Tim Burton’s “Ed Wood”: Knocking on Wood for 25 years…

“I just want to tell stories…” The real Edward D. Wood Jr. was already well-known to me in 1994, because I’d long been a devotee of crappy cinema. I still remember renting “Plan Nine From Outer Space” (1956) on laserdisc back in the mid 1980s and just about crying with laughter. I later sought some…

IMATS LA: I’m not makeup–er, making this up…

A few years ago back in 2014, my wife introduced me to a convention I’d never heard of, let alone attended; it was IMATS (International Makeup Artists Trade Show), Los Angeles (though it was actually held in Pasadena).   It was pretty much as advertised; cosmetics, beauty/glam makeups, special effects makeups, etc.   A place…