Is "Elvis" going to win the Makeup and Hair Oscar?

by Nathaniel R

Austin & Elvis. Image via YouTube comparison

The Makeup and Hair Stylist Guild (MUAHS) gives out prizes in multiple categories and this weekend at their ceremony three Oscar-nominated films in the Makeup category emerged as winners: Black Panther Wakanda Forever, The Whale, and Elvis.

 Only one of them can win at the Oscars. So which might it be? The last five Oscar winners  Darkest Hour, Vice, Bombshell, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and The Eyes of Tammy Faye only have have one thing in common: they all featured at least one famous actor, sometimes multiple famous actors, remade to look like another famous person via prosthetics. This bodes well for Elvis but it's not over till it's over and it has at least one formidable competitor, probably two. The MUAHS awards ceremony and complete list of winners is after the jump...

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP

• Amsterdam (Nana Fischer, Miho Suzuki, Jason Collins)
• Babylon (Heba Thorisdottir, Shaunna Bren Chavez, Jean Black, Mandy Artusato)
• Blonde (Tina Roesler Kerwin, Elena Arroy, Cassie Lyons)
• ★ Elvis (Shane Thomas, Angela Conte)
• Till (Denise Tunnell, Janice Tunnell, Ashley Langston)

Elvis was the only one of these that landed the parallel Oscar nomination 

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKE-UP 

• The Batman (Michael Marino, Mike Fontaine, Yoichi Art Sakamoto, Göran Lundström)
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Joel Harlow, Kim Felix
• Elvis (Mark Coulier & Jason Baird)
• Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical (Barrie Gower, Emma Faulkes, Chloe Muton-Phillips)
• ★ The Whale (Adrien Morot, Kathy Tse, Chris Gallaher)

This is the full Oscar lineup IF ou kick out Matilda and replace it with All Quiet on the Western Front. In a head-to-head battle, Elvis lost to The Whale. We can't count out Oscar's love of fatsuits (though Elvis has two of those, too!) so The Whale could prevail on March 12th.

BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIRSTYLING

• The Batman (Zoe Tahir, Melissa Van Tongeran, Paula Price, Andrea Lance Jones)
• ★ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Camille Friend, Evelyn Feliciano, Marva Stokes, Victor Paz)
• Everything Everywhere All At Once (Anissa E. Salazar, Meghan Heaney, Miki Caporusso)
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Jeremy Woodhead, Tracey Smith, Leslie D. Bennett)
• The Menu (Adruitha Lee, Monique Hyman, Kate Loftis, Barbara Sanders) 

We can probably assume The Batman won't win the Oscar given that it lost to other Oscar nominees in both of its MUAHS categories. Could Wakanda Forever take the Oscar? It's a possibility given the memorable work on Namor and the glamour work on Queen Ramonda. But we don't think it will given the lotsa prosthetics appeal of its competition.

BEST PERIOD HAIR STYLING AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING 

• Amsterdam (Adruitha Lee, Lori McCoy-Bell, Cassandra L. Russek, Yvette Shelton) 
• Babylon (Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Ahou Mofid, Aubrey Marie)
• Blonde (Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Lynnae Duley, Ahou Mofid, Robert Pickens)
• ★ Elvis (Shane Thomas, Louise Coulston)
• The Woman King (Louisa Anthony, Jamika Wilson, Plaxedes Kelias, Charity Gwakuka)

Same lineup as Period Makeup -- minus Till plus The Woman King -- but Elvis wins again. 

TELEVISION SERIES -LIMITED, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TELEVISION

 BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP

• "Abbot Elementary" (Alisha L. Baijounas, Jenn Bennett, Constance Foe, Emilia Werynska)
• "Emily in Paris" (Aurélie Payen, Joséphine Bouchereau, Carole Nicolas, Corinne Maillard)
• ★ "Euphoria"- Season 2 (Doniella Davy, Tara Lang Shah, Alexandra J. French)
• "Hacks"- Season 2 (Bridget O'Neill)
• "The White Lotus" (Rebecca Hickey, Federica Emidi)

Emily in Paris was the only repeat nominee but Euphoria took the prize.

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP

• "Bridgerton" (Erika Ökvist, Jessie Deol, Sophie Brown, Bethany Long)
• "House of The Dragon" (Amanda Knight, Sara Kramer, Heather McCullen)
• ★ "Pam & Tommy" (David Williams, Jennifer Aspinall, Dave Snyder, Bill Myer)
• "Stranger Things" (Amy L. Forsythe, Devin Morales, Lisa Poe, Nataleigh Verrengia)
• "Wednesday" (Tara McDonald, Nirvana Jalalvand, Gabriela Cretan)

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKE-UP

• "Angelyne" (Vincent Van Dyke, Kate Biscoe, Mike Mekash, Abby Lyle Clawson)
• "Gaslit" (Kazu Hiro, Richard Redlefsen, Mike Ornelaz)
• "Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities" (Sean Sansom, Mike Hill)
• ★ "Pam & Tommy" (David Williams, Jason Collins, Mo Meinhart, Abby Lyle Clawson)
• "Stranger Things" (Barrie Gower, Duncan Jarman, Patt Foad, Paula Eden)

BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING

• ★ "Abbott Elementary" (Moira Frazier, Dustin Osborne, Christina R. Joseph)
• "American Horror Stories" (Valerie Jackson, Lauren Poole, Suzette Boozer)
• "Black-ish" (Nena Ross-Davis, Stacey Morris, Shirlena Allen, Debra Brown)
• "Emily in Paris" (Carole Nicolas, Mike Désir, Miharu Oshima, Julien Parizet)
• "Kindred" (Jamie Amadio, Chantell Carrtherol)

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING 

• "Bridgerton" (Erika Ökvist, Emma Rigby)
• "Dangerous Liaisons" (Daniel Parker, Deborah Kenton, Claudia Stolze, Jana Radilová)
• "Hocus Pocus 2" (Cheryl R. Marks, Curtis William Foreman, Mandy Lyons)
• ★ "Our Flag Means Death" (Margarita Pidgeon, Stacy Bisel, Kate Loftis, Christopher Enlow)
• "Pam & Tommy" (Barry Lee Moe, Erica Adams, George Guzman, Helena Cepeda)

TELEVISION SPECIAL, ONE HOUR OR MORE LIVE PROGRAM SERIES

BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP 

• "Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration" (Bruce Grayson, James MacKinnon, Melanie Weaver, Angie Wells)
• "Dancing with the Stars" (Julie Socash, Donna Bard, Alison L. Gladieux, Farah Bunch)
• ★ "Legendary" (Tonia Green, Tyson Fountaine, Silvia Leczel, Sean Conklin)
• "Saturday Night Live" (Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Young Bek)
• "The Voice" (Darcy Gilmore, Gina Ghiglieri, Ernesto Casillas, Kristene Bernard)

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP

• "Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration" (Bruce Grayson, James MacKinnon, Tyson Fountaine, Julie Socash)
• ★ "The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special" (Michael Ornelaz, Matt Sprunger, Jon Moore, Robin Pritchard)
• "Legendary" (Tonia Green, Tyson Fountaine, Jennifer Fregozo, Glen Alen)
• "Saturday Night Live" (Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Daniela Zivcovic)
• "So You Think You Can Dance" (Tonia Green, Silvia Leczel, Jennifer Fregozo Natalie Malchev)

BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS

• "Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration" (Bruce Grayson, James MacKinnon, Alexei Dmitriew, Mo Meinhart)
• ★ "The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special" (Alexei Dmitriew, Scott Stoddard, LuAndra Whitehurst, Mo Meinhart)
• "Legendary" (Tonia Green, Tyson Fountaine, Marcel Banks, Sean Conklin)
• "Saturday Night Live" (Louie Zakarian, Jason Milani, Tom Denier Jr., Brandon Grether)
• "Dancing with the Stars" (Brian Sipe, Julie Socash, Bianca Marie Appice, David Snyder)               

BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING

• "Dancing with the Stars" (Kimi Messina, Jani Kleinbard, Cheryl Eckert, Gail Ryan)
• ★ "Legendary" (Jerilynn Stephens, Kimi Messina, Dean Francis Banowetz, Lalisa Turner)
• "Lizzo's Watch Out for the Big Grrrls" (Chantelle Johnson Mosley, Shelby Swain)
• "So You Think You Can Dance" (Dean Francis Banowetz, Kimi Messina, LaLisa Turner, Ryan Randall)
• "The Voice" (Jerilynn Stephens, Darbie Ann Wieczorek, Suzette Boozer, Robert Lamarr Randle)

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING

• "Dancing with the Stars" (Kimi Messina, Johnny Lomeli, Megg Massey, Jani Kleinbard)
• ★ "Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration" (Anthony Wilson, Jennifer Guerrero, Maria Sandoval, Myo Lai)
• "Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special" (Cassandra L. Russek, Amber S. Hamilton, Sean Smith, Dugg Kirkpatrick)
• "Legendary" (Jerilynn Stephens, Kimi Messina, Johnny Lomeli, Suzette Boozer)
• "So You Think You Can Dance" (Dean Francis Banowetz, Kimi Messina, Crystal Haynes, Johnny Lomeli)

DAYTIME TELEVISION 

BEST MAKE-UP

• "The Bold and the Beautiful" (Christine Lai-Johnson, Hajja Barnes, James Elle, Dan Crawley)
• ★ "The Boulet Brothers Dragula: Titans" (Swanthula Boulet, Dracmorda Boulet)
• "I Can See Your Voice" (Tonia Green, Christina M. Jimenez)
• "The Kelly Clarkson Show" (Chanty LaGrana, Valente Frazier, Gloria Elias-Foeillet, Jessica Reyes Paccitti)
• "The Young and the Restless" (Patricia Denney, Stacey Alfano, Kelsey Collins, Robert Bolger)

It's interesting that streaming shows are starting to market themselves as "Daytime Television" given that they have no scheduled air time. 

