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In Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie,” Margot Robbie’s Stereotypical Barbie’s perfectly pink world is rocked to the core when she has an existential crisis during a dance party. What follows is a sequence of events that propel her into an emotional journey as she begins to grow closer to the real world.

“It was important that her evolution into becoming human could be reflected in the hair, makeup and costumes,” says Robbie, who also served as the film’s producer. “So, we started mapping her emotional and physical journey through that.”

Makeup and hairstylist Ivana Primorac used 18 wigs and 30 hair pieces for Robbie to reflect her transformation. Primorac worked closely with costume designer Jacqueline Durran, discussing how that visual shift would take place. Barbie’s “a-ha moment” comes when she lies on the ground feeling “defeated, overwhelmed and hopeless.”

That was where the volume in her hair could change.

On Sunday, February 18, CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” won Best Hairstyling for Daytime Television during “The 11th Annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Awards” at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles. Hairstylists Lauren Mendoza, Justin Jackson, Michelle Corona and Diana Santana received the award for their work on the daytime drama series. Melissa Peterman hosted the awards show which honors members of the Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706)

“The Bold and the Beautiful” and “The Young and the Restless” were also nominees in the Best Make-Up for Daytime Television category, but both shows lost out to “The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula,” with make-up artists Swanthula Boulet and Dracmorda Boulet taking home the award.

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That said, there was a mix-up with the hairstylist and make-up categories as “The Young and the Restless” was initially announced as the winner for make-up,...

“Maestro” did well at the Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild on Feb. 18 winning two of its three bids. It claimed the prizes for both period/character makeup and special effects races but lost period/character hairstyling to “Barbie,” which was snubbed by the Oscars. Likewise for “Saltburn,” which won both contemporary makeup and hairstyling.

Of this year’s other Oscar nominees, “Poor Things” lost all three of its bids just hours after pulling off an upset at the BAFTAs, “Golda” and “Oppenheimer” were each defeated in a single race while “Society of the Snow” was snubbed by the guild.

These wins boost the odds for “Maestro” to prevail at the Academy Awards. In the decade-long history of these guild honors, there has been just one year when an Muahs winner did not go on to claim the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.

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The Oscar-frontrunning “Maestro” was the big winner at the 11th annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards (held February 18 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel). Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein opus took period/character makeup and special makeup effects. This puts “Maestro” in the Oscar driver’s seat (led by two-time winner Kazu Hiro) against “Poor Things,” “Oppenheimer,” “Golda,” and “Society of the Snow.”

Two non-Oscar competitors, “Saltburn”and “Barbie,” split the other wins: Emerald Fennell’s psychological thriller grabbed both contemporary makeup and hairstyling, while Greta Gerwig’s billion-dollar blockbuster snagged period/character hairstyling.

TV winners, meanwhile, were divided among “The Idol” (contemporary makeup), “The Crown” (period/character makeup), “The Last of Us” (special makeup effects), “The Morning Show” (contemporary hairstyling), and “Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story” (period/character hairstyling).

As previously announced, Annette Bening (Best Actress nominee for “Nyad”) received the Distinguished Artisan Award, and Oscar- and Emmy-winning make-up...

The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706) announced winners of its 11th annual awards on Saturday, with Amazon MGM Studios’ Saltburn taking home two Muahs Awards for best contemporary make-up and best contemporary hair styling. Netflix’s Maestro also picked up a pair of honors for best period and/or character make-up and best special make-up effects.

Warner Bros.’ Barbie also won in the feature film categories, taking the prize for best period and/or character hair styling.

Winners in the television categories include Netflix’s The Crown, HBO’s The Last of Us, Apple TV+’s The Morning Show and Netflix’s Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story. ABC’s Dancing With the Stars won three awards for best contemporary make-up, best contemporary hair styling and best period and/or character hair styling. NBC’s Saturday Night Live won two awards for best period and/or character make-up and best special make-up effects.

