"Bridgerton," "The Queen’s Gambit," "SNL," "The Mandalorian," "Westworld," "Schitt’s Creek" Among TV winners
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) each scored two wins, topping the feature film categories at the 8th annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards during this evening’s (4/3) hybrid virtual gala.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom took the honors for Best Period and/or Character Make-Up, and Best Period Hair Styling and/or Character Hair Styling.
Birds of Prey scored wins for Best Contemporary Make-Up and Best Contemporary Hair Styling.
Rounding out the feature movie winners was Pinocchio for Best Special Make-Up Effects.
Among the television series winners were Bridgerton, The Queen’s Gambit, The Mandalorian, Schitt’s Creek and Westworld. For the categories in Television Special/Motion Picture Made for Television, winners included Hamilton, Saturday Night Live, and Dancing with the Stars.
Daytime Television category honors were awarded to The Kelly Clarkson Show for both Hair and Make-Up categories. Children/Teen Program honors went to All That, for both Hair and Make-Up Categories. Theatrical awards were bestowed upon Hamilton. The Commercial/Music Video Awards were presented to Lady Gaga “911” and State Farm’s “Chris Paul and Alfonso Ribeiro.”
Award-winning actor Eddie Murphy, known for such hits as Coming 2 America, Beverly Hills Cop, The Nutty Professor and Dreamgirls, received this year’s Distinguished Artisan Award celebrating the prolific spectrum of his versatile four-decade acting, directing and producing career on screen and television. Presenting the Distinguished Artisan Award to Murphy was Arsenio Hall, star of Murphy’s recent movie Coming 2 America.
Mathew Mungle, Oscar®-nominated and Emmy-winning make-up artist, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Make-up celebrating his award-winning career as a top master of the elite make-up effects boasting over 250 film and television projects including Hillbilly Elegy, Edward Scissorhands, Schindler’s List and Albert Nobbs. Presenting the award to Mungle was eight-time Oscar nominee Glenn Close. Both Mungle and Close are nominated again for Oscars this for Hillbilly Elegy–Close for her role as supporting actress, and Mungle for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
Emmy-winning hair stylist Terry Baliel, received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Hair Styling, presented by Oscar-nominated actress Scarlett Johansson, who worked with Terry on Jojo Rabbit. Baliel is the recipient of three Emmys and four Guild Awards for period hair styling in a career that spans theatrical productions, television and film. His credits include The Joy Luck Club, Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Alice in Wonderland and the theatrical production of Wicked.
IATSE International president Matthew L. Loeb presented the guild’s inaugural Vanguard Awards. Bernadine Anderson is the first woman and woman of color to become a member of the guild and broke the barrier landing a spot at Warner Bros. She was head of makeup for Coming to America and worked with Eddie Murphy for eight years. Richard Battle was on the ground level of theatrical productions being broadcast on PBS in the Wig and Makeup Department, decades ahead of captured performances and streaming. He was nominated for an Emmy for his work at San Francisco Ballet where he has worked for over 40 years.
Another highlight of the evening was a moving In Memoriam segment performed by long time MUAHS member Angie Wells, who sang a beautiful, soulful rendition of Danny Boy. Julie Socash, president of the Make-up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706), and Randy Sayer, Local 706 business representative, presided over the awards ceremony.
Emmy® and Golden Globe®- nominated actor, Anthony Anderson, star and executive producer of ABC’s multi-award nominated sitcom black-ish, hosted the lively event. Sibley Scoles, co-host of NBCUniversal’s Access Hollywood Weekend, hosted the red carpet. Returning again as producers of this year’s MUAHS Awards (#MUAHSawards) were IngleDodd Media and Erick Weiss of Honeysweet Creative.
