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One Direction are currently in the middle of their massive Take Me Home world tour, so they could not attend last night's 2013 Billboard Music Awards; that doesn't mean, however, they weren't totally thankful for their three honors!

When One Direction announced their Where We Are world tour, they did it from London's Wembley Stadium. And then they got shirtless and played with balls. Wait, what?

One Direction have been covering quite a few pop classics recently -- first Blondie's 'One Way or Another (Teenage Kicks),' then the Backstreet Boys' 'I Want It That Way.' They're adding another pop heavy hitter to their rotation: 'My Heart Will Go On' by Celine Dion!

One Direction took the stage in Stockholm, Sweden for their Take Me Home tour on May 8, where they paid tribute to a man who's a Swedish national treasure: Max Martin, writer and producer of some of the best pop songs ever recorded. He's the man behind the Backstreet Boys' 'I Want It That Way,' and 1D delivered an impromptu performance of the tune live.

One Direction pumped out two albums in 2012 -- their debut, 'Up All Night,' followed mere months later by 'Take Me Home.' Continuing to strike while the iron is hot, the band were reportedly hard at work already on album No. 3 -- and now, a little bird is saying their third record is done!

Well, how's this for awkward? One Direction member Zayn Malik is dating Little Mix's Perrie Edwards, as any Directioner worth her salt is well aware. Edwards has admitted she thinks one of her BF's bandmates is really cute. Say what?

Sad news for Liam Payne of One Direction -- but perhaps happy news for certain Directioners. Payne and his longtime on-and-off girlfriend, Danielle Peazer, are reportedly on the outs again.

One Direction make everything fun, and they continued on their silly spree with their latest Nabisco shoot. The boys take Directioners behind the scenes in a new series of hilarious videos, in which we get to hear their banter and see them goof off -- as well as confess their most humiliating moments!

It looks as though the 'TODAY' show is desperately grasping to regain the top morning show slot, and lucky for us they are doing it with a killer lineup for their annual Summer Concert Series.

Following a very highly photographed and publicized outing with Kimberly Stewart (daughter of music legend Rod), Harry Styles of One Direction is rumored to be in on what's just a big PR stunt ... again. And apparently this one is even less legit than his brief dalliance with Taylor Swift was said to be. So are they or aren't they?

Our beautiful Harry Styles almost had to continue his career without a hand! The horror! A ginormous group of fans surrounded Hazza's hotel in Paris and made it quite difficult for the One Direction member to leave his temporary residence -- so much so that he almost lost a hand while doing so!

One Direction released two albums in 2012 -- their debut, 'Up All Night' and their follow-up, 'Take Me Home.' And guess what? They're readying to release yet another record before 2013 wraps up, just in time to stuff your stockings with it.