MD News Desk: Halloween Edition

Today we present a special edition of the MD News Desk, a goody bag filled with various tricks and treats from Movie Dearest:

And the List Goes On:
- This collection of 20 Movie Villain Pumpkin Carvings gets extra cool points for including ... Large Marge!

Women We Love:
- It's Jamie Lee Curtis’ Follicle Funhouse! How many can you name?

On Location:
- O.T.I.S. pays a special visit to the real Elm Street.
- Zombies invade the Monroeville Mall ... again.


Videodrone:
- A retro Halloween treat from Disney. (By the by, note Donald's nephew on the right — in drag as a witch!)
- Anne Ramsey's head explodes while watching The Bad Seed.
- Scream, Brenda Vacarro, scream!
- "Wocka Wocka Wocka": The Bear Wit Project.
- The one, the only: Sorority Girls from Hell!!!
- Forget Paranormal Activity, it's sexy time.
- Hey kids! It's Shaun (the Sheep) of the Dead!
- Trailer Trash: Beware the One-Eyed Monster (NSFW).

Ride the Movies:
- Now playing at Universal Studios Hollywood: Creature from the Black Lagoon: The Musical! Lots of pics and videos here.

Movie Music:
- Scary bunnies: Watership Down to the tune of "Ave Satani".
- "The Love Theme from The Shining".

Poster Post:
- From the frightfully funny comic geniuses at Kindertrauma: Kramer vs. Krueger, Get Out of Africa and On Crystal Lake.


Out in Film:
- Varla Jean Merman hawks the Occult Snuggie and stars in Shut Up, Sweet Charlotte!
- Alan Ball spills his guts on True Blood's third season.
- The Big Gay Sketch Show's Julie Goldman has a mop problem.
- Really scary: Anne Heche gets work.


Hands Off the Merchandise:
- Blasts from All Hallows' Eves past courtesy of The Haunted Closet.
- "So soft and cuddly": Dark Shadows Horror Heads!

"I Am the Night", oil on canvas by Brandon Bird
Film Art:
- Just what every trick or treater wants: a Philip Seymour Hoffman in Magnolia costume. (Hey, at least it's not a Philip Seymour Hoffman in Happiness costume.)

Tune in to Movie Dearest later today for more Halloween fun, including the results of our "Ultimate Vamp Champ" MD Poll and a very "Bewitching" edition of The Actor Factor!

MD News Desk: 3 More Days 'Til Halloween ... Halloween ... Halloween ...

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Videodrone:
- Blast from the Past: the "Silver Shamrock" song from Halloween III: The Season of the Witch.

True Blood:
- Creator Alan Ball hints at what's to come in season 3 ...
- While Entertainment Weekly's Michael Ausiello has the scoop on a whole batch of new characters.
- And just in time for Halloween: make your own True Blood jack o' lanterns!


Coming Soon:
- High School Musical director Kenny Ortega bails on the new Footloose.
- Sequel Watch: More Paranormal Activity and the return of Mad Max.
- Matt Damon and Josh Brolin are in discussions with Joel and Ethan Coen to join Jeff Bridges in their True Grit remake.
- Brolin is also a part of Woody Allen's latest, titled You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger; cast also includes Naomi Watts, Anthony Hopkins, Antonio Banderas and Slumdog Millionaire's Freida Pinto.

The Latest on TV:
- Lots of classic tricks and treats this Halloween weekend, beginning with a special episode of CBS' Medium that finds Patricia Arquette in the middle of Night of the Living Dead on Friday.
- Also on Friday, Turner Classic Movies will air 11 Boris Karloff thrillers, followed by more thrills and chills during Saturday's Halloween marathon, including a salute to horrormeister Val Lewton.

RIP:
- Character actor Lou Jacobi, who played Mr. Van Daan in The Diary of Anne Frank on stage and screen, passed away Friday at the age of 95.