Here’s a category-by-category rundown of the evening’s winners:
FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – Best Contemporary Make-Up
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Deborah Lamia Denaver, Sabrina Wilson, Miho Suzuki, Cale Thomas
FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Matiki Anoff, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Carl Fullerton, Debi Young
FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – Best Special Make-Up Effects
Pinocchio
Mark Coulier
FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Adruitha Lee, Cassie Russek, Margarita Pidgeon, Nikki Nelms
FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – Best Period Hair Styling and/or Character Hair Styling
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mia Neal, Larry Cherry, Leah Loukas, Tywan Williams
TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION LIMITED OR MINISERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – Best Contemporary Make-Up
Westworld
Elisa Marsh, John Damiani, Jennifer Aspinall, Rachel Hoke
TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION LIMITED OR MINISERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
The Queen’s Gambit
Daniel Parker
TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION LIMITED OR MINISERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – Best Special Make-Up Effects
The Mandalorian
Brian Sipe, Alexei Dmitriew, Samantha Ward, Scott Stoddard
TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION LIMITED OR MINISERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Schitt’s Creek
Annastasia Cucullo, Ana Sorys
TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION LIMITED OR MINISERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
Bridgerton
Marc Pilcher, Lynda J. Pearce, Adam James Phillips, Tania Couper
TELEVISION SPECIAL, ONE HOUR OR MORE LIVE PROGRAM SERIES OR MOVIE FOR TELEVISION – Best Contemporary Make-Up
Saturday Night Live
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Joanna Pisani
TELEVISION SPECIAL, ONE HOUR OR MORE LIVE PROGRAM SERIES OR MOVIE FOR TELEVISION – Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
Saturday Night Live
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Rachel Pagani
TELEVISION SPECIAL, ONE HOUR OR MORE LIVE PROGRAMS SERIES, OR MOVIE FOR TELEVISION – Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Dancing with the Stars
Kimi Messina, Jani Kleinbard, Regina Rodriquez, Roma Goddard
TELEVISION SPECIAL, ONE HOUR OR MORE LIVE PROGRAMS SERIES, OR MOVIE FOR TELEVISION – Best Period Hair Styling and/or Character Hair Styling
Hamilton
Frederick Waggoner
DAYTIME TELEVISION – Best Make-Up
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Jason McGlothin, Gloria Elias-Foeillet, Chanty LaGrana, John Foster
DAYTIME TELEVISION – Best Hair Styling
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Roberto Ramos, Tara Copeland
CHILDREN AND TEEN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING – Best Make-Up
All That
Michael Johnston, Melanie Mills, Tyson Fountaine, Nadege Schoenfeld
CHILDREN AND TEEN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING – Best Hair Styling
All That
Joe Matke, Dwayne Ross, Theresa Broadnax
COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS – Best Make-Up
Lady Gaga “911”
Sarah Tanno, Mike Mekash, Eryn Krueger Mekash
COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS – Best Hair Styling
Workout/State Farm “Chris Paul and Alfonso Ribeiro”
Stacey Morris
THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS (Live Stage) – Best Hair Styling
Hamilton (And Peggy Company)
Marcelo Donari, Robert Mrazik
Rom-Com Mainstay Hugh Grant Shifts To The Dark Side and He’s Never Been Happier
After some difficulties connecting to a Zoom, Hugh Grant eventually opts to just phone instead.
"Sorry about that," he apologizes. "Tech hell." Grant is no lover of technology. Smart phones, for example, he calls the "devil's tinderbox."
"I think they're killing us. I hate them," he says. "I go on long holidays from them, three or four days at at time. Marvelous."
Hell, and our proximity to it, is a not unrelated topic to Grant's new film, "Heretic." In it, two young Mormon missionaries (Chloe East, Sophie Thatcher) come knocking on a door they'll soon regret visiting. They're welcomed in by Mr. Reed (Grant), an initially charming man who tests their faith in theological debate, and then, in much worse things.
After decades in romantic comedies, Grant has spent the last few years playing narcissists, weirdos and murders, often to the greatest acclaim of his career. But in "Heretic," a horror thriller from A24, Grant's turn to the dark side reaches a new extreme. The actor who once charmingly stammered in "Four Weddings and a Funeral" and who danced to the Pointer Sisters in "Love Actually" is now doing heinous things to young people in a basement.
"It was a challenge," Grant says. "I think human beings need challenges. It makes your beer taste better in the evening if you've climbed a mountain. He was just so wonderfully (expletive)-up."
"Heretic," which opens in theaters Friday, is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, co-writers of "A Quiet Place." In Grant's hands, Mr. Reed is a divinely good baddie — a scholarly creep whose wry monologues pull from a wide range of references, including, fittingly, Radiohead's "Creep."
In an interview, Grant spoke about these and other facets of his character, his journey... Read More