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Hump Day Hotness: Marital Bliss

13 May 2009 3:33 PM, PDT | FilmExperience | See recent FilmExperience news »

Have you seen Vanity Fair's list of Hollywood's rarest unions: the longterm actor/actress marriage? I don't need to tell you that most Tinseltown marriages end in divorce. Yet some couple stick by each other and anyone in a long term relationship or marriage will know what a feat that often is. The immortal Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward are the longest lasting dual movie star marriage -- they were married for 50 years before Newman's death (2008, Rip). But the lengthiest dual actor marriages ever? The Reagans with 52 years and, up at the tippity top, recent Oscar nominee Ruby Dee (American Gangster) and Ossie Davis (2005, Rip) with 56 years of happily ever after.

I'm sure you've heard the famous Newman paraphrase about fidelity Why fool around with hamburger when you have steak at home? but what I loved most about their celebrated marriage was that they weren't overly sentimental about it in interviews, »

- NATHANIEL R

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Special Effects makeup legend Dick Smith honored by peers

10 May 2009 2:35 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

In the highly specialized and technical craft of film and television makeup, there are a small cadre of pioneers who are credited by today's Oscar winning geniuses of cinematic makeup as visionaries who advanced the art form with revolutionary technique and ideas. Dick Smith is one of those artists. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences contacted Monsters and Critics about a very special tribute for Dick Smith, considered by his peers to be the .Godfather. of Special Makeup Effects. Once a pre-med student at Yale, Smith's work included films as "The Godfather I & II", "The Exorcist," "Taxi Driver", "The Stepford Wives" and "Scanners." He won an Academy Award in 1984 for Makeup for his work »

- April MacIntyre

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Special Makeup Effects makeup legend Dick Smith honored by peers

10 May 2009 2:35 PM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

In the highly specialized and technical craft of film and television makeup, there are a small cadre of pioneers who are credited by today's Oscar winning geniuses of cinematic makeup as visionaries who advanced the art form with revolutionary technique and ideas. Dick Smith is one of those artists. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences contacted Monsters and Critics about a very special tribute for Dick Smith, considered by his peers to be the .Godfather. of Special Makeup Effects. Once a pre-med student at Yale, Smith's work included films as "The Godfather I & II", "The Exorcist," "Taxi Driver", "The Stepford Wives" and "Scanners." He won an Academy Award in 1984 for Makeup for his work »

- April MacIntyre

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A Tribute to Dick Smith: The Godfather of Special Makeup Effects

7 May 2009 1:29 AM, PDT | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »

The Godfather: Dick Smith and Al Pacino (top); Smith, Marlon Brando, and Phil Rhodes (bottom) "A Tribute to Dick Smith: The Godfather of Special Makeup Effects" will be presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Wednesday, June 17, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Six-time Oscar-winning makeup artist Rick Baker will host the evening, which will be attended by Dick Smith himself and will feature a panel discussion including writer-director Guillermo del Toro, actor Hal Holbrook, and makeup artists Greg Cannom, Kazuhiro Tsuji and Andrew Clement, among others. The evening will highlight Smith’s long career, which began in 1945 when he became NBC’s first makeup man. Among Smith’s credits are The World of Henry Orient, Little Big Man (in which Dustin Hoffman ends up playing a 100-year-old man), The Godfather, The Exorcist, The Godfather Part II, The Stepford Wives, »

- Andre Soares

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Before the Oscars, They Belonged to Us, Part 3

26 February 2009 2:51 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Disclaimer: This article may contain sarcasm; irony and “LOLs” proceed with caution.

The Final Chapter (read Part 2 here)! We have Howard the Duck, Freejack and Shyamalan flicks on the list; these are never good signs. Nonetheless we are bringing it all to you in full-color and in 3-D. (Ed. Note: Due to the economy, 3-D has been dropped and will be replaced by Smell-o-vision — check for your scratch and sniff cards in about 4-6 weeks.) Best Sound went to rage-zombie veterans Ian Tapp and Richard Pryke, leaving Mark Weingarten who worked on Rejuvenatrix in the dust. The Sound Editing section contains one too many references to Ron Silver, and at least two references to a Roger Corman film.

The visual effects category pulled on our heartstrings this year due to the loss of Stan Winston, who was noted en memoriam along with other heroes, Vampira, Leonard Rosenman and Charles H. Schneer »

- Heather Buckley

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