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Dwayne Johnson’s Maui in Disney’s Moana live-action remake wears about 40 pounds of prosthetics and a seven‑pound wig to achieve lift and a wet look on water; director Thomas Kail and Johnson discuss the demanding design and heat-heavy conditions, underscoring the cultural responsibility behind the July 10 release.
A deep dive into how The Pitt recruits and trains patient-actors to convincingly portray hospital emergencies, employing heavy makeup, prosthetics, and on-set medical guidance to create authentic, real-time trauma across Season 2.
Manjit Sangha, a 56-year-old Punjabi-origin woman from the West Midlands, fell critically ill last July after her family’s dog licked a minor wound; within 48 hours she was in a coma and doctors believe sepsis entered her bloodstream. She underwent quadruple amputations (both legs below the knee and both hands), lost her spleen, and battled pneumonia and gallstones. After 32 weeks in hospital she has returned home and is fundraising for advanced prosthetics, with over £22,000 raised so far. Medical experts say such infections are rare but can escalate rapidly.
The piece explains how Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights uses Margot Robbie’s Cathy and Jacob Elordi’s Heathcliff to tell the story via transformative hair, makeup and prosthetics—Robbie with 35+ Cathy looks, freckles and era-specific wigs; Elordi shifts from a dirty, bearded “Jesus Elordi” to a slick, Darcy-inspired Heathcliff with a hand-laid beard and a gold-tooth prosthetic—plus ‘vagina plaits’ and other motifs. The look development, including tests against wind/rain, spanned a 51‑day shoot and was designed to convey jealousy, longing and tragedy, with Robbie even keeping her hair unwashed for a key scene.
A British woman who lost her right arm and leg after an accident now uses a mind-reading bionic arm that learns her movements via AI-powered sensors, allowing more natural control; she jokes that she is 80% human and 20% robot and notes she can charge the arm overnight, highlighting AI-driven prosthetics’ growing role in recovery and daily life.
Ser Arlan of Pennytree’s oversized 10-inch prosthetic—complete with a urination tube—took center stage in the latest A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms episode; prosthetics designer Waldo Mason shared the mold and praised the team, while showrunner Ira Parker said the look was meant to give the hedge knight ‘his one special thing’ after a gritty life. The bold reveal adds to the series’ pattern of shocking bodily-function moments as viewers anticipate episode three.
EPFL researchers have built a self-contained, detachable crawling robotic hand that can grip multiple objects (up to four), move to retrieve items from tight or hazardous spaces, and reattach to its arm using a snap-and-lock system. With bidirectional fingers and magnets guiding reattachment, the device combines manipulation and locomotion and could inform future prosthetics and specialized environments.
Makeup artist Mike Hill applied full body prosthetics to Jacob Elordi around 20 times for Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' adaptation, emphasizing practical effects to create a humanized creature with subtle enhancements to evoke the classic monster without overdoing the horror elements.
Jacob Elordi wore full body prosthetics about 20 times for his role as the Creature in Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' on Netflix, with the makeup artist emphasizing practical effects to maintain realism and emotional depth, and Elordi showing professionalism by never complaining during the process.
Jessica Simpson returns to acting after nearly two decades in the Hulu series All’s Fair, where she portrays a character who undergoes plastic surgery, explaining her altered appearance through extensive prosthetics and acting.
Mike Hill, a sculptor and effects artist, collaborated with Guillermo del Toro to redesign Frankenstein’s creature for the 2023 Netflix film, creating a unique, period-appropriate look that emphasizes beauty and horror, and involved extensive prosthetic work and character evolution.
Heidi Klum hosted her 24th annual Halloween party dressed as a very scary and elaborate Medusa, featuring extensive prosthetics and makeup, continuing her tradition of creating impressive and outrageous costumes that inspire her guests.
Heidi Klum hosted her annual Halloween party in New York, unveiling a stunning Medusa-inspired costume featuring glowing scales, snakes, and fangs, complemented by her husband dressed as a stone soldier, showcasing her signature elaborate and creative costume transformations.
Heidi Klum is preparing her elaborate and spooky Halloween costume for 2025, teasing a transformation involving green prosthetics, animatronics, and a highly detailed look, promising to be her most complicated and 'ugliest' yet, continuing her tradition of creative and jaw-dropping costumes.
Heidi Klum has transformed her Halloween costumes from basic to elaborate over 25 years, becoming a Halloween icon with iconic looks like E.T., Jessica Rabbit, and a giant peacock, showcasing her love for creativity, humor, and high art in costume design.