Features
Headlines
Search
Archives
Well, like I said. Another year, another Con. For a convention I expected to be a bit more laid-back than usual, it sure was anything but. I guess I put that on myself by hustling back to LA for a concert and back down again to wrap things up, but even having covered just a [...]
COMIC-CON: It all ends
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 5:34 pm · July 24th, 2011
Filed in: Daily
COMIC-CON: Rick Baker, a fan like the rest
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 1:39 pm · July 21st, 2011
My first panel of this year’s convention was a delightful focus on makeup artist Rick Baker, who is coming off his seventh Oscar win for last year’s “The Wolfman.” He drew a nice crowd of die-hards at the Hilton Bayfront’s Indigo Ballroom, which let out a massive cheer when moderator Geoff Boucher of Hero Complex [...]
Filed in: Daily
TECH SUPPORT INTERVIEW: The makeup of ‘Barney’s Version,’ ‘The Way Back’ and ‘The Wolfman’
Posted by Gerard Kennedy · 11:21 am · February 10th, 2011
As we have noted a number of times, the makeup branch is one of the Academy’s most independently minded. While many people have criticized them in the past for bestowing the moniker “Oscar nominee” on many mediocre (or worse) films, the makeup artists clearly seem to take the work into account regardless of perceived film [...]
Filed in: Interviews · Tech Support
OSCAR GUIDE: Best Makeup
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:15 am · February 4th, 2011
The makeup branch of the Academy has often been criticized for making “Oscar nominees” of artistically dubious films. But I submit that it’s one of the bravest and noblest branches, sticking properly by the point of their task: to single out the greatest achievement in their field, no matter the other factors. This year’s line-up [...]
Filed in: Oscar Guide
TECH SUPPORT: Best Makeup — Volume II
Posted by Gerard Kennedy · 9:13 am · November 4th, 2010
As I said last week (and have said several times before), no category is year-in and-year-out more perplexing than Best Makeup. Each year, this branch finds ways to turn otherwise dubious awards contenders into bona fide Oscar nominees — dubious because often nominees might be abysmal or relatively obscure. The branch seems to have its [...]
Filed in: Tech Support
TECH SUPPORT: Best Makeup — Volume I
Posted by Gerard Kennedy · 11:14 am · August 12th, 2010
Makeup and hairstyling builds characters by transforming actors with realism or imagination that would otherwise be lacking on the screen. With the announcement that the Best Visual Effects is expanding to include five nominees this year, Best Makeup now remains the sole category to have three nominees, chosen from a “bake-off” of seven finalists which [...]
Filed in: Tech Support
Rick Baker ‘Wolfman’ featurette
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 9:16 am · February 15th, 2010
Filed in: Daily
2/12 Oscarweb Round-up
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 8:51 am · February 12th, 2010
• Steve Weintraub sits down with likely the only major Oscar play for forthcoming flop “The Wolfman,” Rick Baker. [Collider] • Guy Adams on “Crazy Heart”‘s crazy trip to the screen. [The Independent] • Harvey Weinstein is pretty damn sure “Inglourious Basterds” is winning Best Picture. [Notes on a Season]
Filed in: Daily
‘The Wolf Man’ moves to 2010
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 2:45 pm · July 28th, 2009
This is kind of a bummer. I was actually really looking forward to “The Wolf Man,” starring Benicio Del Toro in the classic monster role and sure to be a showcase for makeup artist Rick Baker (not to mention design heads Rick Heinrichs and Milena Canonero. Today we get this, courtesy of ShockTillYouDrop.com: You’ll have [...]
Filed in: Daily
Rick Baker talks ‘Wolf Man’
Posted by Kristopher Tapley · 7:43 pm · July 27th, 2008
Capone of Ain’t It Cool News cornered makeup effects artist Rick Baker at Comic-Con yesterday to discuss the upcoming Benicio Del Toro starrer “The Wolf Man.” It’s a dream project for the prosthetics wizard behind films such as “The Nutty Professor,” “Dr. Suess’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and “Planet of the Apes” and Capone [...]
Filed in: Daily
