Best Make-Up Oscar Goes to Barney Burman, Joel Harlow and Mindy Hall

SFXNEWS would like to congratulate our good friends Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow on their win of Best Makeup category for “Star Trek”.  The first make-up Oscar EVER to be given for work on the franchise.  Previous Nominations for Trek include:
Star Trek: First Contact 1996 — Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler, Jake Garber
Star Trek VI [...]

Palette Narrows to 7 in Oscar® Makeup Race

Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences  announced on January 11, 2010 that seven films remain in competition in the Makeup category for the 82nd Academy Awards®.
The films are listed below in alphabetical order:

“District 9”
“Il Divo”
“The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
“Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian”
“The Road”
“Star Trek”
“The [...]

Steve Johnson Wants To “Slime” You This Holiday Season.

With all the news coming out of Steve Johnson’s corner of the world, you would think this was his fan blog or something.  Just in time for the holiday shopping season and under his Solid Thought Corporation banner, he is releasing a resin figure collectable with behind the scenes DVD.  Here is what the auction [...]

King Kong Skeleton Auctioned for $200,000

The tiny King Kong figurine that helped launch the career of one of cinema’s biggest monsters has sold for about 121,000 pounds ($200,000) at a London auction Tuesday Nov. 24 2009. Auctioneer Christie’s says the 22-inch (56-centimeter) skeleton was the one used in the climactic scene of the 1933 movie in which the giant ape [...]

Warehouse51.com Closes It’s Vitrual Doors.

Another economic casualty, Warehouse51.com run by Los Angeles FX supply closed it’s doors officially today.  All remaining company assets will be sold off to leverage debts incurred in attempting to keep the dot com afloat.  Warehouse51.com Operations Manager Jon Bailey said “It’s a sad day for us and the customers we have served.  A tremendous [...]