Receiving his medallion at a White House dinner on Saturday, Sir Paul said "great things just come in bundles." The ex-Beatle was at the US President's home in June to receive another award. "I am a big fan of this president, and I think he's a great man who's got some difficulties," Sir Paul said at Saturday's event, hosted by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Sunday night's concert, held at Washington arts venue the Kennedy Centre, was filmed by US network CBS for broadcast later this month.
In The Money - Susan Philipsz has won this year's Turner Prize for a sound installation that features her singing three versions of a Scottish lament. The Glasgow-born artist, 45, was presented with the £25,000 prize at a ceremony at Tate Britain. It was the first time a sound installation had been nominated for the modern art prize.
Philipsz's work centres around recordings of her voice singing folk songs over public address systems. She recorded three versions of Lowlands Away - a song about a man drowned at sea who returns to tell his lover of his death - for her installation. It was first performed beneath three bridges over the River Clyde in her native Glasgow, but for the past two months has been playing in an empty room at Tate Britain. The chairman of the judges, Penelope Curtis, praised Philipsz's work, saying, "Susan's presentation, both in Glasgow and in the way it transferred to the Tate, was quite extraordinary."
In The Sale Room - A studded glove worn by the late Michael Jackson has fetched $300,000 (£191,220) at auction. The single glove, worn by the pop star during his Bad tour in the late 1980s, was sold in Beverly Hills, California on Saturday. A signed Jackson jacket and a fedora he wore on stage fetched $96,000 (£61,190) and $72,000 ($45,890) respectively. Other lots included a military-style jacket worn by John Lennon for a 1966 Life magazine photo shoot. It sold for $240,000 (£153,000).
In The West End - The musical Legally Blonde has gained seven nominations in the annual What's On Stage Awards. They include a nod for its star Sheridan Smith as best actress in a musical. The 11th annual nominations were announced at London's Café de Paris on Friday. The shortlists across 26 different award categories were based on nominations from theatregoers over the past month.
In its 25th anniversary year, Les Misérables received five nominations, including theatre event of the year - for the O2 concert - and best West End show. The winners are voted for by theatregoers, and will be revealed on 20 February 2011 at the Prince of Wales Theatre.
(Jim Evans)
