The One Direction scandal shows no signs of slowing down. I didn’t even know a few of these guys’ names last month. Now it’s a boy-band soap opera of epic proportions. We heard how Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Liam Payne felt “misled” by Zayn Malik after he quit the band to be “normal.” Zayn was quickly spotted smirking at a recording studio with his new producer, Naughty Boy.

It was only a matter of time before one of the remaining 1D guys popped off. Louis was the first to break from the kumbaya PR message. This shouldn’t surprise the band’s hardcore following. Harry and Zayn were always pushed as a bromance, but it wasn’t real. Louis and Zayn were the closest friends in the group, and Louis is “gutted“ after Zayn’s departure. Zouis is broken, which is sad.

Last night’s heated exchange ended with a preview of Zayn’s first solo single, which I’ll get to in a minute. The drama unfolded when Naughty Boy retweeted “the truth,” which was some bizarro video with the message, “Naughty Boy saved ‘Zaughty’” and “Zaughty will rise.” Fans raged and tweeted at Louis, who blew his stack. What follows is this exchange. There was a mixup where Naughty Boy thought Louis was referring to an old tweet about Louis Walsh being “a d*ck.” That’s not why our Louis was angry:

Louis: “Wow @NaughtyBoyMusic you’re so inconsiderate pal , seriously how f***ing old are you ? Grow up ! #masterofallwisdom” — March 30, 2015

Louis: Always have struggled to bite my tongue — March 30, 2015

Naughty Boy: @Louis_Tomlinson calm down. was talkin bout Louis Walsh cuz he didn’t let someone through on X factor. Look @ the date of the tweet. ???? #2014 — March 31, 2015

Naughty Boy: when ur gettin hate for some thing u didn’t do, a bit of love can go a long way, that’s why I retweeted, time will tell the real story guys — March 31, 2015

Louis: @NaughtyBoyMusic I was talking about the video you tweeted . Clearly trying to wind the fans up ! Well you succeeded anyway . Fair play — March 31, 2015

Louis: @dorksnouis in reply to that stupid video he RT’d . Clearly trying to wind you lot up !!! — March 30, 2015

Louis: Anywayyyyyyyyyyyyyy — March 30, 2015

Naughty Boy: @Louis_Tomlinson lol you should let the other boys talk for a change. — March 31, 2015

[From Louis Tomlinson & Naughty Boy on Twitter]

One Direction fans are losing their everloving minds right now. They are convinced that Naughty Boy has pursued Zayn for months, which could be true. Naughty Boy stole their man! This whole thing is shady. One look at Naughty Boy’s Twitter replies may scare you. This is my favorite example that doesn’t include profanity:

@NaughtyBoyMusic DON’T COME TO BRAZIL I’LL CATCH YOU IF YOU COME

— paula (@waldorfsucks) March 29, 2015

Did you hear that, Naughty Boy? You’ve been rejected by the Brazilians. Shots fired!

Naughty Boy took the opportunity to drop a demo for Zayn’s first solo track (“I Won’t Mind”) with this message: “Respect yourself enough to walk away from anything that no longer serves you, grows you, or makes you happy.” I talked yesterday about how Zayn wanted a “sexual sound.” Go listen for yourselves? OH, and don’t mess with Louis. He’s busy defending the fandom.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet & WENN

Well, it’s official. Prince William has officially started working full-time in the civilian world. Monday, March 30th was his first day with Bond Air Services. In February, his office announced that he had “passed” all 14 exams needed to become a commercial pilot. Originally, William was supposed to begin work around now, then they said he would start in the summer, but then they revised it back to the spring (perhaps they were concerned about William passing his exams). So now William is the first direct heir to the throne to have a real-person peasant job.

Prince William officially started his job in the civilian world Monday, as he reported for his first day of training to become an air ambulance helicopter pilot. He began work with Bond Air Services, who will be employing him as he flies helicopters for East Anglia Air Ambulance. William, 32, will be mainly based at the company’s headquarters at Staverton, Gloucestershire, for training as well as two airfields in Norwich and Cambridge. On Monday he was understood to be in Norwich.

