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Thomas M. Sipos the founder & director of the Tabloid Witch Awards. If you want some insight into his views on horror, you may wish to read his interview in Theofantastique, both Part One and Part Two.

 

In older news, 2007 winner Erasmo Romero III produced a news segment about the Tabloid Witch Awards. This segment aired on Sunset Stripped, which is produced at the Art Institute of Los Angeles. Sunset Stripped airs prime time on Los Angeles channel 36 and on Santa Monica City TV Channel 16:

 

 

 

 

 

In 2008, Romero cast Sipos in his short film, The Ancient Law. Sipos looks a lot less stiff in the role of King Gutierrez (excerpt below), than on Sunset Stripped.

 

 

 

 

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