Makeup Artists

Jenny Shircore has an uncanny ability to make people's faces read like books. On the set of director Iain Softley's new fantasy adventure "Inkheart," Shircore created hundreds of intricately lettered facial tattoos to signify that certain characters in the film had been brought to life from the pages of works of literature. Born in India during the days of the British Raj to an Armenian father and a French mother, Shircore moved to England at the age of 10.

Consider it a manual for the makeup junkie. The newly launched On Makeup Magazine is now available for free at select makeup studios and online. But don't expect the typical glossy cover. Solid-color covers distinguish it from the competition -- with all the gotta-see images inside. "We have designed the magazine to be user-friendly for everyone -- from hard-core pros to the woman who just happens to love makeup," says publisher Michael DeVellis.

WITHOUT Johnny Depp, one can safely say, there would be no Capt. Jack Sparrow and thus no multibillion-dollar "Pirates of the Caribbean" franchise. But one could also argue that, without Capt. Jack's hair, or Capt. Jack's hat, or Capt. Jack's raccoon-like rings of kohl (not to mention Capt. Barbossa's lace and Bootstrap Bill's face), the films would not be nearly as successful.

William J. "Bill" Tuttle, a pioneering makeup artist whose ground-breaking work in "7 Faces of Dr. Lao" prompted the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to officially recognize his craft for the first time by giving him an honorary Academy Award in 1965, has died. He was 95.

Monty Westmore, a third-generation member of the legendary family of Hollywood makeup artists whose long career included "The Towering Inferno," "Jurassic Park" and "Hook," has died. He was 84. Westmore died Tuesday of prostate cancer at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, said Christiana Benson, Westmore's cousin. In a nearly six-decade career that began at Warner Bros.

Tom Burman and Bari Dreiband-Burman Emmy Award-winning husband-and-wife makeup artists. Current Assignments: "Nip/Tuck" on FX and "Grey's Anatomy" on ABC Previous credits: "The X-Files," "Scrooged," "Tracey Takes On ... ," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" Definitions: Tom: "We specialize in special makeup effects.

An Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated makeup artist and her photographer husband were found dead in their Venice home in what authorities believe was a murder-suicide. Hallie D'Amore, 64, who was nominated for an Academy Award in 1995 for her work with two others on "Forrest Gump," apparently shot her husband, Richard D'Amore, 66, multiple times before turning the gun on herself, police said.

The metallic eye is ruling the red carpet this season as a fresh alternative to the smoky shadows that have dominated for so long. "I am definitely seeing a trend in metallic makeup," says makeup artist Pati Dubroff, whose clients include Gwyneth Paltrow, Jessica Biel and Megan Fox. "With people cutting back on overt jewelry, metallic makeup is a way to still have that shine."