You won’t have to look too hard to see some of the most elaborate makeup and hair looks of the year, whether to blend in with the actors or to stand out, make it onto the makeup and hair shortlist en route to victory. promising Oscar nomination.
Tested and reliable methods are presented; actors in prosthetics playing real people in their life stories. Particularly notable this year is Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein in Owner. Nosegate doesn’t seem to have caught on as some thought it would, and as we’ve seen in the very recent past with Brendan Fraser, Jessica Chastain and Gary Oldman, the category could become a pivot for its leading artist.
Not to be outdone, Best Actress contender Annette Bening plays swimmer Diana Nyad in NYAD She wears elaborate makeup throughout the film, and by the end of the film she is virtually unrecognizable as she completes a submerged swim from Cuba to Florida. Both Owner And NYAD Netflix supported.
Looking at the applicants for the period who have received a place or places on the shortlist, we have Poor things (which also takes up the fantasy slot), Napoleon And Chevalier. Among those deeply immersed in the realm of science fiction and fantasy are Guardians of the Galaxy Part 3 (the first was nominated out of three people, the second was shortlisted), Creator And The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. One of the most neglected major franchises of all time when it comes to the Oscars, the only one The Hunger Games The film that made waves was 2013’s Catching Fire, which only made it to the shortlist.
The Oscar shortlists will be announced on December 21, 2023. The nominations in the field of makeup and hairstyles (“competitions”) will be shown on January 14, 2024. Oscar nominations will be announced on January 23 at the 96th Academy Awards. 10th of March.
Here are my 2024 Oscar predictions for the 10-film shortlist in the Makeup and Hair category for October 2023.
- Owner (Netflix)
- Poor things (spotlight images)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Part 3 (Walt Disney Pictures/Marvel Studios)
- NYAD (Netflix)
- Napoleon (Apple Original Films/Sony Pictures)
- Barbie (Warner Bros)
- Asteroid city (Focus functions)
- Chevalier (spotlight images)
- Iron claw (A24)
- Golda (Bleecker Street)
Next: Color Purple (Warner Bros.) Creator (20th century studio), Ferrari (NEON), Oppenheimer (Universal pictures), Wonka (Warner Bros)
Other contenders: Air (Amazon MGM Studios) Blackberry (MFK Films), Creator (20th century studio), Cassander (Amazon Studios) Dicks: The Musical (A24), Dream scenario (A24), Freud’s last session (Sony Pictures Classics) The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (Lionsgate) Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures) Mermaid (Walt Disney Pictures) Priscilla (A24), Rustin (Netflix)
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