Other feature winners are "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," "The Whale," "Everything Everywhere All at Once"; additional TV honorees include "Abbott Elementary." "Our Flag Means Death," "Legendary," "Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration"
Elvis topped the feature competition on Saturday night (2/11) at the 10th Annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards with two wins–Best Period and/or Character Make-Up and Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling.
Meanwhile on the TV side, also collecting two wins apiece, were Pam & Tommy and The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special.
Winners across 23 categories of film, TV, commercials and live theater were honored before a live audience at The Beverly Hilton.
In additon to Elvis, feature film winners were Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Whale and Everything Everywhere All at Once. Besides Pam & Tommy, TV series winners included Abbott Elementary, Euphoria and Our Flag Means Death. For TV special/one hour or more live program series, winners in addtion to The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday special were Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration, and Legendary.
Daytime TV winners were The Kelly Clarkson Show and The Boulet Brothers Dragula: Titans. Children/teen program honors went to The Quest for both Make-Up and Hair categories. Theatrical awards were bestowed upon "Kinky Boots" for Best Make-Up and "La Traviata" for Best HairStyling. The commercial/music video awards were presented to American Horror Story: Dollhouse promo, and American Horror Stories: Season 2 promo.
Angela Bassett, Academy Award®-nominated actress, director, and executive producer, most recently acclaimed for her creative work on Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, for which she has received an Academy Award nomination, Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award nomination, in addition to the hit primetime television drama 9-1-1, received this year’s Distinguished Artisan Award. The award celebrates her iconic character portrayals and her bold collaboration with her 706 make-up and hair teams to extend their imaginations and develop magical and relatable characters that are remembered forever. Presenting the Distinguished Artisan Award to Bassett was D’Andre Michael, Bassett’s personal make-up artist, and Camille Friend, Academy Award-nominated hair stylist who was the hair stylist department head and designer on both Black Panther movies.
Steve La Porte, Oscar- and Emmy®- winning make-up artist best known for his work on Beetlejuice, Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock and Terminator 2 & 3, received the Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Rick Baker, Academy Award-winning make-up artist. Josée Normand, Emmy-winning hair stylist known for her work on Star Trek: Voyager, Die Hard and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, was bestowed the Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: The Next Generation), a longtime colleague of Josée.
The Vanguard Award was bestowed upon Fred C. Blau Jr., Emmy-winning make-up artist and Reel Creations® co-owner, considered the foremost expert on blood effects and tattoo artistry by his colleagues, and best known for his work on The Illustrated Man, Tattoo, Apocalypse Now, and Planet of the Apes. Academy Award-winning make-up artist Ve Neill (Pirates of the Caribbean series, Beetlejuice, Mrs. Doubtfire) presented the award to Blau.
Joining Blau as a Vanguard Award honoree was Emmy-winning hair stylist Judy Crown, whose 40 year award-winning career included Seinfeld, Designing Women, Houdini, Moonlighting, and Murphy Brown, among many others. Emmy and Tony winner Jason Alexander presented Judy with her award, honoring their many years working together on Seinfeld.
Another highlight of the evening was a moving In Memoriam segment performed by long-time Local 706 member Angie Wells.
The MUAHS Awards took place before a sold-out audience of more than 800, including guild members, industry executives and press. The ceremony was also live streamed to a worldwide audience. Actress Melissa Peterman served as host of the lively event. TV personality, actor and singer Frankie J. Grande, hosted the red carpet pre-show. The show opened with remarks by Congressman Adam Schiff, United States Congress representing California’s 30th Congressional District. Julie Socash, Local 706 president, and Karen Westerfield, business representative, presided over the awards ceremony. Special guest Matthew D. Loeb, IATSE International president, joined Paul Krekorian, L.A. City Council president, and Eva Bitar, manager of film & television production for City of Los Angeles, to present the Guild with a proclamation celebrating the 85th anniversary of Local 706 and 10th anniversary of MUAHS Guild Awards. Accepting the proclamation on behalf of the guild was Julie Socash and founder and immediate past president of Local 706 Sue Cabral-Ebert. Krekorian also proclaimed official Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Day.
Returning again as producers of this year’s MUAHS Awards were IngleDodd Media and Erick Weiss of Honeysweet Creative.
THE WINNERS OF THE 10th ANNUAL MUAHS AWARDS ARE:
FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE:
Best Contemporary Make-Up
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Michelle Chung, Erin Rosenmann, Dania A. Ridgway
Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
Elvis
Shane Thomas, Angela Conte
Best Special Make-Up Effects
The Whale
Adrien Morot, Kathy Tse, Chris Gallaher
Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Camille Friend, Evelyn Feliciano, Marva G. Stokes, Victor Paz
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
Elvis
Shane Thomas, Louise Coulston
TELEVISION SERIES – LIMITED, MINISERIES OR MOVIE FOR TELEVISION:
Best Contemporary Make-Up
“Euphoria”- Season 2
Doniella D. Davy, Tara Lang Shah, Alexandra J. French
Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
“Pam & Tommy”
David Williams, Jennifer Aspinall, Dave Snyder, Bill Myer
Best Special Make-Up Effects
“Pam & Tommy”
David Williams, Jason Collins, Mo Meinhart, Abby Lyle Clawson
Best Contemporary Hair Styling
“Abbott Elementary”
Moira Frazier, Dustin Osborne, Christina R. Joseph
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
“Our Flag Means Death”
Margarita Pidgeon, Stacy Bisel, Kate Loftis, Christopher Enlow
TELEVISION SPECIAL, ONE HOUR OR MORE LIVE PROGRAM SERIES:
Best Contemporary Make-Up
“Legendary”
Tonia N. Green, Tyson Fountaine, Silvia Leczel, Sean Conklin
Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
“The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special”
Michael Ornelaz, Matt Sprunger, Jon Moore, Robin Pritchard
Best Special Make-Up Effects
“The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special”
Alexei Dmitriew, Scott Stoddard, LuAndra Whitehurst, Mo Meinhart
Best Contemporary Hair Styling
“Legendary”
Jerilynn Stephens, Kimi Messina, Dean Francis Banowetz, LaLisa Turner
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
“Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration”
Anthony Wilson, Jennifer Guerrero-Mazursky, Maria Sandoval, Myo Htun Lai
DAYTIME TELEVISION:
Best Make-Up
“The Boulet Brothers Dragula: Titans”
Swanthula Boulet, Dracmorda Boulet
Best Hair Styling
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Tara Copeland, Roberto Ramos
CHILDREN AND TEEN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING:
Best Make-Up
“The Quest”
Elle Favorule, Michelle A. Sfarzo, Sonia Cabrera
Best Hair Styling
“The Quest”
Erica C. Adams, Alyn R. Topper, Lauren McKeever, Jennifer Tremont
COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS:
Best Make-Up
“American Horror Stories: Dollhouse” Promo
Kerry Herta, Jason M. Collins, Alyssa Morgan, Christina Kortum
Best Hair Styling
“American Horror Stories: Season 2” Promos
Joe E. Matke III, Tiphanie G. Baum, Jerilynn Stephens, Johnny L. Lomeli
THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS (Live Stage):
Best Make-up
“Kinky Boots”
Brandi Strona, Glen Alen Gutierrez, Lilia Villasenor
Best Hair Styling
“La Traviata”
Jeanna Marie Parham, Christina E. Martin
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