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Scottish Sun
20 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Liam Payne pays boyband HUGE compliment before making awkward gaffe in new episode of Netflix's Building The Band
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) BUILDING The Band judge Liam Payne doesn't hold back in love-bombing a boyband on the show that remind him of the early days of One Direction. In the new episode of the Netflix talent contest, which drops today, the late singer is seen talking to group Midnight 'Til Morning, first in a workshop then after their performance on stage. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 5 Mentor Liam Payne on Netflix show Building The Band Credit: Unpixs He tells them: 'It was really nice to spend a bit of time with you guys earlier on. 'I've got a very big soft spot for you boys, you remind me a lot of what we were like. 'Don't let me down – boybands!' Liam also seems to have quite a bit of faith in them, as he shares some tips on how to work crowds in stadiums should they ever get the same level of career as his One Direction did. He tells them: 'When you're in a stadium you can see the front rows of people but everything else becomes one big crowd, so you're trying to move a section of the crowd, not just one person, so everything's got to be quite big.' His gushing is reciprocated when one of the boyband members tells Liam: 'We all looked up to you boys so much and we want to be that next band. 'You guys kind of shied away from that Nineties boyband thing.' Then he suddenly realises he's standing next to host AJ McLean, who famously sang with arguably the biggest boyband of the Nineties, Backstreet Boys. Awkward. Liam Payne's girlfriend Kate Cassidy breaks down in floods of tears as she reveals biggest fear on nine month anniversary of his death Sneak peek at Creek clique 5 Dawson's Creek stars Joshua Jackson and Katie Holmes reunite on the set of their new movie Happy Hour Credit: Getty 5 The actors played Joey and Pacey on the cult teen drama Credit: Channel 4 There's a few more laughter lines and flashes of silver, but Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson are still looking just as good as they were back in their Dawson's Creek heyday. The two actors, who played Joey and Pacey on the cult teen drama, were all smiles as they were reunited on the New York City set of their new film Happy Hour. For five years from 1998, young viewers on both sides of the Atlantic were gripped by the intertwined romances among the strangely deep and mature adolescents that resided in the fictional town of Capeside, Massachusetts. After the show ended, the cast went their different ways and had very different life experiences. Katie married Tom Cruise, while Michelle Williams starred in Brokeback Mountain and started dating its star, the late Heath Ledger. Meanwhile, Joshua has arguably enjoyed something of a later life renaissance in his career, starring in TV shows including The Affair and Doctor Odyssey. 5 Keeley Hawes, who plays a hitwoman, gives her son, played by Freddie Highmore, a deadly lesson in an exclusive shot from Prime Video thriller The Assassin Credit: Des Willie It's normally delightful to see a mother teaching her child new skills, but in the case of one new Prime Video thriller, it's more spine-chilling. This exclusive image from The Assassin shows Keeley Hawes, who plays a hitwoman, delivering a crash course in using a gun to her son, played by Freddie Highmore. And anyone who sees the first, bloody three minutes of the show – which drops on Friday – will understand why it's probably for the best. Troy's antique passion 5 Troy Deeney reveals he became an Antiques Roadshow fan while serving time in prison Credit: Getty The Antiques Roadshow has an unlikely fan in former Premier League bad boy Troy Deeney. The ex-Watford ace turned broadcaster says he got hooked on the long-running BBC series in the most unlikely of places – prison. Deeney, who will soon be appearing in Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, said watching the show helped him pass the time while he was serving three months for affray before he made it big in football. He said: 'I was a little bit naughty at one point and basically when I was in jail, I had a lot of time watching Antiques Roadshow. 'I'd watch Antiques Roadshow and that one [Bargain Hunt] as well where they used to run round and buy things and then try to sell it. 'These couples had grafted all day and they'd got 90 quid and they're like 'Yes, we won'. 'It was a bit sad, but it got me through a lot of jail time.' I doubt anyone would be brave enough to mock him. Football play Dear England, which is being turned into a TV drama, will soon return to the stage with a national tour. It will star former EastEnder Samantha Womack opposite David Sturzaker as Gareth Southgate. It kicks off on September 15 in Plymouth.