Cinematic Crushes:
- Ewan McGregor on playing Gore Vidal's dad in Amelia and kissing Jim Carrey in I Love You, Phillip Morris.
- While Melrose Place says goodbye to Ashlee Simpson-Wentz (good riddance), it will say hello to Billy Campbell.
- Hugh Jackman and Daniel Craig sell the shirts off their backs ... for a good cause.

From Screen to Stage:
- It's Turkey Lurkey Time: Promises, Promises (the musical version of The Apartment) will return to Broadway starring Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth.
- The Nine soundtrack will hit stores in December.
- Loverly? Keira Knightley officially cast as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady remake; Daniel Craig rumored for Henry Higgins.
- The Full Monty to strut its way back to London.
- Craig Bierko, Dick Latessa and Sherie Rene Scott are in the Little Miss Sunshine family; plus: more on Like Water for Chocolate.
- Tony winner Michele Pawk plays Oscar winner Joan Crawford in …"Flesh and Blood!"
- Potted Potter, a parody of the Harry Potter books, returns to the West End once more for the Christmas season.

Out in Film:
- Photo Call: Cheyenne Jackson in Broadway's Finian's Rainbow.
- Lily Tomlin hits Vegas.
- Author Augusten Burroughs turns to television, including a series adaptation of his best-selling memoir Dry.
- Chaz Bono to tell all to Mary Hart on Entertainment Tonight beginning tomorrow night.
- Alan Cumming chats with Playbill.com's Seth Rudetsky about his new solo album, I Bought a Blue Car Today.

GLBT Entertainment:
- Gay Nazis in love film Brotherhood wins big at the Rome Film Festival.
- I Want My Gay TV: out characters popping up on Trauma, White Collar and 90210.
- Watch This: the first trailer for Bruce LaBruce's Night of the Living Dead Porn Stars flick L.A. Zombie (NSFW).

Awards Watch:
- For the first time in 15 years, the Golden Globes will have a host: Ricky Gervais.

And the List Goes On:
- Forgetaboutit: Out.com takes a look at gay mobsters.

The Latest on DVD:
- Just in time for the holidays, a whole new take on those fireplace DVDs: Jingle Boys! Click here for a video preview.

MD News Desk: Girls Just Want to Have Fun

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Hands Off the Merchandise:
- Meet the Barbie "Ladies of the 80's": Debbie Harry, Cyndi Lauper and Joan Jett (available this December from EntertainmentEarth.com.)

And the List Goes On:
- The 50 Most Powerful People on Broadway includes such out theater vets as Nathan Lane, Cameron Mackintosh, Joe Mantello, Jack O'Brien, Thomas Schumacher and Stephen Sondheim.
- A Different View: A Straight Person's Top 10 Guide to Movies About the Gay People.


GLBT Entertainment:
- Watch the trailer and help pick the poster for Do Começo Ao Fim (a.k.a. From Beginning to End), the controversial Brazilian drama about two brothers in love ... with each other.
- Another trailer for you: Oy Vey! My Son is Gay! The new rom com stars Lainie Kazan (naturally), Jai Rodriguez, Bruce Vilanch and (in his film debut) Tony winning Jersey Boy John Lloyd Young.
- ABC's FlashForward has a lesbian FBI agent.

Awards Watch:
- Pixar's John Lasseter to receive the David O. Selznick Achievement Award from the Producers Guild of America.
- Here are the movies to watch in Oscar's expanded Best Picture race.
- Vote now for the People's Choice Awards.


Glee:
- Cover Story: Entertainment Weekly goes for the Glee.
- Is Kristin Chenoweth's April Rhodes returning to New Directions?
- Music Makes the People Come Together: Madonna lends her songs to an upcoming all-Madge episode! Glee's status as the new gayest show on television now officially confirmed.
- Interviews: Matthew Morrison (Will Schuester) and Mark Salling (Noah "Puck" Puckerman).

