More from Carolyn Giardina
12 of the Best Chase Scenes in Movie History
You know the feeling: Your pulse rises as you lean forward, the hairs on your arms are lifting, and suddenly, you’re holding your breath. A good chase scene will leave you pinned to your seat, unable to look away no matter how many times you’ve seen the movie. The art of the chase has changed […]
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“I Got a Little Blood on Me”: A Makeup Artist Legend Looks Back on ‘Rocky’ and ‘Star Trek’
With a range of work that includes classics from Rocky to Raging Bull and an estimated 600 episodes of Star Trek, makeup artist Michael Westmore will be among the special honorees at the upcoming 11th annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706) Awards. He’s an Oscar winner for 1985’s Mask and has […]
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‘The Boy and Heron’ Producer on Why Hayao Miyazaki Came Out of Retirement
Hayao Miyazaki’s decades-long producer Toshio Suzuki — also co-founder and president of the animation icon’s Japan-based Studio Ghibli — admits that even he was surprised when Miyazaki, now 83, reached out to him in 2016 to say that he wanted to make another movie. “It was only three years after he announced his retirement, and […]
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‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Poor Things,’ ‘Saltburn’ Collect Art Directors Guild Awards
Poor Things, Oppenheimer and Saltburn won Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) Awards in the categories for fantasy, period and contemporary live action features, respectively, at the 28th ADG Awards, which were handed out Saturday at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Ovation Hollywood. Poor Things and Oppenheimer are additionally nominated for the Oscar in production […]
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‘Oppenheimer,’ ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ Among Advanced Imaging Society Award Winners
Cillian Murphy saluted the “unsung heroes” — the artists, engineers and craftspeople — who make Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Friday at the Advanced Imaging Society’s 14th Lumiere Awards. Murphy, who stars in the titular role of the Universal film, accepted the Lumiere for best live-action feature for the movie, on behalf of Nolan, Emma Thomas and […]
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How a Legendary Production Designer Helped Bring the Story of Malcolm X to Life With Color
For more than 40 years, Wynn P. Thomas has been working as a production designer on projects like Do the Right Thing and King Richard, winning Art Directors Guild Awards for Hidden Figures and Da 5 Bloods. He’s also spent many years in creative partnership with director Spike Lee. Ahead of the Feb. 10 ceremony for Thomas’ lifetime […]
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‘Godzilla Minus One’ VFX Oscar Nom Seemed to Be an “Unreachable” Goal
A joyful clip of an ecstatic Godzilla Minus One visual effects team recently went viral, featuring the moment Jan. 23 when it was announced that their film had earned a VFX Oscar nomination — something that must have seemed improbable, or impossible, when the lean 35-person team tackled the Toho Studios’ film that was made on […]
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Mark Gustafson, Stop-Motion Veteran and Oscar Winner for ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,’ Dies at 63
Mark Gustafson, the stop-motion specialist who won an Oscar this year for his work on Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, died Thursday. He was 63. Del Toro announced the news Friday on social media, posting: “I admired Mark Gustafson, even before I met him. A pillar of stop motion animation — a true artist. A compassionate, […]
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William Shatner to be Honored by Visual Effects Society
William Shatner is scheduled to receive the Visual Effects Society Award for Creative Excellence at the 22nd annual VES Awards on Feb. 21 at The Beverly Hilton hotel. The multihyphenate is best known for originating the role of Captain James T. Kirk in the classic Star Trek: The Original Series and returned as Kirk in seven Star Trek movies. He’s currently […]
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U.S. ‘Avatar’ Workers Vote to Unionize In Boost for VFX Organizing Effort
U.S.-based visual effects artists who help bring James Cameron’s Avatar epics to life have voted to unionize in a National Labor Relations Board election. Of an eligible 88 workers at Walt Disney Studios subsidiary TCF US Productions 27, Inc. who assist with productions for Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment, 57 voted to join the union and 19 […]
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Space Shuttle Endeavour Lifted Into Launch Position at California Science Center
A jaw-dropping feat occurred Monday night and early Tuesday morning at the California Science Center: Space Shuttle Endeavour was lifted by a 450-foot crane into the site of the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center in downtown Los Angeles, which will be the permanent home of the retired orbiter that stands five stories tall, […]
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Annette Bening Honored By Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild
Annette Bening will be honored with the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylist Guild’s Distinguished Artisan Award at their 11th annual ceremony, Feb 18 at The Beverly Hilton. Known for a body of work that includes American Beauty, The Kids Are All Right and Bugsy, Bening has earned two Screen Actors Guild Awards, two Golden Globes, two […]
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