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Daily Mirror
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
X Factor's Aiden Grimshaw unrecognisable 15 years since appearing on show
Aiden Grimshaw, who appeared on The X Factor back in 2010, looks completely unrecognisable now, 15 years since he wowed the judges on the popular ITV talent show Aiden Grimshaw is barely recognisable 15 years since appearing on The X Factor alongside One Direction. The fresh-faced hopeful captivated the celebrity judges on Simon Cowell's TV talent show back in 2010, when he boldly covered Kanye West's smash hit Gold Digger in his audition, without a backing track. Louis Walsh branded the then-18 year old "absolutely brilliant", Nicole Scherzinger said "I love your voice" and Simon Cowell added, "You're one of the best we've found, certainly in Manchester and possibly – in your category – throughout the competition." Progressing week by week not only with 1D but also Rebecca Ferguson, Katie Waissel, Cher Lloyd, and eventual victor Matt Cardle, gap-year student Aiden secured a respectable ninth position. Following his X Factor stint, Aiden signed a deal with record label RCA, releasing his debut single Is This Love, which peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. He then dropped his album Misty Eye, hitting number 19. In 2018, Aiden revealed he'd been using the alias Butterjack to release music, only to then steer back to his original name. In 2023 it was announced that he'd signed a new deal with a Dutch record label. Aiden now looks so different from his clean-shaven, quiff-haired X Factor days, often sporting a beard on his Instagram page and most recently appearing with a moustache and tousled hair. A week ago, he talked about writing more songs, alongside a picture of himself playing a guitar. The singer told his 19k followers: "Back to it, 20 consecutive days of sun. 13 days of coughs. 6 songs written - Nearly 2 bank holidays. 1 europa final loss. A fresh bill of health a new month - new music exciting new things. Mays been a ride." Aiden has also opened up about his regrets of not fully capitalising on the opportunity The X Factor presented him with back in the day. Speaking to the Metro, he shared his reflections, saying: "My only regrets about the show are that maybe didn't shoot as hard as I could have in some of the aspects afterwards because of trying to be cool. Now, I would just go for everything because why would you not do that? That's so stupid. But I enjoyed it." He also talked about the pressure of the show, continuing: "'There was a lot of pressure to find what to do and my not wanting to be uncool stopped me from exploring all paths and being out there." Aiden was romantically linked to Cher Lloyd during his time on The X Factor, and talked about his bromance with Matt Cardle. The pair were said to spend all their time in the house chatting and making each other cups of tea. Aiden said: "Matt and me are really good mates, he's a great bloke. We've got a really great bromance going on."
Express Tribune
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Zayn Malik follows Louis Tomlinson on Instagram: What happened between the One Direction stars?
Zayn Malik follows Louis Tomlinson on Instagram: What happened between the One Direction stars? One Direction fans all over the world are rejoicing after some eagle-eyed admirers noticed that Zayn Malik quietly followed Louis Tomlinson on Instagram. The subtle gesture sparked frenzy due to its significance amid long-standing tensions between the former bandmates. Moreover, shortly after Zayn posted a rare selfie in a white tank top and black 'The Last Of Us' cap, marking his return to Instagram following his Stairway to the Sky tour. Louis, notably, liked the post. Fans were quick to speculate on whether this marked a meaningful shift. Once close bandmates in One Direction, Zayn and Louis had a well-documented fallout. Their Twitter spat in 2015, just months after Zayn left the band, made headlines when Louis tweeted at Zayn's collaborator Naughty Boy, prompting Zayn to respond directly with, 'Remember when you had a life and stopped making b*tchy comments about mine?' After the loss of Louis's mother in 2016, he revealed they briefly reconnected. Despite the attempt to mend things, Louis later admitted in 2019, 'Truthfully it never really got better.' However, recent years have shown signs of thawing tensions. In 2022, Zayn shared a video singing 'Night Changes,' prompting Louis to respond, 'It was great to see him reminiscing on the One Direction days.' By January 2025, Louis attended Zayn's LA concert, with Zayn acknowledging his presence: 'An old friend of mine is here for me tonight.' The interactions come just months after the tragic death of their former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne in November 2024. Zayn and Louis along with the other 1D members reunited at Liam's funeral, a deeply emotional moment that brought them all together.