From Screen to Stage:
- It's Not Easy Being Green: Shrek the Musical to close on Broadway in January.
- Watch This: Rehearsal montage for Nine ... love Judi Dench's wig.
- Around the World: The Lion King in Singapore and Grey Gardens in Japan.
- Ragtime, featuring a Tony Award-winning book by Terrence McNally and Tony-winning score by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty, is back on Broadway.
- Meanwhile, Mommie Dearest herself, Faye Dunaway, takes on another real life diva, Maria Callas, in the film adaptation of McNally’s Tony-winning 1995 play Master Class. The movie, which the Academy Award winning actress is also directing, is now filming in Detroit.
- London to see a new adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's Oscar-winning film Through a Glass Darkly.
- La Cage aux Folles star John Barrowman dishes on being a 'Big Old Queen' ... onstage and off.
- Ladies and gentlemen, the Mr. Broadway 2009 Beauty Pageant.

Women We Love:
- Stocking Stuffer: Kathy Griffin's new comedy CD Suckin' It for the Holidays, available November 3 (click hereto pre-order from Amazon.com).
- And now for the bad Madonna news of the week: she'll direct again.
- Laurie Metcalf returns to Broadway in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound.
- Casting About: Angelina Jolie in the thriller The Tourist, Laura Dern in the Meet the Fockers sequel Little Fockers and Vanessa Redgrave in the political drama The Whistleblower.
- Kim Cattrall to take on Noël Coward's Private Lives in the West End.

RIP:
- Beloved comedian and TV host Soupy Sales passed away Thursday at the age of 83.
- Collin Wilcox Paxton, best known for her pivotal role in the classic To Kill a Mockingbird, died October 14. She was 74.

Coming Soon:
- Sex and the City 2 Watch: Miley Cyrus joins the long list of cameos.
- J.J. Abrams hints about his plans for Star Trek 2.
- Daniel Craig reveals that the next James Bond will start shooting late next year.
- Anne Hathaway and Neil Patrick Harris to lend their voices to the animated Rio, from the folks behind the Ice Age movies.

Ride the Movies:
- Princess Tiana and her Prince Naveen, stars of The Princess and the Frog, will have their own "Showboat Jubilee" at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom starting Monday.


Out in Film:
- Paul Reubens' Pee-wee Herman rides again.
- Jane Lynch returns to Party Down and joins the Off-Broadway hit Love, Loss and What I Wore.
- Wicked author Gregory Maguire examines the enduring magic of Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are.
- Mike White talks about Gentlemen Broncos and the possible School of Rock sequel.
- Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky are developing a Showtime comedy based on Craig Chester's memoir Why the Long Face?: The Adventures of a Truly Independent Actor. Don Roos is on board to direct.
- Power Up names their "10 Amazing Gay Women" and "10 Amazing Gay Men in Show Biz".
- Queer as Folk's Peter Paige has signed on to direct the indie drama Sex Crime Panic.
- Alan Cumming joins Christina Aguilera, Cher and Cam Giganget in Burlesque. OK, OK will go see it!

MD News Desk: The Butler Does It

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Cinematic Crushes:
- No problem here: Gerard Butler likes to get naked.
- Casting About: Josh Duhamel in the Disney comedy What's He Got?, Ben Foster in the remake of The Mechanic, Matthew McConaughey in the legal drama The Lincoln Lawyer, Clive Owen in the sex predator thriller Trust, Ryan Reynolds in an untitled "dude-in-drag" rom com, and Chris Pine in the fact-based drama The Art of Making Money and possibly the next Jack Ryan flick.

And the List Goes On:
- Are these the Ten Worst Gay Movies of All Time?
- Ellen DeGeneres in Mr. Wrong tops AfterEllen.com's Top 8 Embarrassing Celezbrity Moments.

Awards Watch:
- Academy Award winning director Mike Nichols will receive the next American Film Institute Life Achievement Award. In addition to such certified classics as Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Graduate, Nichols has helmed such gay faves as Working Girl and Postcards from the Edge and the GLBT-inclusive works Silkwood, The Birdcage, Primary Colors and Angels in America.
- Are they actually going to try to put Meryl Streep's Julia Child in the supporting race?
- Here are the 65 countries in competition for the 2009 Foreign Language Film Oscar.
- The Independent Spirit Awards leave the beach and find a new home at LA Live.
- Welcome to the Wild Card Oscars. Speaking of which ...
- The Hangover: Best Picture nominee?