BEST HAIR STYLING

• "The Bold and the Beautiful" (Stephanie Paugh, Karlye Buff, Alexis Reyes, Danielle Dubinsky)
• ★ "The Kelly Clarkson Show" (Tara Copeland, Roberto Ramos)
• "The Talk" (Jasmin Robles)
• "The Young and the Restless" (Lauren Mendoza, Justin Jackson, Michelle Corona, Guilherme Schoedler)

CHILDREN AND TEEN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING

BEST MAKE-UP

• "Danger Force" (Michael Johnston, Bradley Look, Kevin Westmore, Tyson Fountaine)
• "The Fairly OddParents" (Michael Johnston, Julie Hassett, Gerardo Avila, Tyson Fountaine)
• "High School Musical: The Musical: The Series" – Season 3 (Kimberly Collea, James Cool Benson, Maryann Marchetti)
• ★ "The Quest" (Elle Favorule, Michelle Sfarzo, Sonia Cabrera)
• "The Really Loud House" (Sierra Barton, Alisha Baijounas)

BEST HAIR STYLING

• "Danger Force" (Joe Matke, Roma Goddard, Yunea Cruz, Danyell Lynn Weinberg)
• ★ "The Quest" (Erica Adams, Alyn R. Topper, Lauren McKeever, Jennifer Tremont)
• "The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder" (Joe Matke, Melanie Verkins, Justin Jackson, Jennifer Green)
• "Raven's Home" – Season 5 (Dwayne Ross, Tamara Tripp, Lauren Kinermon)
• "That Girl Lay Lay" – Season 2, Ep. 10 (Wayne Ross, Kari Williams, Lauren Kinermon)

COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS

BEST MAKE-UP 

• Amazon: "Medusa Makes Friends" (Dominie Till, Christien Tinsley, Josh Foster, Gunn Espegard)
• ★ "American Horror Stories: Dollhouse" Promo (Kerry Herta, Jason Collins, Alyssa Morgan, Christina Kortum)
• Imagine Dragons: "Bones" (Ally McGillicuddy, Malina Stearns, Meg Wilbur, Dave Snyder)
• Omaze: "Ozzy Osbourne Has a Falling Out with His Pet Demon" (Richard Redlefsen, Chelsea Delfino)
• Ozzy Osbourne: "Patient No. 9" ft. Jeff Beck (Richard Redlefsen, Chelsea Delfino)

BEST HAIR STYLING

• ★ "American Horror Stories: Season 2" Promos (Joe Matke, Tiphanie Baum, Jerilynn Stephens, Johnny Lomeli)
• "Bejeweled" - Taylor Swift (Cheryl R. Marks, Allyson Joyner, Jemma Muradian)
• "Holidays: Romeo and Juliet" – Amazon (Dominie Till, Gunn Espegard, Dawn V. Dudley, Renee Vaca)
• "Life in a Victorian Home" – GEICO (Audrey Futterman-Stern, Tom Opitz, Jackie Weiss, Kerry Mendenhall)
• "Nourish Every You" LIL NAS X - Vitamin Water (Stacey Morris, Dominique Evans, Taurus Jerome)

THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS (LIVE STAGE)

BEST MAKE-UP

• "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" (Jason Michael Torres, Timothy Santry, Jenni Gilbert, Yulitzin Alvarez)
• ★ "Kinky Boots" (Brandi Strona, Glen Alen, Lilia Villasenor)
• "Lucia di Lammermoor" (Samantha Wiener, Brandi Strona)
• "Sleeping Beauty" (Lindsay Saier, Lyre Alston)
• "Tosca" (Samantha Wiener, Brandi Strona, Danielle E. Richter)

BEST HAIR STYLING

• "Kinky Boots" (Brandi Strona, Jacki Nocerino, Mary Czech)
• ★ "La Traviata" (Jeanna Parham, Christina E. Martin)
• "Omar" (Samantha Wiener, Danielle E. Richter, Jacki Nocerino)
• "Sense and Sensibility" (Lindsay Saier, Leilani Norman)
• "West Side Story" (Christina E. Martin, Y. Sharon Peng)

Comments

[Elazul]

You left out the contemporary makeup category where EEAAO won.

Elvis would be a well-deserved winner in my opinion but Amsterdam should have been among the nominees.

I don't understand why AQOTWF was singled out (on BAFTA as well), was it really just the mud and one damaged eye? How does it compare to Black Panther, Elvis and the fatsuits?

[Zan Wang]

When it comes to hair, she's an expert we become what we behold. Too ideal for hairstyles according to each outfit, body shape and face of each subject.

[Mr Ripley79]

I am starting to come round to the notion Butler is winning Best Actor and will win best makeup/hair to go with it.

[DAVID S]

TERRIFIER 2 was robbed.

[DK]

I'm not a MUAHS expert but I love the nomination for All Quiet on the Western Front. I dug the color palette for that movie overall—the very cool blues, light browns and warm reds/oranges. To me the caked-on mud from the "crater" scene was beautiful and sticks with me. It felt like a slightly surreal and artsy make-up choice that I’d never seen before.