Despite continuing with royal duties, working as an air ambulance pilot will be William’s primary occupation, according to Kensington Palace. And when he is in the area and – especially once he starts flying in the skies above East Anglia – William, Princess Kate, son Prince George, 20 months, and their new baby, due in April, will largely live at their country home Anmer Hall in Norfolk.

William is the first immediate heir in the modern world to have had a job outside the military or royal world. Over the next 12 weeks he will undertake training including time on a flight simulator, courses in paramedic air flying, night vision work and eventually training on the EC145 helicopter. He is expected to start flying in early summer.

The palace says William will continue with his royal duties, at a similar rate as he has been doing in recent years when he juggled some public engagements and tours with his life as a helicopter search and rescue pilot in the Royal Air Force in Wales. That means he will continue performing investitures for Queen Elizabeth II, taking tours and supporting both his charities and the foundation that he shares with his wife Kate and brother Prince Harry.

[From People]

I wonder if his Bond Air Services bosses know that William is probably going to take his full paternity leave starting in… oh, probably three weeks or so. That would concern a regular person starting a new job, but for William, it seems like he lives his life oblivious to how everyone bends over backwards to suit his needs and desires.

Shall we start the betting process on how long it takes for William to get bored with his job? I say by December 2016, he will have quit or he’ll be in the process of leaving. That’s right, I’m giving him a whole year and a half. I think he’ll be bored in six months, he’ll stick it out for a year and by next summer, “sources” will be telling the UK papers that William is exploring some other options. And that’s what I keep saying about William’s Peter Pan Syndrome – first the military and now a private air ambulance company spends hundreds of thousands of dollars/pounds on William’s training only to have him flake out after a year or two. It just doesn’t seem worth it.

Also not worth it? The millions spent renovating Kensington Palace with the understanding that Will and Kate would make London their homebase. Sorry not sorry, taxpayers.

Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet and WENN.

Megan Fox’s 2015 Face covers the new issue of Harper’s Bazaar Arabia. I actually have to give her some credit: she doesn’t look drastically different in these photos. I think Megan “tweaks” her face a lot, but it was at its worst circa 2009-10. I think her changing look these days is mostly about her back-to-back pregnancies. Her face is longer now and her lips aren’t so artificially inflated. It’s like she’s de-Kardashianing. Anyway, Megan has something to promote – ??? – and she has a lot to say about her intelligence, her career, motherhood and how uncomfortable she is being seen as some kind of model or music video chick (she’s both).

The criticisms people have of her: “I would say most people assume that I’m not very smart or educated or earnest, because I have this image that I’m sort of narcissistic, chasing attention, and wanting people to like me. It makes me laugh because I’ve done plenty of interviews and when you read the article from beginning to end you can see that I’m not your typical music video model. My life is not about seeking other people’s approval because I know it isn’t going to come.”

Getting kicked off the Transformers franchise: “I think there’s a lot of growing personally that I needed to do, to control my passion. I really wanted to be a mom, and I wasn’t yet, and I really struggled with that. I was just too young to see where I wanted to go.”

The criticism of her acting abilities: “In Transformers I was a kid. I had no idea what I was doing. There was nothing for me to do, but then I did nothing and that was my own call. I don’t take it personally because in some ways I acknowledge and agree. But at the same time, both established comedians and Quentin Tarantino have come up to me and said, ‘I really liked Jennifer’s Body. You were really good in that’. The people whose opinions matter liked it, so I’m OK with that.”

She’s not your mannequin: “I’ve never had fun getting dressed up and going on the red carpet because there’s pressure there. You’re not just getting dressed because you think this is an amazing outfit. You’re getting dressed because there’s an obligation from your side to a certain designer and then you have to go and walk the carpet hoping that someone else isn’t wearing something similar. I’m just sort of the mannequin that they send out, so it’s just not a fun process for me.”

