Last year, Brendan Fraser won Best Actor for “The Whale,” which also won Best Makeup and Hairstyling for artists Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, and Annemarie Bradley. This is a combination of Oscar categories that have popped up several times over the years. But could it happen again this year? Well, theoretically, yes.
The brilliant makeup artist Kazu Hiro, also known as Kazuhiro Tsuji, turned Bradley Cooper into Leonard Bernstein in Netflix’s “Maestro.” Kazu Hiro landed himself an Oscar nomination for Best Makeup and Hairstyling alongside Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell. Meanwhile, Cooper is nominated for Best Actor.
Along with “The Whale,” several other movies have done well with this pair of Oscar categories. In 2018, “Darkest Hour” won Best Actor for Gary Oldman and Hiro won Best Makeup and Hairstyling alongside David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick. In 2014, “Dallas Buyers Club” won both awards, too, with Matthew McConaughey winning for acting...
The brilliant makeup artist Kazu Hiro, also known as Kazuhiro Tsuji, turned Bradley Cooper into Leonard Bernstein in Netflix’s “Maestro.” Kazu Hiro landed himself an Oscar nomination for Best Makeup and Hairstyling alongside Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell. Meanwhile, Cooper is nominated for Best Actor.
Along with “The Whale,” several other movies have done well with this pair of Oscar categories. In 2018, “Darkest Hour” won Best Actor for Gary Oldman and Hiro won Best Makeup and Hairstyling alongside David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick. In 2014, “Dallas Buyers Club” won both awards, too, with Matthew McConaughey winning for acting...
- 3/6/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Best Actor looks set to be one of the most intriguing Oscar races this year with Cillian Murphy (“Oppenheimer”) and Leonardo DiCaprio (“Killers of the Flower Moon”) currently battling it out at the top of our odds chart in this category.
Colman Domingo (“Rustin”) and Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”) are also predicted to reap nominations but it is Bradley Cooper in third spot that makes things really interesting. Cooper stars as Leonard Bernstein in Netflix’s “Maestro,” which he also produces, directs and co-writes. The Netflix feature, which opens on November 22, explores the complex marriage between the renowned composer and his wife Felicia Montealegre, who is played by Carey Mulligan. Mulligan is, as always, excellent, but Cooper has the transformative role here.
Makeup artist Kazu Hiro, also known as Kazuhiro Tsuji, turns him into Bernstein with astounding makeup and prosthetics. Cooper’s mannerisms, gestures, and vocal work prove add to his performance.
Colman Domingo (“Rustin”) and Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”) are also predicted to reap nominations but it is Bradley Cooper in third spot that makes things really interesting. Cooper stars as Leonard Bernstein in Netflix’s “Maestro,” which he also produces, directs and co-writes. The Netflix feature, which opens on November 22, explores the complex marriage between the renowned composer and his wife Felicia Montealegre, who is played by Carey Mulligan. Mulligan is, as always, excellent, but Cooper has the transformative role here.
Makeup artist Kazu Hiro, also known as Kazuhiro Tsuji, turns him into Bernstein with astounding makeup and prosthetics. Cooper’s mannerisms, gestures, and vocal work prove add to his performance.
- 10/11/2023
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
“Elvis” did well at the Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild on Feb. 11 winning two of its three bids. It claimed the prizes for both period/character makeup and hairstyling but lost the special effects race to one of its Oscar rivals, “The Whale.” Another Oscar contender, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” won contemporary makeup.
These wins boost the odds of one of these three films prevailing at the Academy Awards. Last year marked the only time in the nine-year history of these guild honors that one of its winners had not gone on to claim the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. While “Coming 2 America” won three awards here, it was “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” that won over academy voters. That biopic had lost both period/character guild awards (hairstyling to “Being the Ricardos” and makeup to Oscar rival “Cruella”) plus the special effects category to “Coming 2 America.
These wins boost the odds of one of these three films prevailing at the Academy Awards. Last year marked the only time in the nine-year history of these guild honors that one of its winners had not gone on to claim the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. While “Coming 2 America” won three awards here, it was “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” that won over academy voters. That biopic had lost both period/character guild awards (hairstyling to “Being the Ricardos” and makeup to Oscar rival “Cruella”) plus the special effects category to “Coming 2 America.
- 2/12/2023
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Elvis topped the feature competition at the 10th annual Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards (IATSE Local 706), winning a pair of awards for period make-up and period hair styling.
Accepting with the team, Shane Thomas said of the team’s challenge to creating Elvis Presley, “We wanted to represent and respect, but not impersonate.” He also saluted director Baz Luhrmann’s “unwavering commitment” to filmmaking.
Also on Saturday at The Beverly Hilton, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever collected the award for contemporary hair styling. Department head Camille Friend dedicated the award to the late Chadwick Boseman.
Angela Bassett – who is Oscar-nominated for her role as Queen Ramonda in Wakanda Forever – received the Guild’s Distinguished Artisan Award during the ceremony. Bassett called the Guild members the “unsung heroes of filmmaking” as she accepted the award. “For any show, there is a team who works long and hard to help us bring to life the character.
Accepting with the team, Shane Thomas said of the team’s challenge to creating Elvis Presley, “We wanted to represent and respect, but not impersonate.” He also saluted director Baz Luhrmann’s “unwavering commitment” to filmmaking.
Also on Saturday at The Beverly Hilton, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever collected the award for contemporary hair styling. Department head Camille Friend dedicated the award to the late Chadwick Boseman.
Angela Bassett – who is Oscar-nominated for her role as Queen Ramonda in Wakanda Forever – received the Guild’s Distinguished Artisan Award during the ceremony. Bassett called the Guild members the “unsung heroes of filmmaking” as she accepted the award. “For any show, there is a team who works long and hard to help us bring to life the character.
- 2/12/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
While “Batman” and “Elvis” led the Make-up and Hairstylists Guild noms with three apiece, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” hair department head Camille Friend’s nomination could have been a precursor to her Oscar nom. She could also make history by becoming the third Black hair department
head to win an Academy Award for hair and makeup. (Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson won earlier for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”).
Friend, who counts “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Pt. 1&2” and the 2019 “Black Panther” among her credits, is aware of the significance of her nominations.
“I thought about all the little Black girls, Latina girls and Asian girls. They can look at me and say, ‘Oh, I don’t just have to work in a salon. I don’t have to work behind a makeup counter. I can do this; I can get a nomination at the Academy Awards,...
head to win an Academy Award for hair and makeup. (Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson won earlier for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”).
Friend, who counts “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2,” “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Pt. 1&2” and the 2019 “Black Panther” among her credits, is aware of the significance of her nominations.
“I thought about all the little Black girls, Latina girls and Asian girls. They can look at me and say, ‘Oh, I don’t just have to work in a salon. I don’t have to work behind a makeup counter. I can do this; I can get a nomination at the Academy Awards,...
- 2/11/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Hairdressing is a family business for Camille Friend. The esteemed hair designer, whose 25 years in the film industry has included credits on many Marvel, Warner Bros. and Disney movies and collaborations with Christopher Nolan, Jordan Peele, Quentin Tarantino and Kathryn Bigelow, last month earned her first career Oscar nomination for her rich, complex work on “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”
Friend’s nomination marks just the third year that the Best Makeup and Hairstyling category has included a Black artist, after Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson (winners in 2021 for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) and Carla Farmer and Stacey Morris (nominated last year for “Coming 2 America”).
Growing up in Tempe, Arizona, Friend can trace the love for hair in her family back at least three generations. “My great-great-grandfather had seven girls and he wanted his girls to have a trade,” she told TheWrap. “Growing up in that time, what were Black...