“Maestro,” “Saltburn” and “Barbie” have won the feature-film awards from the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild, which gave out its annual awards on Sunday evening in Los Angeles.

“Maestro” won awards the two Muahs categories that most closely correspond to the Oscars’ Best Makeup and Hairstyling category: Best Special Make-Up Effects and Best Period and/or Character Make-Up.

“Saltburn” won for Best Contemporary Make-Up and Best Contemporary Hair Styling, while “Barbie” took the award for Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling.

The wins were significant for “Maestro,” which has seen its status as a frontrunner for the Oscar makeup award falter as it lost at BAFTA and the Critics Choice Awards to “Poor Things” and “Barbie,” respectively.

In the first 15 years of the Muahs awards, which ran between 1999 and 2003 and then returned in 2013, the winner for period make-up went on to win the Oscar eight times, while...

“Maestro” and “Saltburn” took home the main prizes at the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706) awards.

The guild held its 11th annual awards ceremony Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

The night kicked off with the honoree awards being presented. Oscar-nominated actor Annette Bening was honored with the Distinguished Artisan award. However, due to Covid, Diana Nyad accepted the award on her behalf.

Michael Westmore was presented with the Vanguard Award for his work on “Rocky,” “Star Trek,” “Mask” and “Raging Bull.” Kevin Haney received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his work on “Driving Miss Daisy,” “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” and “Hocus Pocus 2.”

The first awards for daytime TV had a “Moonlight” “La La Land” moment when an envelope mixup resulted in the winners for hairstyling being read out instead of makeup and the team from “The Young and the Restless” came...

The Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild got a jump on the Oscars by announcing nominations for its awards before academy members start to vote. Of the 10 films that remain in the running for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the Oscars, only four are vying for these precursor prizes: three-time nominee “Maestro,” two-time contender “Poor Things” plus “Golda” and “Oppenheimer.”

A half dozen films still in contention at the Academy Awards — “Beau Is Afraid,” “Ferrari,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “The Last Voyage of the Demeter,” “Napoleon” and “Society of the Snow” — were snubbed by the guild.

The 11th annual Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards are set for Feb. 18.

Best Period and/or Character Make-up

“Barbie,” Ivana Primorac, Victoria Down, Maha Mimo,

“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3,” Alexei Dmitriew, Nicole Sortillon, Amos Samantha Ward, LuAndra Whitehurs

“Maestro,” Siann Grigg, Jackie Risotto, Elisa Tallerico, Nicky Pattison-Illum

“Oppenheimer,” Luisa Abel, Jason Hamer,...

The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild on Tuesday revealed nominations for the 11th annual Muahs Awards, featuring 23 categories honoring outstanding achievements in make-up and hair styling artistry in motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and live theater.

Disney/Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 scored a leading four nominations on the movie side, landing noms in four of the five competitive categories. Netflix’s Maestro also showed well with three noms. On the TV side, ABC’s Dancing With the Stars leads all titles with five nominations, while Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has three.

See the full list of nominees below.

Winners will be announced February 18 at the 2024 Muahs Awards ceremony, where Rocky, Star Trek, Mask and Raging Bull make-up artist Michael Westmore will receive the Vanguard Award. In addition, Driving Miss Daisy and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 make-up artist Kevin Haney and...

The 2024 Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards have officially unveiled their nominees.

The ceremony, taking place February 18, marks the annual awards show for the IATSE Local 706 union, honoring achievements in make-up and hair styling artistry across motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos, and live theater in 23 nomination categories. Julie Socash, IATSE Local 706 president, announced the 2024 nominees, which include “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” “Saltburn,” “Barbie,” “Maestro,” “Poor Things,” and “Nyad.”

Notably shut out was “Priscilla,” Sofia Coppola’s film that IndieWire’s Bill Desowitz predicted would be a frontrunner for the 2024 Oscars.

