This year’s awards-contending films offer a treasure trove of crafts that includes transformations, exquisite sets, lavish costumes, memorable scores and songs and immersive cinematography. The contenders range from newcomers to legends — Variety breaks down the categories below.
Makeup And Hair
Prosthetic makeup designer Kazu Hiro could very well walk away with his third Oscar for his work on Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro.” Transforming Cooper into the legendary composer Leonard Bernstein consisted of five different stages to gradually age the actor. And the guild as well as the Academy love a transformation.
Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” could be a contender in this area, following in the footsteps of the first two films that landed guild nominations. The sheer volume of prosthetics and wigs went into building the characters such as the humanimals, the hybrid of humanoid and animal, and the villain, the High Evolutionary, played by Chukwudi Iwuji.
Makeup And Hair
Prosthetic makeup designer Kazu Hiro could very well walk away with his third Oscar for his work on Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro.” Transforming Cooper into the legendary composer Leonard Bernstein consisted of five different stages to gradually age the actor. And the guild as well as the Academy love a transformation.
Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” could be a contender in this area, following in the footsteps of the first two films that landed guild nominations. The sheer volume of prosthetics and wigs went into building the characters such as the humanimals, the hybrid of humanoid and animal, and the villain, the High Evolutionary, played by Chukwudi Iwuji.
- 11/10/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Jason Bateman is a versatile star who has appeared in such high-profile movies as Hancock, The Switch, and Horrible Bosses. His status in Hollywood rose even higher after his work in hit series like Arrested Development and Ozark. Bateman is no flash in the pan and has been hard at work in Hollywood for decades. In fact, his career started when he was just 10 years old after he was cast in a series of TV commercials before landing his breakout role in the beloved series Little House on the Prairie, becoming a bonafide child star.
Soon, Bateman was focusing so hard on his acting career that he had little time for anything else — even admitting in an interview with his Horrible Bosses co-star Jennifer Aniston that he didn’t graduate high school because of his work.
Jason Bateman started his career as a child star in TV commercials
Bateman was...
Soon, Bateman was focusing so hard on his acting career that he had little time for anything else — even admitting in an interview with his Horrible Bosses co-star Jennifer Aniston that he didn’t graduate high school because of his work.
Jason Bateman started his career as a child star in TV commercials
Bateman was...
- 4/11/2023
- by Christina Nunn
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Thank goodness that when Jamie Morton discovered his dad had started writing embarrassingly bad erotica, he decided to share it with the world. This resulted in My Dad Wrote a Porno, a weekly podcast series in which he read a chapter of his father’s steamy Belinda Blinked novels aloud, capturing the hilarious reactions of his friends Alice Levine and James Cooper.
When it began in 2015, the podcast renaissance was only just beginning, and you could argue that My Dad Wrote a Porno’s runaway success – sparking world tours, a HBO special, and a whopping 430 million downloads – had a hand in bringing the podcasting industry to its current dizzying heights.
Sadly, all good things must come to an end, and after six wild seasons the show released its final episode in December 2022. For some, it remains unbeatable, but here are some excellent – and often equally cringey – comedy podcasts to fill...
When it began in 2015, the podcast renaissance was only just beginning, and you could argue that My Dad Wrote a Porno’s runaway success – sparking world tours, a HBO special, and a whopping 430 million downloads – had a hand in bringing the podcasting industry to its current dizzying heights.
Sadly, all good things must come to an end, and after six wild seasons the show released its final episode in December 2022. For some, it remains unbeatable, but here are some excellent – and often equally cringey – comedy podcasts to fill...
- 3/30/2023
- by Lauravickersgreen
- Den of Geek
Alice Evans ‘facing arrest after missing court appearance’ over ex Ioan Gruffudd’s restraining order
Alice Evans could face arrest after she failed to appear in court for allegedly violating her restraining order from estranged husband Ioan Gruffudd, according to reports.
In August, Fantastic Four star Gruffudd was granted a domestic violence restraining order against fellow actor Evans, who he is in the process of divorcing after nearly 14 years of marriage.
On Thursday (26 January), Evans was due to appear in court in Los Angeles to answer two charges of allegedly violating the order. However, according to reports by Mail Online, she did not attend the Airport Courthouse.
With no contact having been made to explain her absence, LA Superior Court commissioner James Cooper reportedly issued a referral to a judge for an arrest warrant after two and a half hours.
Once the warrant is signed by the judge, the 102 Dalmations star can be arrested.
The Independent has contacted Evans’ representatives for comment.
While the details...
In August, Fantastic Four star Gruffudd was granted a domestic violence restraining order against fellow actor Evans, who he is in the process of divorcing after nearly 14 years of marriage.
On Thursday (26 January), Evans was due to appear in court in Los Angeles to answer two charges of allegedly violating the order. However, according to reports by Mail Online, she did not attend the Airport Courthouse.
With no contact having been made to explain her absence, LA Superior Court commissioner James Cooper reportedly issued a referral to a judge for an arrest warrant after two and a half hours.
Once the warrant is signed by the judge, the 102 Dalmations star can be arrested.
The Independent has contacted Evans’ representatives for comment.
While the details...
- 1/27/2023
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - TV
Nobody is more baffled by the success of My Dad Wrote a Porno than the people who made My Dad Wrote a Porno. Since the podcast was first released in 2015, its hosts Jamie Morton, James Cooper, and Alice Levine have done the seemingly impossible: turn a ludicrously daft, XXX-rated concept into one of the world’s most popular pods. They’ve carved out a new path for podcasting success, armed only with a book of bewildering smut, written by an author with a very loose grip on grammar. For the show’s legion of listeners, Cooper says, the joy has come from “watching how this silly idea, this ridiculous practical joke, has escalated over time… First, it was the book, then we did some UK tours that became a world tour. Then we played the biggest podcast show ever, then we did the HBO special and everyone’s like, ‘How did that become that?...
- 12/12/2022
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - TV
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