Philip Roth, the author of “Portnoy’s Complaint,’’ “American Pastoral,’’ and many other novels, yesterday was named as the winner of the Man Booker International Prize for fiction, a $100,000 honor given every two years. But one of the judges, publisher Carmen Callil, resigned in protest from the commission, telling the Guardian in London that he “goes on and on and on about the same subject in almost every book.’’ Roth has long been attacked by feminists and others for his work, which has portrayed women as hostile ex-spouses or objects of crude lust. Callil is the publisher of the feminist Virago Press. (AP)
A stir at Cannes
Filmmaker Lars von Trier shook up the Cannes Film Festival yesterday, saying he sympathizes with Adolf Hitler, thinks Israel is a pain, and plans to make a porn flick with Kirsten Dunst. The remarks sparked a swift response from festival organizers, who issued a statement saying they were “disturbed’’ and had called the Danish director in to explain himself. (AP)
McGraw dispute
Tim McGraw and Curb Records could be headed to court over an unreleased album. The independent record label filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit last week against McGraw. The singer turned in an album last fall called “Emotional Traffic,’’ and a No. 1 single from those sessions has been released. But the label contends the singer did not record the songs on the album during a contractually stipulated period. (AP)
