Author: Janet Flora
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Setting The Stage
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At Saturday Night Live “You gotta make it fun,” Joe Rielly head carpenter on Saturday Night Live, said when asked how he approached each show after working there for twenty years. You might think working on a show in its 48th season, which premiered in 1975 and has made millions laugh would…
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And The Awards go to…
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Mia Neal Celebrity Hairstylist Mia Neal redefines the idea of celebrity hairstylist. She won the 2020 Oscar as head of the hair and wig department for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom; and made history as one of two black women along with Jamika Wilson (personal hairstylist to Viola Davis) to win…
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She Made-up Talluah Bankhead Paul McCartney and Many In Between
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Cheers for Seventy-three Years It was 1949 when Florence Ricobbono Johnson was hired by NBC as a staff makeup-artist. She trained to be an actor and had recently completed a graduate degree in theater at The Pasadena Playhouse (University of Southern California) where she got the nickname Riccie. On her…
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What I learned about writing and life as a Makeup Artist for TV and Film
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When I did make up for television I always stood on the right side of the chair, it had to do with being right-handed, but sometimes I discovered there was no right side—there was no right side for difficult personalities, but I had to pretend I was okay with bad…
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First Draft of Novel is finished
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I know I have not blogged at all. It changes now. I have written a book. Of course, like every writer I hope to get it published. But I am enjoying the moment of completion. And like most first drafts, it needs revision. I’m halfway through the second draft, and…
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