Tom Holland will be next Spider-Man
The Spidey search is over.
Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures announced Tuesday that “The Impossible” star Tom Holland would be taking over the role of Peter Parker and the web-slinging superhero in the next Spider-Man film, set to hit theaters on July 28, 2017.
Jon Watts, who directed the indie thriller “Cop Car,” has been set to direct the still-untitled film
Sony Pictures promises a new creative direction for this iteration of Spider-Man. Since 2002, there have been five films in the $4 billion series, with Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield previously in the title role.
Holland, a 19-year-old English actor, has also appeared in “Locke” and the TV series “Wolf Hall.” He can be seen this December in Ron Howard’s “In the Heart of the Sea.”
Singer for Nickelback set for surgery
Nickelback is canceling its summer tour as lead singer Chad Kroeger has been diagnosed with an operable cyst on his voice box.
The band posted a statement and a video on its website Tuesday about canceling the rest of its 2015 No Fixed Address North American Tour.
Kroeger will have surgery in three weeks and will have to rest after, the band wrote in a statement. Ticket refunds will be available at the point of purchase.
Combs says he acted in self-defense
Sean “Diddy” Combs was defending himself and his son when he got into a violent confrontation at a University of California, Los Angeles, athletic complex and was subsequently arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, his representative said Tuesday.
Police said Combs, 45, used a kettlebell in the confrontation inside the Acosta Athletic Training Complex on campus Monday. A kettlebell is a round piece of weightlifting equipment with a handle, usually made of cast iron.
But any reports that Combs was the aggressor are inaccurate, spokeswoman Nathalie Moar, Combs Enterprises senior vice president, said in a statement.
“The various accounts of the event and charges that are being reported are wholly inaccurate. What we can say now is that any actions taken by Mr. Combs were solely defensive in nature to protect himself and his son. We are confident that once the true facts are revealed, the case will be dismissed,” the statement said.
Combs’ company, Revolt, identified the coach involved in the conflict as Sal Alosi, who gained notoriety in 2010 for tripping a Miami Dolphins player during special-teams play. He was suspended by the NFL for that incident and ultimately left the league and took a job at Bryant College, a small school in Rhode Island.
The birthday bunch
Comedian Jack Carter is 93. Actress Michele Lee is 73. Rock musician Jeff Beck is 71. Musician Mick Fleetwood is 68. Actress Carla Gallo is 40. Actress Minka Kelly is 35. Actress Candice Patton is 30. Singer Solange Knowles is 29.