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Boeing’s new chairman gave embattled CEO Dennis Muilenburg a vote of confidence Tuesday and said the chief executive is giving up any bonus this year.

David Calhoun said the Boeing board believes Muilenburg “has done everything right” and is positioning the Chicago company to return the 737 Max to service after two accidents killed 346 people.

A flight-control system called MCAS pushed the nose of both planes down before crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. Boeing, which kept any explanation of MCAS out of pilot manuals, is now revamping the system to make it easier for pilots to override.

“Dennis didn’t create this problem, but from the beginning he knew that MCAS should and could be done better, and he has led a program to rewrite MCAS to alleviate all of those conditions that ultimately beset two unfortunate crews and the families and victims,” Calhoun said on CNBC.

Last week, several members of Congress challenged Muilenburg to resign or at least give up pay. Muilenburg’s compensation last year was worth $23.4 million, including a $13.1 million bonus and $7.3 million in stock awards. Stock awards from previous years that vested in 2018 pushed Muilenburg’s haul to just over $30 million.

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Calhoun said Muilenburg called him Saturday and volunteered to forgo a bonus this year and any stock awards until all Max jets, including those sitting in Boeing lots, are flying — a process Calhoun said could take at least a year.

Boeing has said recently that it expects the Federal Aviation Administration to approve its changes to the Max before year-end. Those changes include new retraining material for pilots and tying MCAS to a second air-direction sensor at all times so that a single sensor failure won’t push the nose down, as happened before both crashes.

Muilenburg has conceded, however, that fixing MCAS has taken far longer than Boeing expected. U.S. airlines aren’t planning on using the plane until at least January or February, and it could take longer in other parts of the world, where regulators want to conduct their own reviews of Boeing’s work.

Boeing is under investigation by the Justice Department and Congress. Muilenburg testified last week before two congressional committees, and lawmakers questioned him closely about messages in which a Boeing test pilot seemed to raise concerns about MCAS and said he “unknowingly” lied to regulators, and a production manager said speeding up the Max assembly line raised safety issues.

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“Mr. Muilenburg’s answers to our questions were consistent with a culture of concealment and opaqueness and reflected the immense pressure exerted on Boeing employees during the development and production of the 737 Max,” Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., chairman of the House Transportation Committee and Rick Larsen, D-Wash., chairman of the aviation subcommittee, said in a letter to colleagues Monday.

Boeing has reported that the Max grounding will cost it at least $9 billion in extra production spending and compensation for airlines that have canceled thousands of flights.

Boeing Co. fired the head of its commercial airplanes division last month, a move that was seen as a reaction to production problems with several planes, not just the Max. Muilenburg, who became CEO in July 2015, was stripped last month of the chairman’s title.

The board gave that job to Calhoun, a senior executive at the private equity firm Blackstone who previously led General Electric’s jet-engine business and was reported to be in the running for Boeing CEO more than a decade ago.

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Selena Gomez may have just starred in her second collection for Puma back in January — as a ballerina for the brand’s En Pointe collection, which is a collaboration with the dancers of New York City Ballet — but the actress and singer, 25, is already back with another sporty campaign shoot for the brand.

To complement the ballerina-inspired “En Pointe” collection, Puma recruited the star to model the new Ignite Flash training shoe launching March 15. Gomez posed on a rooftop wearing Puma leggings, a crop top and sports bra, along with the sleek new sneakers.

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“I feel confident. I feel empowered. I feel in control. I am brave,” the actress said in a previous statement about working with Puma.

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She added, “Yes, I might not be perfect, but I’m always ME. No masks, no filters, just Selena Gomez.”

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“[Selena’s] flexible style takes her from the gym to the red carpet and to all corners of the globe. Her fearlessness is reflected onto the collection with bold, statement pieces that command attention,” Puma said in a statement.

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Gomez isn’t the only star with a new major fashion campaign. Less than a week after her surprise City Hall wedding, model Emily Ratajkowski is debuting her latest Spring 2018 campaign with DKNY.

In a spring campaign video and shoot, Ratajkowski dances and lip syncs through the streets of New York City to the beat of  “Funkytown” by Lipps Inc while sporting the athleisure-inspired collection. 

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The model’s previously starred in lingerie campaigns for the brand.

