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Fallout

Synopsis: In a future, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles brought about by nuclear decimation, citizens must live in underground bunkers to protect themselves from radiation, mutants and bandits.

Bio: Jake Garber was an Oscar nominee for “Star Trek: First Contact.” He is a three-time Emmy winner for “The X-Files” and “The Walking Dead,...

Industry heavyweights Atticus Ross (“Shogun”), Michael Minkler (“Masters of the Air”) and Robert Elswit (“Ripley”) were among those who led the Creative Art Emmy nominations on Wednesday morning.

FX’s “Shogun” dominated the Emmy nominations Wednesday morning, landing 25 nods. The drama series based on James Clavell’s epic novel landed musician and composer Ross a nomination for music composition for a series while costume designer Carlos Rosario was also nominated.

Speaking with Variety, Rosario explained how he created over 2300 designs for the series set in feudal Japan.

Elswit, who reunited with directed Steven Zaillian for Netflix’s “Ripley,” earned his first Primetime Emmy nod. The Oscar winning Dp (“There Will Be Blood”) sat down for Variety’s Inside the Frame series and explained how he wanted to get inside Tom Ripley’s (Andrew Scott) mind and give the series a painterly effect.

“This goes back to his way of bringing Caravaggio into the movie,...

Amazon Prime Video’s “Fallout” is set within the post-apocalyptic universe of one of the most beloved video game series of all time, something that gave its filmmakers a rich world they could build on, deepen, and expand. When production designer Howard Cummings came on board, the first thing he did was immerse himself in the game and its various environments. “I really got to research it like I was doing a period film,” Cummings told IndieWire, noting that there was a vast network of fans whose YouTube videos he could draw from to collect reference material. Those videos not only provided information, they made Cummings fully aware of how much scrutiny his work would be subject to from the video game’s devoted followers. “I realized, ‘Wow, if I do this, every single thing I do will be analyzed.'”

Yet the appeal for Cummings and the other department...

This post contains spoilers for "Fallout" season 1.

In its first season, Prime Video's adaptation of the hugely popular video game series "Fallout" follows several heroes and villains who are still working to understand what's real in their worlds. Walton Goggins' movie star character, Cooper Howard, slowly comes to realize that America is making up an apocalypse to sell back to itself, while Brotherhood of Steel squire Maximus quickly learns that the powerful men he idolized as a kid aren't all they're cracked up to be. It's Ella Purnell's Vault-dweller Lucy, though, who gets the biggest reality check when she leaves her underground dwelling to explore a ruthless world with no place for the chipper sense of entitlement she was taught to convey.

Given the themes of the series, it's fitting that it's just as hard to tell what's real and what's not behind-the-scenes of "Fallout" as it is in front of the camera.

Continuing the trend of bringing video games to life, Prime Video recently released the live-action adaptation of one of the most popular video games out there – Fallout. Upon its release, the namesake television series was welcomed with critical acclaim and flaunts a 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Actor Walton Goggins was given the responsibility of portraying The Ghoul and boy did he do a fantastic job!

Prime Video’s Fallout

However, transforming into a post-human being was not an easy task. It took hours out of Walton Goggins’ day for him to perfectly put on the prosthetics and makeup needed to look like the video game character. In a behind-the-scenes video shared online, you can see the tiresome process taking place right in front of your eyes.

Walton Goggins’ Tedious Transformation into The Ghoul

Walton Goggins as The Ghoul in FalloutMakeup artists are extremely important when it comes to bringing characters like The Ghoul to life.

Among the many races in post-apocalyptic video game series Fallout is the Ghoul, posthumans severely mutated by prolonged exposure to radiation, which greatly extends their lifespans but gives them a zombie-like appearance. In the upcoming Prime Video “Fallout” series, Walton Goggins is almost unrecognizable as The Ghoul.

Bloody Disgusting caught up with Walton Goggins and executive producers, writers and co-showrunners Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Graham Wagner at the SXSW “Fallout” activation this week, where the trio revealed that The Ghoul was written specifically for Goggins. They also discussed what to expect from the series in terms of tone.

A character like The Ghoul requires extensive work in the makeup chair, as you might imagine, with the team transforming Walton Goggins into a noseless, zombielike cowboy in the wasteland. The type of transformation that surely informed his performance, right?

