6 h. ago Russell Mael: ‘Describe myself in three words? One handsome dude’

The Sparks singer on shoplifting red liquorice as a child, a head-to-head with Godzilla, and underselling his life storyBorn in California, Russell Mael, 76, and his brother, Ron, first recorded under the names the Urban Renewal Project and Halfnelson, before becoming Sparks in 1972. Two years later, they relocated to London and had a hit with their song This Town Ain’t Big Enough for Both of Us. More recently, they composed a radio opera, The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman, collaborated with Franz Ferdinand in supergroup FFS, and released a film, Annette, which won five César awards in 2022. Their 28th studio album is Mad! and their tour comes to the UK in June. Mael lives in California.What was your most embarrassing moment? Signing away the rights to my life story to a major motion-picture company for a sum that I have since been told was way below the market rate. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Mourners left terrified as ‘dead man comes back to life' at his own wake

A video of the bizarre scene appears to show the moment when the man 'came back to life' inside a coffin in his home in Peru, just days before his funeral was due to take place

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5 d. ago ‘The scariest moment of my life’ London residents describe terrifying tornado

‘The scariest moment of my life’ London residents describe terrifying tornado  FOX 56 News

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6 d. ago Insane moment jockey holds on for dear life as French rider clings onto TWO horses at once after falling off favourite during jump

The crowd were cheering on their favourites for success in the race, with the horses still grouped together as those watching on waiting in anticipation to see who would emerge as the front-runner.

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8 d. ago I want a relationship, not out of love or passion, but out of fear of the future. Is this selfish? | Leading questions

Lots of the reasons we want a relationship boil off to not much liking the look of life without one, advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith writes. Luckily, lots of people want a relationship for partly these reasonsRead more Leading questionsI’ve come to a moment in my life I never expected; I’m contemplating starting a relationship, not out of love or passion, but out of fear – fear of the future. I always thought I’d be above such reasoning. But witnessing illness up close, seeing the care my father received from his wife and us children, the comfort of not being alone in a hospital bed, shook me more than I was prepared for.It’s a quiet but profound shift inside me. I stopped seeking out companionship a few years ago, deliberately. I did try but none of the few women I dated stirred anything close to love in me. So, as a 55-year-old man, I told myself it just wasn’t worth it: the arguments, the jealousy, the constant need to defend one’s need for solitude – especially for someone...

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2 w. ago What links butterfly, air, French and Glasgow? The Saturday quiz

From Barbarian invasions and lead poisoning to Saturday Night Fever and the shipping forecast, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz1 What did Thomas Austin notoriously introduce to Australia in 1859?2 Which social media site’s founder is married to Serena Williams?3 What shipping forecast area is named after a UK city?4 What is the chemical formula for diamond?5 Which literary character loved “life; London; this moment of June”?6 Where did Eoka fight against British rule?7 What contains 42 vowels and 56 consonants?8 Which monarch commissioned and was depicted in the Wilton Diptych?What links: 9 Do the Right Thing; Goodfellas; Moonstruck; Radio Days; Saturday Night Fever?10 Lena; Mackenzie; Ob; Yenisey; Yukon?11 Encyclopedia Britannica (2010); New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2001); Oxford English Dictionary (1989)?12 Air; butterfly; chef’s; French, Glasgow?13 Barbarian invasions; Christianity; homosexuality; lead poisoning; plague?14 Sarazen; Hogan; Player; Nicklau...

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2 w. ago National Lottery winner has just five words to say after seeing sum in bank account

A lottery winner has opened up about the moment they discovered they'd won a life-changing prize on the National Lottery - and their five word response after seeing the money online

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2 w. ago Rangers legend Duncan Ferguson admits being £4m in debt was lowest moment

Duncan Ferguson tells how he went from riches to rags, finding himself trapped in millions of pounds of debt like many other football legends.

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2 w. ago Duncan Ferguson's lowest moment of life as he asked 'how the hell had it come to this'

'I was 26 when I married Janine, who was a year younger, at the Anglican Cathedral in Liverpool on June 26, 1998. It was a 12.30 kick-off. Janine was late, but worth the wait.'

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2 w. ago Mum 'never say 'no' to second helpings of dinner' but life changing moment spurred her to change

A mum-of-two says she looks better than she did in her 20s after she ditched second helpings of dinner and clocked 10k steps a day to help her shed the mummy tummy

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2 w. ago DUNCAN FERGUSON The humiliation of bankruptcy and the lowest moment of my life

Duncan Ferguson,the Everton hero, reveals how he went from riches to rags, finding himself trapped in millions of pounds of debt like many other football legends, and that being jailed for headbutting a player was not his only low point

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2 w. ago Susan Boyle's net worth and 'weekly allowance' after unforgettable 'life changing' moment on Britain's Got Talent

Susan Boyle is back in the public eye, 16 years after she became an overnight sensation when she appeared on Britain's Got Talent in 2009 with her performance of I Dreamed a Dream from Les Misérables

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3 w. ago Mourners at controversial bishop’s funeral told one moment cannot define a life

Brendan Comiskey, who died this week at the age of 89, resigned as bishop of the Ferns dioceses in 2002 over his handling of clerical abuse claims.

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3 w. ago Incredible moment man runs for his life from rampaging POLAR BEAR caught on camera

A man was seen fleeing in terror, shooting his rifle, jumping a fence and speeding away on a snowmobile after he was chased by a huge polar bear in Svalbard, Norway

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3 w. ago Terrifying moment man runs for his life from rampaging polar bear after his desperate attempt to shoot the beast failed

Residents of the tiny village of Pyramiden had been trying to scare off bears after one had been spotted sniffing around residents' snowmobiles.

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3 w. ago Moment BMW biker rammed off road by car before suffering life

Terrifying dash-cam footage has shown the moment a dad was rammed off his bike and onto the road as he attempted to overtake a vehicle.

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4 w. ago Meet the man dubbed the 'Brantford Boomer' and how a viral moment is taking over his life

Meet the man dubbed the 'Brantford Boomer' and how a viral moment is taking over his life  CBC

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4 w. ago Teen caused horrendous injuries to pensioner who was just waiting in a burger van queue

'Just take a moment to think what life must be like for the victim. The pain, inconvenience and loss he has suffered as a result of what you did'

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4 w. ago Pensioner was just waiting in a queue for food then this teen left him with horrendous injuries

'Just take a moment to think what life must be like for the victim. The pain, inconvenience and loss he has suffered as a result of what you did'

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4 w. ago Horror moment saw woman, 25, 'partially decapitate' herself on holiday in Turkey

Becca Reed, 25, was on holiday with a friend in Turkey when the horrific accident happened

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