Ticking News

A reading of the new musical Spider-Man will take place in New York City July 12 and 13, Playbill.com has learned. [1]

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is a fresh look at the story of one of the most recognizable superheroes of all time. [2]

For Sony, this is the ideal time to announce that it has found a new actor to star in its lucrative “Spider-Man” movie franchise. [3]

After months of financial woes and casting changes, rehearsals for Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the Broadway musical featuring songs by U2’s Bono and the Edge, will finally begin on August 18th, a spokesperson for the musical told the New York Times. [4]

Spider-Man was actually a decent movie. [5]

U2’s Bono and the Edge introduced the first song from their Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark Broadway musical, “Boy Falls From the Sky,” on Good Morning America today. [6]

SAN DIEGO— Lawyers on a Friday afternoon panel at Comic-Con were supposed to be talking about the legal challenges of social media and the battles over copyright, notably a case that involves the Walt Disney Company’s Marvel Entertainment and the heirs to the comic book artist Jack Kirby (Spider-Man among many others). [...] On Friday, Marvel Comics, the publishing home of heroes like Spider-Man and the X-Men, said it was introducing a free application for the iPad that will give readers access to a digital library of more than 500 comics from its 70-year history. [3]

I’m not all that informed about current theater, but it seems like so many musicals are just based off of movies. [5]

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge and a book by Julie Taymor and Glen Berger. [7]

Marvel has announced that Ultimate Spider-Man is coming to Disney XD in the fall of 2011. [8]

The long delays hindering the anticipated Broadway musical “Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark ” has claimed another casualty: The actress Evan Rachel Wood, who was set to play Mary Jane Watson in the show, has dropped out because of a scheduling conflict, according to a statement from the “Spider-Man” producers. [3]

It could be great or at least great fun and anything promoting comics has to be a good thing, all press is good press and unfortunatly not all theater works but some of the greats come from wierd places so lets just hope for the best. [5]

As Rolling Stone previously reported, both of the musical’s marquee names, actress Evan Rachel Wood and Broadway vet Alan Cumming (Mary Jane Watson and the Green Goblin) left the show when “cash flow problems” pushed Turn Off the Dark off schedule; its preview run was originally scheduled to start in February 2010. [4]

After being delayed multiple times, the musical began previews on November 28, 2010 at the Foxwoods Theatre on Broadway, with the official opening night scheduled for January 11, 2011. [7]

Sources:
[1] Spider-Man Musical to Take Gotham in Upcoming Reading …
[2] Spiderman Tickets | Spiderman Broadway Musical Tickets at …
[3] SPIDER-MAN - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
[4] U2’s Spider-Man Musical Gets Back on Track | Rolling Stone Music
[5] Spider-Man the Musical!
[6] Bono and the Edge Reveal New ‘Spider-Man‘ Song | Rolling …
[7] Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[8] Spider-Man in other media - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For Sony, this is the ideal time to announce that it has found a new actor to star in its lucrative “Spider-Man” movie franchise. [1]

Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark is the new Broadway musical featuring familiar stories as well as fresh new ideas based upon the Marvel comic book stories. [2]

America’s favorite superhero swings onto the Broadway stage. [3]

Drawing from over forty years of Marvel comic books for inspiration, SPIDER-MAN spins a new take on the mythic tale of a young man propelled from a modest rowhouse in Queens to the skyscraping spire of the Chrysler Building, the bustling offices of the Daily Bugle, through the dizzying canyons of Manhattan, to new vistas never before seen. [...] Award-winning Bono and The Edge creating new music and lyrics, SPIDER-MAN will be written by Julie Taymor and Glen Berger. [4]

SAN DIEGO— Lawyers on a Friday afternoon panel at Comic-Con were supposed to be talking about the legal challenges of social media and the battles over copyright, notably a case that involves the Walt Disney Company’s Marvel Entertainment and the heirs to the comic book artist Jack Kirby (Spider-Man among many others). [1]

Directed by Tony Award-winner Julie Taymor with 22-time Grammy Award-winning Bono and The Edge (of U2) creating new music and lyrics, SPIDER-MAN is written by Julie Taymor and Glen Berger. [5]

