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Video: Watch Oklahoma Oscar nominee's makeup magic
Published: 2/23/2012 8:26 PM
Last Modified: 2/23/2012 6:39 PM

That's Gary Oldman beneath Oklahoma native Matthew Mungle's Oscar-winning makeup design for 1992's "Bram Stoker's Dracula."

Matthew Mungle went from Atoka dairy farm kid to Oscar-winning, Emmy-winning makeup artist. The story of how he did it is described in my interview with him on the cover of this Friday's Scene section.

He'll be trying to win his second Academy Award (he won in 1992 for "Dracula") on Sunday night for turning Glenn Close into an Irishman in the movie "Albert Nobbs."

What an accommodating fellow. It was a pleasure to talk to Matthew as he expressed excitement about the Admiral Twin Drive-in being rebuilt and other Oklahoma connections we shared.

As with any article there's never enough room to wedge in all of the funny stories (the makeup man on people shopping in his storage room: "OK, I want that body, and I need three of those body parts, and that brain over there.") or to get across just how good Matthew's impression of Oliver Stone is (Matthew did makeup on Stone's "Heaven and Earth,"
"Natural Born Killers" and "W.").

What's not in question is his makeup designing skills, on full display in a very neat Good Morning America segment that aired last week in preparation for the Oscars.

There are examples of his work, a tour of his Hollywood makeup shop, and then the capper: Matthew transforms GMA correspondent Cameron Mathison into a 70-year-old man (with Mathison's wife waiting outside for a "reveal" to see what her hubby will look like in 30 or so years).

Check out that video below, and then root on Matthew on Sunday night!

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