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David A. Goodman is running unopposed for a second two-year term as president of the Writers Guild of America West.

Goodman, who has become the public voice of the guild during its bitter standoff with Hollywood agents, also ran unopposed in 2017 when he succeeded Howard Rodman in the post.

The WGA West announced Friday that its negotiating committee had sought a second unidentified candidate for the presidency but that person opted not to run. Goodman could still face opposition if another candidate opts to run by petition, which would require submission of 25 member signatures by July 23.

Goodman served as executive producer of Seth MacFarlane’s “Family Guy” between 2005 and 2012. He broke into the business in 1986 as a story editor on “The Golden Girls” and has writing and producing credits on “Enterprise,” “American Dad,” “Allen Gregory,” “Futurama,” “Babes,” and “Stark Raving Mad.”

The WGA standoff with agents appears to have no end in sight.

“Spider-Man: Homecoming” appears to be the return to form that fans have been longing for, as the friendly neighborhood superhero movie has opened to favorable reviews and beaucoup bucks at the box office. Amid the praise for star Tom Holland and the diverse ensemble around him, warm words have also been reserved for composer Michael Giacchino. His score is now available on Spotify; stream it here.

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Featuring such punny titles as “No Vault of His Own,” “Pop Vulture” and “A Stark Contrast,” the Ost consists of 22 tracks. Giacchino, who’s won an Emmy for his work on “Lost” and an Academy Award and Golden Globe for “Up,” has also composed the scores for such films as “Rogue One,” “Let Me In,” “Jurassic World,” “Doctor Strange” and “War for the Planet of the Apes.”

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We've got a few new entertaining Spider-Man: Homecoming videos for you to check out today! The first is a weird cross-promotional promo that features Spider-Man showing off his dance moves. He then joins a hipster who's dancing alone in his apartment for some reason. It's an amusingly strange commercial for an Italian internet and cable company called Tim,

We also have a preview of the musical score for you to listen to. The movie was scored by composer Michael Giacchino and this gives us a taste of what we're in for. It's a suite that includes a collection of some of the orchestral themes we’ll hear in the movie. I included a full tracklist for the soundtrack below the videos. Unfortunately, there's nothing really iconic being displayed. One thing that I wish were better about the Marvel movies are the musical scores. Everything they do in that aspect just feels generic.

If there's anyone out there who fits the bill of overseeing a mini-film festival of three shorts blending video game premises with familiar tropes from people's favorite horror movies better than Joe Lynch, we can't think of who it might be. Which is why we're super-excited to share the news about his latest project for G4TV.com's Epictober celebration, which begins October 24th. Read on for the details!

As USA Today explains it, this is what Joe is up to:

Before he got his current gig on the upcoming FEARnet horror sitcom "Holliston" and directed Knights of Badassdom (coming to a theater near you in early 2012), Lynch acted as creative director for the G4 TV cable network's website, in charge of developing Web series and live coverage for E3, Comic-Con and other events.

Watching websites such as Funny or Die and Atom.com generate original viral videos that proved...

10. The juxtaposition of these two 1986 winners:

9. 2005 Favorite Hair - Jennifer Garner

8. 1991 Favorite Male Musical Performer - Hammer (he'd dropped the "Mc" at this point)

7. 2009 Favorite Drama Movie and Favorite Independent Movie - The Secret Life of Bees

6. 2006 this thing:

5. 2007 Favorite Group - Nickelback

4. The following Favorite New TV Shows (aka, the "We Love This Show So Much, It Will Be On Forever!" award; from 2008 on, I defy you to remember a single one of these programs):

2011 - $#*! My Dad Says

2009 - Gary Unmarried

2008 - Moonlight

2007 - The Class

2000 - Stark Raving Mad

1999 - La Doctors

1998 - Brooklyn South

1996 - Murder One

1992 - Homefront

1991 - Equal Justice

3. 2008 Favorite Female TV Star and 2010 TV Drama Actress Winner - Katherine Heigl (she'd really honed her craft in that two year period)

2. 2011 Favorite Movie Winner - The Twilight Saga: Eclipse

1. 2007, 2008, and 2009 Favorite TV Comedy Winner - Two and a Half Men...

Drew Daywalt Bio-picDrew Daywalt is a director and writer for his own company Daywalt Fear Factory, which produces several shorts a year. Daywalt has actually produced dozens of horror shorts while travelling to film festivals, while promoting his films at conventions. As well, Daywalt has finalized a sale of his short film "Polydeus" to the internet's largest horror themed website FEARnet. Other projects are in the works and here Daywalt talks about one of his upcoming vampire feature film the Ringbearer. Have a listen as Daywalt chats about immortality, religious themes in horror and 600 year old vampire hunters!

(Michael Ross Allen): Drew, I primarily know you from your work in independent shorts, which you often feature on your Youtube Channel. Some of my favourties are "The Tale of Haunted Mike," "Dinner Date," and "5 Minutes Earlier." However, you seem to be transitioning from smaller features to full length films, with your upcoming film Ringbearer.

Scary month (October) is almost here and ramp up for Camera Obscura is in full swing. Today we received some exclusive photos from the set along with the teaser trailer of Mwg's first delve into horror. We recently caught up with director Drew Daywalt last month to fill us in on what his paranormal thriller is all about. For more on this one, be sure to read our overview: The series follows Clara, an orphan brought up by her alcoholic, absent grandfather. After he dies, she finds a camera that belonged to him, and discovers that it can capture demons. She also discovers that her grandfather’s work was not done, and it falls on her shoulders to complete his task. It’s a nice little family story with a whole lotta’ scary going on. The cast features familiar faces such as Reagan Dale Neis (Malcolm in the Middle) as “Clara,...

To create the entertainment of the future, writer-director Drew Daywalt reaches back into the past to fuel his imagination. The creator of Camera Obscura, the upcoming supernatural thriller web series from Mwg Entertainment, draws much of his inspiration from the short form storytelling of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, focusing on the horror of anticipation. Camera Obscura shares the sense of dread prevalent in such literary classics as Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," and the works of H.P. Lovecraft. The series follows Clara, an orphan brought up by her alcoholic, absent grandfather. After he dies, she finds a camera that belonged to him, and discovers that it can capture demons. She also discovers that her grandfather's work was not done, and it falls on her shoulders to complete his task. It's a nice little family story with a whole lotta' scary going on. The cast features familiar...

TBS has recruited Lou Diamond Phillips, Kristy Swanson and rapper-actor Coolio to star in the upcoming original thriller Red Water. The film, from Sony Pictures TV, centers on a bull shark who wreaks havoc in a Louisiana river. Phillips and Swanson play a divorced couple searching the river for natural gas whose boat is hijacked by a pair of criminals (Coolio, Jaimz Woolvett) on a quest for stolen money dropped in the river. Recovery of the cash is complicated by relentless shark attacks. Charlie Carner is directing the telefilm from a script by Christopher Mack and J.D. Feigelson. Michael Larkin (ABC's Murder in the Heartland) is executive producing the movie, scheduled to premiere Aug. 10, with Mitch Engel (TNT's George Wallace) producing. On the big screen, Phillips next appears in Stark Raving Mad and the Ron Shelton-directed Two Cops.