RIP:
- Singer Al Martino, who played Johnny Fontane in The Godfather, died Tuesday at the age of 82.
- Daniel Melnick, executive producer of That's Entertainment!, All That Jazz and Footloose, also passed away Tuesday. He was 77.

From Screen to Stage:
- The women of Nine go Vogue.
- Emmy winners Christopher Lloyd and John Larroquette to star in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas in LA.
- Melissa Gilbert graduates to Ma Ingalls in the national tour of the new musical Little House on the Prairie.
- Oscar winning songwriter Randy Newman gets his own jukebox musical.
- The national tour of Monty Python’s Spamalot comes to a close this weekend.
- The Lion King marks its tenth anniversary in the West End.
- Will Kristin Chenoweth be Fran Kubelik to Sean Hayes' Chuck Baxter in a Broadway revival of Promises, Promises, the musical version of The Apartment?
- "God, I hope I get it": the A Chorus Line documentary Every Little Step makes its DVD debtthis week. The Advocate interviews its co-director Adam Del Deo.

Best of the Fests:
- AFI Fest's 2009 lineup includes Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus and The Road, with tributes to the latter two's respective stars Christopher Plummer and Viggo Mortensen. Tom Ford's A Single Man (which is scheduled to open in limited release December 11) will close out the fest, which runs from October 30 to November 7. And, oh yeah, it's free!

Glee:
- The track list for the volume 1 soundtrack is now posted on Amazon.com... and while you're there, be sure to pre-order it (releases November 3).
-Yes! The Glee gang to go on tour!
- No! NBC nixes the Glee gang from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
- Snap! Glee creator Ryan Murphy responds.

Coming Soon:
- Sex and the City 2 Watch: Penélope Cruz to cameo as a banker who crosses paths with Mr. Big. Also: Charlotte gets a new nanny, and who will play the token lesbian?
- Dancing with the Stars alum Julianne Hough joins Christina Aguilera in a little Burlesque.
- Forget the "twilight bark", here's the official Twilight Twitter.
- The busy Jon Favreau won't direct The Avengers after all.
- "This. Is. Moses!" The Ten Commandments to get a 300 makeover.


The Latest on TV:
- Ugly Betty is back! The two-hour fourth season premiere airs tonight on ABC. In other Betty news: the TV Guide Channel will start airing reruns next week, and to stay up-to-date on all things Betty, be sure to subscribe to the official Ugly Betty YouTube channel.
- Dancing with the Stars will pay tribute to Michael Jackson on next Tuesday's results show.

MD News Desk: Hair Apparent

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Film Art:
- David Kawena finally gets around to my favorite Disney hunk, Beauty and the Beast bad boy Gaston.

GLBT Entertainment:
- Out chats with Logo's newest reality TV star Ambrose Price about his Decorating Adventures. (Watch the complete premiere episode here.)
- That's Gay: Bryan Safi says "No" to "No Homo".
- Bollywood is bi-curious in 3 Nights 4 Days.
- ABC's gay-inclusive hit comedy Modern Family gets a full season.
- The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love on Skins and Heroes.
- Director Manan Katohora tackles his third lesbian-themed film with Come to My Window.

Awards Watch:
- Can Michael Jackson win a posthumous Academy Award with his concert film This Is It? Uh, not unless he's a credited producer ...
- The 2009 AFI Awards to be announced December 13.
- George Clooney: double Oscar nominee?
- With an abundance of toon riches this year, the Academy may go with five Best Animated Feature nominations.
- The 2009 Theater Hall of Fame inductees include Jim Dale, Lynn Redgrave, Charles Ludlam, Stephen Schwartz and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
- Are you a genre film and TV fan? Then vote now for the 2009 Spike TV Scream Awards. Nominees include Lost, Star Trek, True Blood, Up, Watchmen and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

And the List Goes On:
- From dating divorcées to lip-locking lesbians: 10 Sexual Controversies That Changed TV.
- Out Magazine outs the Gayest Monsters.
- Meanwhile, here's 15 TV Characters Who Never Came Out of the Closet (But Should Have).
- Are these the 100 Greatest Movie Posters of all time?
- "Rosebud!" 30 Killer Movie Opening Lines.


