👟 Sun 18 Oct ‘20 👓

Theme of today's news seems to be 'one degree of separation' from our actual subjects with the exception of Zayn, always going against the stream, who showed up in person with a (very brief) message for us: “Vote.”

The Sun reports that Liam has been alcohol free for more than a month and has reached out for help in staying clean. I wouldn't call the Sun the most reliable source, or even a mildly reliable source, but the truth occasionally aligns with their interests and sneaks in to their pages so if this is one of those times and Liam is indeed sober, I'm very happy for him and wish him the best in forming new habits and routines to keep on track. He was seen recently in London's Chinatown by a starstruck vlogger, and in a new Hugo eyewear campaign pic released along with new glasses.

About-Harry-without-Harry we have the following from a Florence Pugh update account; they tell us that the Don't Worry Darling set will  likely be small and closed so not many pics, but that Florence is a big sharer so there should be something and sure enough she already shared a pic of herself getting her hair in character, feeding the already raging fires of Harry haircut spec. And, Golden isn't technically Out yet but I guess when you know you know... ya know? It's already being added to playlists and hit #48 on the mediabase pop radio chart this week, meaning it's being played on the radio already.

About-Louis-without-Louis (ft Oli!), we learned that Louis bought Oli the pair of orange sneakers he wears in the Miss You video. You just never know what you're gonna get around here! Sometimes it's just some backstory about Oli's footwear years after the fact! This is exactly why I try not to make predictions about what we'll hear next, I really could NEVER. The highlight for this anecdote though is the re-enacment of Louis' sad face at the shoes being insulted by the video extra telling us the story; she didn't know he'd bought them and they were SPECIAL orange shoes. Helene posted about missing the rest of the LT tour team (“enough is enough need to see and sing with these lads right now”) with a picture of Louis and his band, Niall and Eleanor liked Helene's post and Krystle reposted (“agreed on this”.) Real Housewives superstan Eleanor also posted housewife Countess LuAnn singing her (entertainingly terrible) song "Money Can't Buy You Class,” lmao.

2009 X Factor contestant Lloyd Daniels referred on twitter to not being allowed to come out  by XF powers that be. Simon Cowell retained ownership of the show in the dissolution of Syco, but it will not have a series this year. They say it will be back, but hey maybe 2020 cancelling everything will have a silver lining and that will never happen...?? Dare to dream.

Niall's Men in Blazers interview airs tomorrow morning and if the clips are any indication he's relaxed and funny, it should be a good one, and that's at least one tidbit of in person content we'll have tomorrow even if it was recorded last week.