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Director Julie Taymor Booted From Spider-Man Musical

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:35:06 CST

After days of rumors , the producers of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark made the official announcement last night: Director Julie Taymor is out. The problem-plagued musical has also been delayed yet again, this time until “early summer 2011,” according to the show’s blog . Taymor has been replaced with Philip William...

James Franco Solo Art Show Debuts in Berlin

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:07:05 CST

Jack-of-many-art-ish trades James Franco is debuting his first solo art show in a Berlin gallery this week. The images focus on childhood and memories, and on "coming of age or defining oneself and the kind of self-definition that comes when you're younger," the actor tells Der Spiegel . The exhibit, "The...

Spider-Man Musical: 'Sheer Ineptitude'

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:33:20 CST

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark hasn’t officially opened yet, but people are already shelling out up to $275 a ticket to see it—and considering its opening has already been pushed back five times, many news organizations “skirted Broadway protocol” and reviewed the show today, since its last official opening...

Spider-Man Musical Suffers Another Blow

Mary Papenfuss — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 03:45:56 CST

A female star of the ultra-expensive, problem-plagued Spider-Man Broadway musical has walked out of the production following a stuntman's injury in a 30-foot plunge. Natalie Mendoza, 30, who plays the evil spider Arachne, suffered a concussion last month when she was hit in the head by a heavy rope on...

Spider-Man Musical Off to Tangled Start

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:27:05 CST

Previews of Broadway musicals are rarely perfect, but last night's debut of the long-plagued Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark was especially troubled. The start was delayed 24 minutes; the show was paused five times for technical problems; an actress hung upside down in the air for six minutes. Yet none...

Kid Makes Spiderman Machine, Scales Wall

Kate Schwartz — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:30:43 CDT

The 2002 installment of Spider-Man cost $140 million to film—but one intrepid 13-year-old has figured out how to scale buildings for a whole lot less. Hibiki Kono devised a wall-climbing machine out of two $22.50 vacuums, reports the Sun . The British boy spent five months toiling away at...

Barack Stars in Superhero Ink

Mary Papenfuss — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:56:36 CDT

Bam! Biff! Pow! President Obama might be struggling over health care reform, but he's going gangbusters in comic books, reports the New York Daily News . No longer content to play second fiddle to Spidey, the comic version of Barack Obama is now grabbing top billing in a new series of...

Transformers ' $60.6M Is Biggest Mid-Week Debut

Harry Kimball — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:31:01 CDT

The new Transformers flick had a stellar start, raking in $60.6 million on opening day to make it the biggest Wednesday debut ever, Variety reports. For all-around opening days, the Michael Bay shoot-em-up lags just behind record-holder Dark Knight , which took in $67.2 million on a Friday last...

Spiderman Actress Fought With Lover Before Suicide

Mary Papenfuss — Sun, 24 May 2009 07:55:01 CDT

British Spiderman actress Lucy Gordon had a loud row with her older lover before she hanged herself in their Paris apartment last week, neighbors told the Daily Mail . Boyfriend and cinematographer Jerome Almeras was sleeping in bed following the argument when Gordon, 28, killed herself. He discovered her body, cut...