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  • The Rich Kids: One Direction Made £200,000 Per Day Last Year

    The boys in One Direction raked in more than £200,000 PER DAY last year, staggering figures have revealed.

    A sellout tour, bumper record sales and lucrative merchandising saw revenue at their company 1D Media Limited rise by 50 per cent to £73.7 million.

    Post-tax profits for the group rocketed by 830 per cent from £3.75 million to £34.98 million.

    The company, which lists heartthrobs Niall, Liam, Harry, Louis and Zayn as sole directors and shareholders, now has assets worth more than £57 million.

    Despite the bumper figures, none of the singers took dividends and instead were paid annual salaries of just £109,722 each.

    But the group wouldn’t have been short of cash – in 2013 they took out £28.1 million between them in “remuneration”.

    Records from Companies House state the main source of income is from touring, merchandising and recording.

     

    The ‘Where We Are Tour’ saw the band play 69 gigs around the world in 2014, while more than 3.2 million fans bought the album ‘Four’.

    They also racked up administrative expenses of £28.5 million – which could have gone on taking them around the world on private jets and putting them up in the poshest hotels.

  • Sneak Peek Of One Direction In Perfect Music Video

    Here’s a sneaky peek of the 1D boys in their latest music video, Perfect

    The video for Perfect was filmed in New York at the Intercontinental Hotel in Times Square, in the hotel rooms & on the roof. Shot by renowned director Sophie Muller. The video will launch next week.

    The song ‘Perfect’ premiered first thing this morning and is on sale now. It is already No.1 on iTunes.

  • One Direction Release First Album Artwork Without Zayn

    Super group One Direction have released the artwork for their first album without Zayn Malik.

    The new album Made In The AM follows the massive success of the single Drag Me Down which went to number one in the UK and number 3 in the US.

    The band announced the album with a video message and the album pre-order went live today at 5pm GMT, with the full album being released globally on Friday November 13th.

     

  • Cilla Black One Of The Faves To Be Christmas Number 1 2015

    Oh dear… This may be the most depressing or exciting thing you read today, but Christmas is just 100 days away.

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  • Liam Payne “Not Homophobic” In Any “Shape or Form”

    Boy-bander Liam Payne has addressed concerns that he his homophobic after comments he made at a concert

    One Direction’s Liam Payne, has once again been forced to address concerns that he is homophobic. In a Twitter statement he said,

    “I am in no way shape or form homophobic that’s a ridicules (sic) thing to say and I’m not here to offend people so take it as you will,”

    The singer was making an introduction to the song Girl Almighty, which apparently appeared to be a little too heteronormative, seemingly suggesting that perhaps only gay men were in the audience, and sparked a fierce online debate on whether what he said was anti-gay.

    On stage he said,

    “This is my favourite song off the last album, and it is about trying to find that number one woman of your life, which none of you can relate to, ’cause most of you are girls. Except for the boys in here, you know what I’m talking about,”

    Clearly annoyed by the possibility of being called homophobic Payne went on to say in his Twitter post,

    “So annoying trying your hardest to make people happy in a show and you think about all the notes u tried to hit higher or a little sweeter

    “And all some people want to concentrate on was a throw away statement about a song that I love (sic)’

    Last year Payne was accused of homophobia after tweeting his support of the Duck Dynasty family and their “family values.”

    In September the One Director star strongly denied that a “weird” video showing two men having sex was not of him and another man.

    He said,

    ”I’m 100% not homophobic, but I’m also 100% not gay so when somebody says I am I’m gunna say I’m not which does not make me a homophobe.’

  • One Direction To Split? The Bookies Think So

    The bookies have once again slashed the odds of super Boy Band One Direction splitting by the end of the year or sooner.

    The bookies have once again slashed the odds of super Boy Band One Direction splitting by the end of the year or sooner.

    It seems as though all good things must come to an end, but William Hill is placing 2/1 odds on One Direction splitting up before the end of 2015.

    William Hill spokesman Joe Crilly said, “One Direction have had a gruelling year with their mammoth world tour, with Zayn leaving half way through and now the news about Louis becoming a father could be the latest in a long line of pressures put on the young men that could push them closer to splitting”

  • LOUIS TOMLINSON: Penis Breaks The Internet

    Basically. We’re not going to say too much, but let the visual and Louis’s floppy cock speak for itself.

