St Mirren defender Conor McCarthy hopes Scottish Cup success can ease pain of top six failure

Wishaw boss David Dunn has urged the community to back them as they try to climb the West of Scotland League Conference C table.

Happy Ange Postecoglou praised his Celtic side for making it 20 games unbeaten in the Premiership and insisted there is still plenty more success to come from his table-toppers.

Ross ‘The Boss’ Montgomery insists chats with world number one Gerwyn Price will help him in his quest to improve after an impressive PDC bow.

Shotts boss John McKeown says his side are in a good position as they head into the final straight in the West of Scotland Conference A title race.

Staff at an Ayrshire nursery have been praised for their “consistently warm” and “nurturing” approach to the children under their care.

Anna Marie de la Fuente It’s a new dawn for Chile’s audiovisual industry. When Gabriel Boric, Chile’s youngest (at 35) and most left-leaning president since Salvador Allende, was elected in December, his pledge to more than double the state’s contribution to the arts was greeted with great fanfare.After all, Chile’s prodigious film output this past decade has been remarkable despite the scant public support it has received.“If everything we have achieved in the last 10 years was done with so little money, imagine what we can achieve with an increase in audiovisual funding!” says Constanza Arena, executive director of Chile’s film promotion org, CinemaChile.In recent years, Chile has triumphed at the Oscars, starting when Pablo Larraín’s “No” was nominated for international feature in 2012, and culminating in an Oscar win for Sebastian Lelio’s “A Fantastic Woman” in 2017.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Key Chilean projects being moved at this year’s European Film Market:AlisDirectors: Clare Weiskopf and Nicolás van HemelryckCasatarántula produced this Chile-Colombia-Romania doc along with Pantalla Cines and Defilm. Produced by Alexandra Galvis and Radu Stancu, it world premieres at Berlinale’s Generation 14plus sidebar.

Emiliano De Pablos Barcelona-based Filmax has picked up international sales rights to psychological thriller “Girl Unknown” (“La desconocida”), the sophomore film by Spanish director Pablo Maqueda (“Dear Werner”).The film is based on the hit play “Grooming,” penned by Paco Bezerra, which has been adapted in more than 10 countries. Filmax is launching the film with a first promo at the European Film Market.Produced by Spain’s Elamedia Estudio, La Fragua Producciones and Fórmula Cine, “Girl Unknown” shot on locations in Madrid and Albacete, and is currently in post.Maqueda, Bezerra and writer-producer Haizea G.

Christopher Vourlias Two-time Berlinale prize winner Małgorzata Szumowska (“Body,” “Mug”) will write and direct “The Gambler Wife,” a revelatory portrait of novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s wife Anna Snitkina, to be produced by Russia’s Hype Film, Variety can reveal.Adapted from Andrew D. Kaufman’s book “The Gambler Wife: A True Story of Love, Risk, and the Woman Who Saved Dostoyevsky,” the film tells the story of the courageous woman who saved the life of the Russian literary icon and, as the first Russian woman to found her own publishing house, became a pioneer in the country’s literary history.Ilya Stewart of Hype Film (“Petrov’s Flu,” “Persian Lessons”) will produce in collaboration with Polish production company Nowhere.

Kelly Osborne has been very active on social media since returning last month after taking an extended break from it, and fans have been delighted – until now.MORE: Kelly Osbourne reveals utter devastation following tragic lossOn Wednesday night, Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne's daughter posted a very controversial picture onto her Stories, showing a pizza covered with peas.WATCH: Kelly Osbourne's emotional update on her sobriety journey"If you don't put peas on your pizza... you ain't living!" she wrote alongside a picture of a Margherita pizza completely covered in them.READ: Sharon Osbourne announces huge TV news amid Whoopi Goldberg suspensionRELATED: Sharon Osbourne breaks silence as Whoopi Goldberg is suspended from The ViewMinutes later, the 37-year-old began resharing her friends' opinions on the matter, and it's clear they were all very taken aback by her suggestion.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorGlobal Screen has secured a presale of the female-led drama “Lost Transport” to Menemsha Films for the U.S. and Canada ahead of the European Film Market in Berlin.Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of the final days of World War II when German soldiers abandon a deportation train, leaving the fate of its occupants in the hands of advancing Russian troops.

Tom Hanks, Gerard Butler, Evan Rachel Wood and Rosamund Pike headline projects being brought onto Berlin’s virtual European Film Market.Just how large its top-tier offers may be is, and the volume of deals, are still open for debate.“Very compact,” Constantin’s Martin Moszkowicz said mid-last week of the EFM, which swelled somewhat thanks to a flurry of title announcements on Feb. 4, followed by a steady trickle of big unveils.“The EFM does not look like it will have the comparable volume of the AFM,” Mister Smith’s David Garrett said.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFrançois Ozon, the prolific and provocative French director who won the Berlinale’s 2018 Golden Bear Award with “By the Grace of God,” is returning to the festival with “Peter von Kant” which will world premiere on opening night. A twist on Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s cult film “The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant,” Ozon’s movie has Denis Menochet playing the tormented filmmaker, opposite Isabelle Adjani, who stars as his muse. Like the original film, “Peter von Kant” is about a film about love, jealousy and domination.

