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Hellboy 2 Artists Will Speak at IMATS

June 10, 2008by Make-Up Artist magazine staff

The film Hellboy 2: The Golden Army owes its look in large part to Spectral Motion, the Los Angeles-based shop that specializes in the design and creation of cinematic effects, special make-up effects, animatronics and…

Local 798 Elects New President

June 9, 2008by Make-Up Artist magazine staff

Local 798, the East Coast union for make-up artists and hairstylists, has elected Valerie Gladstone as its new president. Elections were held June 8 at the union’s general membership meeting. Gladstone, a veteran of film,…

Iranian Make-up Innovator Dies at 65

May 14, 2008by Make-Up Artist magazine staff

Iranian movie make-up artist Farhang Moayyeri died May 10 in Tehran of cardiac arrest. He was 65 and had already fought a long battle with lung cancer, the Iran State News Agency reported. Moayyeri created…

Local 798 President Norman Bryn Resigns

May 14, 2008by Make-Up Artist magazine staff

Citing professional and personal concerns (including the ill health of his father), Norman Bryn recently announced his resignation as president of Local 798, the East Coast Make-up Artist and Hairstylist Union. The announcement was made…

Peter Montagna Added to ‘Buffy’ Panel

May 8, 2008by Make-Up Artist magazine staff

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the hit TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the International Make-up Artist Trade Show will host a panel discussion with veterans of the show. These include make-up artists Todd…

Tsuji, Antonella, Berger Headline IMATS L.A.

April 18, 2008by Make-Up Artist magazine staff

Kazuhiro Tsuji, whose work on the films Click and Norbit earned him two Oscar nominations, will design and apply an original prosthetic silicone make-up exclusively for this year’s International Make-Up Artist Trade Show, held June 21-22…

Greet the Dawn

March 19, 2008by Make-Up Artist magazine staff

The Stream of Consciousness online TV network has archived its one-hour interview with Oscar-winning make-up artist Jeff Dawn, in which Dawn answers a series of questions about what it’s like to be a make-up artist, including how to…

Verita Thompson, Hollywood Hairstylist, Dies at 89

March 7, 2008by Make-Up Artist magazine staff

Verita Thompson—Humphrey Bogart’s longtime hairstylist, secretary and reputed mistress—died of natural causes Feb. 1 in New Orleans. She was 89. Thompson, a runner-up in the 1935 Miss Arizona beauty contest, came to Hollywood in the…

Ray Sebastian Jr., Make-up Artist for TV and Film, Dies at 63

March 6, 2008by Make-Up Artist magazine staff

Ray Sebastian Jr., a second-generation make-up artist, died from a massive heart attack. March 2 in Los Angeles. He began his career in independent films, became a journeyman in 1977 and worked on television shows…

Oscar Goes to Lavergne, Archibald

February 25, 2008by Make-Up Artist magazine staff

Make-up artist Didier Lavergne and hairstylist Jan Archibald won the Achievement in Makeup Oscar at the 80th annual Academy Awards, held Feb. 24 in Los Angeles. Their work on La Vie en Rose, a French-language biopic on the legendary singer Edith…

Hellboy 2 Artists Will Speak at IMATS

Local 798 Elects New President

Iranian Make-up Innovator Dies at 65

Local 798 President Norman Bryn Resigns

Peter Montagna Added to ‘Buffy’ Panel

Tsuji, Antonella, Berger Headline IMATS L.A.

Greet the Dawn

Verita Thompson, Hollywood Hairstylist, Dies at 89

Ray Sebastian Jr., Make-up Artist for TV and Film, Dies at 63

Oscar Goes to Lavergne, Archibald

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