    Louis Tomlinson’s penis has basically broken the internet and us, in one swoop. This is what happens when you don’t wear suitable panties and wear flimsy soccer shorts. (Thank Jeebus for soccer shorts). The One Direction star and his Johnson have racked up an incredible 2 million loops of this vine, posted by Perez Hilton.

    We’re now considering his member the fifth member of One Direction, replacing the lovely Zayn.

     

  • One Direction Wows Children in Need

    One Direction Wows Children in Need

    Super group One Direction sang their new single Steal My Girl live in Albert Square to raise money for the BBC’s annual fundraiser – Children In Need.

    (C) BBC - Photographer: Jack Barnes
    (C) BBC – Photographer: Jack Barnes

    The group who have dropped their fourth LP, Fourth, sang Steal My Girl atop of the railway bridge in the middle of the market at the EastEnder’s set. The boys, Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne laughed and joke and looked relaxed as they performed in front of a TV audience of millions.

    (C) BBC - Photographer: Jack Barnes
    (C) BBC – Photographer: Jack Barnes

    Liam encouraged fans to sing along to the hit song, whilst Zayn had issues with his in ear monitoring system.

    (C) BBC - Photographer: Jack Barnes
    (C) BBC – Photographer: Jack Barnes

    The BBC charity is now in its 30 year and aims to raise money for many worthwhile children’s charities in the UK.

    Straight after the performance Tess Daley informed the audience that the totaliser was at over £7 million.

    (C) BBC - Photographer: Jack Barnes
    (C) BBC – Photographer: Jack Barnes

    Stalwart presenter Terry Wogan, was joined by numerous guest hosts including, Tess Daley, The Saturdays’ Rochelle and Nick Grimshaw.

    Last week Harry Styles caused much speculation surrounding his sexuality after he suggested that being female wasn’t an important trait in a potential partner.

     

     

  • BOY GEORGE: “‘Odds Are One Of One Direction Are Gay”

    Boy George reckons at least one of the boys from One Direction are gay and are probably all bisexual.

    Is one of One Direction gay
    CREDIT: © PopularImages Depositphotos

    Iconic singer, Boy George has had a good tongue wagging conversation with the Daily Star about Justin Bieber, Rhianna and the One Direction boys and it seems as though he’s not a fan of the lads either.

    ‘I wouldn’t know who One Direction were if they fell on my head,’ he joked. “I’m older than them, they should treat me with respect. I blocked all the band, I couldn’t be bothered to hear anything they said but I couldn’t help winding up their fans.

    “One tweeted me saying: ‘My mum says you’re a horrible old has-been.’ I tweeted back saying: ‘Your mum’s probably an old, fat ugly bitch.’

    Boy George who is due to release his new album ‘This Is What I Do’ on the 28th October, also added,

    “The odds are one of One Direction must be gay. I think everyone is a bit bisexual deep down, so the odds are they are probably all bisexual. They’re rock stars so it’s what you’d expect, isn’t it? I’d be disappointed if they weren’t.

    “Tattoos don’t make you butch. Look at me.”

  • One Direction’s Zayn eats Harry’s Thong

    Well well, if this doesn’t get eye brows raised, we’re not sure will, if the boys are trying to counteract the various gay claims around the internet, this probably isn’t the best way to do it.

    One Direction member Zayn Malik (pictured) is seen feasting on his buddy’s candy thong live on stage in front of thousands of fans – homoerotic? Much?

    The candy thong was thrown on to stage whilst One Direction were wrapping up their show in Columbus.

    Harry Styles then donned the underwear and offered them to Zayn to munch… He, it seems, needed no persuasion.

  • David Cameron Joins One Direction Boys For Music Video

    David Cameron Joins One Direction Boys For Music Video

    British PM, David Cameron makes an appearance in One Direction’s new video for Comic Relief charity single ‘One Way Or Another (Teenage Kicks)’.

     

    David Cameron and One Direction

    In order to save money for Comic Relief the boys decided to film the video themselves during trips around the world. Comic Relief usually pays for the video for the charity single, but this year will save money because of 1D’s great idea.

    The video was filmed by the band whilst they were on tour and includes scenes filmed on the road in New York, Japan and London, including outside 10 Downing Street, as well as Africa, when the band visited projects supported by money raised through Red Nose Day earlier this year.

    The Red Nose Day single, a mash up of Blondie and The Undertones 1978 smash hits, is released as download today – Sunday.

    The full music video will be available to view on Vevo and music TV Channels from Thursday 21st February, the day after the band perform the track at the BRITS exclusively for the first time.