She’s not planning out her career: “I don’t sit back and have a game plan and make decisions about my career like other actors do. I have no ego tied up into my career at all. If I get pitched into a movie I do it and that’s that; it doesn’t matter if it’s weird or small or huge. I trust my intuition.”

Motherhood: “I don’t think I need to teach my children with harsh words or with punishment. I believe that if I love them the right way, there’s no need for that. I’m a free-spirit mother. I don’t talk to Bodhi like he’s an adult, obviously, but I listen to everything he says to me and I believe in him: I believe that he sees things I don’t see, I believe he has things to teach me, and so I don’t act as a disciplinarian or an authority figure per se. I don’t ever want to be a restrictive force on him; I want to be an expansive force…I want him to be inspired by me because he constantly inspires me as well. Motherhood has really deepened me and has given me so much perspective. I’m very dedicated.”

[From E! News]

Do you think Megan Fox is smart? I do not. I don’t think she’s fall-down stupid or anything, but she’s said a mountain of dumb things (even in this interview, she said dumb sh-t) and I think it’s fair game to judge her on her public statements. I can’t blame her for wanting to remind people that she sees herself as a real actress, although let’s be honest: most of the money she makes these days are from her modeling contracts, endorsements and commercial work. It seems stupid to bitch about how you’re not a model or a mannequin when you’re getting millions of dollars to be just that.

Also: “There was nothing for me to do, but then I did nothing and that was my own call.” Explain? No one expected Meryl Streep-level acting in the Transformers franchise, but it seems like Megan is saying yeah, she phoned it in. She didn’t even try.

Photos courtesy of John Russo/Harper’s Bazaar Arabia.

Who’s up for some celebrity mom trivia?

Can you tell us who said the quote below?

“I’m expecting! I’m far down the road of expecting … I’m six months pregnant, [I’ve] been hiding it until this very moment.”

Leave your guess in the comment section below and good luck! Make sure you check back tomorrow for the answer.

Happy 8th birthday, Liam!

Liam just turned eight-years-old, so Tori took to her Instagram account to share a picture of his birthday party. In the picture, you can clearly see everyone is having an amazing time while they munch down on some cupcakes with green icing. Yeah, I’m totally jealous right now! Even though the Instagram update is what initially attracted our attention, Tori also shared a slew of birthday pictures on her website, ToriSpelling.com. Check out the slideshow to see all of the amazing pics!

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It looks like North West had an absolute blast!

The last time we talked about Kim Kardashian and North West, Kim and sister Kourtney Kardashian were taking their kids to a dance class. This time, Kim took Nori Easter egg hunting and it looks like North was having the time of her life. Yesterday, Kim took North to Underwood Farms where North enjoyed things like face painting, playing in the sand with her friend and Easter egg hunting! Check out the amazing pictures Kim shared on Instagram today in the slideshow below.

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Mimi and Brett Ratner are in St Barts together. With friends. And people are now speculating that it’s on.

I need you to look these shots of Ratner sandwiched between Mimi and a friend. With his arms linked through both of them. You know Mimi, right? I mean we all know Mimi.

Is that how a…      

Mimi and Brett Ratner are in St Barts together. With friends. And people are now speculating that it’s on.

I need you to look these shots of Ratner sandwiched between Mimi and a friend. With his arms linked through both of them. You know Mimi, right? I mean we all know Mimi.

Is that how a…      

Mimi and Brett Ratner are in St Barts together. With friends. And people are now speculating that it’s on.

I need you to look these shots of Ratner sandwiched between Mimi and a friend. With his arms linked through both of them. You know Mimi, right? I mean we all know Mimi.

Is that how a…      

Tidal – the Jay Z-backed music streaming service, launches today at 5 p.m. EST with a Carter press conference in New York. The social media takeover is in full swing, with a bright blue avatar popping up all over Instagram and Twitter. And there’s even a musical Justice League video Alicia Keys f…