J. Kim Murphy Hollywood Teamsters Local 399 have voted in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract with the industry’s major employers.

The January transfer window signings at Bolton Wanderers have made a big difference at the club and standards have been lifted, defender Will Aimson believes.

Spotify-exclusive podcast The Joe Rogan Experience this week, both on-stage and during an episode of the podcast itself.Rogan’s podcast recently prompted protest from the likes of Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Graham Nash and Nils Lofgren, with the musicians pulling their catalogues from the streaming platform.Young sparked the exodus late last month, when he requested his music be taken off Spotify, citing the platform “spreading false information about vaccines” and specifically targeting Rogan.It came after hundreds of scientists and medical professionals asked Spotify to address COVID misinformation on its platform, sparked by comments made on Rogan’s podcast – calling the host’s actions “not only objectionable and offensive but also medically and culturally dangerous”.In response, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said that, while the platform wouldn’t be severing ties with the controversial figure, they would be adding content advisories to podcast episodes which discussed COVID-19, directing users to their dedicated information hub.Rogan himself addressed the boycott on Instagram, telling fans: “I don’t always get it right. I will do my best to try to balance out these more controversial viewpoints with other people perspectives so we can maybe find a better point of view.”Shortly after, Rogan found himself embroiled in controversy again when songwriter India.Arie shared a video that compiled instances the podcast host had used the N-word on his podcast.

PENTAGON’s Yeo One will be temporarily halting his scheduled activities after sustaining injuries in a car accident.The K-pop idol’s agency, CUBE Entertainment, released a statement earlier today (February 10) announcing that Yeo One would be absent from the group’s upcoming activities, as well as updating fans on his condition following the incident.“On the early morning of February 9, while returning home after wrapping up an individual scheduled activity, [Yeo One] suffered a car accident from the vehicle of a drunk driver,” CUBE Entertainment said, as translated by Soompi. CUBE Entertainment noted that the singer visited the emergency room and received medical treatment immediately after the accident, but had proceeded with the planned live broadcast of Idol Live School: Homecoming Day on the day same day due to “a diagnosis of minor symptoms and Yeo One’s personal strong will”.[공지] 안녕하세요. 큐브 엔터테인먼트입니다.

Jack Antonoff has elaborated on his issues with Damon Albarn in a new interview, following the latter’s controversial comments about Taylor Swift two weeks ago.The producer and Bleachers frontman was recently a guest on The What, a podcast hosted by broadcaster Brad Steiner, to promote his upcoming appearance at the 2022 Bonnaroo Festival. During the conversation, however, the topic of Albarn was raised when Antonoff and Steiner got into a discussion on songwriting.Albarn, best known as the frontman of Blur and Gorillaz, was interviewed by The LA Times last month to promote his recent solo album ‘The Nearer the Fountain, More Pure the Stream Flows’ and his upcoming shows in the city.During the interview, Albarn falsely claimed that Taylor Swift doesn’t write her own songs, and that co-writing “doesn’t count” towards being called a songwriter.“Obviously, it’s completely absurd and everyone knows that,” Antonoff said during the podcast with regards to Albarn’s comments.“You’re talking about one of the greatest songwriters of our generation who has her name as the only name on many songs.

Full House star passed away last month aged 65.Saget was found dead by authorities in a Florida hotel room on January 9, the day after he had performed a stand-up comedy set in Jacksonville. While no cause of death was shared at the time, the sheriff’s office noted no signs of foul play or drug use had been found.In a new statement shared by Saget’s family, authorities had confirmed he died as a result of head trauma.

Jennifer Lopez, 52, has worn many hats in the entertainment industry, including actress, singer, dancer, producer, clothing designer and perfumer — but no title means more to her than “mom.” The Bronx native is the mother to twins Max and Emme, 13, with her ex-husband Marc Anthony, 53. Find out everything you need to know about the teenagers here.

Jennifer Aniston, 52, has famously never settled down with a family of her own. After years of scrutiny and questioning about her decision to not have children, we’ve gathered all the moments the Friends actress has spoken out against the rampant sexism still prevalent in our culture and how her not having kids shouldn’t even be a “famous” thing to take note of in the first place.

