One Direction at Madame Tussauds

Recently, One Direction were transformed into wax figures at the famous London museum, Madame Tussauds. It was a big honour for the group!

1D was figures
In 2013, the five members of One Direction had two sittings with the sculptors who were to create their wax figures for Madame Tussauds. The sculptors' biggest challenge was to capture the boys' playful cheeky smiles and show their true personalities.

TAKING HARRY'S MEASUREMENTS
Here, Harry is having his head measured by the sculptor's assistants. They took around 200 measurements and photos of each of the 1D boys. Zayn, Liam, Louis, Niall and Harry loved the experience!

SCULPTING ZAYN'S HEAD
This is Zayn's head... in clay. To create it, the sculptors made a wire frame. Then they worked the clay on the frame to form Zayn's head and face. They constantly checked the star's measurements using callipers.

LIAM'S PERFECT SMILE
To make the teeth for Liam's wax model, Liam had to bite into dental resin. The mould was then sent to a dental company which specializes in false teeth. The company spent four days making a set of teeth to reproduce Liam's perfect smile.

NIALL'S EYE COLOUR
Niall is having fun choosing from Tussauds' collection of 200 glasls eyes. To create the eyes for Niall's wax model, the eye-making experts measure his eye ball, pupil and iris. They then have to find the exact colour for his eyes. After ten hours, the eyes are ready. They have to be perfect -it's the eyes that will make Niall's model look real.

LOUIS COOL HAIR STYLE
The hair experts are trying to find the same colour as Louis' hair. Each hair is individually inserted into the model's head... and they use real human hair that has been donated to the museum. The hair is then washed, cut and styled.

Central Park

"It's surprising to find such a big park right iun the middle of Manhattan. One minute you're in the busy streets, the next you're in a park with trees and lakes. There are lots of people, but that's OK -the atmosphere is very relaxed. New Yorkers come to walk, jog, play football or just sit on the grass. It's breath of fresh air..."

In Central Park, there's a memorial to Beatles singer John Lennon. "Imagine" is Lennon's hit song about peace.

Jennifer Lawrence

Oscar-winning superstar and nice girl
Hunger games star Jennifer Lawrence is everywhere this month. I love English has some ideas on how to succeed like Jennifer...

MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS
Most actresses, if offered a role in The Hunger Games, would say "YES"! without hesitation. Not Jennifer Lawrence. She was worried that being famous would change her. She thought about the offer for three days, before accepting. Like Katniss in the films, Jennifer became a superstar overmight. But happily, she hasn't changed at all!

GIVE 100 PER CENT...
To prepare for her role in The Hunger Games, Jennifer worked very hard. She trained in archery four times a week, learnt tree and rock climbing, and had fitness and combat coaching. "If I look exhausted in the movie, that's definitely real," she says smiling.

LAUGH AT YOURSELF
Jennifer admits that she's not perfect. She's naturally  clumsy, and fell on the steps when she collected her first Oscar in front of Hollywood's most important stars. But she reacted to this embarrassing situation with humour. "You guys are just standing up because you fell bad that I fell", she said when the audience stood up in her honour.

Crazy: Intelligent phone and optical illusion

INTELLIGENT PHONE:
No one uses phone boxes any more. In most countries they have become obsolete, but not in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Here one hundred telephone boxes have been transformed into art. This one has a new life... as a giant brain!

OPTICAL ILLUSION
This girl, Lotte van der Acker, is crazy about photography. Her passion started at age ten when her mum bought her an old Pentax camera. Today Lotte has a tattoo of the camera on her arm. Now she will never forget her camera! Strange but true!

Music: Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke

Miley Cyrus started her career as Disney star Hannah Montana when she was 13 years old. But a lot has changed since then. Today, aged 20, Miley is more famous for her music than her acting. She has a new rock star image too. Her fourth album is out now. You're sure to love Miley's catchy single "We Can't Stop"!

Robin Thicke has written songs for many famous artists including Usher. Now he has his own hit album. It's called Blurred Lines, just like Robin's number-one single. Robin says that he wanted to enjoy himself and make fun album of pop songs. You can have fun too... dancing to the songs!

Bruno Mars

The new King of Pop
He's the talented showman who's had five Number Ones. Meet the new king!

for BIG SUCCESS
In just three years, Bruno Mars has become one of the biggest names in pop music. He has sold more than eight million albums around the world, and is now Hawaii's most popular export...

for ROCK, RAP, R&B, REGGAE
Bruno has many musical styles. There's work, rap, R&B and reggae. Hawaiians love reggae music, and many of Bruno's songs have reggae sound. Another influence on his music is "Doo-Wop", a type of rhythm and blues from the 1950s. It inspired the title of his first album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans.

for UNORTHODOX JUKEBOX
That's the name of Bruno's second album. He wrote the songs, but he didn't have a clear plan for the album. "It turned into this soulful, experimental, electronic, hard-to-explain thing," he says.

for NICKNAME
Bruno's real name is Peter Gene Hernandez. "Bruno" is his nickname that his father gave him when he was two years old. Bruno chose the "Mars" part later. He thought it sounded exciting and energetic, and was sure that a cool name would help his music career.

for ORIGINS
Bruno has Puerto Rican, Jewish, Filipino and spanish origins. He says growing up in Hawaii made h im the man he is. "Everybody in my family sings, everyone plays instruments," he says. By age four, he played in the family band. Soon he became known for this Elvis Presley impersonations.