'Face Off' Recap: 'Sexy Beasts'

Chloe & Rashaad's Beast, Courtesy Syfy

BY LARISSA MRYKALO

The Season Six return of “Face Off” started off not only by introducing us to 15 new artists, but also showcasing their talents with two challenges. The prizes are similar to last season and include a VIP trip compliments of Krylon, $100K, and a 2014 Fiat 500.

McKenzie Westmore returns as host along with her father, Michael Westmore, serving as mentor. Judges Ve Neil, Glenn Hetrick and Neville Page also return to judge the creations which promise to be “extreme” this season. A new twist was introduced for this season. The judges can issue a one-time immunity for an artist who may have had a difficult week. We won’t know when this will occur but I’m sure some of the artists from past seasons would have liked this feature. In retrospect, the judges did seem to take into account if one of the artists had a rough week and offered leniency. However, they also stressed that in the real world of the industry, they need to give their all and leniency is often not offered.

So let’s meet this season’s 15 artists, two of which are dating (Cat and Niko). Will that cause some drama? For more details on the artists, click here.

Live action Beauty and the Beast in the works

Courtesy Disney

Remaking animated fairy tales into live action movies is nothing new. It certainly doesn’t hurt that they do extremely well at the box office. The tales we know and love dearly have incredibly dark roots and thus can be translated better when using live actors versus animation that will mainly draw the kiddos.

The success of such films as 2010’s Alice in Wonderland and Oz: The Great and Powerful has prompted Disney to try its hand at taking one of its most beloved animated films and giving it new life.