Friday, February 26, 2016

Oscar Predictions: Best Makeup & Hairstyling

It's time again for the Oscars. It's been a long Awards season as always. Guilds, Globes, BAFTAs, and critics have all made their picks  and I'm here to figure out what it all means. Yes, it's time again for my multi-part Oscar predictions.
I'm going to go through each category, tell you who has been nominated and won for what, give a context for what that means, and order the nominees from most to least likely to win on Oscar night. That doesn't mean I'll be right, but it does mean I'll be informed. Wish me luck.

Previously:
Nomination Reaction
Documentary, Animated, and Live-Action Short
Documentary Feature
Animated Feature 
Foreign Film
Visual Effects
Sound Mixing and Sound Editing
Makeup & Hairstyling 
Costume Design
Score and Song
Production Design
Cinematography
Film Editing
Adapted Screenplay
Original Screenplay
Supporting Actress
Supporting Actor
Lead Actress
Lead Actor
Director
Best Picture

Glossary:
BAFTA - British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards
M&HG - Hollywood Makeup and Hair Stylist Guild Award


The Makeup & Hairstyling Oscar generally has only three nominees. A lot of years, those three are one Oscar front-runner, one that deserves the win, and one that's just happy to be nominated. That sums this year up nicely.
This is the third year that the Hollywood Makeup and Hairstyling Guild has given out awards. Currently, they've broken it down to four awards, separating Contemporary and Period and Makeup and Hairstyling. With 4 winners, 20 nominees, and only two years of results, they have an unblemished record nominating and awarding the eventual Oscar winner. In a year like this, they're quite helpful. The BAFTA award has more history, having matched the Oscar winner 13 times in 15 years.

Mad Max: Fury Road
BAFTA - Makeup & Hairstyling - Winner
M&HG - Period Makeup - Winner
M&HG - Period Hairstyling - Nominee
(The one that deserves to win)
It won the BAFTA award and was the only of these three to even be nominated by the guild. Not a lock, but close.

The Revenant
BAFTA - Makeup & Hairstyling - Nominee(The one Oscar frontrunner)
This win is only happening if The Revenant is making a run at Titanic, Return of the King, and Ben-Hur.

100 Year Old Man...
(The one that's just happy to be nominated)
Thanks for playing.

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