Friend’s nomination marks just the third year that the Best Makeup and Hairstyling category has included a Black artist, after Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson (winners in 2021 for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) and Carla Farmer and Stacey Morris (nominated last year for “Coming 2 America”).
Growing up in Tempe, Arizona, Friend can trace the love for hair in her family back at least three generations. “My great-great-grandfather had seven girls and he wanted his girls to have a trade,” she told TheWrap. “Growing up in that time, what were Black...
- 2/10/2023
- by Joe McGovern
- The Wrap
Two of the five Oscar nominees for Best Makeup and Hairstyling — “The Batman” and “Elvis” — contend in three categories apiece at the guild awards on Feb. 11. Another contender, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” has a pair of bids while “The Whale” has a single nomination. The fifth Oscar contender, “All Quiet on the Western Front,” was snubbed by the Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards.
Last year marked the first time in the nine-year history of these guild awards that the eventual Oscar winner was shut out here first. “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” lost both period/character races (hairstyling to “Being the Ricardos” and makeup to Oscar rival “Cruella”) plus the special effects category to another Oscar contender, “Coming 2 America.” The other two Oscar nominees — “House of Gucci” and “Dune” — were also overlooked by the guild despite three and two bids respectively.
Our exclusive odds predict that five films...
Last year marked the first time in the nine-year history of these guild awards that the eventual Oscar winner was shut out here first. “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” lost both period/character races (hairstyling to “Being the Ricardos” and makeup to Oscar rival “Cruella”) plus the special effects category to another Oscar contender, “Coming 2 America.” The other two Oscar nominees — “House of Gucci” and “Dune” — were also overlooked by the guild despite three and two bids respectively.
Our exclusive odds predict that five films...
- 2/9/2023
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: The Wiz is getting ready for the road to Broadway with an award-winning design team, including Oscar-winning Black Panther production designer Hannah Beachler and Emmy-winning Watchmen costume designer Sharen Davis.
The design team, which also includes lighting design by Ryan J. O’Gara (Thoughts of a Colored Man) and wig design by Academy Award-winning Mia Neal (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), was announced today by producers Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Brian Anthony Moreland, and Ambassador Theatre Group.
Hannah Beachler Headshot. (Photo: Chris Britt)
As previously reported, the all-new production of the groundbreaking Broadway hit musical will launch a national tour in fall 2023 in Baltimore (where the original musical debuted in 1974), before arriving on Broadway for a limited engagement in spring 2024.
Featuring a book by William F. Brown and a Tony Award-winning score by Charlie Smalls (and others), director Schele Williams, choreographer JaQuel Knight...
The design team, which also includes lighting design by Ryan J. O’Gara (Thoughts of a Colored Man) and wig design by Academy Award-winning Mia Neal (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), was announced today by producers Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Brian Anthony Moreland, and Ambassador Theatre Group.
Hannah Beachler Headshot. (Photo: Chris Britt)
As previously reported, the all-new production of the groundbreaking Broadway hit musical will launch a national tour in fall 2023 in Baltimore (where the original musical debuted in 1974), before arriving on Broadway for a limited engagement in spring 2024.
Featuring a book by William F. Brown and a Tony Award-winning score by Charlie Smalls (and others), director Schele Williams, choreographer JaQuel Knight...
- 1/31/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild got a jump on the Oscars by announcing nominations for its awards on the eve of academy members starting to vote. Of the 10 films that remain in the running for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the Oscars, seven are vying for these precursor prizes.
“The Batman” and “Elvis” reaped three bids apiece with the guild; “Amsterdam,” “Babylon,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Blonde” earned two each; and and “The Whale” has one.
Three films still in contention at the Academy Awards — “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Crimes of the Future” and “Emancipation” — were snubbed by the guild.
Conversely, several of the Muahs favorites — “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “The Menu,” — didn’t make the cut with the academy in phase 1 of voting.
The 10th annual Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards are set for Feb. 11.
Best Period and/or Character Make-up
Amsterdam
Nana Fischer,...
“The Batman” and “Elvis” reaped three bids apiece with the guild; “Amsterdam,” “Babylon,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and “Blonde” earned two each; and and “The Whale” has one.
Three films still in contention at the Academy Awards — “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Crimes of the Future” and “Emancipation” — were snubbed by the guild.
Conversely, several of the Muahs favorites — “Everything Everywhere All at Once” and “The Menu,” — didn’t make the cut with the academy in phase 1 of voting.
The 10th annual Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards are set for Feb. 11.
Best Period and/or Character Make-up
Amsterdam
Nana Fischer,...
- 1/11/2023
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The Batman and Elvis lead the feature noms for the 10th Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards ( IATSE Local 706), which announced its nominations on Wednesday morning.
The Batman is nominated in the categories for contemporary make-up, contemporary hair styling, and special make-up effects. Elvis is a contender for period or character make-up, period or character hair styling, and special make-up effects.
Both movies are shortlisted for the Oscar in make-up and hair styling, along with Amsterdam, Babylon, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Blonde, which received two Muahs Guild nominations apiece; The Whale, which earned one Guild nomination; and All Quiet On The Western Front, Crimes of the Future and Emancipation.
Winners will be announced during a ceremony hosted by Melissa Peterman on Feb. 11 at The Beverly Hilton
The complete list of nominees follows.
Feature-length Motion Picture:
Best Contemporary Make-up
The Batman
Naomi Donne, Doone Forsyth, Norma Webb, Jemma Carballo...
The Batman is nominated in the categories for contemporary make-up, contemporary hair styling, and special make-up effects. Elvis is a contender for period or character make-up, period or character hair styling, and special make-up effects.
Both movies are shortlisted for the Oscar in make-up and hair styling, along with Amsterdam, Babylon, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Blonde, which received two Muahs Guild nominations apiece; The Whale, which earned one Guild nomination; and All Quiet On The Western Front, Crimes of the Future and Emancipation.
Winners will be announced during a ceremony hosted by Melissa Peterman on Feb. 11 at The Beverly Hilton
The complete list of nominees follows.
Feature-length Motion Picture:
Best Contemporary Make-up
The Batman
Naomi Donne, Doone Forsyth, Norma Webb, Jemma Carballo...
- 1/11/2023
- by Carolyn Giardina
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild has applied the nominations for its 10th anniversary awards show next month. See the full list below.
The Batman is the sole triple nominee on the film side. Pics scoring two noms apiece are Amsterdam, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Elvis and The Menu.
Awards for outstanding achievement in make-up and hair styling artistry will be presented in 23 categories spanning film, TV, commercials/music videos and live theater. Coming 2 America and Saturday Night Live were triple winners at last year’s Muahs Awards.
Since the modern Muahs Awards began in 2014, one of its marquee film winners — has gone on the claim the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar every year — except in 2022. The Academy Award went to The Eyes of Tammy Faye, which was up for three of the guild’s awards but went home empty-handed.
Last like year, Legendary again...
The Batman is the sole triple nominee on the film side. Pics scoring two noms apiece are Amsterdam, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Elvis and The Menu.
Awards for outstanding achievement in make-up and hair styling artistry will be presented in 23 categories spanning film, TV, commercials/music videos and live theater. Coming 2 America and Saturday Night Live were triple winners at last year’s Muahs Awards.
Since the modern Muahs Awards began in 2014, one of its marquee film winners — has gone on the claim the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar every year — except in 2022. The Academy Award went to The Eyes of Tammy Faye, which was up for three of the guild’s awards but went home empty-handed.
Last like year, Legendary again...
