Key talking points as sub Kyle McAllister inspires St Mirren to late St Johnstone win

Guy Lodge Film CriticFor many of us, the first mental image prompted by the name Karen Blixen is of a radiant Meryl Streep, resplendent in oatmeal linen and undulating safari hat, romantically lit in the tawny Kenyan dusk. If you wish that to remain the case, best to steer clear of “The Pact” — not that Bille August’s flat, unflattering portrait of the older Blixen should be appointment viewing for anyone.

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Minecraft were discovered on a group of youth’s phones.As reported by Moscow Times (via Eurogamer), three teens – Nikita Uvarov, Denis Mikhailenko, and Bogdan Andreyev – were all 14 when they were arrested in 2020 for hanging political leaflets around an FSB building in Siberia. The FSB is Russia’s security service, and is the successor of the KGB.The trio have since been found guilty of “undergoing training for the purpose of carrying out terrorist activities,” which the state says includes plotting to blow up an FSB building they had constructed in Minecraft.This was discovered via the teens’ phones, which – as well as showing a plot to blow up the building in Minecraft – allegedly also included videos of them making pyrotechnics and throwing Molotov cocktails at a wall.Now, Uvarov has been issued a five year sentence to be carried out at a penal colony, whilst Mikhailenko and Andreyev were given three and four-year suspended sentences respectively.Before being given a harsher sentence for his part in the Minecraft “plot”, Uvarov was kept at a pre-trial detention centre where he says he was put under mental and physical pressure.In his closing statement to court, Uvarov said “I am not a terrorist, I am not guilty,” and added that he “would just like to finish my studies, get an education and go somewhere far away from here, somewhere I don’t irritate anyone from the special services.”Earlier in the week, it was announced that the ‘My Wedding Stories‘ pack for The Sims 4 will not launch in Russia due to the country’s homophobic law.

Liam Gallagher has confirmed that Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig will feature on his upcoming new solo album ‘C’MON YOU KNOW’ on a track called ‘Moscow Rules’.The follow-up to Gallagher’s 2019 LP ‘Why Me? Why Not.’ is set for release on May 27, and was previewed recently by the single ‘Everything’s Electric’.‘Everything’s Electric’ was co-written by Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl, and Gallagher has now confirmed that Koenig is another big-name contributor to the record.Speaking to Jasper Leijdens on the KINK IN TOUCH WITH podcast this week, Gallagher revealed that the Vampire Weekend frontman features on a track called ‘Moscow Rules’.“Ezra plays some mad instruments on a song called ‘Moscow Rules’,” Gallagher said. “We wrote that one together with Andrew [Wyatt].”The official tracklist for ‘C’MON YOU KNOW’ has yet to be announced, but you can pre-order the record here.Gallagher performed his latest single ‘Everything’s Electric’ live for the first time earlier this week at this year’s BRIT Awards.The former Oasis frontman is set to tour this year in support of ‘C’MON YOU KNOW’, including two sold-out gigs at Knebworth.

Beyond Good And Evil 2 is still only in the pre-production stage at Ubisoft.This comes from a recent Bloomberg report that had spoken to developers on the title. In video games pre-production often refers to the planning phase, where certain concepts and ideas are being fine-tuned and outlined, although no such specifics are given in the Bloomberg article.Beyond Good And Evil 2 was announced at Ubisoft’s E3 2017 presentation five years ago, and it was said that the game would have multiple planets to explore and use a procedural generation tool in its design.It was also announced at E3 2018 that HitRecord – founded by actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt – would be crowdsourcing fan work to put into the game.

Tim Gray Senior Vice PresidentAfter Oscar nominations were announced Feb. 8, the buzz seems equally centered on who was nominated and who wasn’t.There’s an impressive roster of work in both categories.

Things are getting even messier after Travis Scott, Kanye West and Billie Eilish first made headlines for an apparent feud on social media. It all started when Kanye—otherwise known as Ye—demanded that Billie apologize to Travis after reports claimed she “dissed” the rapper’s Astroworld tragedy during one of her own concerts. Now, the “SICKO MODE” rapper seems to have picked a side in this squabble.

