Friday, March 22, 2024

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING - OSCAR WEEK 2024

 By José Alberto Hermosillo


BEST MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING 2024 PANEL

To select the Best Makeup and Hairstyling nominees, the Makeup Academy Branch has its own implicit statutes, which require choosing an element from these three categories: a period piece, a contemporary/dramatic film, and a fantasy/Sci-Fi movie. 

Established in 1981, the Makeup and Hairstyling category has recognized some of the most iconic character transformations in history. 

In recent years, a strong connection between the winning actor/actress and the winner of the Makeup & Hairstyling category has grown. 

For instance, in 2007, “La Vie En Rose” won Best Makeup and Hairstyling, and Marion Cotillard took the Best Actress award for playing the quintessential French singer Êdith Piaf. In 2012, “The Iron Lady” won Makeup and Meryl Streep Best Actress. In 2014, “Dallas Buyers Club” won Makeup, and Matthew McConaughey earned his first Best Actor Oscar. In 2017, “The Darkest Hour” won Makeup and Gary Oldman Best Actor. In 2022, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” got Makeup and Jessica Chastain Best Actress. In 2023, Brendan Fraser won Best Actor, and “The Whale” won Best Makeup and Hairstyling. In 2024, “Poor Things” won Best Makeup, and Emma Stone won her second Oscar for playing Bella Baxter in the gothic female version of Frankenstein. 

The 2023 selected films meeting the criteria are: “Golda,” “Maestro,” and “Oppenheimer,” which are period pieces; “Poor Things” can be considered fantasy, and “Society of the Snow” in the drama category. 

THE BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING NOMINEES ARE:

“Golda”
“Maestro”
“Oppenheimer”
“Poor Things” WINNER!
“Society of the Snow”

“Golda”

Academy Award-winning actress Hellen Mirren (“The Queen,” “Gosford Park,” and “The Madness of King George”) as Israel’s Prime Minister Golda Meir faces one of the most challenging crises of her government, The Yom Kippur War in 1973.

"Golda” poster, makeup panel ©2024 Festival in LA

"Golda” makeup panel. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling Nominees: Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby, and Ashra Kelly-Blue.

“Golda” makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

“Golda” makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA


“Maestro” 

Bradley Cooper directed and portrayed the life of the first American-Jewish conductor-composer and music instructor, Leonard Bernstein, in this intense, elegant, and educative film.

"Maestro,” makeup panel. Photo ©2024 Festival in L

“Maestro,” makeup panel. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in AL

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling Nominees: Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou, and Lori McCoy-Bell.

“Maestro,” makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

“Maestro,” makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

“Maestro,” makeup panel. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

“Maestro,” makeup panel. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

“Maestro,” makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

“Oppenheimer” 

Irish actor Cillian Murphy brings to life the American scientist and physicist  J. Robert Oppenheimer and the crucial moment in history of developing the atomic bomb.


"Oppenheimer,” makeup panel. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling Nominee: Luisa Abel.

"Oppenheimer,” makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

"Oppenheimer,” makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

"Oppenheimer,” makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

“Poor Things” 

Emma Stone plays Bella Baxter in the gothic female version of Frankenstein.

"Poor Things," Poster ©2024 Festival in LA


"Poor Things," makeup panel with Willem Dafoe. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA
“Poor Things,” makeup panel with Willem Dafoe. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling Nominees: Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, and Josh Weston. WINNERS!!!

“Poor Things,” makeup panel with Willem Dafoe. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

“Poor Things,” makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

“Poor Things,” makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

“Poor Things,” makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

“Society of the Snow” 

Spanish director J. Antonio Bayona produced and directed the third version of the survival drama of the Uruguayan rugby players who crashed in the Los Andes region of South America. “Survive!/Supervivientes de los Andes” was the first version produced by Mexico in 1976. Then, in 1993, “Alive” was made in Hollywood in English. 

"Society of the Snow," Poster ©2024 Festival in LA

"Society of the Snow," makeup pane. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA
“Society of the Snow,” makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling Nominees: Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí, and Montse Ribé.

"Society of the Snow," makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA
“Society of the Snow,” makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

"Society of the Snow," makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA
“Society of the Snow,” makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

"Society of the Snow," makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA
“Society of the Snow,” makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA

"Society of the Snow," makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA
 “Society of the Snow,” makeup display. Photo: José Alberto Hermosillo ©2024 Festival in LA


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