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While we’ve been waiting for Big Little Lies‘ highly anticipated return for season two, actress Laura Dern has had another project up her sleeve. The star, 51, landed a fragrance campaign alongside Tavi Gevinson and Sasheer Zamat in honor of Kate Spade New York’s new fragrance (which launches today!), called In Full Bloom.

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The digital and social media-exclusive ads meaningfully feature a diverse group of women to showcase women at different ages and points in their lives when they’re “in full bloom.”

“We focus on a psychographic instead of a demographic,” said Brian Vander Meyden, vice president of global marketing and prestige sales at The Premiere Group, the distributor of the brand’s fragrances, told WWD. “To have women of three different ages speak to what in full bloom means to them makes [the fragrance] unique.”

Meanwhile, Victoria’s Secret Angel Martha Hunt landed a gig with Ramy Brook, and is starring in the fashion brand’s spring/summer 2018 campaign, shot by Sebastian Faena. 

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When it came to getting the perfect shot, Hunt went all in. The model, 28, posed in a red sundress as someone off camera tossed buckets full of water in her face, which she gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at in an Instagram video which she captioned, “Shoutout to all the models that have been here.”

Gigi Hadid joined forces with Vogue Eyewear again this year, after designing and launching her first capsule collection of sunglasses inspired by her own personal style last summer.

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This time around the collection, which is available for purchase at Sunglass Hut, features plenty of Matrix-like tiny sunglass styles and round rocker chic frames just like the ones we’ve been seeing the supermodel sporting lately.

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And Frye is celebrating its 155th year of footwear by launching its Hometown Pride campaign with rock-country duo Brothers Osbourne, the first fashion collaboration for the brothers. The campaign highlights local talent and Frye’s deep music roots through a celebration of Nashville’s flourishing scene, which perfectly reflects the personality of this Nashville-based band.

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In a release, the brothers said, “Frye is a company deeply rooted in our country’s history. Not to mention the undeniable style and quality.”

Celebrities, Like Lorde, Have Acne—Get Over It

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This just in: Celebrities have skin problems too.

Over the weekend, singer Lorde posted a video to Instagram stories describing her struggle with acne. “Acne sucks,” the New Zealand native began. “You know what also sucks? When you’ve had acne for years and years and years, done all the drugs, tried all the things, and people are still like, ‘You know what worked for me, is moisturizing! … Make a mask out of honey, Greek yogurt and avocado. All you need to do is buy an apricot scrub! Coconut oil—the secret is coconut oil!’”

“And, the very worst one of all is when people think you’re just dirty,” she continued. ‘Do you wash your face?’ It’s like, ‘Yes, I wash my face, I’m just genetically cursed.’”

The Melodrama crooner ended her public appeal by offering words of solidarity. “I feel your pain,” she told her fans. “We’ll get there. We will. I promise.”

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Back in January Kendall Jenner joined the stars-with-acne conversation in January when a Twitter user commented on the model’s visible blemishes on the Golden Globes red carpet. Her response: “Never let that sh— stop you!”

There are certain struggles that come with being human and many of them can’t be avoided, no matter your socioeconomic bracket. Although you may want to believe otherwise, money and fame don’t make you infallible (or, you know, immune to the occasional blemish). It’s cool that Kendall and Lorde are OK with publicly acknowledging their skincare battles—but how did it become a topic of social media conversation anyway?

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Lorde’s video manages to be a lesson in how not to talk to someone with acne and simultaneously shine a light on the world’s collective glorification of celebrities. You wouldn’t stop a stranger on the street and applaud their bravery for leaving the house while sporting a zit, would you? Or tell them how to adjust their skincare routine? If someone I didn’t know pointed out my acne or gave me advice about it in a public place, I’d be pretty angry—maybe you would be too? Let’s be clear: Any unsolicited advice to Jenner or the “Royals” singer regarding their skincare routines (even though they’re public figures) ventures into “condescending” territory.

While being a public figure amplifies your every move, celebrities are still people. And like you and me, sometimes they get zits. Skincare is personal; let’s keep it that way—unless the owner of said skin decides otherwise.

Meghan Markle may no longer be officially part of the Suits family, but she’ll always share a special connection with her on-screen dad, Wendell Pierce. The actor, who played Rachel Zane’s father on the hit show for several years, shared his touching parting words for Markle as they finished filming season 7.

“I had a really wonderful moment as we were coming to an end of her time on the show,” Pierce told Harry Connick Jr. during an interview on Harry, which will air on Tuesday. “It was just she and I in the room and I said, ‘I know your life is going to change but always know, no matter where you are, I will always be your loving fake father.'” 

