New Spider-Man is half black, half Latino nerd

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1 of 4. The new Spider-Man for the Obama-age -- a half-black, half-Latino nerd named Miles Morales, as unveiled by Marvel Comics, is shown in this handout image released to Reuters on August 3, 2011.

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By Ray Sanchez

New York | Wed Aug 3, 2011 4:20pm EDT

New York (Reuters) - Marvel Comics on Wednesday unveiled a new Spider-Man for the Obama-age -- a half-black, half-Latino nerd named Miles Morales.

The new Spidey, who lives in Brooklyn, was revealed in Marvel Comics' Ultimate Fallout Issue 4. He replaces longtime comic-book favorite Peter Parker, who was white, hailed from Queens and was killed in Ultimate Spider-Man Issue 160 in June.

"Going into this we knew we wanted to make a statement about the 21st century," said Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso.

"I'm mixed race. My mom is from England; my dad is from Mexico. When Obama was elected I cried -- partly because he was African American but largely because of the fact that he was mixed race," Alonso said.

"I remember what it was like to grow up mixed race. This is more and more prevalent in the United States and it speaks to our rich cultural heritage."

Like Parker, Miles is a nerdy, awkward working-class kid from the outer boroughs of New York. But Parker was an orphan raised by his aunt and uncle in a traditionally white section of Queens.

Miles' parents -- his mother is black, his father Latino -- are still alive, live in more racially diverse Brooklyn and play key roles in his story.

"Spider-Man is arguably the most recognizable superhero on the planet and little kids like my son Tito can relate to him because of the red-and-blue tights," Alonso said.

"But when he peels off his mask now, he's going to have a very different look and he's going to resonate emotionally with all sorts of new readers.".

The new Ultimate Spider-Man series and Wednesday's Ultimate Fallout issue are available digitally and in stores.

"I have no doubt that people will fall in love with Miles the way they did with Peter Parker regardless of what race or class or creed they are," Alonso said.

(Editing by Barbara Goldberg and Jerry Norton)

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The show will go on, Bono promises of troubled "Spider-man"

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By Shirley Halperin and Kimberly Nordyke

Fri May 27, 2011 6:02pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Despite all the technical glitches, cast injuries and opening-night delays, Bono said the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" is still a firm go for a June 14 opening.

The U2 frontman -- who composed the production's music with bandmate the Edge -- told reporters Wednesday night that the show will most definitely go on.

"We're opening Spider-Man on the 14th," he said after the "American Idol" finale, during which he and the Edge performed "Rise Above," a song from the production. "I promise it's not been canceled, and we're very excited about it. It's almost there -- it will be there by opening night."

The $70 million production -- the most expense Broadway musical ever -- had undergone a revamp that saw director and chief creative force Julie Taymor exit, replaced by "The Boy From Oz" director Philip McKinley.

"He came in to fill impossible shoes -- Julie Taymor -- she's a genius and I miss her so much," Bono said.

As for "Rise Above," the song performed on "Idol," "There's another version of it in the play, and it was this beautiful hook about trying to transcend your circumstances. This song is one of the first songs that jumped out at us."

Meanwhile, Bono also said it was "exciting" to perform on "Idol," which he likened to "being at the center of pop culture."

"This show is really like I remember as kids growing up and hearing about 'The Ed Sullivan Show' Elvis would be on, and the Beatles. Since then television is so fragmented and everybody watches something different. This is probably the only show that every one watches so it's a very interesting thing."

The singer also addressed his year-ago back surgery, which was successfully performed by a doctor in Germany. The emergency operation was the result of an injury he suffered during rehearsals for the band's 360 tour.

"I've now got 'Made in Germany' tattooed on my ass," he quipped.

Joked the Edge: "He's also an inch and a half taller."

U2's 360 tour has now become the highest-grossing tour of all time. On Sunday night the band accepted the Touring Award -- for both the biggest tour of the year and of all-time -- at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards.

(Editing by Chris Michaud)

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By Shirley Halperin and Kimberly Nordyke

Fri May 27, 2011 6:02pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Despite all the technical glitches, cast injuries and opening-night delays, Bono said the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" is still a firm go for a June 14 opening.

The U2 frontman -- who composed the production's music with bandmate the Edge -- told reporters Wednesday night that the show will most definitely go on.

"We're opening Spider-Man on the 14th," he said after the "American Idol" finale, during which he and the Edge performed "Rise Above," a song from the production. "I promise it's not been canceled, and we're very excited about it. It's almost there -- it will be there by opening night."