Irish Post
24-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Post
Top Irish acting talent takes to the stage
TO the 2025 TV BAFTAs, for which it is relatively easy even for an Irish celebrity columnist to get tickets because all the famous and important people go to the film BAFTAs in February instead. For many years the two events were united in a single ceremony. It must have offered a lovely ego boost for the stars of soaps and TV reality shows; posing on the red carpet alongside Hollywood royalty, they could indulge in the fantasy that they, too, were part of the A-list. This illusion was cruelly shattered when it was decided to split the two events in 1998. Confusingly they were, and still are, both called the BAFTAs – surely the BAFAs and BATAs would be more accurate? Yet more crushingly for those who do all the actual work behind the scenes, a further splintering took place in 2000 which meant all the 'craft' gongs were shunted into a separate event; and let ShowBiz tell you, the chances of getting Demi Moore or Timothée Chalamet to attend one of those is a big fat zero. With a yawning (pun intended) three-month gap between the film and TV Awards, the latter tend to feel like an afterthought. Not only do they lack the film awards' whiff of international glamour, but the selection and judging process can sometimes feel like something that was half-heartedly tossed off over a few pints down the pub. Look, ShowBiz begrudges Danny Dyer nothing, but why honour him for his bad-boy-by-numbers turn in the underwhelming Mr Big Stuff rather than for being the very best thing in The Rivals? Why no scripted comedy nomination for the Gavin & Stacey finale, despite its critical acclaim and 20-or-so million viewers? Oddest of all was Belfast cop series Blue Lights beating Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light to Best Drama. Of course, Blue Lines does what it does very well, but to deem it superior to the magnificent achievement of the lush period drama starring Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis, surely the TV event of the year, is beyond baffling. It's like deeming 1D better songwriters than The Beatles, or Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie a worthier film than The Godfather II. Also, not to be pedantic (actually, I'm being pedantic) but surely the Blue Lines USP – a show about rookie cops on their first beats – is now wearing a little thin? Here's blurb for series three: 'Two years into their jobs as response officers, Grace, Annie and Tommy are accustomed to life under the blue lights.' I mean, they're positively grizzled, with broken home lives and goodness knows what else, like all fictional TV detectives. So just like any other cop show then. Caitriona Balfe returns to the big screen this year THE FRAGRANT Caitríona Balfe is back on the big screen with her new spy action movie The Amateur. The film stars Rami Malek as Charlie, a brilliant CIA tech nerd whose wife is killed in a terrorist attack. When his bosses refuse to avenge the murder, Charlie – a name which feels a terrible fit for Rami Malek, incidentally, but never mind – uses his insider information to blackmail them into giving him a new identity and a crash course in 007 skills so he can find and kill the killers. In other words, Q has improbably morphed into James Bond, using geeky gadgety skills rather than brute force and puns to get his revenge. Catriona plays an enigmatic Russian spy and hacker called Inquiline. In an interview with she was asked if she fancied more action roles in the future. 'Oh, I mean, we should have an Irish action hero, shouldn't we? That would be fun,' she said. 'Yeah, I don't know, we need to create one, don't we?' Somewhere, Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan are doing indignant double-takes. Saoirse Monica Jackson will take to the boards this year in Irishtown BIG NAMES in Irish acting talent is taking to the stage like lemmings. Even as you read this, Chris O'Dowd will be practising his diaphragmatic breathing in preparation for his evening's performance in Conor McPherson's new play, The Brightening Air. Co-starring at the Old Vic are Brian Gleeson and Eimhin FitzGerald Doherty, Derbhle Crotty, Seán McGinley, in a production so Irish that if you closed your eyes you could persuade yourself you were at Dublin's Abbey Theatre. Later on in the year, not a million miles away from the Old Vic at the Harold Pinter theatre, Brian's dad Brendan will head up yet another Conor McPherson play, The Weir. Ciara Elizabeth Smyth probably had joyless plays like The Weir in mind when writing Irishtown – a new satire about theatre and what it means to be Irish. It co-stars Derry Girls' Saoirse Monica Jackson, fresh from her standout turn as gangster wife Cheryl in This City is Ours, and who is making her off-Broadway debut in the comedy. Irishtown focuses on a noted Dublin theatre as they work up a new play which they worry isn't Irish enough. 