Make-Up and Hairstylists Guild Nominations

BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
Captain America: The Winter Soldier- Allan Apone, Nicole Sortillion, Lisa Rocco
Gone Girl- Kate Biscoe, Gigi Williams
Guardians of the Galaxy- Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou
Interstellar- Luisa Abel, Jay Wejebe
Nightcrawler- Donald Mowat, Melanie Romero

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay- Part 1- Ve Neill, Nikoletta Skarlatos, Conor McCullagh
Into the Woods- Peter Swords King
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Frances Hannon, Julie Dartnell
The Theory of Everything- Jan Sewell, Lesley Smith
Unbroken- Toni G., Nik Dorning

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS MAKE-UP
Foxcatcher- Bill Corso, Dennis Liddiard
Guardians of the Galaxy- David White
Into the Woods- J. Roy Helland, Matthew Smith
Maleficent- Rick Baker, Toni G., Arjen Tuiten
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies- Gino Acevedos

BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIRSTYLING
Birdman- Jerry Popolis, Kat Drazen
Guardians of the Galaxy- Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou
Interstellar- Patricia Dehaney, Jose L. Zamora
St. Vincent- Suzy Mazzarese-Allison
Winter's Tale- Alan D'Angerio, Jason Sica

BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIRSTYLING
Get On Up- Carla Farmer, Shannon Bakeman
Into the Woods- Peter Swords King, J. Roy Helland
Selma- Melissa Forney, Pierce Austin
The Grand Budapest Hotel- Frances Hannon, Julie Dartnell
The Theory of Everything- Jan Sewell, Agnes Legere

Make-Up and Hairstyling Shortlist

Seven films advance to compete for the Best Make-Up and Hairstyling Oscar.  This is the category that in years past have made films like Click, Norbit and Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa Oscar nominees.  With that a sign must be expressed before reading the list.  The films advancing are:

• The Amazing Spider-Man 2
• Foxcatcher
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Guardians of the Galaxy
• Maleficent
• Noah
• The Theory of Everything

Aw, relief, sort of.  Nothing too extreme or embarrassing to report, even though The Amazing Spider-Man 2 still sucks...and Maleficent and Noah (one was expected, the other, perhaps not) are meh, at best, even considering strong presumably CGI-enhanced design elements.  Strangely no Into the Woods, no Unbroken (all the wound make-up) and, shudder, no Snowpiercer, a film that should (but won't) deal with the technical branches of the Academy.  At least Tilda Swinton showed up in some form.

Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylist Guild

CONTEMPORARY HAIRSTYLING: Lee Daniels' The Butler
PERIOD/CHARACTER HAIRSTYLING: American Hustle
CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP: Prisoners
PERIOD/CHARACTER MAKE-UP: Dallas Buyers Club
SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS: Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

Best Make-up and Hairstyling Oscar Shortlist

The back-off for the films that will be nominated for this years Make-up and Hairstyling Academy Award.  This is the wacky category that in the past has anointed such stellar films as The Wolfman, Norbit, Click, Scrooged and Harry and the Hendersons as Academy Award nominee.  As always, brace thy selves. 

Bad Grandpa, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, The Lone Ranger: Oscar nominees?  Maybe so!

• American Hustle
• Dallas Buyers Club
• The Great Gatsby
• Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
• Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa
• The Lone Ranger