The Latest on TV:
- Sunday night hunk alert: Jesse Metcalfe on Desperate Housewives and Gilles Marini on Brothers & Sisters.
- Sunday is also the day for the National Equality March on Washington and gay cable network Logo announced that it would go dark for four hours in support of it.
- Meanwhile, Saturday sees the season premiere of The Graham Norton Show on BBC America (guests include Olivia Newton John and Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne) and the HBO debut of the new Wanda Sykes comedy special I'ma Be Me.

Videodrone:
- Dancing with the Stars Watch: When Donny met Bruno ...
- Trailer Park: Roland Emmerich throws everything but the kitchen sink at John Cusack and Amanda Peet in 2012.
- Watch This: The first five minutes of Disney' The Princess and the Frog.

Coming Soon:
- Which will be the next Showgirls: Burlesque (now starring Kristen Bell as Christina Aguilera's dancing rival) or ... Showgirls 2???
- "By Odin's beard!" Stellan Skarsgård joins Thor.
- Sequel Watch: Spider-Man villain Venom gets his own franchise, Adrien Brody takes on Predators, National Lampoon goes on another Vacation and don't hold your breath for the next Simpsons movie.
- Director Eli Roth will turn that fake Grindhouse trailer for faux horror flick Thanksgiving into a real movie.

Out in Film:
- Congrats to Glee MVP Chris Colfer, who officially came out in an Advocate interview earlier this week.
- Rich Ross named head of Walt Disney Studios, making him Hollywood's first openly gay male studio chairman.
- Following the tragic death of his ex-husband Kevin McGee, Matt Lucas has withdrawn from the West End production of Prick Up Your Ears "until further notice".
- Lee Daniels discusses his film fest hit Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire.
- Tim Gunn to play Neil Patrick Harris' tailor on How I Met Your Mother.
- Marc Cherry developing a Desperate Housewives-esque new show for ABC.
- Paul Reubens' The Pee-wee Herman Show to play LA in 2010.
- Cheyenne Jackson Update: He is named to Logo's Legacy Campaign, starts previews of the Broadway revival of Finian's Rainbow and more info on 30 Rock!

From Screen to Stage:
- John Barrowman channels Judy in the West End's La Cage aux Folles.
- Lorna Luft takes a tour with Irving Berlin's White Christmas.
- Meet the stars of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera sequel, Love Never Dies.
- Rob Marshall's movie version of Nine will now open in December.
- Avenue Q re-opens Off-Broadway tonight.
- In Disney Theatrical news, Mary Poppins gets a new song on Broadway while Aladdin gets a full-length stage version for licensing.
- UK tour of Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show seeks to set record for the largest-ever "Time Warp".
- The animated TV version of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is finally coming to DVD in January. (Click hereto pre-order from Amazon.com.)
- Daniel Radcliffe is following in the Tony winning footsteps of Robert Morse and Matthew Broderick in a possible Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.

Women We Love:
- Just in time: With her current hit Love is the Answer, Barbra Streisand is the only recording artist to achieve a number 1 album in five consecutive decades.
- Watch This: Jennifer Hudson sings "Over the Rainbow" for Netflix's Wizard of Oz celebration. The Dreamgirls diva is also working on a Christmas special for ABC.
- AfterEllen.com interviews Oscar winner Marlee Matlin.

Potent Quotables:
- Legally Blonde: The Musical's Kate Shindle on her motivations for running in the 2009 ING New York City Marathon to help raise money for marriage equality initiatives: "But what keeps me going is the opportunity to make the statement that fringe lunatics and uneducated so-called activists (I’m looking at you, Carrie Prejean) do not define this issue. It is an effort that all Americans have to care about, regardless of their political or sexual orientation. ‘Separate but equal’ does not work. Still.