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It’s clear that the two of them developed a strong bond together, and while he didn’t pry into her love life, Pierce revealed that when they did discuss her relationship with Prince Harry that they talked about him in code. “We always talked about him in code really. You know, ‘How you doing?’ ‘Oh I’m going to London, coming from London, whatever.'” 

So, will he get invited to her wedding to Prince Harry on May 19? “I hope so,” he said. We have a feeling that he’ll be making a trip across the pond come spring. 

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If you’re a big fan of Oprah, prepare to jump for joy: the media mogul has finally introduced a new pick for her beloved Book Club. She last suggested we all flip the pages of Behold the Dreamers last June, but hasn’t told us what she’s dog-earring since—until now.

On Tuesday, Oprah took to her website to drop a new video about her latest selection, An American Marriage by Tayari Jones ($17; amazon.com). So what’s it about? According to Oprah, it’s a modern love story.

“The novel redefines the traditional American love story,” she said. “You’ll come away with greater empathy and understanding but even if you don’t, it’s just a really great read. It’s the perfect book to read along with a friend or family member. You’re going to want to have someone else reading it because it’s so juicy.”

More specifically, An American Marriage follows the lives of three people whose lives change after a man named Roy is wrongfully convicted of a crime, and faced with 12 years in jail. His wife, Celestial, knows Roy is innocent, and the book follows their journey as she turns to Andre, the best man at their wedding, for comfort and support.

Jones took to Twitter to share her excitement. “Thank you, @oprah, for extending your hand to me and my new novel, An American Marriage. I am honored to join your book club and connect hearts and minds by raising our voices and telling our stories,” she wrote, alongside with a photo of her with Oprah.

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“I think [Oprah] likes a human story that sheds light on an issue, but an issue in which the people come first,” Jones told People.

“I think she likes a story—I call then ‘Trojan horse books’—where you come and stay for the people but you learn something, too. The people sneak the issue in your heart.”

If you’re a fan of the ethical fashion brand Everlane, then it comes as no surprise that their newest style work pant is not only sold out until June 10, 2018, but even had a 12,000 person wait list before they were even available for purchase on January 25. The trousers are available in five different colors and two silhouettes (regular and ankle-length) and thanks to their stretchy fabric and high-waisted fit they’re intended to fit and flatter women of all shapes and sizes equally. Everlane has dubbed them “the pant that does the work for you” and for only $50, they’re a style that we’re willing to wait in line for as well.

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By royal insider accounts, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle seem to be a perfect match. Ever since the couple got engaged last year, people close to them have commented on their connection, and new reports only back that up.

“He desperately wanted to get married and be happy. He sees his brother has found that. The fact that Meghan arrived when she did completes it for Harry,” said royal reporter Duncan Larcombe, who authored the biography Prince Harry: The Inside Story, to People.

Even the photographers who shoot them know it. Shutterstock royal photographer Tim Rooke told Entertainment Tonight that Harry and Meghan are “always holding hands and looking at each other.”

“She does look at Harry quite lovingly,” he said. “They just look quite good as a couple together.”

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“When I photograph him, he’s always great with the crowd, great with kids. I suppose it takes a bit of pressure off him to have someone else there with him,” Rooke added. “He’s always very cheery … I mean, she’s gorgeous, isn’t she? And I’d be happier if I was getting married, as well!”

That stress-free easygoing vibe translated to their engagement shoot, which Rooke preferred to Prince William and Kate Middleton’s.

“For William and Kate’s photo call, I was inside the palace. It was a bit more formal,” he said. “Harry and Meghan’s photo call was in the grounds of the palace gardens, and that allowed the palace to invite a lot more photographers. In a way, I preferred Harry and Meghan’s photo call because it was outside in natural light and not using strobes.”

As per tradition, a push present is a gift given to a new mom and is usually a piece of sentimental jewelry — unless you are Kylie Jenner and then it is a rare $1.4 million car.

While car enthusiast Kylie has already been spotted showing off her new Ferrari LaFerrari with red interior and butterfly doors, her famous family isn’t exactly warm to the lavish hybrid sports vehicle.

“Everyone thinks it’s the most ridiculous ‘gift’ ever,” a source tells PEOPLE about her siblings Kourtney, Kim and Khloé Kardashian’s reaction to their little sister’s car.

