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The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706) announced winners of its 6th Annual MUAHS Awards in 23 categories of film, television, commercials and live theater, during a formal gala at the NOVO by Microsoft at L.A. Live Downtown on Saturday night, February 16, 2019. Winners in the Feature Motion Pictures categories include A Star is Born, Vice, Crazy Rich Asians and Mary Queen of Scotts. Television winners included The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, American Horror Story: Apocalypse, Westworld and Dancing with the Stars. For the categories for Motion Picture Made for Television, winners include King Lear, Cocaine Godmotherand Jesus Christ Superstar: Live and in Concert.

Winners in the Daytime Television category were awarded to The Young and The Restless.A Series of  Unfortunate Events wins Best Children/Teen Program. Theatricalhonors were bestowed upon Aladdin and The Unauthorized Musical Parody of Rocky Horror. The Commercial/Music Video Award was presented to American  Horror Story: Apocalypse–Promotional Campaign.

The awards took place before an audience of more than 900, including Guild members, industry executives and press. Actress/comedienne Loni Love (The Real) returned to charm as host for the fourth year in a row. Julie Socash, newly installed President, and Randy Sayer, Business Representative, presided over the awards ceremony. Returning again as producer of this year’s MUAHS Awards (#MUAHSawards) was Erick Weiss of Honeysweet Creative.  .

TV personality, actor and singer Frankie J. Grande returned as star host of the “Live From the Red Carpet,” presented by HASK® Beauty, livestreaming on Amazon.com/live and on local706.org/live-red-carpet from LA Live’s Novo Theater. “Live From the Red Carpet” was co-produced by IngleDodd Media and Honeysweet Creative.  

Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Academy Award-nominated and two-time Primetime Emmy-winning actress, received the prestigious MUAHS Distinguished Artisan Award, celebrating her prolific acting career and the plethora of characters she embraces. McCarthy is the first female artist to receive this award, presented by hair stylist Linda Flowers, collaborator on McCarthy’s numerous characters for many years. A wonderful clip reel was presented spotlighted the prestigious spectrum of McCarthy’s extraordinary award-winning film work including Bridesmaids, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, This is 40, The Hangover Part III and Ghostbusters, among many others. Her award-winning television credits include Gilmore Girls, and Mike and Molly, for which she won an Emmy.

Sue Cabral-Ebert, outgoing Local 706 President and award-winning makeup artist, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for Makeup by longtime friend and actress Linda Gray (Dallas). Legendary Emmy-winning hair stylist Robert Louis Stevenson received a Lifetime Achievement Award for Hair Styling from Margaret Avery, his hair stylist on The Color Purple and The Jacksons: An American Dream.

Another highlight of the evening was the moving In Memoriam, performed by long time MUAHS member Angie Wells. The spirited MUAHS After Party took place following the Awards ceremony featured a special appearance with celebrity DJ Bootie Mashup, courtesy of M.A.C. Cosmetics and catered by Wolfgang Puck.

Additional presenters for this year’s awards included Vivica A. Fox (Kill Bill), Amber Stevens West (Happy Together), Doug Jones (The Shape of Water), Christine Devine (Fox 11 News LA), John Brotherton (Fuller House), Kate Linder (The Young and the Restless), Jake Busey (Stranger Things), Leslie Grossman (American Horror Story), Liam Mcintyre (Spartacus: Blood and Sand), MacKenzie Ziegler (Dancing With the Stars: Juniors), Nicollette Sheridan (Desperate Housewives),  Margaret Avery (Being Mary Jane), Retta Green (Good Girls), Shangela (A Star is Born), among others.