- 1/11/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s rare for sequels to make a big splash on the awards circuit; only two have ever won best picture — “The Godfather: Part II” and “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.” But director Rian Johnson’s star-studded feature “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” is proving to be an exception, with the filmmaker taking home the Visionary Award for his work on the upcoming whodunnit movie at this year’s 12th annual Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards.
“I’m very lucky that I have the family around me that I’ve worked with for years and years,” Johnson said during his acceptance speech, crediting his co-collaborators with helping him to achieve his cinematic vision. “My producer Ram Bergman — we’ve been working together since my first film ‘Brick,’ my cinematographer Steve Yedlin — we met freshman year in the dorms at USC, my composer Nathan Johnson — he’s my cousin,...
“I’m very lucky that I have the family around me that I’ve worked with for years and years,” Johnson said during his acceptance speech, crediting his co-collaborators with helping him to achieve his cinematic vision. “My producer Ram Bergman — we’ve been working together since my first film ‘Brick,’ my cinematographer Steve Yedlin — we met freshman year in the dorms at USC, my composer Nathan Johnson — he’s my cousin,...
- 11/7/2022
- by Katie Reul
- Variety Film + TV
The films up for the 2022 Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar are “Coming 2 America,” “Cruella,” “Dune,” “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” and “House of Gucci.” Our current odds show that “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” (16/5) is favored to win, followed in order by “Dune” (4/1), “Cruella” (4/1), “Coming 2 America” (9/2), and “House of Gucci” (9/2).
Included among the 15 individual artists in this group are 11 first-time nominees, making this the fifth consecutive lineup with a newcomer rate of over 70%. This subset includes the entire teams from “Coming 2 America” and “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”, as well as one craftsperson from “Dune” (Donald Mowat) and two each from “Cruella” (Nadia Stacey and Julia Vernon) and “House of Gucci” (Frederic Aspiras and Anna Carin Lock).
Farmer and Morris are the third and fourth Black nominees in this category’s history after Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson, who won last year for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
Included among the 15 individual artists in this group are 11 first-time nominees, making this the fifth consecutive lineup with a newcomer rate of over 70%. This subset includes the entire teams from “Coming 2 America” and “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”, as well as one craftsperson from “Dune” (Donald Mowat) and two each from “Cruella” (Nadia Stacey and Julia Vernon) and “House of Gucci” (Frederic Aspiras and Anna Carin Lock).
Farmer and Morris are the third and fourth Black nominees in this category’s history after Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson, who won last year for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
- 3/23/2022
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Coming 2 America and Saturday Night Live both took home three wins Saturday at the ninth annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards, making the former the front-runner in the craft category at the Oscars.
The Amazon Studios sequel starring Eddie Murphy won for Best Contemporary Make-Up, Best Special Make-Up Effects and Best Contemporary Hair Styling, besting the feature film field during tonight’s ceremony at the Beverly Hilton.
Other film winners included Amazon’s Being the Ricardos for Best Period Hair Styling and/or Character Hair Styling, and Disney’s Cruella for Best Period and/or Character Make-Up.
Coming 2 America and Cruella are both nominated in the combined Makeup and Hairstyling category at the 94th Oscars, which will take place March 27.
Since the modern Muahs Awards began in 2014, one of its marquee winners has gone on the claim the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar every year. Last year,...
The Amazon Studios sequel starring Eddie Murphy won for Best Contemporary Make-Up, Best Special Make-Up Effects and Best Contemporary Hair Styling, besting the feature film field during tonight’s ceremony at the Beverly Hilton.
Other film winners included Amazon’s Being the Ricardos for Best Period Hair Styling and/or Character Hair Styling, and Disney’s Cruella for Best Period and/or Character Make-Up.
Coming 2 America and Cruella are both nominated in the combined Makeup and Hairstyling category at the 94th Oscars, which will take place March 27.
Since the modern Muahs Awards began in 2014, one of its marquee winners has gone on the claim the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar every year. Last year,...
- 2/20/2022
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Following a record-breaking year for diversity at the Academy Awards, with nine actors of color nabbing nominations in 2021, the 2022 lineup featured just four actors of color: Ariana DeBose, Aunjanue Ellis, Will Smith and Denzel Washington.
With this latest nomination for “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” Washington extended his lead as the most-nominated Black actor at the Oscars, with a total of 10 nods and two wins. Smith earned his third best actor nomination and his first nod as a producer for “King Richard.” The sports drama landed six nominations in all, as Ellis represented the film in the supporting actress category, where she was joined by fellow first-timer “West Side Story” star DeBose, who becomes the first Afro-Latina actor (and the first openly queer woman of color) ever nominated.
Also representing the Latino community is two-time Oscar winner Guillermo Del Toro, who added another best picture nomination to his resume with “Nightmare Alley.
With this latest nomination for “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” Washington extended his lead as the most-nominated Black actor at the Oscars, with a total of 10 nods and two wins. Smith earned his third best actor nomination and his first nod as a producer for “King Richard.” The sports drama landed six nominations in all, as Ellis represented the film in the supporting actress category, where she was joined by fellow first-timer “West Side Story” star DeBose, who becomes the first Afro-Latina actor (and the first openly queer woman of color) ever nominated.
Also representing the Latino community is two-time Oscar winner Guillermo Del Toro, who added another best picture nomination to his resume with “Nightmare Alley.
- 2/8/2022
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
The festival will also host a connects session with British Vogue editor Edward Enninful.
Edward Enninful, editor-in-chief of British Vogue and European editorial director of Vogue, will open the industry programme of the BFI London Film Festival (Lff) on Thursday October 7 in an in-conversation event as part of the Lff Connects strand, which looks to explore the intersection between film and other creative industries.
There will also be Spotlight conversations with Element Pictures producer and co-founder Ed Guiney and Doc Society chief executive Jess Search.
Guiney’s most recent feature, Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II, is playing as the festival’s Londoner Gala.
Edward Enninful, editor-in-chief of British Vogue and European editorial director of Vogue, will open the industry programme of the BFI London Film Festival (Lff) on Thursday October 7 in an in-conversation event as part of the Lff Connects strand, which looks to explore the intersection between film and other creative industries.
There will also be Spotlight conversations with Element Pictures producer and co-founder Ed Guiney and Doc Society chief executive Jess Search.
Guiney’s most recent feature, Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II, is playing as the festival’s Londoner Gala.
- 9/27/2021
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
“I am the first Black makeup artist to be a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,” explains Marietta Carter-Narcisse, head of the makeup department on National Geographic’s bioseries “Genius: Aretha.” “I became a member in 1997 and I was in there for 20 years before another makeup artist was admitted to the Academy. We as Black artists tend to get pigeonholed. It’s challenging to fight to get out of that hole. People see your skin color and they assume that your specialty is working on Black people. It’s not a specialty, it’s who I am.” Earlier this year Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) became the first Black makeup artists to win an Oscar. Watch the exclusive video interview above.
“I was a pre med student,” confesses Carter-Narcisse while describing her path to show business. “I worked in a hospital. I hated it.
“I was a pre med student,” confesses Carter-Narcisse while describing her path to show business. “I worked in a hospital. I hated it.
- 6/9/2021
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Ensuring that hair and makeup departments are inclusive in their ability to work effectively with actors of color will be explored during a virtual panel discussion next month hosted by the Producers Guild of America in collaboration with the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, the Gersh talent agency and Management 360. The panel, “Hair and Makeup Equity – Changing the Industry Standard,” is set for May 11.
