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17 November 2011 7:46 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

Gore Verbinski, wife Clayton Producer/Director Gore Verbinski and wife Clayton arrive at the 2011 Governors Awards in the Grand Ballroom at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood, on Saturday, November 12. [Photo: Matt Petit / ©A.M.P.A.S.] James Earl Jones was a long-distance Honorary Oscar honoree, but makeup artist Dick Smith (The Stepford Wives, The Sunshine Boys) was present at the ceremony to receive his Honorary Oscar. Oprah Winfrey was the recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. Many of the attendees at this year's Governors Awards were Oscar 2012 hopefuls. For instance, Shame's Michael Fassbender and Steve McQueen; The Help's Tate Taylor, Viola Davis, and Octavia Spencer; The Descendants' Shailene Woodley; J. Edgar's Dustin Lance Black; and others. Verbinski, however, has no chance of getting a Best Director Oscar this year. Not only was the Johnny Depp-Penélope Cruz pairing in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides a critical bomb, but it was directed by Rob Marshall. »

- D. Zhea

14 November 2011 10:42 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

Over the weekend we announced that legendary make-up artist Dick Smith had received an honorary Oscar for his many contributions to the industry. Now you can watch the man himself collect his well deserved and long overdue prize!

In addition to his incredible work on The Exorcist, some of Smith's other work in the horror genre includes The Stepford Wives, The Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), The Sentinel (1977), Altered States (1980), Scanners (1981), Ghost Story (1981) and The Hunger (1983). He also worked in television on a show you may remember, "Dark Shadows." And this is just a small sample of his work.

Outside of horror, Smith worked on legendary films such as The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974), Midnight Cowboy (1969), Miracle on 34th Street (1959), The Deer Hunter (1978) and Taxi Driver (1976). He initially got his start working for NBC creating techniques with foam latex and plastic for live television. Smith held this position from »

- Uncle Creepy

12 November 2011 9:55 PM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

One of the heroes of our genre has been honored by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science. Dick Smith, who has rightfully been sired with the title of the Godfather of Makeup, was given an honorary Governor's Academy Award for his unparalleled contributions to the field of makeup in the film industry.

As he was always a behind-the-scenes guy, let me catch you up on just what Dick Smith is responsible for creating. Does the name Regan MacNeil mean anything to you? That's right, Smith transformed cute little Linda Blair into the beast that launched 1,000 nightmares in The Exorcist. For me, that alone is enough to grant the man the all-time title, but it's just the tip of the iceberg. Smith shared an Oscar in 1984 for transforming F. Murray Abraham from his 40's to his 80's in Amadeus and was nominated again for morphing Jack Lemmon from a »

- Doctor Gash

5 October 2011 10:24 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

More casting news coming in from Rob Zombie in regard to his latest film, The Lords of Salem. Another Halloween star has joined the ranks of the new flick to combat evil witchery in all of its forms.

According to Zombie via his Facebook page, genre favorite Dee Wallace (The Hills Have Eyes, The Stepford Wives, The Howling, E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Cujo, The Frighteners) plays the role of "Sonny," a self-help guru. Shooting begins in less than two weeks.

Dee joins Bruce Dern as Francis Matthias, author of the book "Satan's Last Stand - The Truth About The Salem Witch Trials"; Torsten Voges as Count Gorgann, lead singer of the Norwegian death metal band Leviathan the Fleeing Serpent; Jeff Daniel Phillips as Herman "Whitey" Salvador, one third of "The Big H Team" at Wiqz - Salem's Rock Radio; Meg Foster as Margaret Morgan, the leader of a secret coven of witches in Salem; Ernest Thomas, »

- Uncle Creepy

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