitement when she announced on the show her 12th studio album, which is out on October 3.
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Unveiling the artwork, Taylor is seen submerged in a bath while dressed in a bejewelled ensemble in the style of famous Las Vegas performers. Discussing how Taylor’s record-breaking Eras tour, when she performed 149 shows in 51 cities, inspired the record, Travis said: “She was literally living the life of a showgirl.”
Writing the 12-track album on her days off between shows in Europe, Taylor said: “I would do like three shows in a row. I would have three days off. I would fly to Sweden, go back to the tour, and working on this, I was physically exhausted at this point, but I was so mentally stimulated and so excited to be creating.”
Taylor Swift revealed her new CD(Image: Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott)
She revealed the record is about the life beyond the show. “I’d say it is everything that was going on behind the curtain,” she teased. “I’m so proud of it. It just comes from the most infectiously joyful wild dramatic place I was in my life. The effervescence has come through on this record.”
As one of the few people who have had a sneak listen, Travis said it was a departure from her last hit, The Tortured Poets Society, which reached 1.76billion streams.
“They are all 12 bangers,” he enthused. “It is a lot more upbeat and it is a lot more like fun, pop, like excitement. And I think it is a complete 180 from a lot of the songs on Tortured Poets, for sure.”
“Oh, yeah, life is more upbeat,” agreed Taylor, who promised “melodies that were so infectious that you are angry” at them and “crisp, focused and intentional” lyrics. She has worked again with collaborators Max Martin and Shellback, who she teamed up with on albums Red, Reputation and 1989 and songs Shake It Off and Are You Ready?
Taylor had been dropping hints for months about the record, including orange signs and numerical references. Fans had even rumbled her duet with Sabrina Carpenter on the album’s title track after the pair posted matching coffee cup stains.
Now they are busy trying to decipher other songs, including speculation that Ruin the Friendship could be inspired by a rumoured fallout between her and actress Blake Lively.
The star got emotional when she opened up about buying back the rights to her first six albums, which she did in May, ending a long-running battle over the ownership of her music.
“I want this because it was my handwritten diary entries from my entire life,” she said. As the world gets ready to go wild again for Taylor, she has been enjoying a slower pace of life doing wholesome activities.
“I would say all my hobbies could be categorised as hobbies you could have had in the 1700s,” she laughed. “I get all my granny s***. I like to sew. I specialise, as you know, in children’s purses and baby blankets. I make two things. I love to paint. I love to cook. I’ve a different baking obsession every six months.
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“Right now, we are very deep in a sourdough obsession that has taken over my life. I am really talking about bread 60 per cent of the time now. I love making pop music and pop tarts.”
Brentford have agreed a club record deal worth up to £42.5m for Bournemouth forward Dango Ouattara.
The 23-year-old is set to travel to London on Friday to undergo a medical.
Sources close to Ouattara told BBC Sport he wanted to leave, having not had a prominent role at Vitality Stadium.
The Burkina Faso international scored nine goals in 37 appearances in all competitions for the Cherries last season.
Nottingham Forest previously held an interest in Ouattara, but they have agreed a £37.5m deal with Ipswich for England Under-21 winger Omari Hutchinson.
It remains unclear whether Ouattara’s arrival will pave the way for striker Yoane Wissa to leave the Bees.
On Thursday, Brentford boss Keith Andrews said Wissa would not play in their Premier League opener at Nottingham Forest on Sunday amid doubts about his future.
Strictly pro Nadiya Bychkova shared earlier this week that she had ended up in hospital amid rehearsals for the BBC show’s return and she’s since issued an update to fans
Strictly Come Dancing pro Nadiya Bychkova has shared another update after her injury in rehearsals(Image: Ray Burmiston/BBC/PA Wire )
Professional dancer Nadiya Bychkova has shared an update after ending up in hospital amid Strictly Come Dancing rehearsals. She previously revealed that she had landed on her back in a fall during a training session this week.
It was announced on Tuesday that Nadiya, 35, had been in rehearsals in London for the new series of the BBC show that afternoon when she injured herself. Then, yesterday, she told fans that she’d got “the all-clear” at hospital and assured that she will be back on the dancefloor “soon”.
The pro has now issued another update ahead of returning to rehearsals for the show, which is expected to launch next month. It comes after a Strictly Come Dancing star pulls out of show as he makes career announcement.
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Strictly Come Dancing pro Nadiya Bychkova issued a statement tonight in which she announced her return to rehearsals later this week(Image: @nadiyabychkova/Instagram)
Nadiya took to Instagram this evening with a message for her followers on the platform. She expressed gratitude for the support she’s received this week and revealed in the post that she will be back on the dancefloor tomorrow.
She wrote: “Hi everyone! I’ve had so many kind messages over the past 48 hours – thank you for your love and support. So many questions too so I just wanted to let you know that I had another scan today – just to check things over – and some more physio from the Strictly team and I’ll be back on that dancefloor tomorrow.”
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Nadiya concluded by saying that she’s looking forward to the new series. She wrote in her statement earlier: “I feel a lot more like myself today, can’t wait to be back with my [Strictly] family and looking forward for the new series.”
Earlier this week, a source revealed to the Mirror that Nadiya had injured herself during rehearsals. They said: “It looked pretty nasty and no-one was taking any chances. The Strictly crew rushed into action and she was stretchered out.”
It comes after she shared yesterday that she had ended up in hospital after landing on her back in a fall earlier this week(Image: INSTAGRAM)
A source close to Strictly said: “As a precaution, following a fall during rehearsals, Nadiya was taken to hospital for checks and is receiving full support from medical and welfare teams. Rehearsals continue and the Strictly team are in close contact with Nadiya.”
The following day, Nadiya shared details about the incident. Alongside a photo of herself lying in a hospital bed, she wrote yesterday: “Well… where do I start? What a 24 hours! Thank you so much for all the messages, love and support.
“I just wanted you to know that I am ok. I had a fall in training yesterday and landed on my back. I was really worried for a while and I was so thankful to the Strictly family and medical team who really looked after me. The staff at the hospital were so kind and caring.”
She added: “I’m smiling in the picture but it was really scary and there were a few tears as I had to lie still for hours but I was given the all-clear after an x-ray and allowed to go home.”
Nadiya then told her followers: “I’ve got some physio today but I will be back on that dance floor soon and I’ll be ready to shine and sparkle in the new series of the biggest show on TV. I can’t wait for you to see it. Keep dancing!”
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