Tues 13 Aug
Harry was (sort of) confirmed to be playing Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid, and then quickly (sort of) unconfirmed, cue chaos, discourse, 'Prince Eric' trending on twitter, and jubilation and hair rending despair from various camps BUT THEN he was officially and finally confirmed (sort of) to NOT be playing the role! Directly after the post members of Harry's team posted cryptic related things (a mermaid, a Disney logo spoof) but shortly after that Variety, an actual reputable source of record for this sort of thing, published saying that he will not be playing the role and had in fact chosen to turn it down. They did not comment on whether he might take another role in the film: Flounder (and various mermaids) remain as yet uncast but I won't hold my breath.
We got more of the pap pics of Harry (and his bodyguards, both tall and [relatively speaking] smol) arriving in London; in these ones you can see that he's wearing a tote bag featuring the logo of LS, the production company who did the SOTT video, and that where the white sneakers he's been wearing all the time lately should have the Vans logo on the back they have what looks like little smiley faces... with Xs for eyes....
Niall said single at the end of September and album next year, first quarter of 2020s gonna be wild y'all. Wild Youth played the opening of the golf tournament tonight, and Niall did some press and was seen roaming around with his mom and his bodyguard for the night- it's 1D tour manager and beloved Thing 6 PAUL HIGGINS!! Awww hiiiii Paul!
Zayn tweeted to thank the fans for the Teen Choice vote, then posted the same official TCA pic to ig with a thank you message tacked on it carelessly, obscuring his face. The formality of the tweet initially had me thinking it was just a team member taking care of business but on reflection I absolutely think that was him and I adore his sloppy ass, bless this half assed obligation fulfillment, truly. They didn't even leave the story up for the whole 24 hours! Hilarious.
Team Louis otoh is going hard for the TCA award and appearance, with just about everyone from all his teams posting nice messages about it and articles everywhere... I am truly impressed with how much milage they're getting with so little Louis effort this last month, they're doing a great job of making it seem like he's everywhere and active while he continues to be, seemingly, mostly on break and BRAVO to that. 1883 chatted with fans about how great Louis is and said they'll be posting more Louis outtakes and continue to offer ever more of the pics as posters.
Liam commented on an Edward Enninful selfie, "oooo the cheekbones" with heart eyes and everything. Stack It Up is getting press focused on the Ed Sheeran collab element, and we're told that the video was shot in June and that the song will be out by the end of August!! Unless we see some action soon from Team Louis it looks like Liam's gonna be the first out the gate with the upcoming barrage of OT4 releases... Also he's got a thing in Men's Fashion Post but the quotes are all pretty boilerplate, nothing we haven't heard before and quite recently.
And if ALL THAT weren't enough we were snacked in the face OUT OF NOWHERE with baby boyband material from TWO (2) different people! John Urbano posted video bts throwback pics, an unseen from the Gotta Be You shoot and a familiar pic from the WMYB video, the one of Harry and the girl (Madison McMillin), with everyone else tagged too in it. All the other boys and the band are tagged in the empty sky space; Madison is tagged as Louis, lol. AND someone found footage of the boys singing in a gym from DAY ONE of the band! They sound ridiculously good already, Liam and Zayn getting in solid bits and Niall with a stunning standout solo- Louis and Harry don't get solos in the clip cause they're too busy batting their lashes at each other.