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...career. Random House hopes the new book will be turned into a movie like the memorable first Godfather film, which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starred Marlon Brando. Proposals for possible story lines are due on Nov. 4, and Karp and the Puzo estate will choose the winner. If they really wanted to make some money, they'd turn the search into a competition and air it in weekly installments on TV. Right after The Sopranos...
...find new words for "awful." So, of course, the show has been picked up for a second season. This is because it airs on the cable channel E!, where the standards for a hit are lower. Despite the audience drop, on E! the show still qualifies as a ratings winner. So far, the unintelligible ramblings and aimless meanderings of Anna Nicole Smith have left people agog that she uses silverware without harming herself. But E!'s executive vice president Mark Sonnenberg isn't concerned. He believes people are "rooting for [Smith] to get back into shape and revitalize her love...
...conceptual bullshit.") Well, now the French have a prize that's designed to start the same kind of arguments. The Marcel Duchamp Prize, named after the father of Conceptualism, aims to do for French contemporary art what the Turner has done for the British. As this year's winner, Gonzalez-Foerster must be hoping to generate the buzz that Damien Hirst and Rachel Whiteread got from their Turners. The French prize, first awarded last year, is worth €35,000, and Gonzalez-Foerster will gain more valuable exposure from the other half of her reward: her show at the Pompidou...
...fully private initiative, with a short list compiled from the nominations of over 100 individual art collectors and an international jury selecting the final winner, the Marcel Duchamp Prize is a rarity in France's state-dominated cultural landscape. For although the country is home to some of the world's best-known museums, it is often regarded as an also-ran in the contemporary art world. "Contemporary creation in France still isn't getting the international recognition it deserves," says Jennifer Flay, a Paris gallery owner...
James D. Matheson ’82, a Democratic representative, has overcome early challenges to emerge as the likely winner in Utah’s Second District—which covers almost half of the state...