Gigi Hadid's 1-year-old daughter, Khai, is proving she's a mini version of her style-savvy mom. The 26-year-old model recently shared a rare photo of her daughter, whom she shares with ex Zayn Malik, posing in checkered jeans and a custom denim jacket with her name embroidered on the back. Hadid rarely shows pics of the little girl and has never shown her face before, but it's clear that Khai already has some fashionista tendencies like her famous mother. A post shared by Gigi Hadid (@gigihadid)«She's just so smart, and she's so aware,» Hadid recently said of her daughter in a cover story for. «She watches everything, she's always learning, she's always looking.

St Mirren failed to make the most of the key moments in their loss to Rangers. The Buddies were hoping to make it back-to-back wins after beating Ross County on Boxing Day.

Rangers but Steven Gerrard's team know they can only afford to take things one game at a time. There may be a defining Old Firm encounter looming on the horizon but first up for the Ibrox side is a trip to St Mirren as they look to take their winning momentum into the weekend.

St Mirren unscathed. Steven Gerrard 's side hold a 16 point lead at the top of the Premiership, albeit having played three games more than Celtic.

Rangers earlier this month. Now the Buddies boss is hoping to guide his side to a second victory over the Ibrox club when Steven Gerrard’s men return to Paisley this afternoon.

Jim Goodwin has called on referees to be "brave" when assessing penalty shouts against Rangers. Steven Gerrard 's side have yet to have a spot kick given against them in the Premiership this season, the only team not to concede a penalty.

Jim Goodwin finally accepted something was wrong. The St Mirren boss suffered a fractured skull in 2006 in a season-opener between Scunthorpe and Bristol City after clashing heads with Liam Fontaine.

St Mirren player's Christmas list.But for Jim Goodwin the difficult away day got even more complicated when the Scottish Government revealed the country would be plunging into tier four from today.That threw the club's already tricky pre-match plans into disarray, with the Saints now left munching on leftover sandwiches on their trip up to Dingwall this morning.Goodwin hopes his side can use their recent experience of dealing with adversity to help them come back down the road with a haul of three points.He told Express Sport: “Ross County is always a really difficult away day.

Hibs tonight.St Mirren suffered a painful 3-0 hammering from Jack Ross’ side in September after coronavirus denied the hosts their three first choice goalkeepers.Emergency loan signing Zdenek Zlamal was unable to stop the Leith side dishing out a heavy beating in Paisley, but Saints captain Shaughnessy believes his side are a different animal heading to Easter Road this evening.The experienced defender also revealed Jim Goodwin’s side always had belief they could turn their ill-fortune, with the coronavirus outbreak in camp eventually bringing them closer together as a squad.Shaughnessy told Express Sport: “We’re getting the whole squad together now and we were always confident in ourselves when we were going through that bad run.“We knew

St Mirren may yet see their SPFL ruling overturned.The Buddies were dished out two 3-0 forfeits after postponing games with Motherwell and Hamilton for breaching covid protocols.The Paisley club have appealed against the decision alongside Kilmarnock, with a decision still yet to be made on the final outcome.Goodwin told Express Sport: “I don’t want to speculate on the outcome. We feel that we’ve put a really strong case forward.“It’s important to have a look around at the rest of the world and see how other associations are dealing with things.“There’s games being cancelled in the English Football League and the understanding is there from the leaders within the game that it’s a global pandemic.

Jim Goodwin despite Hibs repeatedly pillaging Paisley. Ross raided the Buddies on deadline day to complete the six-figure capture of their captain Kyle Magennis.That resulted in a somewhat frosty statement being released by the Saints, citing the player’s desire to move away as the reason they allowed the fans’ favourite to head east.Hibs also signed Paul McGinn from St Mirren in January, with the right-back emerging as one of the capital club’s most consistent performers this calendar year, earning a Scotland call-up in October.