“No, it had nothing to do with my performance whatsoever, “Goggins cracks. “No,...

Discussions for the makeup in “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” “started as early as when we were working on ‘Django Unchained’ doing the age makeup on [Samuel L. Jackson] … We started to have some discussions about aging him even more. He didn’t tell me what the project name was at that time,” remembers “Ptolemy” makeup designer Jake Garber about prepping to turn Jackson into a man in his 90s suffering from dementia for the Apple TV+ limited series, which had been Jackson’s passion project for years. Watch our exclusive video interview with Garber above.

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“Ptolemy” tells the story of the title character, a man in mental decline who gets the opportunity to regain his memories so he can solve the murder of his nephew and caretaker Reggie...

“I’ve been working with Sam a long, long time. So this has been one of his pet projects. I mean, I think we started talking about this back in the ‘Django’ days, or even before,” says Samuel L. Jackson‘s hairstylist Camille Friend about their preparations for the Apple TV+ limited series “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey.” “We just talked about, well maybe we could do this or maybe we could do that. So all the maybes just happened to come together.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Friend above.

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“The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” tells the story of the title character, played by Jackson. Ptolemy is a man in his 90s who suffers from advanced dementia but gets the chance to regain his memories through an experimental treatment. So the role required Jackson not only to be aged about 20 years, but...

Samuel L. Jackson‘s ubiquitous on-screen presence is due in large part to his 140-plus movie and TV roles and his uncanny ability to be both a credit card spokesman and Marvel’s Nick Fury.

Jackson is also a consummate actor who loves losing himself in roles with the help of hair and makeup. For years, he relied on award-winning wig guru Robert Louis Stevenson for everything from his moist Jheri curl in Pulp Fiction to his rope-like dreds in The Caveman’s Valentine.

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“There was an idea…to bring together a group of remarkable people. See if they could become something more, to fight the battles we never could.”

Nick Fury, former S.H.I.E.L.D. and certified badass, is a true veteran of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – hell, he was the one to assemble Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in the first place, even giving them a gentle (albeit deceitful) nudge in the right direction during the finale of The Avengers.

But as we stand on the precipice of Infinity War, the question on everyone’s lips can be surmised as so: where’s Hawkeye? No, wait – that’s not right. Where’s Nick Fury?

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Following the steel cable walker massacre from the mid-season 7 premiere of The Walking Dead, you may have thought that the living dead highlight would go unchallenged for quite some time. But Rick's showdown with the Scavengers' nearly indestructible armored walker (in their own version of the rancor pit) threw the gauntlet down once again, and Greg Nicotero has shared concept art of the nightmare-inducing walker.

On Instagram, Nicotero revealed the concept art and a behind-the-scenes photo of the headpiece for the spiked walker that nearly ended Rick's life inside a gladiator pit of trash. You can take a look at Nicotero's comments and images below, and in case you missed it, check out photos and preview videos from next week's episode, "

From Instagram: "Walker from tonight! Scott Gimple and I spent a lot of time designing this awesome Walker concept art by John Wheaton sculpture by Norman Cabrera, John Wrightson...

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” earned high marks from the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild, garnering three nominations for their annual awards honoring achievements in film, television, commercials, and theater. It’s not on the Oscar shortlist of seven , however.

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Eligible for Hair and Makeup Oscars are Guild nominees “Deadpool,” “Florence Foster Jenkins,” “Hail, Caesar!,” “Star Trek Beyond” and “Suicide Squad.” Not Oscar shortlisted, however, are Guild nominees “La La Land,” “Loving,” and “Nocturnal Animals,” which garnered two nominations apiece. Also ineligible for the Oscar are nominees “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” “Silence,” “Hacksaw Ridge,” and “Doctor Strange.”

On the television side, “Saturday Night Live” led with four nominations, followed by “Westworld,” “Game of Thrones,” and “Penny Dreadful” with three each. “Transparent,” “Stranger Things,” and “Empire” each received two.

The Guild will...

As in a great Halloween costume, makeup is an important aspect of film. Join us as we examine 10 films where makeup effects played a very large role.