“As Hollywood fights for equitable representation on screen, one historically large issue of production can no longer be ignored: the lack of proficient hair and makeup artists on set,” said Management 360 manager Genevieve Penn. “Hair and makeup departments that don’t serve every member of the cast at the same level are detrimental to both the talent and the production. Having hair and makeup artists who are not trained to work with all skin tones and hair textures can cause irreparable damage, undermine the actor’s sense of...
“As Hollywood fights for equitable representation on screen, one historically large issue of production can no longer be ignored: the lack of proficient hair and makeup artists on set,” said Management 360 manager Genevieve Penn. “Hair and makeup departments that don’t serve every member of the cast at the same level are detrimental to both the talent and the production. Having hair and makeup artists who are not trained to work with all skin tones and hair textures can cause irreparable damage, undermine the actor’s sense of...
- 4/27/2021
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
HFPA and South African journalist Margaret Gardiner has responded on Twitter for mistakenly asking Judas and the Black Messiah Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya what it was like working with director Regina King. The Warner Bros. movie, which won two Oscars Sunday night, was directed by Shaka King. One Night in Miami, another Oscar contender last night, was directed by Regina King.
Gardiner, who reportedly was covering the Oscarcast for The Sunday Times of South Africa, asked Kaluuya remotely, “I’ve been following you since the beginning of your career, and I was wondering what it meant for you to be directed by Regina, what this means for you at this time with the world and the state that it’s in?”
The actor responded, “Say, that question again, please?”
Gardiner then asked, “I was wondering what it meant for you to win with the world and the...
Gardiner, who reportedly was covering the Oscarcast for The Sunday Times of South Africa, asked Kaluuya remotely, “I’ve been following you since the beginning of your career, and I was wondering what it meant for you to be directed by Regina, what this means for you at this time with the world and the state that it’s in?”
The actor responded, “Say, that question again, please?”
Gardiner then asked, “I was wondering what it meant for you to win with the world and the...
- 4/27/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Lord, that was ugly.
The most flamboyantly unplanned and half-assed Oscar Night in recent history was a grind from beginning to end, with the premise, “Just wait till the finale — you’ll see people clap and weep for Chadwick Boseman.” But that was simply one of the many plans that went wrong. It was the kind of night when Glenn Close shaking it to “Da Butt” was a highlight. The big winners of the 93rd Academy Awards: the Golden Globes honchos, who are right now sending thank-you fruit baskets to everyone involved in this debacle.
The most flamboyantly unplanned and half-assed Oscar Night in recent history was a grind from beginning to end, with the premise, “Just wait till the finale — you’ll see people clap and weep for Chadwick Boseman.” But that was simply one of the many plans that went wrong. It was the kind of night when Glenn Close shaking it to “Da Butt” was a highlight. The big winners of the 93rd Academy Awards: the Golden Globes honchos, who are right now sending thank-you fruit baskets to everyone involved in this debacle.
- 4/26/2021
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
After an insane, unpredictable and incredibly long season, the 93rd Academy Awards are finally behind us! Considering how awards ceremonies have been mostly held remotely since last year’s Oscars due to the Covid-19 pandemic, I think we were all plenty grateful that we got winners accepting their awards in-person. But like every year, there were some speeches that stood out as being particularly memorable. Some, like Mia Neal, paid tribute to the shattering of a glass ceiling, and others were filled with emotion from great tragedy like Thomas Vinterberg. With that in mind, here are the six best speeches from this year’s telecast. Do you agree with our picks? Let us know in the comments below.
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Best Director: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
Having swept every precursor award, Zhao was probably more shocked about the category’s placement during the first hour of...
SEE2021 Oscar winners list in all 23 categories
Best Director: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
Having swept every precursor award, Zhao was probably more shocked about the category’s placement during the first hour of...
- 4/26/2021
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
After the humiliating back-to-back scandal of #OscarsSoWhite for the 2014 and 2015 Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences set itself to aggressively increasing representation within its membership. By expanding the perspectives of its voters, the hope was that a greater diversity of voices could find recognition at the Oscars.
Five years later at the 93rd Oscars, several major milestones were indeed achieved for representation. Yuh-jung Youn (“Minari”), winner for best supporting actress, was the first Korean actor to ever win an Oscar, and only the second Asian woman. Chloé Zhao was the second woman ever to win best director, and the first woman of color. Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson were the first Black women to win makeup and hairstyling. And with Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) winning best supporting actor, half the acting winners were people of color.
Granted, that was from a record-setting nine...
Five years later at the 93rd Oscars, several major milestones were indeed achieved for representation. Yuh-jung Youn (“Minari”), winner for best supporting actress, was the first Korean actor to ever win an Oscar, and only the second Asian woman. Chloé Zhao was the second woman ever to win best director, and the first woman of color. Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson were the first Black women to win makeup and hairstyling. And with Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”) winning best supporting actor, half the acting winners were people of color.
Granted, that was from a record-setting nine...
- 4/26/2021
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
Chloé Zhao becomes only second woman in history to win best director
Oscar favourite Nomadland and UK talent triumphed at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday (April 25) as the most protracted season, and one shaped by the pandemic, came to an end.
Searchlight Pictures’ Nomadland was named best picture and also scored wins for Asian American best director Chloé Zhao – who became the first woman of colour and only the second woman in history to win the award after Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker in 2010 – and lead actress Frances McDormand, who competed in a particularly close contest.
McDormand fought...
Oscar favourite Nomadland and UK talent triumphed at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday (April 25) as the most protracted season, and one shaped by the pandemic, came to an end.
Searchlight Pictures’ Nomadland was named best picture and also scored wins for Asian American best director Chloé Zhao – who became the first woman of colour and only the second woman in history to win the award after Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker in 2010 – and lead actress Frances McDormand, who competed in a particularly close contest.
McDormand fought...
- 4/26/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
It was not a normal year for movies, or for anyone for that matter. So it should have been no surprise that this year’s Oscar ceremony would be a departure from the norm. But whatever may have necessitated the change, the result was the Oscars at their best. It’s only a shame that it took a worldwide pandemic to inadvertently give us one of the best Academy Awards ceremonies in recent memory. Check out the complete list of winners here.
SEE2021 Oscar winners list in all 23 categories
It opened with Regina King — Oscar in hand — strutting her way through Los Angeles Union Station as the credits rolled, reminiscent of a classic movie opening sequence. As the first presenter of the evening, King was also the perfect person to welcome the viewing audience. Not only did she bring the glamor and attitude, but she also brought a sense of...
SEE2021 Oscar winners list in all 23 categories
It opened with Regina King — Oscar in hand — strutting her way through Los Angeles Union Station as the credits rolled, reminiscent of a classic movie opening sequence. As the first presenter of the evening, King was also the perfect person to welcome the viewing audience. Not only did she bring the glamor and attitude, but she also brought a sense of...
- 4/26/2021
- by Tony Ruiz
- Gold Derby
“Nomadland” led the 93rd Academy Awards with three wins out of its six nominations, including a historic best director victory for Chloé Zhao, who became the second woman and the first woman of color to win an Oscar in the category.
Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson became the first Black women to be awarded an Oscar for makeup and hairstyling for their work on “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” The Netflix movie also won for costume design, adding to the studio’s total of seven wins for the night, out of a leading 36 nominations. “Mank,” David Fincher’s tribute to ’30s Hollywood, won for cinematography and production design.
Following behind Netflix, Disney nabbed five awards, which included works from Pixar and Searchlight Pictures. The animation studio picked up its standard win for animated feature for “Soul.” Under this umbrella was also the numerous wins by “Nomadland.” It racked up the coveted best picture and actress prizes,...
Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson became the first Black women to be awarded an Oscar for makeup and hairstyling for their work on “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” The Netflix movie also won for costume design, adding to the studio’s total of seven wins for the night, out of a leading 36 nominations. “Mank,” David Fincher’s tribute to ’30s Hollywood, won for cinematography and production design.
Following behind Netflix, Disney nabbed five awards, which included works from Pixar and Searchlight Pictures. The animation studio picked up its standard win for animated feature for “Soul.” Under this umbrella was also the numerous wins by “Nomadland.” It racked up the coveted best picture and actress prizes,...
- 4/26/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
Steven Soderbergh wanted to produce an Oscars telecast like a movie. Unfortunately, what people tend to remember most about a movie is its ending.
After a stellar, stylish start that saw Regina King stride through the 93rd Academy Awards’ new home at Union Station — captured in cinematic 2.35:1 letterbox — the 2021 Oscars slowed down, backed up, and eventually collapsed under its own weight. Credit to the producers for sticking to their guns, whether it was the intimate aesthetics, uninterrupted speeches, or emphasis on storytelling (this year’s theme was “Stories Matter”), but their clear vision of what an Oscars ceremony should look like didn’t mesh with what makes for an entertaining evening for audiences at home or, in the end, a sweet celebration for those in attendance.
Which brings us to that ending. The decision to move Best Picture from its traditional slot as the ceremony’s closer took audiences by surprise,...
After a stellar, stylish start that saw Regina King stride through the 93rd Academy Awards’ new home at Union Station — captured in cinematic 2.35:1 letterbox — the 2021 Oscars slowed down, backed up, and eventually collapsed under its own weight. Credit to the producers for sticking to their guns, whether it was the intimate aesthetics, uninterrupted speeches, or emphasis on storytelling (this year’s theme was “Stories Matter”), but their clear vision of what an Oscars ceremony should look like didn’t mesh with what makes for an entertaining evening for audiences at home or, in the end, a sweet celebration for those in attendance.
Which brings us to that ending. The decision to move Best Picture from its traditional slot as the ceremony’s closer took audiences by surprise,...
- 4/26/2021
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
What was marketed as “what if the Oscars were a movie?” — the end result was more like, “What if the Oscars were a glossy version of the Golden Globes but with more Black people in attendance?”
In an unconventional year, the Oscars delivered an unconventional ceremony, making history, and even rearranging the show so that the biggest prize of best picture wasn’t handed out last. This small tweak undid an aesthetically rich ceremony and made it into a jaw-dropping and ill-advised decision to end the evening on best actress and actor, which saw Frances McDormand win her third acting (and fourth overall after winning best picture) for “Nomadland,” and Anthony Hopkins winning his second Oscar for “The Father” over presumed frontrunner Chadwick Boseman for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”
I sounded the alarms early on that Hopkins and “The Father” were surging in the middle of final Oscars voting. To...
In an unconventional year, the Oscars delivered an unconventional ceremony, making history, and even rearranging the show so that the biggest prize of best picture wasn’t handed out last. This small tweak undid an aesthetically rich ceremony and made it into a jaw-dropping and ill-advised decision to end the evening on best actress and actor, which saw Frances McDormand win her third acting (and fourth overall after winning best picture) for “Nomadland,” and Anthony Hopkins winning his second Oscar for “The Father” over presumed frontrunner Chadwick Boseman for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”
I sounded the alarms early on that Hopkins and “The Father” were surging in the middle of final Oscars voting. To...
- 4/26/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
The biggest night in Hollywood has finally been celebrated! After a two-month delay due to Covid-19, the 2021 Oscars were held in person at both Union Station and the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday night, and believe it or not, masks were not mandatory. While it wasn't the "normal" Oscars setup that we're used to, the event sure had a refreshing movie-swept look featuring colorful opening credits and fun camerawork that made it a treat to see. The red carpet event even had a fun twist to it with a few never-before-seen looks and eye-catching ensembles that you'll feel honored to have witnessed.
The show itself also had a handful of standout moments: writer-director Thomas Vinterberg - who won best international feature film for Another Round - shared an emotional speech that brought the room to a standstill; Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson became the first Black women to...
The show itself also had a handful of standout moments: writer-director Thomas Vinterberg - who won best international feature film for Another Round - shared an emotional speech that brought the room to a standstill; Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson became the first Black women to...
- 4/26/2021
- by Haley Lyndes
- Popsugar.com
Chloé Zhao accepts the Oscar® for Directing during the live ABC Telecast of The 93rd Oscars® at Union Station in Los Angeles, CA on Sunday, April 25, 2021.
The 93rd Oscars took place on Sunday evening at Union Station Los Angeles and the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood.
“Nomadland” received three Academy Awards, including Best Motion Picture, Actress in a Leading Role, and Directing. With “Nomadland,” Searchlight Pictures now has 43 Academy Awards including five Best Motion Picture winners since 2009: “Slumdog Millionaire,” “12 Years a Slave,” “Birdman,” “The Shape of Water,” and “Nomadland.”
“Nomadland” director Chloé Zhao is now the first Chinese woman and second woman ever to win Best Director. This is the third Oscar for lead actress Frances McDormand.
Zhao is also directing the upcoming Marvel superhero film, Eternals.
McDormand, who took home the Best Actress Oscar, became the third woman (after Barbra Streisand and Oprah Winfrey...
The 93rd Oscars took place on Sunday evening at Union Station Los Angeles and the Dolby Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood.
“Nomadland” received three Academy Awards, including Best Motion Picture, Actress in a Leading Role, and Directing. With “Nomadland,” Searchlight Pictures now has 43 Academy Awards including five Best Motion Picture winners since 2009: “Slumdog Millionaire,” “12 Years a Slave,” “Birdman,” “The Shape of Water,” and “Nomadland.”
“Nomadland” director Chloé Zhao is now the first Chinese woman and second woman ever to win Best Director. This is the third Oscar for lead actress Frances McDormand.
Zhao is also directing the upcoming Marvel superhero film, Eternals.
McDormand, who took home the Best Actress Oscar, became the third woman (after Barbra Streisand and Oprah Winfrey...
- 4/26/2021
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Netflix wrapped up the longest Oscar season in history by dominating the craft awards Sunday night, splitting four prizes between “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”, starring Oscar nominee Viola Davis as the trailblazing, ’20s blues singer, and David Fincher’s monochromatic “Mank,” (cinematography and production design), the biopic about Herman J. Mankiewicz’ frenzied scripting of “Citizen Kane.” Overlooked, though, was Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”
The two Oscars for “Ma Rainey’s” were expected for the bold and gritty verisimilitude demanded by Davis and supplied by 89-year-old costume designer Ann Roth (a two-time winner), makeup stylist Sergio Lopez Rivera, and hair stylists Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson (who made Oscar history as the first Black female winners from their category). They made her sexy and subversive with a flashy wardrobe, gold teeth, charcoal-like makeup, and a wig made of horsehair.
However, “Mank” cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt pulled his second...
The two Oscars for “Ma Rainey’s” were expected for the bold and gritty verisimilitude demanded by Davis and supplied by 89-year-old costume designer Ann Roth (a two-time winner), makeup stylist Sergio Lopez Rivera, and hair stylists Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson (who made Oscar history as the first Black female winners from their category). They made her sexy and subversive with a flashy wardrobe, gold teeth, charcoal-like makeup, and a wig made of horsehair.
However, “Mank” cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt pulled his second...
- 4/26/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
When Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson and Sergio Lopez-Rivera won the Oscar on Sunday for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for their work on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Neal and Wilson became the first Black women to win the honor. When Neal took the stage at Union Station to accept the award, she used the opportunity to give shine to other Black, Asian, Latinx, Indigenous, queer, trans and everyone in the margins, saying of her monumental win: “One day it won’t be unusual or groundbreaking, it’ll just be normal.”