“[Kylie] has been obsessed with cars for a while. It’s just like a status thing. She gets a kick out of the fact that people will stare. She likes to show off her wealth,” the source continues.

The latest set of wheels is the newest addition to Kylie’s expensive car collection that includes a Land Rover and a Ferrari 458 Spider.

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“Her family thinks she should tone down things a tad now when she is a mom. She is obviously still very immature when it comes to certain aspects of her life,” the source says, adding, “But she is a great mom. She only leaves her baby girl for short outings.”

Stormi Webster‘s parents Jenner and Travis Scott hopped in the luxe ride on Saturday for their first outing since the Feb. 1 birth of their daughter. The couple enjoyed a lunch date with friends and family at Nobu in Malibu, California, where Jenner was seen arriving in the passenger seat of the LaFerrari.

Meanwhile, a push present is nothing new for the KarJenner group.

When Kardashian West was pregnant with son Saint, now 2 years old, she received a $1 million Lorraine Schwartz diamond choker from husband Kanye West. And after the birth of their first child, North, now 4, she reportedly got a black and tiger-stripe diamond ring that is estimated to be $770,000.

Also, after every new Kardashian family member’s birth there recently have been an influx in lavish floral arrangements delivered to the new parent as friends and family generously gifted Kim and Kylie a bevy of roses after the birth of Chicago West and Stormi.

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This isn’t the first time Kylie has received an expensive gift from her rapper boyfriend.

Before news of Kylie’s pregnancy was confirmed by PEOPLE in September, Scott presented the Keeping Up with the Kardashians reality star with a glittering diamond choker for her 20th birthday in August. In addition, they rented out a movie theater to see Halle Berry’s film Kidnap and he commissioned an ice sculpture modeled after Jenner’s physique.

The 90th annual Academy Awards were historic for many reasons.

Yes, celebrities like Margot Robbie, Lupita Nyong’o, Nicole Kidman, and Danai Gurira were among the best dressed on the red carpet. And yes, we’re seriously petitioning for Tiffany Haddish and Mara Rudolph to host next year’s show together. But trust us, all of the action that’s worth paying attention actually happens off camera—and sometimes even inside the bathrooms.

That’s why we’ve brought you fun facts and a list of every hilarious Oscars 2018 moment you definitely didn’t catch on TV or via Twitter. From Emma Stone reaching into her purse for goodies to what Leslie Mann kept reapplying in front of the mirror, these are the best of the best moments.

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1. Leslie Mann reapplying lipstick and fluffing the many layers of her Zac Posen dress in the bathroom.

2. Sally Hawkins shuffling into the bathroom with her super heavy dress. “I keep tripping!” she said. Inside, she was applying Visine, and when a bathroom attendant told her she loved her movie, Hawkins hugged her and said thanks so much. “I love your earrings” she told the attendant.

3. Allison Janney using the men’s bathroom instead of the women’s, and leaving her Oscar on the bar outside as a friend watched the door. Immediately, people at the bar started taking selfies with Janney’s Oscar until she emerged from the men’s room and broke out into a fit of laughter.

4. Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer hugging it out during commercial break, then continuing to chat back and forth all night. Armie was sitting right behind Timothée.

5. Ansel Elgort and pal Timothée Chalamet taking selfies together 10 seconds before the return from a commercial break, and camera crews trying to get them to sit back down in time.

6. Armie Hammer’s wife Elizabeth Chambers fixing the curl in Timothée’s hair from the row behind him.

7. Jennifer Lawrence sharing her water bottle with Lupita Nyong’o.

8. 7-year-old The Florida Project star Brooklyn Prince sitting on Jennifer Lawrence’s lap during commercial break and going through her clutch. Emma Stone, seated next to J. Law, also let Prince go through her clutch.

9. Emma Stone eating snacks out of her purse.

10. Taraji P. Henson kicking back champagne in the Dolby Lounge just off the lobby for a majority of the show.

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11. Margot Robbie literally sprinting in heels in the lobby to get back to her seat in time.

12. Allison Janney getting mobbed by friends and family at the bar shortly after her Oscar win (with Oscar in tow, of course).

13. Sally Hawkins downing Diet Coke in between commercial breaks.

14. After Frances McDormand gave her epic Best Actress speech, she came back to her seat during a commercial break and received a standing ovation from the front row. Saoirse Ronan ran after her to give her a hug.

