Issue 050 August/September 2004

In this issue:

Rob Bottin: Shapeshifting Visionary: The Early Years 

In part one of this feature on Rob Bottin's career, writer Ron Magid discovers the stories behind Bottin's career, from Tanya's Island and Humanoids from the Deep to Star Wars and The Howling.

IMATS Highlights

The 2004 International Make-Up Artist Trade Show featured a dazzling array of exhibitors, a stage packed with a record number of keynote speakers and more education than the last three shows combined. A Star Trek-themed student competition, a Hellboy panel and a personal make-up artist panel were just some of the highlights.

The Aviator

Martin Scorsese's new film is a make-up tour de force, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio as the young Howard Hughes, Jude Law as Errol Flynn and three of Hollywood's most beautiful young actresses playing Ava Gardner, Jean Harlow and Katharine Hepburn.

Original Hollywood Glamour by Bruce Grayson

Make-up artist Bruce Grayson looks at what it was like to be a studio make-up artist in the '20s and '30s and working will such talents as Rita Hayworth, Marlena Dietrich, Veronica Lake, Clara Bow and Jean Harlow.