Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Liam Payne and Simon Cowell as One Direction celebrates 1D Day at YouTube Space LA in Playa Vista, Calif. on Nov. 23, 2013 - ...

The globally successful band that included Payne, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik were first formed on Cowell's reality show, 'The X-Factor', in 2010. By Lily Ford Simon ...

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 ...

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 ...