Teenage girls all over the world went into mourning in March of last year, when Zayn Malik quit One Direction, but the decision appears to have been an easy one for him to make.

The 23-year-old has opened up about the exact moment when he knew it was time to leave the band, right before a concert in Hong Kong.

Recalling his thoughts on the night, in his new self-titled autobiography, Zayn wrote: “The memory of that night is kind of a blur. I was in f***ing bits, but I finally came to the realisation [of] something I already knew deep down, and had known for a long time: I was leaving the band and going home.”

“I wasn’t going to spend another minute doing something which made me ill and which I no longer believed in,” he added.

It’s clear that Zayn was going through a lot behind the scenes, with the Mind of Mine singer recently shedding light on his battles with anxiety and an eating disorder during his band days.

Of course, Zayn has gone on to enjoy incredible success as a solo artist, becoming the first British male artist to debut at number one in the UK and US with Pillowtalk.

Whether you’re a Regular Josephine or a Hollywood star, you’re going to come up against sexism and gender discrimination – it’s just that not everyone is willing to talk about it.

One person who is most certainly ready to share her experience, however, is Mila Kunis.

The Bad Moms star has penned a fantastic opinion piece today, on A Plus, blasting the gender bias and discrimination she has encountered throughout her career.

In the piece, titled You’ll Never Work In This Town Again, the 33-year-old revealed that her career was once written off by a producer, for refusing to pose semi-nude on the cover of a men’s magazine.

Recalling the incident, Mila wrote: “I was no longer willing to subject myself to a naïve compromise that I had previously been willing to.”

Admitting that the exchange left her feeling ‘livid’ and ‘objectified’, Mila added: “The film made a lot of money and I did work in this town again, and again, and again. What this producer may never realise is that he spoke aloud the exact fear every woman feels when confronted with gender bias in the workplace.”

Things haven’t changed since Mila set up her own production company, either; indeed, she has been left just as frustrated by client emails referring to her as ‘Ashton’s wife and baby momma’.

Fed up of ‘her value being reduced to nothing more than her relationship to a successful man and her ability to bear children’, Mila issued a rallying cry at the end of her article.

“I’m done compromising; even more so, I’m done with being compromised. So, from this point forward, when I am confronted with one of these comments, subtle or overt, I will address them head-on,” she wrote.

There’s nothing left for us to say but: YES, Mila.

She made a name for herself as a Cheryl lookalike, but it seems Cher Lloyd is taking notes from the Kardashian-Jenners these days.

The former X Factor star has been back on our screens of late, and one glance at her Instagram feed tells us she’s ready to step back into the spotlight.

 

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The Swagger Jagger singer, now 23, took to the photo-blogging site to share a risqué lingerie selfie with her 2M-strong following – and it’s safe to say she has made quite the impression.

Indeed, Cher’s abs and incredible curves have not gone unnoticed or unappreciated, with the shot garnering over 74K likes in just 24 hours!

Cher’s latest post comes just weeks after she shared her more mature outlook on life and the music industry.

Reflecting on her path to fame, at the age of just 16, she told the Loose Women panel: “I was stroppy…I thought, I’ve just left school, I’m a big girl now, I know what I want to do, and no one’s going to tell me any different.”

 

Had such a great time on @loosewomen ! It's so nice to be back in the UK!

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“I thought I knew everything – but, very quickly, I learnt that I didn’t know anything,” she added.

Who’s putting down money on a Christmas single?

Looking ahead to the Christmas shopping and feeling the pinch in your pocket? Then prepare to weep.

Taylor Swift has just topped Forbes’ ‘Highest Paid Women in Music’ list, and we’re stuck between awe and despair!

Prepare yourselves – last year alone, the Bad Blood hit-maker earned a whopping $170m (just over €152m).

 

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At the age of just 26, Tay beat off competition from Adele, who came in second with annual earnings of $80.5m (just over €72.5m).

Remember those elaborate shows from her 1989 World Tour? The ones that featured the members of her squad? Well, they well and truly paid off.

Indeed, Forbes revealed that the tour catapulted Taylor to the top of the list, raking in a quarter-of-a-billion dollars for her.

Sharing the announcement today, the magazine said: “Taylor has completely overtaken everyone on her list due to the phenomenal success of her 1989 World Tour.”

“She played nearly twice as many dates as competitors like Adele and Rihanna during our scoring period, and managed to fill stadiums…throughout lucrative North American markets and beyond,” they added.

Any chance of a tenner, Tay?

She was the star of some of our favourite childhood movies, but Mara Wilson’s experience of Hollywood wasn’t all sweetness and light.

Now, the Matilda star is back with a new book, Where Am I Now?, to share the good, the bad and the downright ugly from her career as a child actress.

Currently on the promotional trail for her book, the 29-year-old appeared via live link on ITV’s Lorraine this morning, and she had a gorgeous story to share from her time filming Matilda.

Mara’s mother, Suzie, battled breast cancer during the filming of the Roald Dahl adaptation, and died shortly after the movie wrapped.

Unbeknownst to Mara at the time, however, Danny DeVito – who directed as well as starred in the film – actually showed Suzie an uncut version of the movie before she passed away.

“Knowing that Danny did that, it really did warm my heart because she [Suzie] was a part of the film until the very end,” Mara admitted.

The author didn’t hold back when it came to her experience in Hollywood either, admitting that she didn’t believe she had ‘that Hollywood beauty’ by the end of her career.

“That’s Hollywood for you…I went out on the same calls as Kristen Stewart – even though we’re two very different people – just because we happened to be two young brunettes,” she explained.

Mara added: “It’s just your height, your looks, your demographics; and that’s all it is. You have to look a certain way.”