So I will run and run and run, not just to raise badly-needed funds for the cause, but to disseminate the message that we all need to pay attention to this and demand that our legislators do the same.”

MD News Desk: Guys & Dolls

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Coming Soon:
- Who says a woman can't be a movie star after 50? Barbie to get her own live action feature film.
- See Drew Barrymore and Ellen Page in Whip It a week early ... and get a free T-shirt!
- Diablo Cody is heading back to high school with an adaptation of the Sweet Valley High book series.
- David Cronenberg is remaking The Fly ... again?!
- More Hollywood originality at its best: Dimension to produce sequels to Halloween, Hellraiser, Scanners and Scream and remakes of Children of the Corn and Short Circuit.

Women We Love:
- Betty White to guest star as herself on 30 Rock.
- The Tony winning stars of An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin will bring their acclaimed concert act to Chicago next year.
- Meanwhile, over on the west coast, the Dynasty diva will present An Evening with Joan Collins in Long Beach next month.

Hands Off the Merchandise:
- Thanks to the Lego Prince of Persia toys, you'll have just what you always wanted: a little Jake Gyllenhaal to put in your pocket.

Out in Film:
- Congrats! Sexy sax man Dave Koz gets his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- Lily Tomlin to do some Damages.
- Broadway's latest Billy Flynn, the dashing Tom Hewitt, submits to Playbill's Cue & A.
- Hairspray reunion: producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and composers Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (along with some guy named Steven Spielberg) are teaming up on a new Showtime series about the creation of an original Broadway musical.
- Another Showtime reunion: Bill Condon will direct his Kinsey leading lady Laura Linney in The C Word.
- Ian McKellen to be honored with the William Shakespeare Award for Classical Theatre.
- Big Gay Sketch Show's Colman Domingo goes solo in his one-man show A Boy and His Soul.
- Bryan Singer adds another project to his busy schedule, the fantasy adventure Jack the Giant Killer.
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson chats about playing a gay dad on the new comedy series Modern Family.
- DJ Samantha Ronson to guest star on 90210 ... as a DJ.

And the List Goes On:
- "Heavens to Murgatroyd!" Snagglepuss leads the way (exit stage right) in Out Magazine's collection of the Gayest Cartoon Characters.
- The Advocate names the Best of the Bicons: Josephine Baker, Marlene Dietrich, Billie Holiday and Frida Kahlo.

From Screen to Stage:
- Angela Lansbury and Catherine Zeta-Jones will head the cast of the upcoming Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music.
- Get ready (OK) for Bring It On: The Musical (with a book by Avenue Q Tony winner Jeff Whitty).
- Costumes and masks from Broadway's The Lion King were donated to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History.

Awards Watch:
- With Bill Condon too busy to produce this year's Oscar show, could the gig go to such other A-gays as Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks or Craig Zadan and Neil Meron?
- Save the date(s): The movie awards season calendar.


Cinematic Crushes:
- Twilight stud Cam Gigandet will join Cher and Christina Aguilera in a little Burlesque.
- Wentworth Miller to take on Resident Evil: Afterlife.
- Dwayne Johnson is a super cop with Samuel L. Jackson in The Other Guys.
- Justin Timberlake will play a co-founder of Facebook in The Social Network.
- Watch This: Dancing With the Stars pays tribute to Patrick Swayze.

GLBT Entertainment:
- That's Gay: Bryan Safi exposes the ins and outs of coming out on TV.
- Dan Savage's book The Kid: What Happened After My Boyfriend and I Decided to Go Get Pregnant is now a musical.


The Latest on TV:
- Tune in to CBS on Sunday night for the latest installment of The Amazing Race (featuring out brothers Dan and Sam McMillen), then switch over to ABC for the season premieres of Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters.
- It's official: Heather Locklear will return to Melrose Place (which has been picked up for the rest of the season, along with Kevin Williamson's The Vampire Diaries). Here's a video review of the best of Amanda Woodward.