On the TV side, “The Idol,” “Ahsoka,” “The Last of Us,” “The Crown,” and “Star Trek: Picard” are among the nominees. A tie in the Best Special Make-Up Effects TV category makes for six nominees as opposed to the typical five.

As previously announced, Oscar and Emmy-winning make-up artist Michael Westmore will receive the esteemed Vanguard Award during the ceremony.

The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706) has revealed the nominees for its annual Muahs Awards, with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 leading the feature competition with four nominations and Maestro close behind with three noms.

Disney/Marvel’s Guardians 3 earned noms in the categories for contemporary makeup, period and/or character makeup, period hairstyling and/or character hairstyling and special makeup effects. Bradley Cooper’s Netflix Leonard Bernstein drama Maestro collected noms for period and/or character makeup, period hairstyling and/or character hair styling and special makeup effects.

The Muahs Guild’s feature nominees vary quite bit from this season’s Oscar shortlist for the category. In fact, Guardians 3 was already snubbed in the makeup and hairstyling Oscar race, failing to make the shortlist of 10 films that advanced to the upcoming branch bake-off.

The films shortlisted for the makeup and hairstyling Oscar are Maestro; Poor Things,...

Barbie is a movie adaptation of the iconic toy with a star-studded cast, including Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. The film explores Barbie's existential crisis and her journey to find happiness in the real world. The movie sends a powerful message about self-discovery and the importance of embracing individuality.

Barbie follows the titular character as she faces an identity crisis when she starts questioning her life as a perfect doll in the utopia of Barbie Land. When her questions begin to have physical repercussions, Weird Barbie sends her on a quest to the real world to find answers. Barbie, along with stowaway Ken, makes her way to Los Angeles, where she will be forced to confront her ideas about reality and everything she thought she knew about the world and herself.

Barbie features a star-studded cast including Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell.

This year’s awards-contending films offer a treasure trove of crafts that includes transformations, exquisite sets, lavish costumes, memorable scores and songs and immersive cinematography. The contenders range from newcomers to legends — Variety breaks down the categories below.

Makeup And Hair

Prosthetic makeup designer Kazu Hiro could very well walk away with his third Oscar for his work on Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro.” Transforming Cooper into the legendary composer Leonard Bernstein consisted of five different stages to gradually age the actor. And the guild as well as the Academy love a transformation.

Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” could be a contender in this area, following in the footsteps of the first two films that landed guild nominations. The sheer volume of prosthetics and wigs went into building the characters such as the humanimals, the hybrid of humanoid and animal, and the villain, the High Evolutionary, played by Chukwudi Iwuji.

Nominations voting is from January 11–16, 2024, with official Oscar nominations announced on January 23, 2024. Final voting is February 22–27, 2024. And finally, the 96th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 10, and air live on ABC at 8 p.m. Et/ 5 p.m. Pt. We update predictions throughout awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2024 Oscar picks.

The State of the Race

“Maestro” (Netflix) is the one to beat at this point for the remarkable transformation of Bradley Cooper as legendary conductor/composer Leonard Bernstein, but also in the running are “Barbie” (Warner Bros.), “Priscilla” (A24), “Poor Things” (Searchlight), and “Oppenheimer” (Universal).

Other Oscar hopefuls include “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros.), “The Exorcist: Believer” (Universal), “Napoleon” (Apple TV+/Sony Pictures), “The Little Mermaid” (Disney), “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Marvel/Disney), “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple TV+/Paramount), “Wonka” (Warner Bros.), and “Saltburn” (Amazon/MGM).

Oscar-winning prosthetic makeup guru Kazu Hiro...

Barbie has become one of cinema history's most successful films following its theatrical release in June, and perhaps there's a lesson to be learned from Hollywood on why the movie was such a hit.