That describes the energy when it comes to diversity in film and TV as of late. As Hollywood and the Oscars attempt to move into a space of inclusivity and authentic representation, we celebrate “firsts,” but as people in the margins have said and will continue to say: “We still have a long way to go.” The real question is:...
That describes the energy when it comes to diversity in film and TV as of late. As Hollywood and the Oscars attempt to move into a space of inclusivity and authentic representation, we celebrate “firsts,” but as people in the margins have said and will continue to say: “We still have a long way to go.” The real question is:...
- 4/26/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Seventy women representing a record 76 Oscar nominations translated to a record number of female wins Sunday with 17 awards, beating a previous high of 15 set in 2019 and running the gamut from Best Director and Best Picture to Original Screenplay, Animated Film and Original Song.
The 2019 Oscars, for films out in 2018, had the same number of women winners but fewer awards. Two of the nominees, Chloé Zhao and Frances McDormand took home two awards each — all for Nomadland. This year’s awards were also more prominent. Winners from both years included the two acting awards.
“What an incredible night full of firsts for women,” said Kirsten Schaffer, executive director of Women In Film, LA, calling the night “a great celebration of talent and an inspiration for all of the women who work in the screen industries especially those behind the camera.”
“Fifteen women won 17 awards tonight with the first time for Black women in hair and makeup,...
The 2019 Oscars, for films out in 2018, had the same number of women winners but fewer awards. Two of the nominees, Chloé Zhao and Frances McDormand took home two awards each — all for Nomadland. This year’s awards were also more prominent. Winners from both years included the two acting awards.
“What an incredible night full of firsts for women,” said Kirsten Schaffer, executive director of Women In Film, LA, calling the night “a great celebration of talent and an inspiration for all of the women who work in the screen industries especially those behind the camera.”
“Fifteen women won 17 awards tonight with the first time for Black women in hair and makeup,...
- 4/26/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
The 93rd annual Academy Awards were handed out tonight, and in a departure from Oscar history, the Best Picture category was not saved for last. Instead, Searchlight’s Nomadland went home with the night’s marquee prize, and its star Frances McDormand took Best Actress, hours after the film’s Chloé Zhao made history as the first woman of color to win Best Director.
Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor for The Father in something of an upset over the late Chadwick Boseman of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
2021 Oscar Winners Backstage — Photo Gallery
Nomadland was the only three-time winner at the ceremony, with The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mank, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Sound of Metal and Soul as the other multiple winners.
On the studio side, Netflix more than doubled up on the competition with seven wins — two each for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Mank,...
Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor for The Father in something of an upset over the late Chadwick Boseman of Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
2021 Oscar Winners Backstage — Photo Gallery
Nomadland was the only three-time winner at the ceremony, with The Father, Judas and the Black Messiah, Mank, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Sound of Metal and Soul as the other multiple winners.
On the studio side, Netflix more than doubled up on the competition with seven wins — two each for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Mank,...
- 4/26/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Nomadland won three top prizes, including Best Picture, at an extremely unique 93rd Academy Awards Sunday, April 25th.
Along with the night’s biggest prize, the film made history when director Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color to win Best Director, and the first woman to win the prize since Kathryn Bigelow in 2009 for Zero Dark Thirty. The film’s star Frances McDormand also won her third Best Actress trophy (she previously won for Fargo and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
For the other major acting prizes, Anthony Hopkins...
Along with the night’s biggest prize, the film made history when director Chloé Zhao became the first woman of color to win Best Director, and the first woman to win the prize since Kathryn Bigelow in 2009 for Zero Dark Thirty. The film’s star Frances McDormand also won her third Best Actress trophy (she previously won for Fargo and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri)
For the other major acting prizes, Anthony Hopkins...
- 4/26/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Netflix had a big night at the Oscars, bringing home a total of seven total trophies — leading all studios — although the streamer failed to grab the prize in the best picture category and came up empty in the acting categories.
Netflix had come into Sunday night with 36 nominations, far more than any other studio.
The company’s wins at the 93rd Academy Awards included two Oscars for David Fincher’s “Mank,” the most-nominated film this year with 10 nods, for cinematography (for Erik Messerschmidt) and production design (for Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale).
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” adapted from the play by August Wilson, also picked up two Oscars: for makeup and hairstyling (with Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson the first Black women to win in the category alongside Sergio Lopez-Rivera) and costume design (Ann Roth). Chadwick Boseman was widely considered the favorite to win a posthumous best actor Oscar...
Netflix had come into Sunday night with 36 nominations, far more than any other studio.
The company’s wins at the 93rd Academy Awards included two Oscars for David Fincher’s “Mank,” the most-nominated film this year with 10 nods, for cinematography (for Erik Messerschmidt) and production design (for Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale).
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” adapted from the play by August Wilson, also picked up two Oscars: for makeup and hairstyling (with Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson the first Black women to win in the category alongside Sergio Lopez-Rivera) and costume design (Ann Roth). Chadwick Boseman was widely considered the favorite to win a posthumous best actor Oscar...
- 4/26/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Chloé Zhao takes home two prizes, for directing and producing “Nomadland”
Women roared at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday, picking up a record 17 trophies — the most in Oscar history. With 30 male winners this year, that means women earned 36% of the statuettes handed out in the 23 competitive categories.
This year’s prizes topped last year when one third of the 39 winners were women — and 2019, when 15 of the 54 winners were women (or 27.8%). and “Nomandland” Best Director winner Chloe Zhao were part of the five-person producing team on the film, along with Mollye Asher.
Other wins for women outside the acting category included:
• Emerald Fennell, for her original screenplay “Promising Young Woman”
• Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson, who became the first Black women to win for best makeup and hairstyling, for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
• H.E.R. and lyricist Tiara Thomas for their original song “Fight for You” for “Judas and the Black Messiah”
• Dana Murray,...
Women roared at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday, picking up a record 17 trophies — the most in Oscar history. With 30 male winners this year, that means women earned 36% of the statuettes handed out in the 23 competitive categories.
This year’s prizes topped last year when one third of the 39 winners were women — and 2019, when 15 of the 54 winners were women (or 27.8%). and “Nomandland” Best Director winner Chloe Zhao were part of the five-person producing team on the film, along with Mollye Asher.
Other wins for women outside the acting category included:
• Emerald Fennell, for her original screenplay “Promising Young Woman”
• Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson, who became the first Black women to win for best makeup and hairstyling, for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
• H.E.R. and lyricist Tiara Thomas for their original song “Fight for You” for “Judas and the Black Messiah”
• Dana Murray,...
- 4/26/2021
- by Diane Haithman
- The Wrap
The 2021 Oscars were unlike any that came before, coming amid the Covid-19 pandemic that dramatically affected the entire film industry for well over a year. So the awards were already historic before any awards were handed out. But there was plenty of history up for grabs among the potential winners. Scroll down for our live blog breaking down all the results throughout the night. And check out the complete list of winners here.
These Oscars were originally scheduled for February 28, but the motion picture academy moved them to April 25 and extended the eligibility period by two months out of consideration for the pandemic. The academy also decided to loosen their eligibility criteria. Normally, studios need to release their films theatrically in order to qualify, even streaming services, but the Oscars waived that requirement for this year’s event due to the closure of theaters across the country. And there are...
