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Kris Jenner has grown to understand her kids having their own children despite not being married.

Steve Clarke has reacted to Armenia fans throwing bottles towards Lewis Ferguson, the Scotland boss claiming he was more concerned with that than with handbags between the players.

Bullish Anthony Ralston rushed to the defence of Scotland teammate Lewis Ferguson during a bad-tempered Nations League clash with Armenia.

Raging Arman Hovhannisyan was sent off for Armenia against Scotland for a shocking headbutt - just days after lobbing a bottle at a linesman.

John Souttar has been left out of the Scotland squad to face Armenia after suffering an injury blow.

KEITH JACKSON : At his most vulnerable point. The mob is gathering after Saturday’s horror show in Dublin and Clarke has no excuse for the ineptitude of that performance. He needs to get back to picking his best players because anything less than three points in Armenia could be catastrophic.

Kenny Miller and Michael Stewart had harsh words for Scotland after they were left shell shocked by a rampant Ireland.

System Of A Down singer Serj Tankian has shared a new solo song that serves as a resistance piece to the “slick theft” he claims he’s seen in Armenia’s political elections.The track, which is sung entirely in the Armenian language, was written in 2017 but was completed this year. It features Armenian singer Sevak Amroyan and comes with a Hrag Yedalian-directed music video, which you can watch below.The song’s title ‘Amber’ is pronounced “ahm-be’r” and translates to “clouds” in Armenian.Tankian, who is American-Armenian, said: “‘Amber’ was written in 2017 after I visited Armenia along with my friends Atom & Arsinee Egoyan and Eric Nazarian as members of the coalition ‘Justice for Armenia’ to serve as election monitors for the Parliamentary elections.“I was so distraught by the slick theft of the elections before ever reaching the ballot box that I wrote this song as a response.”He continued: “The lyrics however seem to be more poignant today when Armenians are divided politically and socially following the devastating attack on Nagorno-Karabagh and Armenia by Azerbaijan and Turkey in 2020 and the continuous fallout over negotiations with those two dictatorial regimes.

Speechless Stephen Kenny has demanded a response from his Ireland team after their humbling defeat to Armenia.

EXCLUSIVE: Vision Films’ CEO and Managing Director Lise Romanoff has closed a deal with Andrei Bocharnikov of Ukraine’s Festivals Cinema to theatrically release six films in the region—the goal being to provide a little respite, distraction and hope for those in the country who are struggling.

The 2022 Eurovision Song Contest has come to a close!

Ukraine won Eurovision 2022 in a historic evening in Turin.

“The Lioness” (Doubleday), out now, struck. “I emerged from the theater into this cobalt blue sky, steaming heat. Ten minutes earlier I had been watching this movie. And I thought, ‘My God, I love Hollywood! Why have I never written a Hollywood novel?” he says.

Eurovision Song Contest.The act are currently favourites to win the overall contest, which takes place this week in Turin amid Russia’s continued invasion of Ukraine.Last night (May 10) the first semi-finals were held ahead of Saturday’s (May 14) grand final, with Ukraine progressing along with Armenia, Greece, Iceland, Lithuania, Moldova, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Switzerland.Kalush Orchestra frontman Oleh Psiuk said following their qualification: “We understand we need to stay focused because we want to promote Ukrainian culture and let everyone know about it, This is our goal.”Here's the 10 qualifiers from the First Semi-Final! #Eurovision #ESC2022 pic.twitter.com/qxqezFuY9g— Eurovision Song Contest (@Eurovision) May 10, 2022Kalush Orchestra, a rap group who formed in 2019, replaced Ukraine’s original entrant Alina Pash, who withdrew from the competition in February, for Eurovision 2022. The group’s track ‘Stefania’ is an ode to powerful mothers.Speaking to NME this week, Psiuk explained how their taking part was a “huge responsibility”, given the ongoing war with Russia.“To represent Ukraine in the international arena is always a responsibility, but to represent it during the war is just the highest responsibility possible,” he said.“The song [‘Stefania’] was composed and dedicated to my mother, but after the war the song has acquired lots of nuances because a lot of people are perceiving it as if Ukraine is my mother,” said Psiuk.

Kristine Simsone “Samuel’s Travels,” directed by Latvian/Armenian filmmaker Aik Karapetian, has been acquired by HBO Central Europe. The deal was signed by the Copenhagen-based LevelK, who picked up international sales rights on the film in September, according to Film New Europe.

The forty entries for Eurovision 2022 have finally all been picked!

