In brief: French artist to fill Tate

French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, known for her work with light and sound (such as her 1996 work Une Chambre en Ville, pictured above), will be the ninth person to create a work for Tate Modern's popular Turbine Hall... Commentator and new TV critic for the Sun, Julie Burchill, has scrapped her plans for a theology degree and turned to voluntary work with the mentally handicapped... Blur frontman Damon Albarn is taking his Chinese 'pop opera' Monkey: Journey to the West to the Royal Opera House in July... Actress Samantha Morton was stalked by a childhood pal who predicted her death in a phone call, she told a court yesterday... Leonard Cohen has announced his first world tour in 15, including eight dates in Britain… REM are to stream their new album Accelerate on Facebook, a first for the social networking site... Actor-director Edward Norton has revealed that his Class Five film company is working on a documentary about Presidental candidate Barack Obama... Maverick violinist Nigel Kennedy has denounced star conductors as power-hungry egocentrics who are more interested in chasing money and prestige than developing a musical relationship with an orchestra in an interview with the Times; he declined to name any particular conductor, but said: “It’s difficult to think of an exception”... Nina Carberry has become the most successful female rider at the Cheltenham races by winning the BGC Handicap Cross Country Chase for the second year running, on Garde Champetre...