St Mirren Hall of Famer Doug Somner managed in 1979, with the prolific forward bagging an incredible 35 goals in his first season in the stripes.McGarvey had been the Buddies top goalscorer for three seasons, scintillating form that persuaded Liverpool’s legendary boss Bob Paisley to bring the striker to Anfield.Undoubtedly huge boots to fill, but Somner wasted little time in helping his new club quickly forget about what they’d lost - becoming just the second Saints player to finish as top scorer in the Scottish top flight.The former Partick Thistle man revealed his goalscoring exploits at Firhill prepared him mentally for the pressure which was to come his way after St Mirren manager Jim Clunie splashed £100,000 on his signature.Speaking

Leon Balogun has committed his future to the club by penning a one-year contract extension. The defender has been an instant hit this season, helping claim hte title after arriving from Wigan last summer.The Nigeria cap, who has turned out 28 times for the side in all competition, will now remain at Ibrox until 2022.

Steven Gerrard agrees with John Kennedy over "inconsistencies" with how the SFA handle cases including Celtic's trip to Dubai. It comes after the interim Parkhead boss was irked by comments he perceived as the Ibrox manager wanting Nathan Patterson to get off lightly due to his burgeoning potential.

Scottish Cup fourth round clash between Celtic and Rangers. The referee will be assisted by David McGeachie and Graeme Stewart, with Kevin Clancy as the fourth official on derby day.

Celtic after their appeal date was set for AFTER the rivals' Scottish Cup clash. Nathan Patterson, Bongani Zungu and Calvin Bassey will eligible for the Ibrox showdown on Saturday, April 17.

Scottish Cup derby between Rangers and Celtic has been selected for TV on Saturday afternoon. The Glasgow giants each booked their place in the Scottish Cup fourth round, with Celtic beating Falkirk at Parkhead on Saturday before the draw was made on Sunday afternoon.

James Tavernier will be looking to ensure his next contract reflects an incredible contribution to the Ibrox cause.Record Sport revealed last night that the right-back is set to open talks on a new deal that will ensure he is tied down well into his thirties.The 29-year-old has been a key man in the club's first title in a decade as he racked up incredible goal and assist numbers until his season was interrupted by injury in late February.With a year left on his contract, there will have to be agreement or the club could lose a valuable asset for nothing under freedom of contract.While top prospect Nathan Patterson is waiting in the wings as a ready-made replacement, it seems unlikely the Ibrox management team would want to lose such a star

Scottish Cup derby in the fourth round later this month. The champions put the game well out of sight by half-time in the knowledge that any win would see them face Celtic in a fortnight's time following Sunday afternoon's fourth and fifth round draws.

Scottish Cup third round. Hibs take on Queen of the South on Monday night but first up Premiership champions Rangers host Cove at Ibrox.

Steven Gerrard will have Nathan Patterson, Bongani Zungu and Calvin Bassey available to him for their Scottish Cup third round clash with Cove Rangers. The Ibrox side have appealed their six-game suspension for breaking strict lockdown rules and are awaiting a hearing date from the SFA.

St Mirren goalkeeper Jak Alnwick, who believes the club will benefit massively from their top six miss heartache.The Buddies have relied on Alnwick’s heroics to save their bacon more than once this season.But even he couldn’t pull off a miracle stop to deny Hamilton’s David Munro a devastating equaliser that put paid to the Paisley club’s top half ambitions for this season.Alnwick insists he and his young teammates will learn from their errors.And while he hopes their top six hopes don’t hinge on their last game again next season, he’s confident the Saints would enjoy a better outcome even if they did.Speaking exclusively to Express Sport, he said: “Every part of football is a learning curve.“I’ve had to suffer relegation on the last day of

St Mirren are doing all they can to tie down their key players - but admits some may move on this summer.Several of the Buddies big hitters, including Jake Doyle-Hayes, Marcus Fraser and Ilkay Durmus, are all yet to sign on the dotted line to commit to stay in Paisley next season.Goodwin revealed talks are ongoing but the Saints manager does expect some players to move on to pastures new come the end of the current campaign.He told Express Sport: “We’re in negotiations with a number of players who are out of contract.“We don’t want to lose too many from the current squad, but there will be players leaving. That’s just the nature of the business.“I’ve had those conversations with the players involved but I won’t go into it in detail.

CRAIG:Rangers are the best team in the country right now. The Premiership table tells you that.

Jim Goodwin says he’s dumbfounded as to why beleaguered boss Stephen Kenny hasn’t called up any of his Irish Buddies for international duty.The St Mirren manager watched his country plummet to a new low when they suffered an embarrassing 1-0 defeat at home to minnows Luxembourg last weekend.And frustrated Goodwin insists it’s high time his star players got the recognition they deserve, believing they are being excluded simply because of the perceived size of the Paisley club.He said: “I don’t see why Conor McCarthy, Jamie McGrath and Jake Doyle-Hayes shouldn’t be at least in Kenny’s consideration when he’s drawing up his squad.“Stephen’s got a hard enough job on his hands as it is, with far too many ex-players from Ireland sticking the