3 d. ago Donald Trump awards British sitcom legend Michael Crawford a lifetime achievement award alongside Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor and rock legends Kiss

Crawford, 83, is widely remembered in Britain for his slapstick performance as Frank Spencer in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.

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2 w. ago Thomas Frank defends his ability to lead Spurs after Arsenal humiliation

Manager says ‘I’m 1000% sure I know how to build a team’Frank insists continuity under Arteta has helped ArsenalThomas Frank has given a robust defence of his credentials at Tottenham, saying he was entirely convinced of his ability to rebuild the club and lead it to success. The manager is under mounting pressure after Spurs’ 4-1 derby humiliation at Arsenal on Sunday, a result that extended a troubling run.Tottenham have won three of 11 matches in all competitions since the end of September and it has been as much about the lack of spark and identity in many of the performances. It was especially so against Arsenal when Frank set up in a 5-4-1 formation and watched his team fail to lay a glove on their rivals. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tottenham make instant Thomas Frank sack decision after thumping Arsenal defeat

Tottenham boss Thomas Frank is under pressure amid indifferent performances and an embarrassing defeat to North London rivals Arsenal - but the Dane’s job is safe for now

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2 w. ago Thomas Frank desperately needs a performance from his stalled Spurs team

Tottenham manager can afford a midweek defeat in Paris, but the same does not apply to Fulham’s visit on SaturdayWelcome, then, to another of those Spurs weeks, where the executives are deeply concerned and it is impossible to ignore the sense of foreboding. The 4-1 derby humiliation at Arsenal on Sunday ensured the club are playing a game of crisis-baton hot potato with Liverpool and surely the last thing that the manager, Thomas Frank, needs is a Champions League trip to Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night.This is not the real fear because it is just about possible to paint the game against the European champions as a free hit. Even in the best of times, nobody would have expected much from Tottenham there and, with two wins and two draws from four matches in the competition, they can afford to lose this one. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Eberechi Eze adds an ‘aura’ to Arsenal, says delighted Mikel Arteta

‘When a player has such a talent, these things happen’Frank ‘disappointed’ by Spurs’ performance in 4-1 lossMikel Arteta credited Eberechi Eze for adding an “aura” to the Arsenal team after he scored the first hat-trick of his career to haunt Tottenham and send Arsenal six points clear at the top of the Premier League.Eze was close to joining Spurs from Crystal Palace in the summer before they were gazumped by their north London rivals and the England international made them pay after Leandro Trossard had opened the scoring. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Inseparable, sensuous and confident, the Kessler twins were pioneers of variety show culture

Alice and Ellen Kessler, who died by joint assisted suicide this week, entertained – and occasionally scandalised – Europe with their glitzy and subversive pop music and classically informed dance• The Kessler twins die together aged 89 – newsWhen Dean Martin announced the Kessler sisters’ appearance on his show in 1966, he remarked that he had been desperate to book them not just because the German-born dancer-singers were “so pretty and so talented”, but “also because they’re twins, that means there are two of them”. “They’re a double,” he added with a nod to his half-drunk crooner persona, “and there’s nothing I like more than a double”.The two sisters, who died by joint assisted suicide earlier this week, also performed with Frank Sinatra, Harry Belafonte and Fred Astaire, but the American market never impressed them much. In 1964 they turned down a role in Elvis’s Viva Las Vegas for fear of being pigeonholed in American musical comedies. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Famous Kessler Twins 'no longer wished to live' and died by suicide on same day

Alice and Ellen Kessler rose to fame in the 1950s and 1960s after escaping East Germany

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3 w. ago Kessler Twins who performed with Frank Sinatra die by assisted suicide on same day

Police were informed Monday that the 89-year-olds had opted for ‘assisted suicide’

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3 w. ago The Kessler Twins sisters Alice and Ellen die together aged 89

German pop duo who last year said their wish was ‘to leave together’ had joint assisted death at their home in GrünwaldAlice and Ellen Kessler, the pop singing sisters who were famous in Europe in the 1960s, especially in Italy where they were credited for bringing glamour to the country’s TV network, have died aged 89.The identical twins had chosen to have a joint assisted death at their home in Grünwald, close to Munich, on Monday, said Wega Wetzel, a spokesperson for Deutsche Gesellschaft für Humanes Sterben (DGHS), a Berlin-based assisted dying association. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Heartbreaking final wish of Kessler twins who died by assisted suicide on same day

Alice and Ellen Kessler, known to generations of fans as the 'Kessler Twins, made their last wishes crystal clear in their final years, expressing a shared heartfelt hope as they considered their deaths

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3 w. ago Kessler Twins who performed with Frank Sinatra choose to die on same day

Police were informed Monday that the 89-year-olds had opted for ‘assisted suicide’

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3 w. ago Famous Kessler Twins die by assisted suicide on the same day in Germany

Alice and Ellen Kessler, who worked with the likes of Frank Sinatra, have died on the same day

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3 w. ago Legendary identical twin TV stars die on the same day as tributes paid

It has been reported that the Kessler twins, who were born in 1936 and performed across Europe and the US, have died on the same day at the age of 89 in their home in Germany

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3 w. ago Famous Kessler Twins die by assisted suicide on the same day

Twin sisters who worked with entertainers including Frank Sinatra and Fred Astaire have died on the same day

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3 w. ago Famous twin sisters who performed with Frank Sinatra choose to end their lives together on the same day

The Kessler twins - a German entertainment duo who became famous both in the US and throughout Europe beginning in the 1950s - have died at 89 after choosing to end their lives together.

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