Cliff Robertson
Cliff Robertson, who won an Oscar for playing mentally disabled man in the 1968 film Charly and later played Ben Parker in the Spider-Man films, has died. He was 88.
Robertson died of natural causes on Saturday in Long Island, one day after his 88th birthday, Evelyn Christel, Robertson's secretary for 53 years, told The Associated Press.
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Besides his Oscar-winning role in Charly — which was adapted from Daniel Keyes' short novel, Flowers for Algernon, and told the story of a mentally disabled man who becomes a genius after medical treatment — Robertson is also remembered for playing President John F. Kennedy in 1963's PT-109. The film...
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Andrew Garfield
Stop us if you've heard this one before: A teenage outcast who lives with his aunt and uncle in New York gets bitten by some radioactive spider and develops the abilities to climb tall buildings, spin webs and swing from skyscraper to skyscraper.
However, unlike 2001's Spider-Man starring Tobey Maguire, 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man shows a decidedly more...
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Randy Savage
Wrestling legend "Macho Man" Randy Savage died Friday morning after a car accident in Tampa, Fla., TMZ.com reports. Savage's brother, Lanny Poffo, told the site that Savage suffered a heart attack behind the wheel and lost control of his vehicle. He was 58 years old.
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Laura Ziskin
Laura Ziskin has a tough job — and not just as one of Hollywood's most successful producers.
Ziskin, a breast cancer survivor who produced the Spider-Man trilogy, Pretty Woman and the Academy Awards — twice — also co-created Stand Up to Cancer, a special that has to engage audiences while dealing with one of the most sensitive subjects imaginable.
"I joke that I have to make cancer entertaining," Ziskin tells TVGuide.com. "It's a tough challenge, but I'm up for it. And I can promise you our show will be entertaining."
Stand Up To Cancer fundraiser returning in September
Friday's telethon will focus on survivors — including celebrities who haven't spoken out ...
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Donald Glover
Donald Glover is hoping to swing into the role of Spider-Man — with the help of Twitter.
The Community star and a member of the Internet sketch comedy group Derrick Comedy has started a campaign on the social media site to get an audition for...
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Spiderman
Spider-Man is about to face his biggest obstacle yet: high school.
The film franchise is getting a reboot to focus on Peter Parker's teenage years, Columbia Pictures and Marvel Pictures announced Monday.
The as-yet-untitled film — written by James Vanderbilt, who wrote the screenplay to 2007's serial-killer drama Zodiac — is tentatively set for a summer 201...
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Spider-Man
Spider-Man 4 hasn't even been filmed yet, but Sony is already looking ahead to the fifth and sixth installments in the franchise.
The studio has recruited James Vanderbilt to pen Spider-Man 5 and Spider-Man 6, which have an interconnected storyline, Variety reports. Vanderbilt wrote the screenplay to 2007's serial-killer drama Zodiac.
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Vanderbilt was the first writer on Spider-Man 4, but the script has since seen two rewrites because ...
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Spider-Man 3's Venom courtesy Sony Pictures Releasing
With the insane success of The Dark Knight and massive buzz over The Watchmen its no surprise that Sony is moving forward with Venom a Spider-Man spinoff based on a villain says The Hollywood Reporter The slimy-gooey creature originally introduced by Topher Grace in Spider-Man 3 would be a way to breathe new life into the aging Spiderman franchise However the studio isnt yet convinced that Topher could carry a tentpole picture and because Venom can change form the door is open for another bigger star to play the roleTheres also a fourth Spider-Man film in the works for 2011What do you say Spidey fans Are you psyched for a bad guy to take center stage And who would make a good Venom Erin FoxRelated149 Is Spider-Man 4 Crawling Your Way Soon149 Use Our Online Video Guide to Watch More Spider-Man
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Sam Raimi by Eric Charbonneau/ WireImage.com
Sam Raimi, the mastermind behind the Spider-Man trilogy, has found the leads for his upcoming weekly fantasy series, Wizard's First Rule. Relative newcomers Craig Horner and Bridget Regan will star in the series, which is based on the eponymous book by Terry Goodkind, says the Reporter. Horner, who hails from Australia, will play Richard Cypher, a man who becomes a magical leader. Cypher joins the mysterious Kahlan (played by Regan) to try to put the kibosh on a tyrannical leader's who ostensibly ruining everyone's lives. Production on the show starts this month in New Zealand, of course — the only country fit for magic and wizards. Could this new series match the action of Spider-Man? Only time (and some awesome special effects) will tell how Raimi's imagination translates to the small screen. — Anna DimondCatch more of Sam Raimi's magic with our Online Video Guide.Related:• Sam Raimi Drags Three More to Hell• Sam Raimi Scares Up 13 for the CW
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Marvel Super Hero Squad's Wolverine courtesy Marvel/Hasbro
OK, so my twin 5-year-olds these days are mad for Super Hero Squad action figures — these 2- 3-inch tall, shiny-happy versions of Wolverine, Spider-Man, Thor, Black Panther and, as more and more roll out/beckon Dad's wallet, seemingly every good or bad guy to ever inhabit the Marvel universe. Well, Marvel Entertainment is now developing a 26-episode animated series situating the same extra-cartoony characters in "Super Hero City" and throwing them into "humorous adventures" with Doctor Doom, Magneto, Loki and others.According to the Reporter, the half-hour Marvel Super Hero Squad series is targeted for a 2009 premiere on a network TBD. — MWM
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