Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe 'SPIDER-MAN' SPINS DVD/VIDEO RECORD It looks like breaking box-office records may be one of Spider-Man's super powers. Advertisement The summer blockbuster, "Spider-Man," starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, set a record this weekend by selling about 11 million DVD and videocassettes in its first three days of release. Sony Pictures execs say sales of the home versions of the film added up to an estimated $190 million. Based on the classic comic book series, "Spider-Man" became the first film to ever earn $100 million its first weekend. Released May 3, its American box-office total has passed $400 million, while its worldwide total is about $800 million. TIMBERLAKE TALKS ABOUT 'HORRIBLE WOMAN' The New York Post claims the subject of Justin Timberlake's new song, "Horrible Woman," is no other than his ex-girlfriend -- Britney Spears. Word from the tabloid is the N'Sync star "cried himself to sleep" after breaking up with Spears and has written a "snarky" new song to get even with her. The Post bases its report on an interview Timberlake gave Barbara Walters, which is set to air tonight. The show also marks the first time fans will see him perform "Horrible Woman." Advertisement The song's lyrics accuse: "So you had your chance to be my lover. I guess you needed something more undercover ... And you know that ain't cool. So let's skip the drama." Timberlake, who remains a member of the popular boy band as he pursues a solo career, has refused to say if he and Spears broke up because she cheated on him, as has been reported in the media. Timberlake told Walters: "I don't judge anybody. It's just young love ... It was a very intense relationship -- that's for sure." HORNBY'S 'BOY' TO COME TO SMALL-SCREEN Well, it's official. America is finally realizing what a treasure British author Nick Hornby is. Fox Broadcasting Co. says it will produce a television pilot, based on Hornby's popular novel, "About A Boy." The book, about a selfish bachelor whose world is turned upside down by a precocious young boy, was successfully adapted by Universal for the big-screen earlier this year. Hugh Grant and Toni Collette starred. The Hollywood Reporter writes Fox has committed to a single-camera comedy series based on the movie and the book, to be produced by Universal Network Television. Advertisement Writer-producer Matthew Carlson has been tapped to write the script and executive-produce the pilot with Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal's Tribeca Productions and Working Title Films, the film's co-producers. The project marks one of the first collaborations between Universal Network TV, which recently returned to the Universal fold, and the company's movie studio, says the trade paper.
