Oh, Marvel. Come on. You know better than this —this being Milo Manara's cover for the upcoming Spider-Woman #1. If you're wondering what the hell Jessica Drew, a.k.a. Spider-Woman is doing, I believe it's what's known in the animal kingdom as "presenting." » 8/20/14 2:57pm 8/20/14 2:57pm

Here's little bit of cheerful, charming news out of Colorado: A bunch of SWAT team members took the time to suit up in superhero costumes and rappel down the side of the local children's hospital, as a treat for the sick kids. » 8/15/14 6:30pm 8/15/14 6:30pm

Are you the parent of a little girl who loves Spider-Man? Are you also a limited asshole with narrow views on gender identity? If you answered yes to both questions then do I ever have the child halloween costume for you! » 10/14/13 5:10pm 10/14/13 5:10pm

Is there anything cuter than a grown man in costume cuddling toddlers? I guess the answer is no?
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As great as Andrew Garfield was in The Amazing Spider-Man, do you guys remember that major Twitter petition to get Community actor-cum-rapper Childish Gambino Donald Glover in as Peter Parker? Even Stan Lee was down with the idea. Even as the idea of canon superheroes widens to fit more archetypes of girls and women… » 6/15/13 12:30pm 6/15/13 12:30pm

On the set of The Amazing Spider-Man Part 2 Electric Boogaloo. » 5/29/13 6:30pm 5/29/13 6:30pm

Not cool, guy: A crazed Taylor Swift fan swam a mile in super cold ocean water to try to bust into her newly purchased Rhode Island manse. » 5/15/13 8:00pm 5/15/13 8:00pm

Julie Taymor, the director who believed the much-maligned Titus Andronicus was the Shakespeare play most deserving of a film adaptation that wasn't set on a not-too-distant asteroid colony called "Asteroid Rome," has settled a legal dispute with producers of the Broadway snafu Spider-Man: Turn Out the Dark, so now the… » 8/31/12 9:30am 8/31/12 9:30am

Katy Perry — now dating Ghostbuster Dan Florence + The Machine guitarist Robert Aykroyd — is taking a break from showbiz after her doc Katy Perry: Part Of Me is released, in order to let her heart and/or cupcake boobs heal after Aldous Snow poured Malibu rum all over them and devoured them en flambé. If she spends… » 6/25/12 9:00am 6/25/12 9:00am

BERLIN, GERMANY - JUNE 20: Actress Emma Stone and actor Andrew Garfield attend the Germany premiere of 'The Amazing Spider-Man' at Sony Center on June 20, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images for Sony Pictures) » 6/20/12 10:30pm 6/20/12 10:30pm

Ooh! Columbia Pictures has released a first batch of official movie stills from The Amazing Spider-Man and I happen to think they look pretty promising. The newest of the Spidey series will star Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker and Emma Stone as Peter's other, blonde-haired love, Gwen Stacy (not the red-headed Mary… » 12/12/11 3:50pm 12/12/11 3:50pm

A recent post featuring a drawing of Spider-Man's Mary Jane Watson inspired an impromptu contest to see who could best replicate her "relaxed" pose. Once you've tried perching on one knee while smashing your breasts together, you'll never go back to simply sitting on the couch. [Via The Awl] » 9/06/11 12:20pm 9/06/11 12:20pm

When Michelle Obama isn't carrying out her duties as First Lady, she's conspiring with the writers of the Ultimate Spider-Man comic book series to destroy America for racists like Glenn Beck who don't want to see a non-white Spider-Man. » 8/04/11 10:23pm 8/04/11 10:23pm

Bigelow declined the offer because she wanted to direct her own Triple Frontier, but as Women In Hollywood notes, it also would have been awesome to see a woman helm a massive-budget, critic-proof movie. » 2/24/11 12:31pm 2/24/11 12:31pm

Listen to ten minutes of Glenn Beck fellating Spider-Man, dropping the following references in extolling its virtues: global warming's wrongness, Michael Buble, big government, Cirque du Soleil, Disney World, "the spirit of entrepreneurship," and the 8th Wonder of the World. » 2/06/11 5:44pm 2/06/11 5:44pm

• Martha Stewart's dog Francesca knocked her in the face and split her lip.
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• Taylor Momsen and her band were playing a show in Scotland when she said something the crowd found rather offensive.
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[On the set of Spider-Man, Los Angeles, December 8. Image via Pacific Coast News Online.] » 12/09/10 11:58am 12/09/10 11:58am

• Chelsea Handler spent Thanksgiving weekend in Mexico with Jennifer Aniston, and now has some harsh words for Angelina Jolie.
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