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When One Direction was conceived, the whole world came together from ages 12 to 50 in a unified love for music, friendship, and total abandon. Five boys – Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, and Harry Styles – with their labor of love, created some of the most enduring songs and heartfelt lyrics to ever come out of a group of ragtag adolescent teenagers.

One Direction band member Liam Payne (second from right) [Photo by Eva Rinaldi, licensed under Cc By-sa 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons]

At the time of their hiatus announcement in January 2016, One Direction was one of the biggest and best-selling boy bands of all time, selling over 70 million records worldwide. The 5 albums they released in the 5 years they spent together earned them a total of 200 awards, including Brit, MTV VMA, and Billboard Music Awards.

8 years later, Liam Payne – the essential rock that tied the group together – died after falling out of his...

In 2010, five separate contestants on The X Factor were brought together by fate and talent to form the British pop boy band, One Direction. Over the next 5 years, they created music that echoed across the globe and was loved by billions. Together, Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, and Harry Styles made a mark in modern history, becoming the modern-day equivalent of the Beatles.

One Direction performs in Sydney, Australia [Photo by Eva Rinaldi, licensed under Cc By-sa 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons]

However, in the cursed world of music and entertainment, some are known to “live fast and die young” and Payne foresaw it when he encoded his legacy in a song. While the fans mourn the death of the former One Directioner, dirty laundry gets aired in the aftermath of his passing as his ex-fiancée, Maya Henry, gets quoted and reposted on every social media platform available.

Liam Payne Leaves...

Zdf-Intendant Norbert Himmler hat dem Omr-Podcast ein Interview gegeben. Er sprach über die so wichtigen jungen Zielgruppen, Moderator Jan Böhmermann, Joko & Klaas und den Erfolg der „heute-show“, die plattformübergreifend ein Phänomen ist.

Zdf-Intendant Norbert Himmler schaut gerade auf Netflix „Three Body Problem“ (Credit: Zdf und Tim Thiel)

Der Zdf-Intendant Norbert Himmler war am Sonntag zu Gast im Omr-Podcast von Philipp Westermeyer. Unter anderem sprach er in den 90 Minuten Sendung über das Ende von „Wetten, dass..?“, eine mögliche Fortsetzung, aber auch dass Formate wie die „heute-show“ plattformübergreifend ähnlich viele Menschen aktuell erreichen.

Zur Zukunft vom jetzt erst einmal beendeten „Wetten, dass..?“ mit Moderator Thomas Gottschalk sagte Himmler: „Vielleicht sagen wir in zwei oder drei Jahren mit derjenigen oder demjenigen: Lass uns das nochmal probieren. Mal schauen.“ Der Zdf-Intendant erläuterte ebenso, dass es heute vergleichbar erfolgreiche Formate in seinem Sender gebe.

„Wenn ich mir zum Beispiel anschaue, wie viele Menschen sich die ‘heute-show‘ anschauen.

Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson were forced to eat dog biscuits on TV during an appearance on a German gameshow.

The actors, who are currently promoting their new movie, Marley & Me, appeared on variety programme Wetten, dass...? on Saturday night.

The show asks celebrity guests to bet on whether another guest can perform a talent and Aniston won her task by correctly predicting that a woman could identify her dogs by listening to them lap up soup.

Wilson lost the bet and was forced to eat a dog treat as punishment, telling the host, “I wish I had known the stakes first."

But the star refused to obey unless Aniston joined him, telling the star, "Honey, we’re in this together.”

And after wolfing down the unusual snack, Aniston announced, "They’re a little dry. I guess all German dogs love me now.”...

Tom Cruise has told Germany's top tabloid that he and Katie Holmes will wed this summer, after the birth of their baby and the release of his new movie, Mission: Impossible III. Cruise was in Germany to promote the film and appeared on wacky TV show Wetten Dass... He told show host Thomas Gottschalk that two pilots were on standby to fly him back to America if his pregnant fiancee went into labor. Then, during an interview with today's Bild magazine, Cruise laughed off reports the couple was about to split, confirming that he and Holmes plan to wed in the coming months. He said, "First the baby, then the film. Then, in summer, we want to get married. I won't let this woman get away." Mission: Impossible III will be released in the U.S. on May 5th. The couple will celebrate their first engagement anniversary in June.