Jim Goodwin revealed the club expect to wrap up an extended deal for Jake Doyle-Hayes.The former Aston Villa midfielder has been a revelation since joining in November, with the 21-year-old a driving force behind the club’s current 11-match unbeaten run.Doyle-Hayes has yet to taste defeat while donning the stripes, and delighted boss Goodwin is over the moon he’ll be able to call on his services for much longer having only initially agreed a deal until the end of this season when he joined last month.Goodwin told Express Sport: “Jake was one of those unfortunate youngsters who, due to covid and the financial restrictions in England, saw clubs reducing the size of their squads and he was overlooked.“However, that worked to our advantage

St Mirren ’s dramatic late wins show just how far the club has progressed. The Buddies showed bravery to push for a winner against Rangers in their League Cup quarter-final, before displaying their class to unpick St Johnstone and seal a win that pushed them up the Premiership table.

Premiership team, the Saints have now hit six goals in their last two matches against Rangers and St Johnstone. Goodwin paid tribute to his determined players for not giving up on both occasions by seeking out winners that resulted in two superb 3-2 victories.He said: “We’ve been well criticised for our lack of goals of late, but that’s six goals in two games last week which is fantastic.

Rangers’ late equaliser and still produce a knockout winner.And now he’s backing his battle-weary troops to rally themselves and take the fight to St Johnstone to lift themselves up the Premiership table and away from the drop zone.The Saints produced a massive League Cup upset on Wednesday night to stop Steven Gerrard’s runaway team in their tracks in Paisley, inflicting the Ibrox side’s first defeat this season.Goodwin is hoping his boys can back up the monumental win by toppling the Perthshire Saints this afternoon, with a win potentially lifting St Mirren up as high as seventh.He told Express Sport: “When it goes 2-2 that late you fear the worst as you look at the players that Rangers have got on the bench.“It was scary when they made

Rangers captain James Tavernier heading into this quarter-final, and rightly so.The English full-back was posting the sort of goals and assists stats that most Premiership strikers would be proud of.Saints boss Jim Goodwin knew that shutting down the classy defender was pivotal to their chances of success on Wednesday night, and he turned to Brandon Mason who pulled that off with aplomb.It was a big call to make any changes to the side that had done so well to leave Fir Park with all three points last Saturday, but Goodwin knew that he couldn't risk playing winger Ilkay Durmus on the left flank due to the danger posed by Tavernier.While Durmus is excellent going forward, his strength does not lie in defending and on-loan Coventry City

Jim Goodwin paid tribute to his incredible Buddies and insisted they deserved their moment in the sun after putting in a “monumental” effort. The Saints were understandably underdogs heading into their League Cup quarter-final clash against Steven Gerrard’s Rangers, with the Ibrox side unbeaten in 27 games ahead of last night’s clash.

St Mirren face Livingston in the semi-final early next year and Goodwin said: “I said to the players after the game they have beaten two big clubs in Scotland in Aberdeen and Rangers and there is no point doing that if you are not going to go all the way. “I am not saying we are going to win the cup but we genuinely believe we can.

Rangers wore a vintage blue kit but if the history of success imbued in those colours scared St Mirren it didn't show. Jim Goodwin's side fell behind early to a Connor Goldson strike but refused to accept the inevitable as they rallied to secure a huge Betfred Cup shock.

Betfred Cup showdown. Andrew Dallas was poised to be the man in the middle but has been forced into a late withdrawal through injury.Dickinson, who was originally appointed as fourth official, will now take over from the injured whistler.It's a huge turn of events for the rookie whistler, who has taken charge of mainly League One and Two clashes this season.Rangers visit Paisley to face the Buddies for a place in the last four draw, set to take place later on Wednesday night.

Betfred Cup quarter-final showdown in Paisley. Rangers are in town as the Premiership leaders step up their hunt for a first major trophy under Steven Gerrard.

Steven Gerrard believes the form of both his side and St Mirren will make their League Cup quarter-final clash one to savour. While the Ibrox side are currently unbeaten in 27 matches, the Buddies are also on a streak of their own as they head into the tie looking to make it 10 games without tasting defeat.

Steven Gerrard ’s rampant Rangers side. But he believes he has one of the best goalkeepers in the country to keep his team in it if the visitors do break through his stubborn Saints defence.St Mirren head into tomorrow night’s League Cup quarter-final clash as the latest club in Europe to try and beat the on-form Ibrox side this campaign.