'I have never been in an Irish play with a happy ending', comments a lead actress to general agreement. It's a great opportunity for an Irish actress, Saoirse told TheaterMania, adding that it's mercifully shorter than her last stage venture, as Shena in Jez Butterworth's Troubles play The Ferryman. 'You could do this play twice and The Ferryman would still be going on', she says. Although Irishtown is very funny, it has things to say. 'There's a very prominent line that rang true with me', she said. 'The only male character is talking about getting his big break, and he says to my character 'It's different for me. I could actually make it in America. You will always be passed up to play an Irish part for an English girl doing a terrible accent'.' 'It's incredible to see the success of Irish men at the moment. Cillian Murphy and Paul Mescal and Barry Keoghan shine in those ways, but Irish women are always forgotten about. 'It's so easy to romanticise an Irish male actor as being this sort of mysterious, aloof, tortured poet, but it's slightly less palatable for women, and I feel like that's because we're strong and funny and independent, and that's not always the depiction of what they want from a leading lady.' Which, of course, would take us seamlessly into Paul Mescal's return to the stage, for Tom Murphy's A Whistle in the Dark, possibly followed by a look at Nicola Coughlan in JM Synge's The Playboy of the Western World (neither project exactly taxing them on the accent front). And then there's Aidan Turner, who looked so hot in 18th century clothes in Poldark that he's doing it all again for Les Liasons Dangereuses. All three shows are at the National Theatre, but further pontifications will have to wait for another time, as ShowBiz is completely out of column space.
Daily Mirror
08-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Liam Payne's 'internal battle' with Cheryl Cole over decision for son Bear
One Direction star Liam Payne, who died aged 31 falling from the third floor of a hotel in October 2024, left behind millions for his son Bear as his ex Cheryl Tweedy is granted the power of administration for his estate Liam Payne co-parented his beloved son Bear with his ex Cheryl after the couple split in 2018. Liam died without writing a will after plunging from the third floor of the CasaSur Palermo Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in October. Cheryl, who described his death as an "earth shattering event", has now been granted the power of administration of the late singer's estate. The Strip That Down singer left behind £24.3million, much of which is thought to be going to his eight-year-old son. According to court documents filed on May 1, music lawyer Richard Bray was also named as an administrator. Liam was just 23-years-old when he became a father to Bear in 2017, with the couple splitting just a year later. In an interview, Liam revealed he had an "internal battle" when it came to naming his son, with Cheryl opting for Bear despite the singer not being a fan. In May 2017, Liam told Total Access: "It was like an internal battle. I wanted a more traditional name, and she wanted a name that was more unusual. And the reason she chose Bear in the end was because Bear is a name that, when you leave a room, you won't forget. And I like that. When I look at him, he's just Bear." Liam added: "At first, I wasn't really having it. I was like, 'I'm not really sure. I don't really understand.' Now, I look at him and he's Bear. You become your name as you get older anyway." A few months later, Liam shared how one of the midwives at his birth called him 'Bear' in the delivery room, and the name carried on. On March 25, 2017, Cheryl posted the news of her and Liam's child on Instagram with a picture of the 1D star holding the baby. She wrote: "On Wednesday 22nd March Liam and I became parents to an incredibly beautiful, healthy baby boy, weighing 7lb 9 and looking like a dream. Although he still doesn't have a name, he is already stealing hearts." She continued: "We are all madly in love and overwhelmingly happy with our little arrival. Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers around the world. A day that now has a different meaning to me forever." Before ultimately deciding on the name Bear, the former couple shared their struggle about whether their son's moniker should be traditional or modern. He told James Corden: "He had this thing where if they don't have a good cry, they get fluid in their lungs, which is quite serious, so he was like going 'grrrr'. I had like 10 doctors come in the room, and in the end, the guy was just like, 'Dude, I'm not being funny. There's nothing wrong with him. He just likes to make a lot of noise.' And that's carried on ever since, so he just became Bear." Mindful of his celebrity status, Cheryl and Liam chose not to share any pictures of Bear's face. But the 1D singer revealed in 2020 that his then-three-year-old son looked like him. He said: "He looks exactly like me, which is very strange. When family members see baby pictures of me now, they say, 'Oh wow, Bear looks really great there!'" In 2018, a year after Bear's birth, the parents announced their split following two and a half years together, but vowed to remain close to raise their son. A statement read: "We are sad to announce that we are going our separate ways. It's been a tough decision for us to make. We still have so much love for each other as a family. Bear is our world and we ask that you respect his privacy as we navigate our way through this together." In 2022, Liam shared how he spent a lot of quality time with his son. He said: "I see him two times a week, three times a week sometimes. "And I make sure when I see him, he has 100 percent of my time. I make sure that I'm not on my phone or d***ing around somewhere else. So, I like to give him those moments and it's important, he needs that in his life, he needs his dad in his life, and I'm happy he looks at me like a superhero, and I'm hoping to keep it that way." Following his death, Cheryl paid a devastating tribute to Liam as she described his death as an " earth-shattering event". She said at the time: "As I try to navigate this earth-shattering event, and work through my own grief at this indescribably painful time, I'd like to kindly remind everyone that we have lost a human being. "Liam was not only a pop star and celebrity, he was a son, a brother, an uncle, a dear friend and a father to our seven-year-old son. A son who now has to face the reality of never seeing his father again." The chart-topping Girls Aloud singer went on to say: "What is troubling my spirit the most is that one day Bear will have access to the abhorrent reports and media exploitation we have seen in the past two days. It is breaking my heart further that I cannot protect him from that in his future. "I am begging you to consider what use some of these reports are serving, other than to cause further harm to everyone left behind picking up the pieces. "Before you leave comments or make videos, ask yourself if you would like your own child or family to read them. Please give Liam the little dignity he has left in the wake of his death to rest in some peace at last. Thank you, Cheryl."
Scottish Sun
07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Liam Payne's £24MILLION legacy revealed after 1D star died aged 31 without writing will… and Cheryl's key role emerges
Court documents show who has been granted power of administration of his estate LIAM'S LAST GIFT Liam Payne's £24MILLION legacy revealed after 1D star died aged 31 without writing will… and Cheryl's key role emerges LIAM Payne's legacy has been revealed after the One Direction star died without writing a will - leaving behind £24.3million. One Direction singer Liam tragically passed away in October last year at the age of 31 after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina. Advertisement 6 Liam Payne's £24.3million legacy has been revealed Credit: AFP 6 Liam's girlfriend Kate Cassidy will receive nothing as they were not married or in a civil partnership Credit: PA 6 The former One Direction star shares son Bear with ex-partner Cheryl Tweedy Court documents show Payne left £28,595,000, which after expenses and debts were paid saw the figure reduced to £24,280,000. The tragic singer died intestate, which means he didn't leave a will stating what should be done with his money. However, docs show the court has granted power of administration of his estate to Cheryl Tweedy, his former partner and mother of his eight-year-old son Bear. Also named as an administrator is top music lawyer Richard Bray, partner in a London-based legal firm. Advertisement Under UK's rules of intestacy, it is likely that the money will be placed in trust for Liam's son, while his girlfriend at the time of his death, Kate Cassidy, will receive nothing as they were not married or in a civil partnership. This comes after the singer's haunting final words were revealed by his girlfriend Katie - six months after his death. The