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Rick Baker to Receive a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Finally.

by Rebecca Pahle | 2:45 pm, November 15th, 2012


Even if you don’t recognize the name of makeup artist Rick Baker, you definitely know his work. His list of credits includes An American Werewolf in London, the ’80s Beauty and the Beast TV show, Ed Wood, Harry and the Hendersons, Men in Black… he’s basically the God of movie makeup.

And he’s finally getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. It’s about damn time.

The ceremony will take place on Friday, November 30th in front of the Guinness World Record Museum. Baker will also be entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for both winning and being nominated for the most Academy Awards for Best Makeup of anyone in history. He’s been nominated for 12 Oscars and won seven, including one for 2010′s The Wolfman.

Yep. Baker is the reason The Wolfman can claim the adjective “Oscar-winning” where Psycho, The Shawshank Redemption, and Do the Right Thing cannot. He’s also responsible for Norbit being an Oscar-nominated film. It’s pretty funny when you think about it. The man’s really, really good at his job.

(via: Fangoria)

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  • http://wrongsirwrong.blogspot.com/ Magic Xylophone

    Totally deserves it. Does Stan Winston have one?

  • John Wao

    Agree. Hopefully George Romero gets one eventually.

  • http://twitter.com/EliasAlgorithm Elias Algorithm

    Yes. 6522 Hollywood Blvd.

  • http://moviesnbeer-coffee.blogspot.jp/ coffeebot3000

    Well deserved. One of my heroes. Watching his making of Thriller video over and over as a child inspired me to become a makeup artist. (Hollywood un-inspired me. But that…another story).

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