Spider-Man Week is coming to an end. What happened out there while we weren't looking? In one of the more interesting spider events this week, Tobey Maguire got a big creature placed on his arm at AMNH by entymologist and curator Norm Platnick: Through Sunday you can check out that very same spider at AMNH, as part of their Spiders Alive! exhibit. Did you see any signs of Spider-Man this week? Here he is in......

We're halfway through Spider-Man Week (check out this listing for the remaining events) and since it's fun to think that there really is a super hero in the city, let's see Peter Parker's places, via this map on the Spider-Man Week site. Now we know Oscorp is in the outer-boroughs and that Doc Ock's lab was in Clinton, but what about Peter's gig as a pizza delivery boy at Joe's? Are you seeing Spider-Man......

Name a new commissioner for the Department of Transportation (it's Janette Sadik-Khan - check out Streetsblog's suggestions for her) Cancel an appearance at a big GOP fund-raiser, which the Post's Fred Dicker thinks fuels further "speculation that he'll run for president" Continue to be mad at a Kansas TV station for not airing one of his anti-illegal gun ads Field more suggestions about congestion pricing from City Council members, including more mass transit options......

New York is literally brimming with Tobey Maguire sightings this week. Apparently Spiderman 3 is shooting around town, and we've been receiving dozens of sightings and reports. Today, Brian Van sent in this shot, along with a report: I'll give you the straight dirt on him: Tiny. Generally nice to fans with one exception: Acts like a big dick to anyone who looks like a paparazzi, including normal citizens with fancy cameras. Somewhat understandable, but......

Adam Sternbergh, Co-Founder of Fametracker...

Spiderman 3 Director Sam Raimi announced that lanky 70’s Show guy has just joined Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunset in the cast of Spider-Man 3. "Topher Grace is an extraordinarily talented actor," said Raimi, "and will be perfect for the complexities of the role we are developing." Columbia Pictures has not yet confirmed his specific role, but many speculate that in addition to Sideways' Thomas Haden Church as the Sandman, Topher will play a villain.......

You know it's the Oscars when P. Diddy busts out the velvet suit! Gothamist loves the Oscars, and we're going to attempt to do a little liveblogging. We might need to order a vat of caffeine and an EMT team at the ready; not because Chris Rock will be boring, but because we think that Gil Cates might kill us with his newfangled ideas and because we're meh about this year's nominees in the big......

Jina Wye, MBA Student...

The Washington Post's Beltway gossip Lloyd Grove gets ready for his new gig at the Daily News by going heavy on the D.C. screening circuit today. First, he leads with a screening of The Passion, with director Mel Gibson present, for insiders to quell rumors. The invitees skewed to the conservative: Matt Drudge, Peggy Noonan, Cal Thomas and Kate O'Beirne; conservative essayist Michael Novak; President Bush's abortive nominee for labor secretary, Linda Chavez; staff director......

With QEFTSG breaking Bravo's rating records, Gothamist takes a look at the previously highest-rated program, Inside the Actor's Studio with James Lipton Since Gothamist is a huge movie fan, when we watched the show for the first time, we thought, "Wow, this is great, this guy talks to really interesting actors and get them to discuss their craft." See, there was a day when we were naive and hopeful. Now we realize James Lipton is......

Kim Masters is one of the best Hollywood investigative reporters today. She's been writing features for a number of publications (like the recent one in Esquire about Scott Rudin or the one on Harvey and Marty) as well as a great book about Hollywood excess in the form of Jon Peters and Peter Guber, Hit and Run with Nancy Griffin, but this past weekend's piece about what really happened with Tobey Maguire and Spiderman is......

As someone whose love of movies extends to how the movies get made, this excellent article in Variety by Claude Brodesser and Dana Harris about trying to get Spiderman 2, the Michael Chabon scripted sequel to 2002's most successful film, off the ground is fascinating. Though people have been hearing most recently about Tobey Maguire dumping his representation, the studio, Columbia Pictures, did in fact make an offer to Jake Gyllenhaal, because Tobey was being...might......

The rumor in Hollywood today is that Tobey Maguire won't reprise his role as Spiderman and that Jake Gyllenhaal will step up. Maguire's excuse: Not moral objection to being a new kind of action hero or more pressing duties in DiCaprio's Pussy Posse, but actually mild back discomfort (he just finished filming Seabiscuit). "After doing two physically demanding films in a row, Tobey has experienced mild discomfort in his back, which is in the final......