Exclusive Interview With Dan Striepeke
Late last year, I got in touch with make-up legend Dan Striepeke to talk about his work on the original Planet of the Apes, as well as his tenure as Fox make-up department head. In…
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‘Vice’ Takes It!
Congratulations to Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia DeHaney for their Academy Award for Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling for Vice.
BAFTA News: Epic Night for ‘The Favourite’
On Sunday, Feb. 10, the BAFTA festivities were underway at London’s Royal Albert Hall. Joanna Lumley showed up to host and Cirque du Soleil and Jess Gillam were there to entertain. As the night unfolded,…
Dan Striepeke 1930 – 2019
Collaborators Heather Wisner and Annika Darling Editor’s note: Updated Feb. 2 to include survivors, along with funeral and donation details. Dan Striepeke, whose make-up creations helped shape famous films ranging from The Planet of the…
2019 BAFTA Nominations for Make-up and Hair
Read on for the 2019 EE British Academy Film Awards nominations in the Make Up & Hair category. Five films have been honored.
‘Planet of the Apes’ Celebrates 50 Years!
‘Planet of the Apes’ Celebrates 50 Years! The iconic ending scene of the 1968 Planet of the Apes movie | All photos courtesy of Scott Essman, Dana Nye and MA archive By Scott Essman When…
An Evening With Jenny Shircore and ‘Mary Queen of Scots’
As part of an ongoing series that began last year with an exclusive screening of Darkest Hour on Nov. 20, members of the Los Angeles make-up community were given a unique opportunity for an advanced…
50 Years of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’
Stuart Freeborn looks back at his work on the classic film. Anybody who had the good fortune of meeting Stuart Freeborn knew he was a born storyteller. Freeborn, who passed away in 2013 at the…
So it Begins! Seven Movies Chosen for Bake-off
It’s official! Contenders for Oscar in the make-up and hairstyling category for the 91st Academy Awards have entered their next phase of this prestigious and highly anticipated race. The seven films the Academy of Motion…
Rediscovering a Disney Icon
Peter King talks about working on Mary Poppins Returns. It’s been more than half a century since Disney released Mary Poppins, their big screen adaptation of P.L. Travers’ beloved fantasy character. Starring Julie Andrews as…
A Dynamic Opening
Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. celebrates anniversary with new exhibit Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc. is an Academy Award-winning character effects studio. They are celebrating their three decades of extraordinary make-up creations with an exhibit at the Hollywood Museum…
Behind the Mask
“Halloween was the first horror movie I was introduced to as a kid,” [Vincent] Van Dyke continues, “so when Chris [Nelson] came to me with this project, I was tremendously excited."
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