Using Makeup to Create A Style

Example: Edward Scissorhands (1990)

While Edward Scissorhands may be one of Burton’s most beloved characters because of Johnny Depp’s performance, the character is also memorable for his looks. For starters, there is his birds-nest hair. The wispy cob-webb look not only reassured audiences of Edward’s sad, lonely and parentless existence, but it also became an easy identifier for Burton’s gothic style. Indeed, Edward’s wild, untamed yet solid hairstyle was similar to that of Beetlejuice, whose film came out two years prior, and would be similar to many other characters we would see in later Burton films.

Edward’s pasty white make-up helped audiences to understand that he was not just a normal man.

With one week before the Academy Awards, "Birdman" continues its triumphant march towards Oscar glory. Just this past weekend, the Alejandro González Iñárritu contender won the top awards at the American Society of Cinematographers (Asc) awards, the 62nd Sound Editors' Golden Reel, and the 51st Cinema Audio Society. The film also took home the Best Contemporary Hair Styling award from the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild.

Will this transfer to Oscar glory?

Here's the complete list of winners from the Asc, Golden Reel, Cinema Audio Society, and Make-Up Artist and Hair Stylists Guild awards.

29th American Society of Cinematographers Winners

Feature Film: "Birdman"

Emmanuel Lubezki, Asc, AMC

Television Episodic: "Boardwalk Empire: Golden Days for Boys and Girls"

Jonathan Freeman, Asc

Television Movie/Miniseries/Pilot: "Manhattan" pilot

John Lindley, Asc

Spotlight Award: "Concrete Night" ("Betoniyo")

Peter Flinckenberg, Fsc

62nd Sound Editors' Golden Reel Winners

Feature Animation: .Big...

The Makeup and Hairstylists Guild is well-established on the circuit in the organization's second year of doling out top honors for hair and makeup work across the fields of film, television and theater. The 2015 ceremony Saturday night saw wins for "Guardians of the Galaxy," "Birdman" and "American Horror Story: Freak Show," among others. At the Oscars, "Guardians" is up against "Foxcatcher" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel." The latter won a pair of prizes, as did "Guardians." Check out the full list of Makeup and Hairstylists Guild winners below, nominees here and the rest of the season's offerings at The Circuit. Feature Length Motion Picture (Feature Films) Best Contemporary Makeup "Guardians of the Galaxy" Make-Up Artist: Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou Best Period and/or Character Makeup "The Grand Budapest Hotel" Make-Up Artists: Frances Hannon and Julie Dartnell Best Special Effects Makeup "Guardians of the Galaxy" Make-Up Artist: David White Best Contemporary Hairstyling...

This is the second year for the Makeup and Hairstylists Guild joining the awards game, and they've been a welcome addition to the circuit. They spread their nods thin across a number of categories, but it's a good window into what this branch digs, for sure. This year, the only two films on the Academy's bake-off list of finalists that didn't garner any recognition were "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" and "Noah." Meaning "Foxcatcher," "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "Guardians of the Galaxy," "Maleficent" and "The Theory of Everything" were each represented in one form or another. Meanwhile, "Guardians of the Galaxy" led with the most mentions at three, while "The Grand Budapest Hotel," "Interstellar" and "Into the Woods" each got a pair. As previously announced, Oscar-winning make-up artist Rick Baker and Emmy-nominated hair stylist Kathryn Blondell will receive the Guild's Lifetime Achievement Awards. Check out the full list of nominees below,...

Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and Into The Woods are among the feature nominees announced today for the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards. There is a tie in the Television and New Media Series Best Contemporary Make-Up Category resulting in six nominees. The awards will be presented during a ceremony February 14 at Paramount Studios. Here’s the complete list:

Feature Length Motion Picture (Feature Films)

Best Contemporary Make-up

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Make-Up Artists: Allan Apone, Nicole Sortillon and Lisa Rocco (Petition)

Gone Girl

Make-Up Artists: Kate Biscoe and Gigi Williams

Guardians of the Galaxy

Make-Up Artist: Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou

Interstellar

Make-Up Artists: Luisa Abel and Jay Wejebe

Nightcrawler

Make-Up Artists: Donald Mowat and Malanie Romero

Feature Length Motion Picture (Feature Films)

Best Period And/Or Character Make-up

Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

Make-Up Artists: Ve Neill, Nikoletta Skarlatos and Conor McCullagh (Petition)

Into the Woods...

