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The 79th Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2006 were presented on 25 February 2007. The winners for Best Makeup were:
Pan’s Labyrinth
David Marti & Montse Ribé.

Superb makeups in a great movie: congratulations to David and Montse of DDT Efectos Especiales.

Besides the Oscar, Pan’s Labyrinth has now won Goyas for Best Makeup & Hairdressing (José Quetglas & Blanca Sánchez) and Best Special Effects (David Martí, Montse Ribe, Reyes Abades, Everett Burrell, Edward Irastorza & Emilio Ruiz); won the BAFTA for Best Makeup & Hairdressing (José Quetglas & Blanca Sánchez); and is nominated for the Saturn for Best Makeup (David Marti & Montse Ribé).

Congratulations also to Martin Scorsese on finally being awarded one of the Oscars for Best Director which he has so richly deserved. (source: oscars.org)

The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films have announced the nominees for the 33rd Annual Saturn Awards. The nominees for Best Makeup are:
The Hills Have Eyes
Howard Berger, Gregory Nicotero & Mario Michisanti
The Descent
Paul Hyett & Vickie Lang
Pan’s Labyrinth
David Marti & Montse Ribé
Slither
Todd Masters
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Ve Neill & Joel Harlow
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Gregory Nicotero & Scott Patton.

The winners will be announced at the 33rd Annual Saturn Awards ceremony on 10 May 2007. (source: The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films)

All those undercover TV investigations (claiming serious intent and educational value) usually make me cringe. It’s not just the blackface as in Black.White. or Dans la peau d’un noir but the whole idea that a skinny TV presenter like Vanessa Minnillo can tell us what it feels like to be fat after a day in a fat-suit. Think about it; it makes as much sense as asking [a dumbed-down] Anthony Hopkins for serious insights into cannibalism.

But these celebrity fakeover shows are different. Maybe it’s just because they’re more honest — simply playing it for laughs. Maybe it’s watching a D-list celebrity making a complete arse of herself. Maybe it’s the result of watching too many caper movies, and too much Candid Camera when I was a kid. Whatever, I enjoy fakeover shows.

And the makeups are great: Celebrity Swaps on Channel 5 UK  by Neill Gorton & Vanessa White; Anonymous on Ireland’s RTÉ  by HybridFX;  テレビ東京, the recent Japanese show, by Make-up Dimensions; and now Anónimos on Spain’s La Sexta by Plan 9 FX.

This is one aspect of globilisation which I can endorse.

update 21/02/2008: there are a selection of before and after images from fakeover shows at my MySpace site.

Captive Audience Productions has filed for bankruptcy according to radar creative who built their website for them last year.

An amazing body of work as you can see on the radar-hosted mirror of their website.

Anyone know what happened and where the artists have gone? 

update 18/10/2007: Greg Cannom is now operating as joint dreative director (with Todd Tucker) of Drac Studios.

And the winner is:
Pan’s Labyrinth
José Quetglas & Blanca Sánchez.

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts winners have been announced this evening. Pan’s Labyrinth also won Best film not in the English language and Best Costume Design. As expected The Queen won Best Film and Best Actress. (source: BBC)