One Direction and Simon Cowell have a whole lot of history. The founding members of the boy band — Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson — initially auditioned for The ...

Simon Cowell shared his reaction to the death of One Direction’s Liam Payne, whose career was kickstarted when Cowell was a judge on the U.K.’s The X Factor. "You never really know how you feel about ...

Simon Cowell has returned to his roots with his new show The Next Act, where he searches for a new boyband in the hopes of replicating One Direction's success. One Direction were formed on The X ...

Simon Cowell, Cheryl Cole and Sharon Osbourne paid tribute to late One Direction singer Liam Payne, who rose to fame on the U.K. reality competition “X Factor” for which they served as judges. “You ...

On the Netflix series Simon Cowell: The Next Act, December 10 was handpicked by One Direction manager and X Factor judge Simon Cowell. The seven-member band has been steadily building its social media ...

Simon Cowell has released a statement regarding Liam Payne’s tragic death. “You never really know how you feel about someone until a moment like this happens,” Cowell, the mastermind behind One ...

Simon Cowell canceled a taping of Britain's Got Talent on Thursday after the death of former reality talent show contestant and One Direction member Liam Payne. Cowell, 65, created both BGT and X ...

Simon Cowell, the mastermind behind the formation of One Direction, paid tribute to Liam Payne after his sudden death Oct. 16. "You never really know how you feel about someone until a moment like ...

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“You never really know how you feel about someone until a moment like this happens,” Cowell wrote on Instagram Friday. “Liam, I am devastated. Heartbroken. And I feel empty. And I want you to know how ...