Out of all the big-budget blockbusters Jake Gyllenhaal has landed in his career, the 2004 sci-fi-action piece The Day After Tomorrow most certainly wasn’t one. Although it more or less received some fans’ appreciation, a majority of the critics were still as displeased by it as ever, even though it managed to become a considerable […]
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Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, one of the PlayStation 5’s biggest exclusive titles, is making its way to PC on January 30, 2025. With the announcement made at New York Comic Con, fans are happy to know we can soon play the highly acclaimed game on Steam and the Epic Games Store. But beneath the excitement, there […]
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IN the wake of Liam Payne’s untimely death on Wednesday, much has been said of his ‘rocky relationship’ with fellow bandmates and how he had tried to heal rifts before his passing.
The troubled ‘Story of My Life’ singer plunged 45ft to his death from a third-floor balcony in Buenos Aires on Wednesday leaving the world shocked and stunned.
Liam and his fellow bandmates became one of the biggest boy bands in history.
The English-Irish pop boy band, comprising Liam, Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson and, Zayn Malik (until 2015) formed in London in 2010 following their stint on the seventh series of X Factor.
While the group came third the band was soon signed to Simon Cowell’s Syco label and enjoyed a stratospheric rise to fame.
Known as 1D, their first four albums debuted at No. 1 as the teen idols undertook four world tours, won more than 200 awards, sold more than 70 million records globally and amassed over three billion YouTube views until they split in 2016.
While Liam had been previously quoted as saying his bandmates were ‘there when I needed them most’, he had also famously fallen out with another bandmate Zayn.
The singer had alluded to his rift with him on Logan Paul’s “Impaulsive” podcast in 2022.
During the podcast, Liam said there were “many reasons” he disliked Zayn, but also: “Many reasons why I’ll always be on his side.”
Liam discussed his own upbringing, calling his parents “overly supportive” to the point it was “annoying at times” but compared it to Zayn, who he claimed had a “different upbringing in that sense”.
The late singer said: “You can always look at the man for where he is and say ‘oh yeah whatever that guy’s a d****’, but at the end of the day you have to understand what he’s been through to get to that point”.
He revealed on the podcast how he also felt misunderstood and said: “I’m so misunderstood, by myself more than anyone.”
The late star tragically added: “I don’t know what I’m doing or why I’m here. I can’t sit here and pick on him (Zayn) for whatever.”
He continued: “I don’t agree with any of his actions. I can’t commend some of the things that he’s done. I can’t be on his side for that.”
“Your only hope is that at some point in their life, the person on the other end of the phone wants to receive the help you’re willing to give them.”
Liam, who had appeared troubled in recent months, had flown to Argentina to support his former One Direction bandmate Niall.
He had taken his American girlfriend Kate Cassidy to The Show: Live on Tour gig at the Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires, before publicly declaring that he was thrilled to finally reunite with Niall.
Prior to the show he had taken to his social media to say: “Going to Argentina to see Nialler”.
He continued: “Niall Horan is playing down there and I think we might just go to say hello.”
“It’s been a while since me and Niall have spoken.”
“We’ve got a lot to talk about.
“And I would like to square up a couple of things up with the boy,” before adding there were no hard feelings: “No bad vibes or anything like that. But just … we need to talk.”
He then shared pictures on social media of the pair enjoying time together that evening, simply saying: “Reunited” in one snap and: “So happy I got to see Niall in concert,” in another.
While it was to tragically be his last public outing, an insider had recently revealed that Liam ‘was so proud’ of Niall and added “there was nothing but love between them”.
The source said: “When Liam attended Niall’s show earlier this month, he really wanted to just tell him he was proud of him, and it was genuine.”
The source also admitted that Niall ‘was so grateful’ that Liam had flown over to see him.
Another source was quoted as saying: “Their bond was unbreakable at the end, and their friendship ended on a good note, so to speak.”
In a tribute to his former bandmate, Zaynhas said the pair had ‘butted heads’, but thanked Liam for ‘helping him through his darkest times’.
Zayn, also 31, told how he’d ‘lost a brother’ and had always ‘respected’ Liam.
In his poignant tribute he said: “I never got to thank you for supporting me through some of the most difficult times in my life.”