Bono and The Edge won’t be able to see “Spider Man: Turn off the Dark” before January. [6]

Julie Taymor continued, “Having recently finished shooting ‘The Tempest’ with Reeve as the young prince, I am thrilled to cast him in an entirely different role as Peter Parker in Spider-Man. [...] Bono and The Edge, who have written the music and lyrics for the production stated, “Our ambition was to find a Peter Parker who could really act and sing, but who still brings a kind of performance that could be new to Broadway audiences. [7]

Currently only group sales are available for Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark. [3]

Bono and The Edge are half of one of the most popular rock bands of all time, U2, who will be making their Broadway debut with SPIDER-MAN. [4]

Director Julie Taymor has pulled off a coup. [6]

The show is being directed by Julie Taymor, with music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge, and is apparently the most expensive Broadway musical of all time. [8]

Producers of the new Broadway-bound Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark gave a progress report about the developing show on Nov. 5. [7]

Sources:
[1] SPIDER-MAN - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
[2] Spider Man Tickets on Broadway
[3] Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark Cast | Broadway.com
[4] BestOfBroadway.com
[5] Spiderman Turn Off the Dark Discount Tickets - Broadway Show …
[6] Spider Man On Broadway | Showbiz411
[7] Reeve Carney Is Broadway’s Spider-Man; New Producers Promise …
[8] Spider-Man On Broadway | Reeve Carney | Geekosystem

In what was easily the most memorable moment of the Eighth Conference of the parties of CITES, Mr. Boonlerd’s emotional plea for inclusion of the North American Black Bear in Appendix II was instrumental in swinging the vote of the Parties to approve an Appendix II listing for the species. [1]

TOKYO — Demand in Japan, as well as South Korea and Singapore, for traditional medicine that uses bear bile continues to fuel the illegal trade in that product and large-scale bear farming in China, wildlife conservation activists say. [2]

Research shows that ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) is the active ingredient in Bear bile, and it is produced in significant quantities only in bears except the Giant Panda. [3]

Christopher Servheen and Judy Mills provided the first detailed look at bear farms in China and South Korea in “The Asian Trade in Bears and Bear Parts,” a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) U.S.­p;sponsored report published in 1991. [1]

Containing the chemical ingredient ursodeoxycholic acid (UCDA), bile salts extracted from the gall bladder are intended to remedy intestinal, liver, fever, and cardiac-related illnesses. [4]

Black bear is dangerous game, blah, blah, blah. [5]

It was Japan that received the alleged sloth bear gall bladder exported from India. [1]

Natural and semisynthetic substitutes for Bear gall bladder exist. [3]

Proponents of extracting bile from captive bears argue that such facilities provide an abundant, renewable supply of bile for medicinal use while simultaneously reducing pressure on China’s-and the world’s-wild bear populations. [1]

Bear Gall Bladder Uses:Black Bear Gall Bladder Uses.The High Stakes Bear Gall Bladder Trafficking.Bear bile from bear gall bladder is one of the most valuable. [5]

Trade in bear gall bladder and bile products, collected mostly from bear farms in China, are banned under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), but Watkins presented evidence of a thriving international trade that still exists. [2]

Asiatic black bears, commonly called ‘moon bears,’ suffer terribly on Chinese ‘bear farms’ where crude catheters catheters are implanted into the gall bladder through a hole made in. [5]

On the other side of the debate are detractors of China’s bruin concentration camps, who maintain that the farms do little to conserve the species. [1]

Pig bile, cow bile, and traditional herbal remedies have been used as bear bile substitutes for centuries and effective, synthetic substitutes also can be manufactured easily and cheaply. [4]

The three East Asian countries are the biggest overseas markets for such products, Victor Watkins, campaign director of the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), said in a press conference here yesterday. [2]

Sources:
[1] Bear Farming and Trade in China and Taiwan
[2] (3/30/2002) Asia Trade In Bear Gall Bladder Medicines Boomin
[3] REPLACE PAWS, UDCA, GALL AND TRAPS
[4] Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA): Kill The Trade
[5] Bear Gall Bladder Uses at Trends Buzz