Jon Burlingame Film composers are always looking for novel ways to express ideas and convey character in music. Two of this year’s original-score nominees were especially innovative in finding musical solutions for storytelling challenges.“Dune” demanded a sonic landscape unlike anything composer Hans Zimmer had ever tackled (including such sci-fi projects as “Inception” and “Interstellar,” which brought him two of his previous 11 Oscar nominations).

Sophie Kasaei has credited the Kardashians for helping her embrace her Persian heritage. Sophie, 32, shot to fame on our screens in 2011 when she joined the cast of hit MTV show, Geordie Shore. Initially Sophie was believed to be Italian after making her TV debut and, while she didn’t rush to correct people at the time, she’s since learned to love her Persian heritage and speaks about it more openly now.

Sarky Mouradian, an Armenian writer-director who also hosted a U.S. TV series in which he interviewed celebrity countrymen, has died. He was 90.

Gallery: Keep the change ya filthy animal! 10 facts about Home Alone (BANG Showbiz)Michael has also had his own experiences of mistaken identity. In 2019, the 'Frost/Nixon' star revealed he was once “chased down the street” by Andy’s fans who were shouting “Gollum! Gollum!”, his character from 'The Lord of the Rings' films. Sheen was once asked who would portray him in the story of his life, and he answered by saying: "Simon Pegg, Martin Freeman and Andy Serkis would play it in rotation as I already spend a fair amount of time being asked if I’m one or other of them and this would nicely add to the confusion!" In The Guardian Q A, Andy was also asked if he was interested in taking on a role that acknowledged his ethnicity.

Kylie Jenner has welcomed her second child with rapper Travis Scott, born on 2 February. The reality star and entrepreneur announced the arrival of their baby boy on Sunday in a black-and-white photograph posted on her Instagram account. The photo of the baby’s hand was accompanied by a blue heart emoji in the caption and the date of birth.

Vachik Mangassarian, a character actor with dozens of credits including Marvel’s "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and feature "The Stoning of Soraya M.," has died. He was 78. His reps at McCaffrey Talent Management told Deadline that he died Saturday of COVID complications.

Wyatte Grantham-Philips editorVachik Mangassarian, known for his work in “NCIS,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and more, has died. He was 78.

Vachik Mangassarian has sadly passed away at the age of 78.

Vachik Mangassarian has died at the age of 78, his representatives have confirmed.The Agents of SHIELD actor passed away on Saturday 22 January in Burbank, Los Angeles, in the US from Covid-19 related complications, according to his manager Valerie McCaffrey of McCaffrey Talent Management. Vachik was born in Iran of Armenian descent in 1943 and moved to the US in the mid-1960s at the age of 23. During his early 20s, he worked in a theatre and returned to Iran from time to time, where he bagged roles in Iranian director Samuel Khachikian's films.

Vachik Mangassarian, a character actor with dozens of credits including Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Curb Your Enthusiasm and feature The Stoning of Soraya M., has died. He was 78.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentLos Angeles-based physician and producer Eric Esrailian, who recently received a medal from Pope Francis for his philanthropic activity around awareness of the Armenian Genocide, is developing a TV series entitled “Ceasefire” about the Northern Ireland peace process.Oscar-winning Irish writer-director Terry George (“In the Name of the Father”) is attached to direct. “Ceasefire” is to depict the dynamics and diplomacy that facilitated the historic Good

Spain; Eva Gevorgyan representing Russia and Armenia; Jakub Kuszlik and Kamil Pacholec of Poland; Japan’s Aimi Kobayashi and Kyohei Sorita; China’s Hao Rao; and Hyuk Lee of South Korea.Bowing to their artistry, the 17-member jury allowed two more finalists this year than usual.

Italy; Canada's J.J.

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Leo Barraclough International Features EditorInternational documentary film festival IDFA has revealed the first films selected for its 34th edition, which runs Nov. 17-28 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Jeff Cornell System of a Down released “Toxicity,” its second studio album, back on September 4, 2001, unleashing onto the world a unique concoction of hard rock with Armenian folk influences and Middle Eastern melodies.

Replete with peculiar ideas about the nightmare of modern conflict, especially in bleakly undefined, but vaguely former-Soviet territories, Armenian director Marat Sargsyan’s debut, which started its life in Venice Critics’ Week and just picked up a Special Mention in the Transilvania International Film Festival Competition, is a strange and not wholly successful mixture of confounding and compelling.

A total of 47 films will compete at this year’s Sarajevo Film Festival across its four competitive sections. The event will feature 18 world premieres and three international premieres.

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s youngest son Psalm West recently celebrated his birthday! The little one turned 2 today and the family marked the day with lots of sweet tributes on social media. Kim wrote: "My Taurus baby Psalm.