After his emotional Oscar acceptance speech on Feb. 9,Brad Pittmade sure to take a moment to soak in the significance of the night. “I’m just trying to catch my breath,” said Pitt backstage. “This is all so flattering… and humbling,” Pitt says in PEOPLE’s new cover story of his win and the outpouring of support. “Listen, I’m a bit gobsmacked,” he said from the stage.” I’m not one to look back, but this has made me do so....

Photo:Bettmann Archive/Getty Bettmann Archive/Getty In the final months of her life,Jacqueline Kennedy Onassisreceived a Valentine’s note from a former lover, architectJack Warnecke. The former first lady had rarely been out of his thoughts, he told her. Three decades earlier, Jackiehad fallen in love with the architect, who designed the memorial grave site for PresidentJohn F. Kennedyat Arlington National Cemetery. Years later, Warnecke shared his memories with Taraborrelli — with one caveat....

Justin Biebercouldn’t be more serious about marrying Hailey Baldwin.Although questions have risen about the young couple’s whirlwind romance andengagement, a source tells PEOPLE that Bieber is deeply committed to their relationship.“This is not a joke to him. He proposed because he truly feels Hailey is the love of his life,” the insider says. “He had a rough time last year, but he worked very hard to change and find more meaning in his life....

Photo: Roy Rochlin/WireImage Skyler Samuelswants her performance asAurora Teagardento stand for itself. “When it comes to the new Aurora, though Candace played her originally, for us it was really important that the new Aurora was a reimagining of that character so that she was still very much her own,” Samuels, 29, exclusively tells PEOPLE. “The threads or little pieces that carry over from the original really are sort of the liaisons between the two worlds,” she adds...

Will Smithfound an unconventional way to pay back the IRS at the beginning of his career. The actor sat down withIdris Elbain London at the Savoy Theatre on Thursday to celebrate the release of his autobiographyWill. “I’m not sure what the government is like with taxes in the U.K., but in the U.S. they take it seriously,” he said. “So Uncle Sam wanted his money. I didn’t forget—I just didn’t pay....

Wilmer Valderramais engaged!TheNCISstar popped the question to his model girlfriend Amanda Pacheco in San Diego on New Year’s Day, he revealedon Instagram. In the photo, Valderrama, 39, can be seen getting down on one knee in front of a gorgeous seaside backdrop.“‘It’s just us now,'” he captioned the photo, adding the date of their engagement, “01-01-2020.”On her own Instagram, Pacheco — who is also a scuba diver — postedthe same photoand caption, along with a second photo that showed off her beautiful pear-shaped engagement ring....

Oliver Hitchcock.Photo: GoFundMe On Tuesday, Natalia Hitchcock appeared in a Sheboygan courtroom, where prosecutors formally charged her first-degree intentional homicide in the strangulation death of her son, Oliver Hitchcock, as well as attempted first-degree intentional homicide for the alleged attack on her other son. PEOPLE confirms that the Sheboygan Falls Police Department responded to Hitchcock’s apartment the evening of March 30, finding Oliver unresponsive. According to police, Oliver’s father, who is not facing criminal charges, called 911 to report the violence....

Donald Trump Jr.used Halloween to continue complaining about the impeachment investigation of his dad, PresidentDonald Trump— who faces the potentially devastating prospect of public testimony about the White House and Ukraine. President Trump has frequently dismissed possible impeachment as a “witch hunt,” even as Democratic lawmakershave said their evidence is mountingthat the president pushed Ukraine to investigate his political rivals in order to receive American aid. This allegation of a quid pro quo is at the center of the impeachment case....

In January, a 63-year-old woman walked into a police station in Stockport, England, and announced that she had killed her father 12 years earlier, burying his body in their garden not far from her bedroom. Though she seemed notably stoic, the woman, Barbara Coombes, would later detail how dad Kenneth Coombes, 87, had abused her physically and sexually for decades, dating back to when she was 5 years old,according to theGuardian....

Why? Because the woman claims to have fallen in love with a specter she met while sky-high. “I’d not had a phantom fling for a while and as I was away on business, starting a new relationship was the last thing on my mind,” Realm, a spiritual counselor, toldTheSun. “Then one day, while I was walking through the bush, enjoying nature, I suddenly felt this incredible energy. A new lover had arrived....

Photo: Jazzmyn Wollfe/Instagram In recent years, several stars likeKylie Jenner,Brielle Biermann,Farrah Abraham, andJeff Lewishave revealed that they’ve had their lip fillers removed. Most recently,Blac Chynahas been documenting her journey dissolving her lip fillers, as well as reversing all of her plastic surgery procedures: facial fillers, breast implants and butt injections. The trend has now made its way to social media as more users are documenting their own experiences reversing their cosmetic procedures....

Photo: Ben Rose/WireImage Atlanta police are investigating an alleged sexual assault that took place on the dance floor of a popular club Saturday night, which the victim streamed on Facebook Live, PEOPLE confirms. “Help me!” the crying woman can be heard pleading on the video, which went viral before it was taken down. The woman, who records herself saying that she is celebrating her birthday, told authorities that she believessomeone put a drug in her drink, CBS Atlanta reports....

On Monday, Kouri Richins was charged with one count of first-degree aggravated murder and three counts of possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute in connection with the death of Eric Richins. Richins, 33, has not yet entered pleas to the charges. Citing the affidavit for a search warrant,The Salt Lake Tribunereports, “The day after Eric’s death, Kouri closed on the home, alone. She later invited her friends over for a large party at her home where she was drinking and celebrating....