Anyone can see your public photos anytime, whether they’re a Flickr member or not. [1]

Britt Christina Marinette Lindberg (born 6 December 1950, in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish actress, glamour model and journalist. [2]

If you’re sharing photos from a set, you can create a Guest Pass that includes any of your photos marked as friends, family, or private. [...] If you’re sharing your entire photostream, you can create a Guest Pass that includes photos marked as friends or family (but not your private photos). [1]

To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser and install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player. [3]

Videos on this page contain explicit material. [...] If you do not desire to see such material, please click ‘Cancel’ and only non-explicit content will be shown. [...] Clicking ‘Continue’ will turn the Filter Explicit feature to OFF and will enable adult content to be displayed on this page and across the site. [2]

If you want to contribute, please feel free to click on [edit biography] link from above and complete the fields. [4]

Buy,Download, Or Stream Maid in Sweden! [...] Thanksgiving, Family Gathering, Movies, Netflix Instant Watch, Thankskilling, PS3, Maid In Sweden, Christina Lindberg, Television, TiVo, Ghost Hunters, Black Friday, Lost Blu-ray, Shopping. [...] Lindberg is one of Sweden’s most famous centerfold and exploitation film star. [2]

Starring the lovely…and deadly Christina Lindberg! [...] Ace Photos accepts no responsibility whatsoever in connection with or arising from such content. [5]

Our editors need your help to write the biography of Christina Lindberg. [4]

Sources:
[1] christina lindberg | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
[2] Christina Lindberg - Watch Christina Lindberg Videos and …
[3] Christina Lindberg | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
[4] Christina Lindberg Biography, Videos, Movies - FamousWhy
[5] Christina Lindberg Photos - Images of Christina Lindberg …

Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 ‘ May 29, 1951) was a popular and influential American comedienne and singer who starred in theater, radio, and film. [1]

For more information on Fanny Brice, visit Britannica.com. [2]

The fame of vaudeville legend Fanny Brice has been largely carried on in a biographical adaptation of her life that has almost nothing to do with the facts of the case, the musical Funny Girl, a star vehicle designed for Barbra Streisand. [3]

Widely celebrated as one of the most beloved comediennes in the history of entertainment, stage and screen star Fanny Brice tickled audience’s funny bones for more than a decade as the main attraction of Broadway’s Ziegfeld Follies in the early 1900s. [4]

You could not have seen Fanny Brice on the stage and forgotten her, not as long as you lived.” [5]

The character of Baby Snooks, an incorrigible little girl, which she created to amuse her friends, became a Follies favourite, and in that character Brice was featured on radio from 1936 until her death. [...] It was while touring with this troupe that she came to the attention of Florenz Ziegfeld who signed her for his Follies of 1910. [2]

With her Sadie performance she managed to attract the attention of producer Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., who hired her for his Follies of 1910. [1]

This sad tale ultimately became the seed for Funny Girl; Brice’s later marriage to Billy Rose provided the inspiration for the film musical Funny Lady. [3]

Although her third marriage was brief and her film career never quite took off, Brice found fame in her later years when she launched a weekly radio show in 1938. [4]

Baby Snooks was also to be seen as a comic act together with Judy Garland in the 1928 film Everybody Sing. [5]

Her characters included a toddler Baby Snooks which she performed complete with hair ribbon, starched pinafore, ankle socks, and Mary Janes. [1]

Fanny Brice (1891-1951) was a vaudeville, Broad way, film, and radio singer and comedienne. [2]

The real Fanny Brice was, in her time, a tremendously popular comedienne who first established herself in vaudeville and later in radio, portraying her trademark character, Baby Snooks. [3]

Baby Snooks was the ever asking little girl which Fanny played in radio acts in the late fourties. [5]

Sources:
[1] Brice, Fanny
[2] Fanny Brice: Biography from Answers.com
[3] Fanny Brice Biography - Yahoo! Music
[4] Fanny Brice Movies
[5] fanny brice @ www.brice.nl - the fanny brice collection