Make-up and prosthetics artist Sarah Rubano will be a keynote speaker for IMATS Sydney 2012, Make-Up Artist magazine announced yesterday. Her credits include Neill Blomkamp's District 9 and the upcoming Elysium; The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey; The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian; The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; and 30 Days of Night. Details coming soon to the Schedule and Speaker Bios pages on imats.net. For more on Rubano and Joe Dunckley's work on District 9, see Issue 81 of Make-Up Artist magazine.
Wojciech Inglot, the chemist and businessman who created the global cosmetics brand Inglot, died suddenly on Saturday, Feb. 23 in Przemyśl, Poland. He was 58 years old.
Lisa Westcott and Julie Dartnell have won the 2013 Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar for their work on Les Miserables. It was the first Oscar win for both.
Stuart Freeborn, whose pioneering work on 2001: A Space Odyssey and the early Star Wars films earned him a place in make-up history, has died at the age of 98.