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2024 in pop culture: In a bruising year, we sought out fantasy, escapism — and cute little animals

Dec. 11, 2024 13:49 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — I’ll get you, my pretty! And your little pygmy hippo, too! Forgive us the shameless attempt to link the fantasy hit “Wicked” to the delightful Moo Deng. But, hear us out — there’s something the two have in common as the year draws to a close. Escapism....

Liam Payne's One Direction bandmates among the mourners at singer's funeral

Nov. 20, 2024 15:51 PM EST

LONDON (AP) — The former members of One Direction reunited Wednesday for the funeral of bandmate Liam Payne. Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson joined friends and family at the service for 31-year-old Payne, who died after falling from a hotel balcony in...

What we know about the death of Liam Payne

Oct. 24, 2024 16:59 PM EDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine authorities continue to investigate the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne, who died Oct. 16 at age 31 after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. Payne was a beloved member of the group, which formed in 2010 after its...

Singer Zayn postpones US tour after the death of his former bandmate Liam Payne

Oct. 19, 2024 16:41 PM EDT

English singer Zayn Malik on Saturday postponed a planned tour to the U.S. following the death of his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne. Zayn, as the singer often goes by, said on the social platform X that he made the decision “Given the heartbreaking loss experienced this...

Liam Payne’s 1D bandmates, Cheryl, Simon Cowell and more mourn singer

Oct. 18, 2024 20:51 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Friends, collaborators and fellow musicians have expressed shock and sadness over the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne, who died in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Wednesday at age 31. A look at some of the reactions: __ ...

One Direction was the internet's first boy band, and Liam Payne its grounding force

Oct. 18, 2024 09:57 AM EDT

Liam Payne's voice is the first one heard in the culture-shifting boy band One Direction's debut single: “What Makes You Beautiful” launches into a bouncy guitar riff, a cheeky and borderline gratuitous cowbell and then, Payne. “You’re insecure, don’t know what for /...

Argentine authorities probe what happened before Liam Payne's fatal fall from his hotel balcony

Oct. 17, 2024 22:03 PM EDT

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The circumstances surrounding the death of ex-One Direction singer Liam Payne were suspicious and possibly involved drugs, though there was no sign of a third party being involved, Argentine prosecutors said Thursday. Payne, 31, who died on Wednesday,...

Liam Payne’s 1D bandmates, James Corden and more friends and musicians mourn singer

Oct. 17, 2024 19:32 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Friends, collaborators and fellow musicians expressed shock and sadness Thursday over the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne, who died in Buenos Aires, Argentina Wednesday at age 31. A look at some of the reactions: __ "We...

Liam Payne and his bandmates all sought solo success after One Direction fame

Oct. 17, 2024 11:42 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — One Direction was one of the last boy bands from the age of mass-audience linear television and one of the first of the social media era. That helped propel them to a level of fame comparable to Beatlemania, but with the constant scrutiny of a world of smartphones and...