Tuesday, January 22, 2013

85th Academy Awards – 'Best Makeup and Hairstyling’




Alright folks, we’re now moving into categories where I excel.  I am currently 3 for 3 in the Best Makeup and Hairstyling, so I’d like to think I know what I am talking about… but I probably don’t.

Although the name of this category has been changed to include Hairstyling, it has always been part of the Makeup category, so there have been no major changes to those eligible for this award.  Nor have there been any changes to Voting Procedures.  Feel free to read more about them in last year’s post if you wish:  84th Academy Awards – Best Makeup.

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Nominations:

·         Hitchcock
o    Howard Berger – 2nd nomination.  Won for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
o    Peter Montagna – 1st nomination.
o    Martin Samuel – 3rd nomination.  Previously nominated for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and At World’s End.

This team has also been nominated for the BAFTA award.


·         The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
o   Peter Swords King – 2nd nomination.  Won for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.
o   Rick Findlater – 1st nomination.
o    Tami Lane – 2nd nomination.  Won for The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, (alongside Howard Berger)

This team has also been nominated for the BAFTA award.


·         Les Miserables
o   Lisa Westcott – 3rd nomination.  Previously nominated for Mrs. Brown and Shakespeare in Love.
o   Julie Dartnell  – 1st nomination.

This team has not been nominated for another award.

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Snubs:

The big snub for Makeup and Hair this year goes to Lincoln, which is nominated for the BAFTA award AND the Broadcast Film Critics Award.  And frankly, when it comes to makeup the only two movies people seem to be talking about are The Hobbit and Lincoln; however, the other two nominees are mentioned quite often as honorable mentions.

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Oscar Trends:

The Academy seems to like over the top and whimsical makeup and hair.  And since The Lord of the Rings took home two of these, coupled with the fact that The Hobbit seems to be all the buzz in this category… and since Lincoln was not nominated… there is a definite front runner.


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Prediction: 

1.      The Hobbit:  An Unexpected Journey
2.     Les Miserables
3.     Hitchcock

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