These Oscars were originally scheduled for February 28, but the motion picture academy moved them to April 25 and extended the eligibility period by two months out of consideration for the pandemic. The academy also decided to loosen their eligibility criteria. Normally, studios need to release their films theatrically in order to qualify, even streaming services, but the Oscars waived that requirement for this year’s event due to the closure of theaters across the country. And there are...
- 4/26/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Every Oscar night is always rife with history-making twists, but early in the 93rd annual ceremony on Sunday night, a rare two-for-one win made double history. In accepting the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” hair department head Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson, star Viola Davis’ personal hairstylist, became the first Black women to win an Oscar for makeup and hairstyling. Neal and Wilson first made history in March when they became the first Black women to be nominated in the category.
Alongside fellow winner Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Davis’ personal makeup artist, the trio happily accepted the honor for their big screen August Wilson adaptation. Backstage at the in-person ceremony, the three artisans were still giddy and more than thrilled to talk about what the history-making win means for the industry going forward.
“Everybody benefits from diversity,” Neal said. “Everyone does, so I think everybody wants it,...
Alongside fellow winner Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Davis’ personal makeup artist, the trio happily accepted the honor for their big screen August Wilson adaptation. Backstage at the in-person ceremony, the three artisans were still giddy and more than thrilled to talk about what the history-making win means for the industry going forward.
“Everybody benefits from diversity,” Neal said. “Everyone does, so I think everybody wants it,...
- 4/26/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Pair win for Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, along with fellow stylist Sergio Lopez-Rivera
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Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson became the first black women to win for best hair and make-up at the Oscars, for their work on Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
“I stand here, as Jamika and I break this glass ceiling, with so much excitement for the future,” said Neal in accepting the award, along with their fellow stylist Sergio Lopez-Rivera.
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Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson became the first black women to win for best hair and make-up at the Oscars, for their work on Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.
“I stand here, as Jamika and I break this glass ceiling, with so much excitement for the future,” said Neal in accepting the award, along with their fellow stylist Sergio Lopez-Rivera.
- 4/26/2021
- by Adrian Horton
- The Guardian - Film News
The makeup and hairstyling team for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom — Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson, and Sergio Lopez-Rivera — have taken the Oscar in the category, an historic win as Neal and Wilson are the first Black nominees to take the award in the space.
All three were first-time contenders. Neal was hair and wig designer and makeup department head; Wilson, personal hair stylist for star Viola Davis; and Lopez-Rivera her personal makeup artist.
“We break this glass ceiling with so much excitement,” said Neal, accepting the award. “I can picture … a day when this will not be unusual or groundbreaking. It will be normal.”
The trio emerged victorious for the epic, garish, mournful transformation of star Davis into legendary blues singer Ma Rainey as well as the loving 1920s Chicago styling for the rest of the cast. They were considered front-runners tonight, with the film having won for makeup and hair at the BAFTA Awards,...
All three were first-time contenders. Neal was hair and wig designer and makeup department head; Wilson, personal hair stylist for star Viola Davis; and Lopez-Rivera her personal makeup artist.
“We break this glass ceiling with so much excitement,” said Neal, accepting the award. “I can picture … a day when this will not be unusual or groundbreaking. It will be normal.”
The trio emerged victorious for the epic, garish, mournful transformation of star Davis into legendary blues singer Ma Rainey as well as the loving 1920s Chicago styling for the rest of the cast. They were considered front-runners tonight, with the film having won for makeup and hair at the BAFTA Awards,...
- 4/26/2021
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” hair department head Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson, Viola Davis’ personal hairstylist, have become the first Black women to win an Oscar for makeup and hairstyling.
Neal and Wilson won alongside Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Davis’ personal makeup artist. They beat out Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti for “Pinocchio”; “Emma’s” Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze; Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams and Colleen Labaff for “Mank”; and “Hillbilly Elegy’s” Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney and Matthew Mungle.
The award was created by the Academy in 1981 after the 1980 film “The Elephant Man” was not recognized. Neal and Wilson first made history in March when they became the first Black women to be nominated in the category.
Backstage, Neal said, “In moving forward, I’m just excited about the future because these conversations are taking place, these questions are being asked by reporters. I think...
Neal and Wilson won alongside Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Davis’ personal makeup artist. They beat out Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti for “Pinocchio”; “Emma’s” Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze; Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams and Colleen Labaff for “Mank”; and “Hillbilly Elegy’s” Eryn Krueger Mekash, Patricia Dehaney and Matthew Mungle.
The award was created by the Academy in 1981 after the 1980 film “The Elephant Man” was not recognized. Neal and Wilson first made history in March when they became the first Black women to be nominated in the category.
Backstage, Neal said, “In moving forward, I’m just excited about the future because these conversations are taking place, these questions are being asked by reporters. I think...
- 4/26/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
“Nomadland,” the story of a van-dwelling woman traveling around the American West, won best picture at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday, a celebration of moviemaking that unfolded at a time when cinemas are in crisis and streaming is remaking the entertainment landscape.
It was an evening of barrier-breaking and precedent-shattering, one that saw “Nomandland” director Chloé Zhao make history by becoming the second woman and the first woman of color to win an Oscar for directing. The celebration of a life on the road earned three Oscars in total, including a best actress win for Frances McDormand, and the story it told took on an added poignance after a year of plague and pandemic in which many people had been stuck in their homes and unable to see loved ones.
“I have always found goodness in the people I’ve met everywhere I went in the world,” Zhao said.
It was an evening of barrier-breaking and precedent-shattering, one that saw “Nomandland” director Chloé Zhao make history by becoming the second woman and the first woman of color to win an Oscar for directing. The celebration of a life on the road earned three Oscars in total, including a best actress win for Frances McDormand, and the story it told took on an added poignance after a year of plague and pandemic in which many people had been stuck in their homes and unable to see loved ones.
“I have always found goodness in the people I’ve met everywhere I went in the world,” Zhao said.
- 4/26/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Hairstylists Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson became the first Black winners of the Oscar in makeup and hairstyling for their work on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the Netflix drama based on August Wilson’s play of the same name that follows the titular blues singer (Viola Davis) during a recording session in 1920s Chicago.
“Thank you to our ancestors who put the work in, who were denied, and never gave up,” said Neal, who accepted the award onstage with Wilson and fellow winner (for makeup) Sergio Lopez-Rivera. “I stand here as Jamika and I break this glass ceiling ...
“Thank you to our ancestors who put the work in, who were denied, and never gave up,” said Neal, who accepted the award onstage with Wilson and fellow winner (for makeup) Sergio Lopez-Rivera. “I stand here as Jamika and I break this glass ceiling ...
- 4/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Hairstylists Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson became the first Black winners of the Oscar in makeup and hairstyling for their work on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the Netflix drama based on August Wilson’s play of the same name that follows the titular blues singer (Viola Davis) during a recording session in 1920s Chicago.
“Thank you to our ancestors who put the work in, who were denied, and never gave up,” said Neal, who accepted the award onstage with Wilson and fellow winner (for makeup) Sergio Lopez-Rivera. “I stand here as Jamika and I break this glass ceiling ...
“Thank you to our ancestors who put the work in, who were denied, and never gave up,” said Neal, who accepted the award onstage with Wilson and fellow winner (for makeup) Sergio Lopez-Rivera. “I stand here as Jamika and I break this glass ceiling ...
- 4/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Good news: There are 41 feature films nominated for Oscars this year. Better news: The 93rd Academy Awards are Sunday, so there’s still time to watch some of the movies before the biggest night in Hollywood.
“Mank” leads all films with 10 nominations, with “The Father,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Sound of Metal,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” in a six-way tie for second with six nominations a piece. It’s the most diverse slate of nominees ever, with two women in the directing category for the first time ever (“Nomadland” director Chloe Zhao and “Promising Young Woman” filmmaker Emerald Fennell), and nine of the 20 acting nominations went to people of color.