WINNERS FOR OUTSTANDING MAKE-UP ARTISTS AND HAIR STYLISTS

FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
A STAR IS BORN
Ve Neill, Debbie Zoller, Sarah Tanno

FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
CRAZY RICH ASIANS
Heike Merker, Sophia Knight

FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP
VICE
Kate Biscoe, Ann Pala, Williams, Jamie Kelman

FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING
MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher

FEATURE-LENGTH MOTION PICTURE – BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
VICE
Greg Cannom, Christopher Gallaher

TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE
Eryn Krueger Mekash, Kim Ayers, Silvina Knight

TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
DANCING WITH THE STARS
Gail Ryan, Brittany Spaulding, Jani Kleinbard

TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER MAKE-UP
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
Patricia Regan, Claus Lulla, Joseph A. Campayno

TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIR STYLING
THE MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL
Jerry DeCarlo, Jon Jordan, Peg Schierholz

TELEVISION SERIES, TELEVISION MINI SERIES OR TELEVISION NEW MEDIA SERIES – BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
WESTWORLD
Justin Raleigh, Kevin Kirkpatrick, Thomas Floutz

MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR SPECIAL– BEST CONTEMPORARY MAKE-UP
KING LEAR
Naomi Donne, Sara Kramer

MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR SPECIAL – BEST CONTEMPORARY HAIR STYLING
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR LIVE IN CONCERT
Charles Lapointe, Kevin Maybee

MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION OR SPECIAL – BEST SPECIAL MAKE-UP EFFECTS
COCAINE GODMOTHER
Trefor Proud, Vicki Syskakis

DAYTIME TELEVISION – BEST MAKE-UP
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Patricia Denney, Marlene Mason, Kathy Jones

DAYTIME TELEVISION – BEST HAIR STYLING
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Regina Rodriguez, Adriana Lucio, Vanessa Bragdon

CHILDREN AND TEEN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING – BEST MAKE-UP
A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
Rita Ciccozzi, Krista Seller, Bill Terezakis

CHILDREN AND TEEN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING – BEST HAIR STYLING
A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS
Julie McHaffie, Dianne Holme

COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS – BEST MAKE-UP
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE “PROMO”
Kerry Herta, Jason Collins, Cristina Waltz 

COMMERCIALS & MUSIC VIDEOS – BEST HAIR STYLING
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: APOCALYPSE “PROMO”
Joe Matke, FernandoSantaella-Navarro

THEATRICAL PRODUCTION – BEST MAKE-UP
THE UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL PARODY OF ROCKY HORROR
Michael Johnston, Tyson Fontaine, Lauren Lillien

THEATRICAL PRODUCTION – BEST HAIR STYLING
ALADDIN
Debra Parr, Michele Arvizo, Chanthy Tach

The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylist Guild Awards is proud to be sponsored by:

• Diamond Level: Hask Beauty
• Ruby Level: M.A.C. Cosmetics
• Sapphire Level: EI School of Professional Makeup, Japonesque Beauty, Nigel Beauty, Schwarzkopf Professional
• Premier Level: Focus Features, RCMA Makeup
• Double Platinum Level: 20th Century Fox, Netflix
• Platinum Level: Annapurna Pictures, IATSE Local 798 Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists
• Gold Level: 20th Century Fox TV, HBO, Warner Bros. Pictures
• Silver Level: Ardell Professional, Boxy Girl®, Brush Off, Cinema Makeup School, CROC USA, I.A.T.S.E., Kryolan, Make-Up Designory, Premiere Products, Inc., Skindinavia, Skin Illustrator, The Criterion Group, The Hollywood Museum
• Gift Bag Sponsors: Hempz, Lime Crime, Moroccan Magic, Qosmedix, Royal & Langnickel, Senna Cosmetics
• VIP Transportation Sponsor: BLS Limo
• Media Sponsors: The Hollywood Reporter, Variety and SHOOT.

About LOCAL 706
The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE, Local 706) was chartered in November 1937. Today, membership includes over 1,800 artisans in the entertainment industry worldwide. Local 706 members are make-up artists and hair stylists who have created the looks for Hollywood’s most memorable characters and stars of stage, screen, television and now the Internet. The wide-ranging domains of these artists include feature films and television, commercials; “live” network television, all types of theatrical productions and Disneyland theme parks. Local 706 Members have created notable characters competing for Academy Awards®, Primetime Emmys®, Daytime Entertainment Emmys®, Saturn Awards®, BAFTA Awards®, and many other honors for make-up and hair styling artistry including their own Hollywood Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards. The Local 706 Guild publishes TheArtisan, a glossy quarterly magazine, and provides panels, workshops and training both for members and others interested in the field to foster a spirit of innovation in the craft. For more info, visit local706.org or get #MUAHSawards updates on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram.

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