15. Meryl Streep giving a congratulatory hug to Frances McDormand after the show ended.

16. Emily Blunt and Lupita Nyong’o hanging out under heating lamps while waiting in the car pick-up area after the show.

Roger Stone, a former adviser to President Trump, departs a Washington, D.C., courthouse with his wife on Monday. Stone faces charges that he allegedly lied to Congress and obstructed an official proceeding. Stone has pleaded not guilty, and his trial is set to begin Tuesday.

President Trump’s friend and political adviser Roger Stone is set to go on trial Tuesday in a proceeding that could reveal just how close Trump world got to the Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Jury selection is scheduled to commence following months of unusual public silence from Stone, who has been gagged by the judge in his case following a flap this year over his posts on social media.

Stone pleaded not guilty in January after a grand jury in Washington, D.C., returned an indictment with one count of obstructing a proceeding, five counts of making false statements to Congress and one count of witness tampering — because prosecutors allege that he tried to persuade another witness to lie to Congress too.

Neither Stone nor any other Trump insider has been charged with colluding with Russia’s interference in the 2016 election; former Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller concluded that there wasn’t enough evidence to bring a case of conspiracy.

Stone says he has done nothing wrong.

He joined Trump and others in blaming “biased” officials within the “deep state” for abusing their powers.

One of the targets for that blame earlier this year was the judge in his case, Amy Berman Jackson, whom Stone’s Instagram account then made the subject of criticism.

Jackson summoned Stone to court for a warning, and then, after what she determined was too little care by him or those with access to his social media accounts, Jackson tightened the gag in July.

Chain of contacts

Stone and some of his associates may have been links in a chain that connected Trump in New York City with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in London, who at the time had confined himself in the Ecuadorian Embassy there.

Assange, in turn, was in contact with Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU, which had stolen a trove of embarrassing material from political targets in the United States.

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WikiLeaks released many of those emails and other documents with disruptive effects on political life in the U.S. — and enjoyed public encouragement by Trump and his campaign.

What Mueller’s investigation revealed was how much Trump and aides worked to get more.

The campaign built into its plans the expectation that there would be more damaging revelations about Hillary Clinton, and Trump’s campaign bosses also sought contact with some people connected with the interference over the course of the election season.

Charging documents in Stone’s case describe a message from one of Stone’s contacts depicting the person in a photo taken outside the Ecuadorian Embassy — implying that he’d visited Assange — and other messages in which Stone and associates discuss the prospect of more “dumps” from WikiLeaks.

WikiLeaks released a trove of emails by Clinton’s campaign chairman in October 2016 on the same day that a video recording appeared of Trump boasting in crude terms about his power over women.

Investigators never established publicly whether there was any connection between these two events.

Although Trump campaign bosses praised Stone at the time the WikiLeaks release took place, he has since argued that he actually took no action and simply let his interlocutors believe he was stage-managing events that were playing out on their own.

Also, at least one of Stone’s associates is described in court documents as saying that he too actually had no back channel to Assange.

The charges

Prosecutors allege that Stone lied about much of this to Congress.

He told lawmakers he didn’t have any emails, text messages or other documents related to the matter. Prosecutors also charge that Stone lied about his communications with others, including the associates whom he allegedly told to be in contact with Assange.

In the case of one other potential witness, Stone is described in charging documents as urging him to copy a character from The Godfather Part II, Frank Pentangeli, and pretend, when he appears for a hearing before members of Congress, not to know what he really knows.

What’s less clear is how much Stone talked about WikiLeaks with Trump and campaign aides.

The section of Volume I of Mueller’s report that describes Trump’s enthusiasm about getting Clinton’s emails, pages 52 through 57, are heavily redacted, but they suggest that Trump and campaign chairman Paul Manafort were personally involved.

The explanation given for the redactions was “harm to ongoing matter,” presumably the prosecution of Stone. If the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia reveals those previously redacted details in court to establish facts that it says prove what Stone lied about, key areas of the story could be confirmed for the first time.

For example, did Stone or his associates truly communicate with Assange, and if so, how? Was the nature of that link purely about the stolen political material, or was there more?

A section in Stone’s indictment describes how one putative intermediary told Stone that Trump’s campaign should begin drawing attention to Clinton’s supposed ill health, as it later did. What was the origin of that messaging strategy, and were there other offers like it?