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Express Tribune
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Liam Payne reflects on boy band days in Netflix's Building the Band
Released July 16, Episode 7 of Netflix's Building the Band features Liam Payne delivering both playful and warm guidance as he judges musical contestants. Filmed in September 2024, just weeks before Payne's death in October at 31, the episode centers on contestants from Midnight 'Til Morning performing the Goo Goo Dolls' 'Iris.' Payne begins with lighthearted feedback, noting that their stage movements included 'running about, waving your arms in the air.' Later, he joked, 'We're amazing dancers, obviously, in One Direction, it's what we're known for,' delivering the line with a tongue-in-cheek grin before illustrating with a deliberately understated hip sway modeled after George Michael, proving that strong presence often trumps choreography. The tone then shifts to encouragement as Payne tells the performers, 'I feel warm,' praising the emotional resonance of their performance and emphasizing chemistry and connection over flashy dance moves. Throughout the series, Payne appears as a main judge alongside Kelly Rowland and Nicole Scherzinger. The show was posthumously dedicated to his memory following his fall in October 2024. Building the Band remains his final TV project, extending his legacy of mentorship and musical guidance.
USA Today
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Liam Payne's final appearance: His emotional turn as Netflix's 'Building the Band' judge
Liam Payne, a guest judge on Netflix's "Building the Band," joked that One Direction members were 'amazing dancers.' One Direction member Liam Payne, a judge on "Building the Band," died at 31, just weeks after filming the Netflix competition series last fall. "Band" marks his final appearance. As Liam Payne gave feedback to the next generation of boy bands and girl groups during his guest judging debut on Netflix's "Building The Band," he took a moment to poke fun at his own former boy band, One Direction. After the newly formed group Midnight 'Til Morning sang a rousing rendition of the Goo Goo Dolls' "Iris" in Episode 7 (now streaming), Payne dinged the guys for their unchoreographed, helter-skelter movement on the stage. "We're in power ballad. We're looking for air grabs. Boy band central, baby," Payne told the four men. He added that Shane Appell's back flip "felt a tiny little bit misplaced." When Appell explained they were more instrumentalists than dancers, Payne replied that One Direction had stage presence while subverting the expectations of an earlier generation's dance-machine boy bands (like series host AJ McLean's Backstreet Boys). "We're amazing dancers, obviously, in One Direction. It's what we're known for," he cheekily told Appell. "George Michael was amazing at controlling an arena from just standing center and literally just doing that." Payne then stood up from his seat and swayed his hips confidently side to side in demonstration. Payne, alongside Destiny's Child's Kelly Rowland and Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls, watched six newly formed groups perform in front of a live audience for the first time and delivered constructive criticism, mostly centered on urging more onstage chemistry. "You've really got to come out on stage and claim your moment. Make a moment with these people; make a moment with us, (and) make a moment with yourselves," he told the contestants. "Building The Band," Payne's last TV appearance, was taped in September 2024, just weeks before his death. The 31-year-old singer died Oct. 16 after falling from a third-floor balcony at a Buenos Aires hotel. As part of One Direction – which Scherzinger helped form on the U.K. version of "The X-Factor" in 2010 – Payne broke sales, Billboard chart and streaming records. "Through his presence we see his deep love for music and his unwavering commitment to helping others find their voice," McLean said in a message that opened "Band's" first episode. "It's through that spirit that we dedicate this series to Liam and his family." 'Making the Band' contestants fangirl over Liam Payne The new 10-episode Netflix competition show, which streams its final batch of episodes July 23, challenged dozens of young singers to form groups with strangers without ever seeing them, "Love is Blind" style. In episodes 5 through 7, the six acts decided on their names: 3Quency, Soulidified, SZN4, Siren Society, Sweet Seduction and Midnight 'Til Morning. SZN4, with Donzell Taggart, Aaliyah Rose, Cameron Goode and Katie Roeder, is the only mixed-gender group. After the proficient yet tenuously connected Alison Ogden, Elise Kristine and Haley Gosserand from Sweet Seduction kicked off the night with some tight choreography and soaring vocals for Mariah Carey's "Emotions," they were excited to get feedback. When Payne greeted them, the trio enthusiastically waved back in unison. "Hi, Liam! I love you!" Gosserand gushed, evoking a chuckle from Payne. Earlier she'd revealed One Direction posters once decorated the wall above her bed. He wanted to "to see more togetherness," perhaps intuiting the power imbalance among the group, but "other than that, fantastic," he pronounced the girl group. During the judges' critiques, Mason Watts from Midnight Til Morning told Payne his family had won a competition in Australia to see One Direction from the front row at Madison Square Garden. "My sisters are obsessed with you," he said. "And ever since that moment, I wanted to be in a group. And it's kind of a full-circle moment to be here with a group and performing in front of you, so thank you, man." Payne, ever the good sport, waved at one of the cameras to say, "Hi sisters!" Later, he turned to Rowland. "I feel all warm," Payne said. Five people, including hotel employees and Payne's friend Roger Nores, who was staying with him at the hotel, were charged in the aftermath. Charges were dropped against all but two of the employees, who allegedly supplied Payne with drugs in the days before his death.
