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  • Called "Tarantula" in some editions, the novel was the inspiration last year for movie director Pedro Almodóvar's "The Skin I Live In."

    Five Best: R.J. Ellory R.J. Ellory 2012

  • Astronomers say they have discovered the most colossal star on record, in a region of space known as the Tarantula nebula in a neighbouring galaxy to our own.

    Most massive star on record found in neighbouring galaxy 2010

  • The film, which is taken from a Thierry Jonquet novel called Tarantula,'' delivers, among other things, an impressive body count, and one shot of prosthetic penises arranged before a horrified young man so that they resemble the bars of a prison cell.

    Boston.com Top Stories 2011

  • Astronomers say they have discovered the most colossal star on record, in a region of space known as the Tarantula nebula in a neighbouring galaxy to our own.

    The Hindu - Home 2010

  • The Tarantula is a little more expensive than other keyboards geared toward gamers, but its build quality, customization options, and responsiveness are definitely worth it.

    Random feeds from Syndic8.com 2009

  • There was a movie years ago with William Shatner (think it was called Tarantula but could have been something else) ... where these really big Tarantulas have nests on a farm and the farmer disturbs them.

    Don't Get Me Started with Linda Sharp 2008

  • Image: John Agar as small town physician Matt Hastings and Mara Corday as scientist Stephanie "Steve" Clayton in Tarantula.

    It all started with the 19th Amendment . . . Peggy 2008

  • Image: John Agar as small town physician Matt Hastings and Mara Corday as scientist Stephanie "Steve" Clayton in Tarantula.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Peggy 2008

  • Even my spider phobia wasn't triggered by "Tarantula", they're so campy and fun.

    If You Only Knew the Power of the Dumb Side.... 2008

  • It's based on the novel "Tarantula" by Thierry Jonquet, which I'll now have to read, and is scheduled to shoot this summer in Spain and elsewhere.

    Archive 2010-05-01 Reel Fanatic 2010

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