It’s also an extraordinarily streaming-heavy field; Netflix snagged an astonishing 35 nominations, its highest mark ever and the most for an individual studio in more than a decade.
Thanks to a temporary academy rules...
“Mank” leads all films with 10 nominations, with “The Father,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Minari,” “Nomadland,” “Sound of Metal,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” in a six-way tie for second with six nominations a piece. It’s the most diverse slate of nominees ever, with two women in the directing category for the first time ever (“Nomadland” director Chloe Zhao and “Promising Young Woman” filmmaker Emerald Fennell), and nine of the 20 acting nominations went to people of color.
It’s also an extraordinarily streaming-heavy field; Netflix snagged an astonishing 35 nominations, its highest mark ever and the most for an individual studio in more than a decade.
Thanks to a temporary academy rules...
- 4/25/2021
- by Liam Mathews
- Gold Derby
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” is the front-runner to win three Oscars, including Best Makeup and Hairstyling, for which Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson, and Sergio Lopez-Rivera are all first-time contenders. Their candidacy is also historic since Neal and Wilson are the first Black nominees in the history of the category.
Neal, Wilson, and Lopez-Rivera are nominated in no small part for transforming Viola Davis into legendary blues singer Ma Rainey, in addition to the 1920s styles for the rest of the cast. Leading up to the Oscars, the film won for its makeup and hair at the BAFTA Awards, the Critics Choice Awards, and the Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards, not to mention our very own Gold Derby Awards.
SEEWatch the ‘Ma Rainey’ scene that best captures Viola Davis’ transformation
So the film seems like a safe bet for the Oscar, according to the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users.
Neal, Wilson, and Lopez-Rivera are nominated in no small part for transforming Viola Davis into legendary blues singer Ma Rainey, in addition to the 1920s styles for the rest of the cast. Leading up to the Oscars, the film won for its makeup and hair at the BAFTA Awards, the Critics Choice Awards, and the Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards, not to mention our very own Gold Derby Awards.
SEEWatch the ‘Ma Rainey’ scene that best captures Viola Davis’ transformation
So the film seems like a safe bet for the Oscar, according to the combined predictions of thousands of Gold Derby users.
- 4/23/2021
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
The films up for the 2021 Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar are “Emma,” “Hillbilly Elegy,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Mank,” and “Pinocchio.” Our current odds show that “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (16/5) is favored to win, followed in order by “Hillbilly Elegy” (4/1), “Pinocchio” (4/1), “Mank” (9/2), and “Emma” (9/2).
Mark Coulier (“Pinocchio”) has already won this award twice for his work in “The Iron Lady” (2012) and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (2015). He is now one of 18 makeup artists to be nominated by the academy at least three times. If he prevails on this outing, he will tie Ve Neill’s record for third most wins in this category, after Rick Baker (seven) and Greg Cannom (four).
Two members of the “Hillbilly Elegy” team are also previous winners. Patricia Denahey brought home a trophy for “Vice” two years ago, while Matthew W. Mungle did so for “Dracula” in 1993. Mungle later reaped bids for his work in “Schindler’s List...
Mark Coulier (“Pinocchio”) has already won this award twice for his work in “The Iron Lady” (2012) and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (2015). He is now one of 18 makeup artists to be nominated by the academy at least three times. If he prevails on this outing, he will tie Ve Neill’s record for third most wins in this category, after Rick Baker (seven) and Greg Cannom (four).
Two members of the “Hillbilly Elegy” team are also previous winners. Patricia Denahey brought home a trophy for “Vice” two years ago, while Matthew W. Mungle did so for “Dracula” in 1993. Mungle later reaped bids for his work in “Schindler’s List...
- 4/22/2021
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
The race for makeup and hair is particularly noteworthy this season. It includes transforming Viola Davis into the pioneering blues singer of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” turning Glenn Close into the fiery Appalachian grandmother of “Hillbilly Elegy,” adding floral flourishes to Anya Taylor-Joy’s titular matchmaker in “Emma,” meticulously recreating Hollywood’s Golden Age in black-and-white in “Mank,” and creating a unique wooden look to the titular puppet of “Pinocchio.”
But with the Academy tilting toward transforming real-life people in recent years, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” is the favorite, especially after its sweep of the coveted Muahs Guild Awards. Plus, Davis is the favorite in the Best Actress race. She landed her fourth Oscar nomination — the most of any Black actress — as the sexy, subversive Rainey. And the actress was boldly uncompromising in demanding verisimilitude with the help of gold teeth, charcoal-like makeup, and a wig made of horsehair. She tapped her personal makeup stylist,...
But with the Academy tilting toward transforming real-life people in recent years, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” is the favorite, especially after its sweep of the coveted Muahs Guild Awards. Plus, Davis is the favorite in the Best Actress race. She landed her fourth Oscar nomination — the most of any Black actress — as the sexy, subversive Rainey. And the actress was boldly uncompromising in demanding verisimilitude with the help of gold teeth, charcoal-like makeup, and a wig made of horsehair. She tapped her personal makeup stylist,...
- 4/21/2021
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
When it came time to create the look of legendary singer Ma Rainey for the Netflix film “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” star Viola Davis called upon her longtime makeup and hairstyling collaborators Sergio Lopez-Rivera and Jamika Wilson as well as Mia Neal to help her transform.
“Having had six or seven years experience with Viola, I just know that she is willing and ready to go there,” Lopez-Rivera told Gold Derby in a recent interview. “Whatever ‘there’ is. She just needs to have things be as true as possible and as specific as possible. It doesn’t have to be beautiful — as a matter of fact, she’s more interested in the other side.”
He added, “What happens when you work with somebody like Viola is she is giving you permission to be your best.”
For Lopez-Rivera and the hair and makeup team, the freedom they were provided by Davis worked.
“Having had six or seven years experience with Viola, I just know that she is willing and ready to go there,” Lopez-Rivera told Gold Derby in a recent interview. “Whatever ‘there’ is. She just needs to have things be as true as possible and as specific as possible. It doesn’t have to be beautiful — as a matter of fact, she’s more interested in the other side.”
He added, “What happens when you work with somebody like Viola is she is giving you permission to be your best.”
For Lopez-Rivera and the hair and makeup team, the freedom they were provided by Davis worked.
- 4/15/2021
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
When Glenn Close took on the role of Mamaw, the tough but tender grandmother to J.D. Vance in “Hillbilly Elegy,” one of her first calls was to an acclaimed makeup and prosthetics designer. “Team Mamaw started with Matthew Mungle, who had worked with me on ‘Albert Nobbs,’” says Close. “I did not want to see myself when I looked the mirror as Mamaw because I am so different from her in life. I wanted the audience to not see Glenn Close.”
Like Close herself, Mungle is nominated for an Academy Award for his work on the film, along with makeup department head Eryn Krueger Mekash and hair department head Patricia Dehaney. Mungle knew he and Close had similar philosophies about prosthetics.
“Glenn knows I will always come from the direction of not cover an actor’s face with prosthetics,” he says. “I believe it can inhibit their performance, especially if...
Like Close herself, Mungle is nominated for an Academy Award for his work on the film, along with makeup department head Eryn Krueger Mekash and hair department head Patricia Dehaney. Mungle knew he and Close had similar philosophies about prosthetics.
“Glenn knows I will always come from the direction of not cover an actor’s face with prosthetics,” he says. “I believe it can inhibit their performance, especially if...
- 4/14/2021
- by Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
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