influencer, 25, has been candidly documenting her grief since the tragic event in interviews and on social media. You can read Kate's full chat with The Sun here. Advertisement She had been with him until two days before his passing. In an appearance on Jay Shetty's On Purpose podcast, heartbroken Kate shared the comfort she finds in their final exchange. Liam Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy fights back tears in emotional new video as she sends heartfelt message to late star Recalling the moment she left Buenos Aires to return to their home in Florida, Kate described the deeply emotional goodbye the couple shared. She said: 'I remember sitting there with him and I was going on and on and on about how much I love him. Advertisement 'And he laughed and interrupted me and was like: 'Kate you're gonna miss your flight, your car is in the driveway.'' Liam then added: 'You're acting like this is the last time you are ever gonna see me again.' 6 Liam rose to fame with his fellow One Direction band mates Credit: Alamy 6 Liam's father Geoff Payne visiting the memorial for his son outside the Casa Sur Hotel Credit: AP Advertisement 6 Documents show the court has granted power of administration of his estate to Cheryl Credit: Rex Features At the time, Kate said she laughed, unaware of what was to come. She said: 'But to look back in time and know that that was the last time I was ever gonna see him again is just so chilling. 'I am so blessed that it was that heartfelt goodbye. Our last goodbye - I wouldn't have wanted it to be any differently. I am so glad we had that beautiful time together and I wouldn't change that." Advertisement In an interview with The Sun in March, she revealed his death "still doesn't feel fully real". She added: "Love is so optimistic, and you just hope that everything will work out at the end. "Obviously if I knew, if I could see into the future, I would never have left Argentina." Liam and singer Cheryl Tweedy, 41, welcomed their child in March 2017, after they had been dating for a year. Advertisement Kate and Liam's relationship timeline It is clear they fell hard and fast for one another after meeting in 2022. September 2022 - Liam Payne and Kate Cassidy met in a bar in Charleston, South Carolina and went on a bowling date shortly after. October 2022: Liam and Cassidy were seen celebrating Halloween together. November 2022: They made their relationship public. January 2023: Cassidy made their relationship Instagram official. May 2023: Split rumours surfaced. June 2023: They were seen together in London in June 2023, dispelling split fears. October 12 2024: Kate shared on her social media that she flew back to Miami on October 12 while Liam had stayed behind. October 16 2024 Liam fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Argentinian capital Buenos Aires. When they split the following year, Liam wrote: 'We still have so much love for each other as a family. Bear is our world.' He was co-parenting with the former X Factor judge, whom he met on the hit ITV1 talent show, and said he saw his son up to two to three times a week. Liam walked hand-in-hand with his son in a final post with the lad he had once described as a 'mini me'. In the video, the singer ruffled his boy's hair and, alongside a bear and a teary-eyes emoji, he wrote: 'Bear is so tall.' Advertisement In a separate video in August, he said: 'He's getting so big now. He's a big boy and he looks like a mini me. As if we needed any more me in the world.' Meanwhile, in and interview with People in 2022, Liam gushed: 'I make sure when I see him, he has 100 per cent of my time and I'm not d***ing around. 'I like to give him those moments and it's important. 'He needs his dad in his life and I'm happy he looks at me like a superhero. I'm hoping to keep it that way.' Advertisement This comes as Liam's tragic finals hours before he fell to his death were released in court documents earlier this month. Rogelio "Roger" Nores and two staff members at the hotel had been charged with manslaughter but were cleared, it was revealed in February. Liam James Payne was born August 29, 1993, and was an English singer and songwriter. He shot to fame as a member of the global boyband phenomenon One Direction. Advertisement Liam made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo artist he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction. The band went on to sell 70 million records worldwide, making them one of the most successful boybands of all time. They group parted ways in 2015, when they went on a hiatus. Advertisement Liam has amassed his fortune through being in One Direction, his solo career and touring.
