Is "Elvis" going to win the Makeup and Hair Oscar?
Sunday, February 12, 2023 at 11:11PM
NATHANIEL R in Best Makeup, Black Panther Wakanda Forever, Elvis, Makeup and Hair, The Whale, guild awards, precursor awards

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

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

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKE-UP 

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

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 

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

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

 

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP

 

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKE-UP

 

BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING

 

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING 

 

 

TELEVISION SPECIAL, ONE HOUR OR MORE LIVE PROGRAM SERIES

BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP 

 

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP

 

BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS

 

BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING

 

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING

 

DAYTIME TELEVISION 

BEST MAKE-UP

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

 

CHILDREN AND TEEN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING

BEST MAKE-UP

 

BEST HAIR STYLING

 

 

COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS

BEST MAKE-UP 

 

BEST HAIR STYLING

 

THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS (LIVE STAGE)

BEST MAKE-UP

 

BEST HAIR STYLING

 

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