1. Winter’s Bone, a gritty family drama that’s set in the Midwest and based on Daniel Woodrell’s 2006 novel of the same name, won top honors at the Gotham Independent Film Awards last night. [via WSJ]
2. “How does it feel to know that you could have any man in the world? Or woman? How does it feel to know that you can turn straight women gay? … No one woman should have that much power.” – Kanye West interviews Rihanna in the December/January issue of Interview magazine
3. Vulture has learned that Grey’s Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes is working on a new series for ABC that’s inspired by the career of pr guru Judy Smith — whose has worked with Bill Clinton, Michael Vick, and David Paterson.
4. These New Puritans’ latest album Hidden has been crowned NME’s Album Of The Year for 2010; Foals’ “Spanish Sahara” was named the Best Track.
5. After some recent drama with the Tate Britain and press photographers, the Turner Prize is moving from London to the city of Derry, in Northern Ireland, come 2013. [via UnBeige]
Bonus link: Did NASA Discover Life on One of Saturn’s Moons?
1. As his punishment for getting nabbed with music-related contraband, Lil Wayne has been moved into solitary confinement at Rikers Island. [via NYND]
2. It’s official: Zack Snyder (300 and Watchmen) is directing the new Superman movie, which Christopher Nolan is producing. Let’s hope it’s better than Superman Returns. [via THR]
3. Last night Bruce Willis wore a Lady Gaga-inspired meat toupee when he stopped by The Late Show. (video) [via Vulture]
4. Find out what the critics think about the art works competing for this year’s Turner Prize, which are currently on display at Tate Britain. [via BBC]
5. A 27-year-old man at the London book launch for Freedom stole Jonathan Franzen‘s glasses and demanded a ransom of £100,000. He has since been arrested. [via BBC]
Bonus link: Hitchcock clips used to remake the Inception trailer
The catastrophic effects from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are now being felt in London. ArtsBeat reports that on Sunday night protesters swarmed the Tate Britain during a party to celebrate BP’s 20-year sponsorship of the museum. Some veiled individuals poured out dark liquid from BP-labeled containers in front of the building’s entrance and covered it with bird feathers, while others did the same in the gallery’s main hall. A group of activists, dressed in black, picketed the area. The official statement from the museum:
“BP has worked with Tate since 1990. Its support has been instrumental in helping Tate develop access to the Tate Collection and to present changing displays of work by a wide range of artists in the national collection of British Art.”
On Monday, The Guardian published a letter with more than 100 signatures of artists, critics, and curators denouncing the relationship between oil companies and the art community. BP donates over $1.5 million per year to art institutions, including the Tate Britain, the British Museum, the Royal Opera House, and the National Portrait Gallery.
While the jury is still out on the 2010 Turner Prize — and will be until the winner is named December 6 — the four nominees for this year’s award have just been announced: painter Dexter Dalwood, painter/sculptor Angela de la Cruz, filmmakers Kodwo Eshun and Anjalika Sagar of the Otolith Group, and sound artist Susan Philipsz.
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1. Check out the the trailer for Grown Ups, a new comedy starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider and David Spade. [Yahoo! via Pop Candy]
2. Watch Robbie Williams, Paul McCartney, and Lily Allen sing “Hey Jude” as part of the Children In Need Rocks gig at London’s Royal Albert Hall. [via NME]
3. Tate Britain welcomes its first female director, Penelope Curtis. [via Telegraph]
4. ABC is this close to ordering a pilot remake of Charlie’s Angels; Josh Friedman, who recently adapted the Terminator franchise for Fox, will write/executive produce. [via Variety]
5. David Lloyd, the sitcom writer responsible for the funniest episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show ever, has died at 75. Watch the clip and say it together with us: “A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down the pants.” [via The Awl]
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At London’s Tate Britain, little-known artist Eva Rothschild just got her big break. Commissioned to fill the main gallery with a large-scale sculpture, Rothschild has been given a big stamp of approval by the prestigious museum, which is angling to turn the already-well-known-in-art-circles artist into a household name. Her 1.8-ton structure is called Cold Corners, and will be on display until the end of November. [via The Independent]
At times messy, at times streamlined, Altermodern is an intriguing medley of new and recent art by 28 British and international artists.
Subodh Gupta‘s ceiling-high mushroom cloud of shiny saucepans fills the entrance of the Tate Britain, from floor to domed ceiling, serving as an explosive harbinger of the mishmash of medium, reference, and genre to come. Nicholas Bourriaud, the curator of Tate Britain’s fourth triennial, sets out to redefine modernity in our globalized, culturally intertwined times. In some ways it’s best to leave this premise — both theoretical conundrum and irreverent jest — at the door; the artworks themselves already demand enough cogitation.
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