The $70 million production -- the most expense Broadway musical ever -- had undergone a revamp that saw director and chief creative force Julie Taymor exit, replaced by "The Boy From Oz" director Philip McKinley.

"He came in to fill impossible shoes -- Julie Taymor -- she's a genius and I miss her so much," Bono said.

As for "Rise Above," the song performed on "Idol," "There's another version of it in the play, and it was this beautiful hook about trying to transcend your circumstances. This song is one of the first songs that jumped out at us."

Meanwhile, Bono also said it was "exciting" to perform on "Idol," which he likened to "being at the center of pop culture."

"This show is really like I remember as kids growing up and hearing about 'The Ed Sullivan Show' Elvis would be on, and the Beatles. Since then television is so fragmented and everybody watches something different. This is probably the only show that every one watches so it's a very interesting thing."

The singer also addressed his year-ago back surgery, which was successfully performed by a doctor in Germany. The emergency operation was the result of an injury he suffered during rehearsals for the band's 360 tour.

"I've now got 'Made in Germany' tattooed on my ass," he quipped.

Joked the Edge: "He's also an inch and a half taller."

U2's 360 tour has now become the highest-grossing tour of all time. On Sunday night the band accepted the Touring Award -- for both the biggest tour of the year and of all-time -- at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards.

(Editing by Chris Michaud)

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By Shirley Halperin and Kimberly Nordyke

Fri May 27, 2011 6:02pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Despite all the technical glitches, cast injuries and opening-night delays, Bono said the Broadway musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" is still a firm go for a June 14 opening.

The U2 frontman -- who composed the production's music with bandmate the Edge -- told reporters Wednesday night that the show will most definitely go on.

"We're opening Spider-Man on the 14th," he said after the "American Idol" finale, during which he and the Edge performed "Rise Above," a song from the production. "I promise it's not been canceled, and we're very excited about it. It's almost there -- it will be there by opening night."

The $70 million production -- the most expense Broadway musical ever -- had undergone a revamp that saw director and chief creative force Julie Taymor exit, replaced by "The Boy From Oz" director Philip McKinley.

"He came in to fill impossible shoes -- Julie Taymor -- she's a genius and I miss her so much," Bono said.

As for "Rise Above," the song performed on "Idol," "There's another version of it in the play, and it was this beautiful hook about trying to transcend your circumstances. This song is one of the first songs that jumped out at us."

Meanwhile, Bono also said it was "exciting" to perform on "Idol," which he likened to "being at the center of pop culture."

"This show is really like I remember as kids growing up and hearing about 'The Ed Sullivan Show' Elvis would be on, and the Beatles. Since then television is so fragmented and everybody watches something different. This is probably the only show that every one watches so it's a very interesting thing."

The singer also addressed his year-ago back surgery, which was successfully performed by a doctor in Germany. The emergency operation was the result of an injury he suffered during rehearsals for the band's 360 tour.

"I've now got 'Made in Germany' tattooed on my ass," he quipped.

Joked the Edge: "He's also an inch and a half taller."

U2's 360 tour has now become the highest-grossing tour of all time. On Sunday night the band accepted the Touring Award -- for both the biggest tour of the year and of all-time -- at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards.

(Editing by Chris Michaud)

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U2's Bono agreed with terrible "Spider-Man" reviews

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U2 front man, Bono, talks at an event to launch World Aids Day in Sydney November 30, 2010.

Credit: Reuters/Tim Wimborne

By Lindsay Powers

Fri May 20, 2011 7:43pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - U2's Bono says he agreed with the terrible reviews for Spider-Man on Broadway, for which he wrote the score along with The Edge.

"It might have been a little hard for some other people around here to take that, but we don't disagree with the New York Times," Bono tells "Nightline's" Cynthia McFadden in an interview that airs Friday at 11:35 p.m. ET. "That's the sort of stuff we were saying backstage."

Among those who did not believe bad reviews? Former director Julie Taymor, who was forced out.

"Julie would not accept this," Bono adds of the $70 million Broadway musical, the most expensive in history, which will officially re-open on June 14 with new music and a streamlined script.

"She got very close to it, so close, perhaps, that she couldn't see it," Bono says. "And we were going out and coming back and we could see very clearly what we thought were the problems and she didn't think they were as big a problem as we did."

Still, Bono and The Edge praised Taymor: "Julie is an incredible artist, really a very gifted girl. I think it's -- it's a shame she's not with us to see it to its conclusion, because a lot of what's magic about it is hers."

