LOS ANGELES — They’re not just for Halloween anymore. Expensive, realistic masks — the kind that are the hit of the costume party — increasingly are being used out of season, and not always for laughs ...

It’s easy to spot someone wearing a mask, right? Well, new research suggests that it can be much harder than you think. Masks are a great way to help actors get into character and scare young children ...

Journalist Bonnie Burton writes about movies, TV shows, comics, science and robots. She is the author of the books Live or Die: Survival Hacks, Wizarding World: Movie Magic Amazing Artifacts, The Star ...