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The Big Screen: ‘Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story’

by Stephen Becker 25 Apr 2018 3:19 PM

The go-to makeup artist of the 1990s is the subject of a new documentary playing the USA Film Festival. We talk about his life and work with Dallas supermodel Chandra North, who sat in his chair many times.

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Kevyn Aucoin applied lipstick to Cindy Crawford’s lips, blush to Janet Jackson’s cheeks and mascara to Barbra Streisand’s eyelashes. The go-to makeup artist of the 1990s is the subject of a new documentary playing at the USA Film Festival, and this week we talk about his life and work with Dallas supermodel Chandra North, who sat in his chair on many occasions.

“Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story” plays Friday night at 7 at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas.

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About Stephen Becker

Stephen Becker produces the shows Think and Anything You Ever Wanted to Know for KERA. As part of the Art&Seek team, Stephen produces radio and digital stories, along with the podcast "The Big Screen," with Chris Vognar, movie critic of The Dallas Morning News. View more about Stephen Becker.