Liam Payne said staying in One Direction would have ‘killed’ him: ‘End up a crazy child star who dies at whatever age’

Fifty Fifty just announced they’re embarking on their first-ever North American jaunt, which they’ve dubbed ‘Love Sprinkle Tour in USA.’The tour, which kicks off Nov. 27 in San Francisco, wraps at New York City’s Town Hall on Monday, Dec.

Niall Horan has appeared in public for the first time since it was announced that his One Direction bandmate Liam Payne had tragically passed away at the age of 31. On Wednesday, 16 October, it was reported that Liam had fallen from a hotel balcony in Argentina and had sustained "very serious injuries incompatible with life." Liam rose to fame when he joined Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, and Louis Tomlinson to form the band One Direction during their journey on The X Factor in 2010.

The X Factor's Rebecca Ferguson has heartbreakingly suggested that Liam Payne, her co-star from the iconic 2010 series, "would still be alive" if he never stepped foot on the ITV competition's stage. Both talents found fame during the renowned TV contest, but in a devastating turn of events, Liam met his untimely demise after a harrowing fall from a Buenos Aires hotel just yesterday. Initially auditioning as a solo act, Liam was propelled to stardom when Simon Cowell and Nicole Scherzinger strategically assembled One Direction, featuring Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik beside him a move that catapulted them to global acclaim.

Strictly Come Dancing spin-off show, It Takes Two, was briefly paused on Thursday night when Anton Du Beke highlighted an awkward royal blunder.

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Two mystery women were with Liam Payne the night before he died and departed the hotel shortly before the tragedy, it has been alleged.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor ESPN “apparently willfully and repeatedly” violated FCC rules concerning the Emergency Alert System in an NBA promo spot last year, the commission said Thursday. The FCC announced a proposed fine of $146,976 against ESPN for six apparent violations of the Emergency Alert System rules. According to the agency, ESPN transmitted (or caused the transmission of) EAS codes during a promotional segment for the start of the 2023-2024 NBA season six times “in the absence of an actual emergency, authorized test of the EAS, or a qualified public service announcement.” Reached by Variety, a spokesman for Disney-owned ESPN declined to comment.

Ellise Shafer Liam Payne‘s cause of death has been revealed as of “multiple trauma” and “internal and external hemorrhage.” The findings were released by the National Criminal and Correctional Prosecutor’s Office in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the former One Direction member died on Oct. 16 after reportedly falling from a hotel balcony. He was 31 years old.

Ethan Shanfeld “Project Runway” is making it work, returning for Season 21 and moving from Bravo to Disney. The fashion competition series will air on the Disney-owned Freeform network before being available to stream on Disney+ and Hulu. Debuting sometime in 2025, Season 21 will consist of 10 episodes, aired weekly.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Tom Holland revealed during an interview on the “Rich Roll Podcast” that he recently read a draft of the script for his fourth “Spider-Man” movie and “it needs work, but the writers are doing a great job.” Variety confirmed in September that “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” filmmaker Destin Daniel Cretton is in early talks to direct the sequel, taking over Holland’s franchise from his trilogy director Jon Watts. “One of the things is that, with Marvel, your film is a small cog in a large machine,” Holland said about “Spider-Man 4” development. “That machine has got to keep running.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Rita Ora fought back tears while performing a tribute to Liam Payne, who died yesterday after falling from a three-story balcony at a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at Large AMC‘s “Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches” will make its long-awaited return for Season 2 on January 5, 2025, the show’s cast and producers revealed Thursday from the Main Stage at New York Comic Con. That’s when the show which last aired in February 2023, will finally return to both AMC and AMC+, AMC Networks announced.

Emily Longeretta Mark Donovan, the president of the Kansas City Chiefs, is weighing in on his kicker Harrison Butker‘s May commencement speech. While speaking to students at Benedictine College, Butker made polarizing remarks against the LGBTQ+ community and condemned abortion, IVF and surrogacy. Shortly after his speech, NFL senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer Jonathan Beane stated, “His views are not those of the NFL as an organization.

Angelique Jackson Yorgos Lanthimos has added Alicia Silverstone to the star-studded cast of “Bugonia,” his upcoming sci-fi conspiracy movie led by Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons. Best known for her iconic role as Cher in “Clueless” (which she reprised last year during the Super Bowl), Silverstone memorably appeared in Lanthimos’ 2017 psychological thriller “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.” The Oscar-nominated filmmaker’s latest movie follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. The script is from Emmy winner Will Tracy (“Succession,” “The Menu”), based on the 2003 South Korean comedy “Save the Green Planet.” Details of Silverstone’s role are being kept under wraps.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Janelle Monáe is, admittedly, a huge fan of spooky season. “I have had the biggest infatuation with horror, the unknown, mystery, psychological thrillers, since I’ve been a child,” she tells Variety.

Emily Longeretta Ryan Murphy and John Landgraf are very busy — but they’re both determined to get more “American Horror Story” on screen. “One of the reasons that I thought that ‘American Horror Story’ was such a brilliant idea was because Ryan loves to invent things.

made its final journey across the US in 2018, before coming to two cities a year later for its 25th anniversary.It was confirmed last month that the festival was planning some sort of return for next year, but very few details had been released until now, with the festival sharing the announcement on its official Instagram account.Meanwhile, founder Kevin Lyman told Rolling Stone, “Since 1997, I said I was hoping that there was some kid in a garage that was going to come out and kick Kevin Lyman’s ass someday, and put on a better festival.”Because there’s not been anything to replace the Warped Tour in the meantime, Lyman’s bringing it back: “People start remembering once something’s gone that it was important, it was fun — and I’m hoping to recapture a lot of that again.”Two-day tickets will begin at $149.98, including fees, while the presale begins next Thursday (October 24) at 12pm ET/9am PT. You can find out more here.A post shared by Vans Warped Tour (@vanswarpedtour)Next year, the festival, which focuses primarily on genres including punk, pop-punk and alternative rock, will begin at the RFK Campus in Washington DC on June 14 and 15, before coming to the Shoreline Waterfront in Long Beach, California, on July 26 and 27 and then finally Camping World Stadium Campus in Orlando, Florida on November 15 and 16.Of the decision to keep it small to begin with, Lyman explaining that his “body won’t take riding around on a tour bus for 40 cities,” but that he’d be open to adding more dates going forward if 2025 goes well.As for next year’s lineup, that’s yet to be revealed.

Dave Bautista has roasted Donald Trump, taking aim at the presidential candidate’s masculinity in an attempt to win over male voters.The Guardians of the Galaxy star announced his support for Kamala Harris back in September, but he took things to a whole new level during a segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live.During this week’s episode, Kimmel noted that Trump is polling ahead of Harris among male voters but doubted that the former president is “the strong, alpha man these men believe him to be.” The show then cut to a segment with Bautista working out in a boxing gym and branding Trump a “whiny little bitch”.A post shared by Jimmy Kimmel Live (@jimmykimmellive)“Fellas, we gotta talk,” Bautista says. “A lot of men seem to think that Donald Trump is some kind of tough guy. He’s not.

Ricky Gervais has mocked the Broadcasting Standards Authority for banning his “highly offensive” Halloween advert.The comedian has recently been promoting his new brand of vodka, Dutch Barn, with a series of unconventional TV commercials, but his most recent one has been deemed too offensive to air.“Happy Halloween for everyone at Dutch Barn Vodka!” Gervais says in the advert. “It’s a magical time of year where we try and scare kids with tales of ghosts and ghouls and vampires – all good fun.“If you really want to scare children, tell them about priests and ’70s DJs and my uncle Sid – proper wrong’un.