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Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver, auto racing team owner, and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money and eight other nominations, three Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing. Newman was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity.

During a school field trip to Columbia University, Peter Parker, a shy nerdy high school outcast, has been bitten by a genetically enhanced spider. Peter discovers the spider has granted him superhuman abilities of a spider, he puts his powers to good use after his Uncle Ben is killed by a carjacker. Peter becomes the masked vigilante known as Spider-Man and he becomes the city's protector. However, Peter's life gets more complicated when he faces his arch-enemy, the Green Goblin who is actually Norman Osborn, the CEO of Oscorp and father of Harry Osborn. Green Goblin begins to terrorize the city that Spider-Man has sworn to protect. Peter's love for Mary Jane will ultimately get in the way of the Goblin's murderous goals