Celebrating those who help make characters come to life in entertainment, some famous faces headed to the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards on Saturday (February 15).

Helping honor some very talented folks, Kat Graham looked stunning in a sleeveless white, form-fitting dress with silver and gold accents while Jane Lynch chose an all-black jacket and pants combo.

Johnny Depp accepted the Distinguished Artisan Award in a black on black suit and dress shirt combo as he told the crowd, "[T]here is no way I’d been able to find anywhere close to the character without these people that paint me into that skin."

After a ten year hiatus, the awards show is back to recognize the incredible transformations in media today. Check out the full list of winners below.

Feature-length Motion Picture

Best Contemporary Hair Styling

Lee Daniels. "The Butler"

Candace Neal

Robert Stevenson

Best Contemporary Make-up

"Prisoners"

Donald Mowat...

Today was a busy day for some of the smaller guilds with the Visual Effects Society, the Cinema Audio Society, and the Makeup and Hairstylists Guilds all announcing their nominations for 2013.

First, we have the Ves, whose main category to look at is “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Feature Motion Picture,” where we find Gravity and four other nominees that are just going to have to be happy with the fact that they got nominated. This is perhaps the easiest category to call in the entirety of awards season, and I don’t mean just here, but for the Oscar as well (Last year’s winner, Life of Pi, easily took this category before going on to claim the Oscar). It’s true that films like The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug and Star Trek Into Darkness had outstanding effects as well, but nothing even came close to the amazing,...

Showtime series Homeland swept the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards netting popular awards for Damien Lewis (Best Actor), Claire Danes (Best Actress), and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series and Best Drama Series.

The Primetime wins helped Homeland secure its place as the Emmy's surprise hit of 2012. Lewis beat out Emmy favourites Jon Hamm and Bryan Cranston, who himself won the award twice for his role as Walter White in AMC.s Breaking Bad.

HBO.s Game Change tied with Homeland with four awards won, including Jay Roach.s Best Director for a Miniseries and Outstanding Miniseries. Combined with the Creative Arts Emmy wins, Homeland won a collective six awards this Emmy season.

Despite Showtime.s popular wins, HBO came out on top earning six awards in total for their programs nominated. ABC came soon after with five awards with its flagship show Modern Family earning an Outstanding Directing for a...

HBO's "Game of Thrones" was the big winner at last night's Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards with six. but two of the horror crowd's favorites also took home one Emmy each.

As most of us suspected, Greg Nicotero and Knb Efx Group won for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (because, really, does anyone do zombies better than Greg?):

"What Lies Ahead" • AMC • AMC Studios

Greg Nicotero, Special Makeup Effects Department Head

Jake Garber, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Andy Schoneberg, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Kevin Wasner, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Gino Crognale, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Carey Jonse, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Garrett Immel, Prosthetic Designer

And on the opposite end of the spectrum, for mostly making people look good/i>, the hairstyling team from "American Horror Story" won for Outstanding Hairstyling For A Miniseries Or Movie:

FX Networks • Twentieth Century Fox Television

Monte C. Haught,...

Well, this is a shocker: "American Horror Story" has tied "Mad Men" to lead the nominees for 2012 Emmys with 17 nominations each. It did so in the category of "Miniseries or Movie" rather than "Drama Series", but we'll take it. Read on to learn what other genre shows are in the running - yes, "The Walking Dead" makes an appearance!

For the full rundown of all the talented nominees, visit the official Emmys website, and be sure to watch the live broadcast of the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards on ABC on Sunday, September 23rd, at 7:00 Pm Et/4:00 Pm Pt.

Outstanding Drama Series

"Game Of Thrones" • HBO • Bighead, Littlehead, Generator Productions, Television 360, and Grok Television in association with HBO Entertainment

Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama Series

Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan

"Dexter" • Showtime • Showtime Presents, John Goldwyn Productions, The Colleton Company, Devilina Productions

Outstanding Supporting Actor In A...

Ron Perlman is Hellboy once again, this time for Make-a-Wish. Perlman reprised the role -- and donned the iconic red makeup -- to help make the wish of a little boy come true.

