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journalism twitter is weird. these amazing and well-written articles that you can tell reporters put so much time and effort into? 12 retweets. a photo of a coffee-stained dog-eared AP stylebook from 1986? "powerful" "elite" 1500000 RTs

“He was an absolute light… an old soul,” Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean said, describing the “very older brother” feeling he developed for Liam Payne. “But you could tell you were talking to someone who had seen some s—, who had not lived a normal life.” lat.ms/3C6ex97

Liam Payne and AJ McLean usually chatted every day on WhatsApp. So when he hadn't heard from Payne for two weeks, the Backstreet Boy grew concerned. "Hey man, are you good?" he texted. He never heard back. The following day, Payne died. latimes.com/entertainment-…

Tom Krueger, a DP on the 2013 1D doc, observed Harry Styles was “the Mick Jagger of the bunch—he had this incredible confidence that whatever happened, he was gonna be on top. And some of the others, I felt like they kind of lived in the shadow of that.” latimes.com/entertainment-…

The sober companion who spent nearly every day with Liam Payne in 2017-18 said the singer loved sobriety. “He came alive. He had fun. He found a genuine ability to just have a laugh.” He found joy in simple activities like TopGolf and 10-pin bowling. latimes.com/entertainment-…

After working with Liam Payne for 2 years, his sober companion was optimistic about the singer's recovery when their work ended in 2018. When he later learned about Payne’s ongoing struggles, he sent the occasional text but didn’t want to push too hard. latimes.com/entertainment-…

"He had no clue what we were going to be doing. It was clear his team hadn’t involved him in any conversations," said a music video director who worked with Liam Payne around 2019. latimes.com/entertainment-…

Sources close to Capitol Records told The Times that the label and Payne’s management had disagreements this fall about the singer's musical direction, and Capitol was concerned about sending Payne on tour, given his recent struggles with substance use. latimes.com/entertainment-…

“I think to judge anybody on a night when they are very intoxicated would be a tragic mistake," Chip Somers, who was Liam Payne's sober companion in 2017-18, said of his death. latimes.com/entertainment-…

incredible headline work here

Gotta keep moving forward..focus on what you can control. Inject as much positivity as you can into your daily life/inner circle. Flourishing local happiness eventually ripples into greater harmony. I have to believe. 🤍

Keke Palmer isn't worried about Keke Palmer. Why is everyone else? latimes.com/entertainment-…

“I’m not Harmony Korine or Lee Daniels. I’m Disney. I’m creating an aspirational picture.” Keke Palmer on her brand -- and how a domestic dispute with her baby's father last year threatened to rupture the image she's trying to present to the world. latimes.com/entertainment-…

In her new book, Keke Palmer writes about being compared to Zendaya when "Nope" was released: “I got people telling me my career isn’t as good as someone else’s because of the complexion of my skin? No, babe, I won’t let you project that onto me.” latimes.com/entertainment-…

In her new book, Keke Palmer says Ryan Murphy "ripped" into her after she took a planned day off on "Scream Queens," which she believes effectively ended any potential long-term working relationship between them. latimes.com/entertainment-…

In her new book, Keke Palmer says one of her white female costars on "Scream Queens" once said to her: "Who do you think you are? Martin F-----g Luther King?" latimes.com/entertainment-…

“I want to tell people, whether they’re a little girl from the Midwest, a queer-identifying person, a first-generation immigrant — you control your story,” Keke Palmer says of her new book, “Master of Me.” Read Amy Kaufman’s latest “For Real” column. lat.ms/3CyIVJl

Not enough people are talking about the fact that today we learned they killed Colin Firth's character in the new Bridget Jones movie. Like, WHAT??? No. I'm out. Rude and uncalled for.

.Amy Kaufman really dropped an all timer in her final piece for the LA Times.