“When I was missing home as a 17-year-old kid you would always be there with a positive outlook and reassuring smile and let me know you were my friend and that I was loved.”
“Even though you were younger than me you were always more sensible than me…you were headstrong, opinionated and gave no f**ks about telling people they were wrong.”
“Even though we butted heads because of this a few times, I always secretly respected you for it.”
A FLORIDA sailor who became a “hero” for refusing to leave his boat during Hurricane Milton has now been arrested.
Joseph Malinowski, dubbed “Lieutenant Dan”, became an internet sensation after he vowed to stay in the tiny vessel amid the horror storm.
Florida was battered by “catastrophic” flooding and 120mph winds as Hurricane Milton ripped through the state.
Locals were urged to evacuate immediately as they were told their homes were coffin.
But Malinowski defied the urgent warnings and insisted he was going to ride out the storm on his boat.
As Milton barrelled across the Gulf of Mexico, some thought the 54-year-old was set for certain death.
Footage captured his yacht being thrown around by waves.
But the rogue resident survived the storm – and spent the entire night inside his boat.
He has now been arrested by the Florida police department over charges of alleged health hazards.
Cops visited Malinowski at his “home” on Thursday and asked him to move his boat out of the Bayshore Linear Park over “health hazards”.
He was also told he didn’t have an adequate record of waste disposal on his boat, or an accessible marine sanitation device.
However, the rogue sailor refused to move out of the area before getting arrested.
While drafting his arrest notice, his occupation was listed as “TikTok Star”.
The one-legged seafarer, who compared himself to Noah with his ark, posted a clip to TikTok during the night saying what he was facing was “not a problem”.
Speaking from his vessel -which is named Sea Shell – Joe told Sky News: “I’m gonna be fine. Plan is to sit down and hunker down.
“This is a boat. It’s meant to be on water.”
Joe – who claimed to have slept through Hurricane Helene – added: “I have no concerns, God’s got me.
“God told me to come out here and get a boat. I came out here and got a boat.
“He’s been telling me in the last two days I’m doing the right thing.
“He’s got my back. I’m in good shape. We’re gonna ride this one out.”
More than two million homes and businesses were left without power as Hurricane Milton sparked 126 tornado warnings in Florida – the most ever in a single day.
Millions of terrified residents fled the state after President Joe Biden warned Milton would be “one of the most destructive hurricanes of the century”.
Authorities warned the force and destruction of Hurricane Milton could be catastrophic for many communities that are in the path of the storm.
The entire roof of the Tropicana Field’s stadium was ripped off as it suffered the wrath of the hurricane.
Shocking footage shows the roof being torn apart by ferocious winds.
The stadium – home to the Tampa Bay Rays – was being used as a base for thousands of emergency workers who set up camp there ahead of the hurricane.
A HURRICANE is another name for a tropical cyclone – a powerful storm that forms over warm ocean waters near the equator.
Those arising in the Atlantic or eastern Pacific are called hurricanes, while those in the western Pacific and Indian Ocean are dubbed typhoons or cyclones.
North of the equator they spin anticlockwise because of the rotation of the Earth, however, they turn the opposite way in the southern hemisphere.
Cyclones are like giant weather engines fuelled by water vapor as it evaporates from the sea.
Warm, moist air rises away from the surface, creating a low-pressure system that sucks in air from surrounding areas – which in turn is warmed by the ocean.
As the vapour rises it cools and condenses into swirling bands of cumulonimbus storm clouds.
The system grows and spins faster, sucking in more air and feeding off the energy in seawater that has been warmed by the sun.
At the center, a calm “eye” of the storm is created where cooled air sinks towards the ultra-low pressure zone below, surrounded by spiraling winds of warm air rising.
The faster the wind, the lower the air pressure at the center, and the storm grows stronger and stronger.
Tropical cyclones usually weaken when they hit land as they are no longer fed by evaporation from the warm sea.
But they often move far inland – dumping vast amounts of rain and causing devastating wind damage – before the “fuel” runs out and the storm peters out.
Hurricanes can also cause storm surges when the low air pressure sucks the sea level higher than normal, swamping low-lying coasts.
