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Six-time Academy Award Winning Special Makeup Effects Artist, Rick Baker, to Accept 'Chiller-Eyegore Award' at Universal Studios Hollywood as Theme Park Celebrates Opening Night of 'Halloween Horror Nights' on October 2
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posted Sep 22, 2009, 20:47
Six-time Academy Award-winning special makeup effects
artist, Rick Baker, will accept a Chiller-Eyegore Award at Universal Studios...
(Universal City, CA) Six-time Academy Award-winning special makeup effects
artist, Rick Baker, will accept a Chiller-Eyegore Award at Universal Studios
Hollywood's opening night ceremony for the theme park's "Halloween Horror
Nights" event on Friday, October 2 at 7:00pm.
Baker will be honored for his incomparable design and his makeup effects that
have created indelible imagery in over 42 horror films.
Most recently, Baker worked on Universal Pictures' "The Wolfman"
alongside Director Joe Johnston ("Jurassic Park III") and Oscar winner
Benicio Del Toro in which he transforms Del Toro into the fearsome title character.
The film opens nationwide on February 12, 2010.
Baker won an Academy Award for his work on "Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch
Stole Christmas," "Men In Black," "The Nutty Professor,"
"Ed Wood," "Harry and the Hendersons" and "An American
Werewolf in London." Additionally, Baker received Academy Award nominations
for "Norbit," "Life," "Mighty Joe Young," "Coming
to America" and "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan." His creative
make-up artistry can also be seen in such films as "Planet of The Apes,"
"Wild, Wild West," "Life,"The Devil's Advocate," "Wolf,"
"The Rocketeer," "Gremlins 2: The New Batch," "Gorillas
in the Mist," "Starman" and "Star Wars" (cantina sequence).
His many television credits include "Harry and the Hendersons," "Something
is Out There," "Beauty and the Beast," "Werewolf, "Michael
Jackson's "Thriller" and "Captain Eo" and "The Autobiography
of Miss Jane Pittman," for which he received an Emmy Award.
This year, Universal Studios Hollywood is partnering with Chiller in the presentation
of the newly expanded Chiller-Eyegore Awards, which will be broadcast as interstitial
programming on Chiller later in October and hosted by actor Corey Feldman. The
Chiller-Eyegore Awards will acknowledge actors, artists and filmmakers in a
variety of categories specific to the horror genre.
Previous Eyegore Award recipients have included Alice Cooper, Patricia Arquette,
Janet Leigh, Roger Corman, Jennifer Tilly, Joss Whedon, Rob Zombie, Karen Black,
Clive Barker, Julie Benz, Shawnee Smith, Sherri Moon Zombie, Tobe Hooper, Bill
Moseley and Corey Feldman.
Chiller and Universal Studios Hollywood have also partnered to sponsor the
"Halloween Horror Nights-Chiller Scary Good Film Competition," offering
filmmakers an opportunity to have their scariest short film rewarded with a
broadcast on Chiller of their work, a $1,000 cash prize and a trip for two to
opening night of Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Studios Hollywood, where
the film will be shown at the Chiller Eyegore Awards ceremony. Ten finalists
have been selected by an industry panel and voting is now open to all members
of the public at www.halloweenhorrornights.com/Chiller.
This year's all-new "Halloween Horror Nights" at Universal Studios
Hollywood will feature four new maze experiences including "Saw: Game Over,"
"Halloween: The Life and Crimes of Michael Myers," "My Bloody
Valentine: Be Mine 4 Ever," and "Chucky's Funhouse," six new
"scare zones," a new live stage performance of "The Rocky Horror
Picture Show: A Tribute," as well as a fully re-imagined "Terror Tram"
backlot studio experience. The all-new "Halloween Horror Nights" for
2009 will be the most intense and terrifying "live" horror event ever
to be presented in a theme park environment.
"Halloween Horror Nights" will continue on consecutive weekends and
selected weekday nights beginning on Friday, October 2 through Halloween, Saturday,
October 31. Event dates are: October 2-3, 9-11, 15-18, 23-25, 28-31. The event
will begin nightly at 7:00 p.m.; closing hours vary by night throughout the
event. Tickets are now on sale at www.universalstudioshollywood.com/hhn
including limited-time advance purchase discounts.
Chiller, the recently-launched channel from NBC Universal, is the only network
devoted to delivering viewers round-the-clock scares. Chiller's eclectic slate
of adrenaline-fueled, soul-stirring entertainment includes classic drama and
anthology series (Tales from the Darkside, Twin Peaks, Nightmare Cafe), international
programming (Spine Chillers, Strange) and a broad offering of films, including
feature-length premieres on the first Friday of each month. Chiller is currently
available in nearly 34 million homes. To learn more, visit: www.chillertv.com.
About Universal Studios Hollywood and NBC Universal
Universal Studios Hollywood is a unit of Universal Parks & Resorts, a division
of NBC Universal.
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in the development, production, marketing of entertainment, news, and information
to a global audience. Formed in May of 2004 through the combining of NBC and
Vivendi Universal Entertainment, NBC Universal owns and operates a valuable
portfolio of news and entertainment networks, a premier motion picture company,
significant television production operations, a leading television stations
group, and world-renowned theme parks. NBC Universal is 80% owned by General
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