According to Spectral Motion, the special effects company behind the "Hellboy" look, Perlman got all done up to help make Zachary's wish come true. Zachary not only wanted to meet Hellboy, but become Hellboy as well. With the help of makeup artists, Zachary's wishes came true.

Perlman starred in "Hellboy" and "Hellboy 2" on the big screen and according to Spectral Motion, "loved the idea" of reprising the role, makeup and all. The makeup process for the film took about four hours, "Hellboy" makeup artist Jake Garber said.

On their Facebook page, Spectral Motion said Perlman ordered a giant meal of burgers, shakes and fries, a la Hellboy.

Perlman, who currently stars in FX's "Sons of Anarchy," said...

The 2011 Creative Arts Emmy Awards took place last weekend and The Walking Dead won the award for the category of “Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Miniseries, Movie, or a Special”. Greg Nicotero and his crew from Knb Efx took home the award, beating out Game of Thrones, Glee, The Cape, and Grey’s Anatomy.

The Walking Dead was nominated for “Outstanding Visual Effects” and “Outstanding Sound Editing”, but lost out to Boardwalk Empire. Here is the official list of those who won for The Walking Dead:

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries,

Movie Or A Special (Area Award: Possibility of more than one award.)

Greg Nicotero, Special Makeup Effects Department Head AMC

Andy Schoneberg, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Garrett Immel, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Jake Garber, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Kevin Wasner, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Howard Berger, Prosthetic Designer

Jaremy Aiello, Prosthetic Designer

The Walking Dead...

It was just announced that “The Walking dead” series has just won an Emmy

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special

“The Walking Dead” • Days Gone Bye • AMC • AMC Productions

Greg Nicotero, Special Makeup Effects Department Head

Andy Schoneberg, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Garrett Immel, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Jake Garber, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Kevin Wasner, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Howard Berger, Prosthetic Designer

Jaremy Aiello, Prosthetic Designer

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The first 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards are being handed out this afternoon at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in Los Angeles, and one show near and dear to our hearts has come home with the gold!

That's right, kids. AMC's hit series "The Walking Dead" based upon the Robert Kirkman zombie epic has taken home the Emmy for -

Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special

"The Walking Dead" • Days Gone Bye • AMC • AMC Productions

Greg Nicotero, Special Makeup Effects Department Head

Andy Schoneberg, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Garrett Immel, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Jake Garber, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Kevin Wasner, Special Makeup Effects Artist

Howard Berger, Prosthetic Designer

Jaremy Aiello, Prosthetic Designer

Congrats to all those involved.

Kicking off a two-week long Fearfest, AMC will once again present viewers with a 90-minute premiere episode of "The Walking Dead...

As Dread Central's resident awards show junkie, I'm happy to report that while horror didn't make a super strong showing in this year's Emmy Awards nominations, it did make a respectable one. Read on for the full list of genre nominees, including a few that, while not pure horror, are definitely DC fan favorites.

For the full rundown of all the talented nominees, visit the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and be sure to watch the live broadcast of the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards on Fox on Sunday, September 18th at 8:00 Pm Et/5:00 Pm Pt.

Outstanding Art Direction For A Single-Camera Series

"True Blood" • Beautifully Broken • It Hurts Me Too • Trouble • HBO • Your Face Goes Here Entertainment in association with HBO Entertainment

Suzuki Ingerslev, Production Designer

Cat Smith, Art Director

Laura Richarz, S.D.S.A., Set Decorator

Outstanding Casting For A Drama Series

"Game Of Thrones" • HBO • Bighead,...

Piranha 3-D may be the bloodiest film you'll see next year. And behind the carnage is none other than Knb Efx, reuniting with director Alexandre Aja for a third time after 2006's The Hills Have Eyes and last year's Mirrors , both of which offered audiences a generous amount of punctured craniums, slit throats and hacked limbs. None of this compares to the gore-covered canvas Knb's Greg Nicotero, his team and Aja are playing with this time. Within the on-set Piranha FX trailer utilized by Nicotero, Jake Garber, Mike McCarty and Carey Jones one finds corpses and sundry body parts in various stages of consumption - chewed up by the film's titular fish which will be created practically by Knb and CGI visual effects supervisor Derek Wentworth's crew. "In my 500 homages to...