"If it's a big success, I think it serves everybody involved and Julie, as well, because, you know, this show is so much about the contributions she made," The Edge added. "So I think the best thing we could do for the show and -- and for Julie is turn this into a success."

Phil McKinley, who replaced Taymor, also opens up to "Nightline."

"Some people call me 'Spidey Doc,'" McKinley jokes of editing the script. Adds Bono, "The last version of 'Turn Off the Dark' had a lot of magic and mysterious stuff. It was beautiful actually, in so many ways. It just, it didn't cohere."

"This time you have a really clear story line," Bono goes on. "You have characters that you're getting to know. The music is in a system where it's legible and there's lots of really obvious stuff that has been fixed."

(Editing by Zorianna Kit)

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U2 front man, Bono, talks at an event to launch World Aids Day in Sydney November 30, 2010.

Credit: Reuters/Tim Wimborne

By Lindsay Powers

Fri May 20, 2011 7:43pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - U2's Bono says he agreed with the terrible reviews for Spider-Man on Broadway, for which he wrote the score along with The Edge.

"It might have been a little hard for some other people around here to take that, but we don't disagree with the New York Times," Bono tells "Nightline's" Cynthia McFadden in an interview that airs Friday at 11:35 p.m. ET. "That's the sort of stuff we were saying backstage."

Among those who did not believe bad reviews? Former director Julie Taymor, who was forced out.

"Julie would not accept this," Bono adds of the $70 million Broadway musical, the most expensive in history, which will officially re-open on June 14 with new music and a streamlined script.

"She got very close to it, so close, perhaps, that she couldn't see it," Bono says. "And we were going out and coming back and we could see very clearly what we thought were the problems and she didn't think they were as big a problem as we did."

Still, Bono and The Edge praised Taymor: "Julie is an incredible artist, really a very gifted girl. I think it's -- it's a shame she's not with us to see it to its conclusion, because a lot of what's magic about it is hers."

"If it's a big success, I think it serves everybody involved and Julie, as well, because, you know, this show is so much about the contributions she made," The Edge added. "So I think the best thing we could do for the show and -- and for Julie is turn this into a success."

Phil McKinley, who replaced Taymor, also opens up to "Nightline."

"Some people call me 'Spidey Doc,'" McKinley jokes of editing the script. Adds Bono, "The last version of 'Turn Off the Dark' had a lot of magic and mysterious stuff. It was beautiful actually, in so many ways. It just, it didn't cohere."

"This time you have a really clear story line," Bono goes on. "You have characters that you're getting to know. The music is in a system where it's legible and there's lots of really obvious stuff that has been fixed."

(Editing by Zorianna Kit)

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U2 front man, Bono, talks at an event to launch World Aids Day in Sydney November 30, 2010.

Credit: Reuters/Tim Wimborne

By Lindsay Powers

Fri May 20, 2011 7:43pm EDT

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - U2's Bono says he agreed with the terrible reviews for Spider-Man on Broadway, for which he wrote the score along with The Edge.

"It might have been a little hard for some other people around here to take that, but we don't disagree with the New York Times," Bono tells "Nightline's" Cynthia McFadden in an interview that airs Friday at 11:35 p.m. ET. "That's the sort of stuff we were saying backstage."

Among those who did not believe bad reviews? Former director Julie Taymor, who was forced out.

"Julie would not accept this," Bono adds of the $70 million Broadway musical, the most expensive in history, which will officially re-open on June 14 with new music and a streamlined script.

"She got very close to it, so close, perhaps, that she couldn't see it," Bono says. "And we were going out and coming back and we could see very clearly what we thought were the problems and she didn't think they were as big a problem as we did."

Still, Bono and The Edge praised Taymor: "Julie is an incredible artist, really a very gifted girl. I think it's -- it's a shame she's not with us to see it to its conclusion, because a lot of what's magic about it is hers."

"If it's a big success, I think it serves everybody involved and Julie, as well, because, you know, this show is so much about the contributions she made," The Edge added. "So I think the best thing we could do for the show and -- and for Julie is turn this into a success."

Phil McKinley, who replaced Taymor, also opens up to "Nightline."

"Some people call me 'Spidey Doc,'" McKinley jokes of editing the script. Adds Bono, "The last version of 'Turn Off the Dark' had a lot of magic and mysterious stuff. It was beautiful actually, in so many ways. It just, it didn't cohere."

"This time you have a really clear story line," Bono goes on. "You have characters that you're getting to know. The music is in a system where it's legible and there's lots of really obvious stuff that has been fixed."

(Editing by Zorianna Kit)

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