Released alongside Oppenheimer as part of the "Barbenheimer" phenomenon, Barbie was directed by Greta Gerwig and stars Margot Robbie in the titular role. In addition to its strong critical praise, which could lead to several Oscar nominations, Barbie was a huge hitter at the box office, banking more than $1.4 billion. Per Deadline, producer David Heyman addressed the film's success, theorizing that Barbie's sense of originality greatly attracted filmgoers, referring to how there's no other film that's really anything like it.

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“One of the reasons the film has done so well is because it’s original," Heyman said. "There’s a real hunger for originality. Greta Gerwig is a singular artist,...

The production team behind Barbie was on hand at Deadline’s Contenders London event to reveal some of the secrets behind the smash hit’s unique journey and what set it on the road to becoming the year’s biggest movie at the box office.

Greta Gerwig’s acclaimed fantasy comedy, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, has been a cultural phenomenon this year.

Oscar-nominated producer David Heyman told the audience that much of the film’s appeal comes from its originality: “One of the reasons the film has done so well is because it’s original. There’s a real hunger for originality. Greta Gerwig is a singular artist, she pushes the boundaries of what’s possible in the most collaborative way. The film is fun, thematically rich and very moving. It was challenging, of course, but when we made it, there was a spirit of fun that permeated the production.

After sitting it out last year, Deadline’s Contenders film series returns to London today with a strong lineup featuring Ridley Scott, Emerald Fennell, Todd Haynes and Michael Mann among the panelists attending the awards-season event.

Contenders London gets underway this morning at London’s Ham Yard Hotel and will feature panels on 13 of the year’s buzziest films from eight studios and streamers. Deadline will have full coverage of the event all day on the website and on our social channels, where you can follow along using the hashtag #DeadlineContenders.

In challenging times, it’s good to know quality cinema is never too far away, with films from some of the world’s biggest filmmakers on tap today. Along with Scott’s Napoleon, Fennell’s Saltburn, Haynes’ May December and Mann’s Ferrari, J.A. Bayona will present his Society of the Snow, Jeymes Samuel will open The Book of Clarence,...

Original plastic-style look for Barbie and Kens would have ruined the movie, distracting and disturbing viewers. Realistic design allows viewers to appreciate the movie's themes and messages about patriarchy and feminism. The design reflects how women are supposed to see themselves, emphasizing being the best they can be and breaking stereotypes.

Among the many elements of Barbie that have been widely praised by critics and viewers is the design of Barbieland and all the Barbies and Kens, but had the production crew gone with their original Barbie and Ken designs, the movie would have been completely ruined. Greta Gerwig’s Barbie went from being one of the most anticipated movies of 2023 to one of its most successful ones, both with critics and viewers. Barbie has been endlessly praised, and it broke a couple of box office records, becoming one of the highest-grossing movies of 2023.

Barbie follows Stereotypical Barbie (Margot Robbie...

Christopher Nolan, Greta Gerwig Image: Universal Pictures/Warner Bros. The unlikely rivalry between Barbie and Oppenheimer isn’t just the most exciting thing to happen at the movies in years. It’s a full-blown cultural event that figures to continue well beyond summer with a deep run into Hollywood’s awards season.

Ryan Gosling as Ken in Barbie, Cillian Murphy as Robert Oppenheimer in Oppenheimer.Image: Warner Bros./Universal Pictures

The unlikely rivalry between Barbie and Oppenheimer isn’t just the most exciting thing to happen at the movies in years. It’s a full-blown cultural event that figures to continue well...

The Barbie movie's hair and makeup artist revealed that they had to change the original character designs for Barbie and Ken because they looked too much like plastic.

"The Barbie movie took an unexpected turn in its early stages," said Ivana Primorac, the hair and makeup artist behind the iconic doll's beauty looks. She revealed to E! News that the team initially considered giving Barbie and Ken plastic-like features, but they soon realized it wasn't the right approach. She said, "We didn't like all of those things in the end because Barbies are beautiful in every child's mind. So, once we created that fake image it wasn't beautiful."

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The Barbies and Kens Needed to Be Relatable

The focus shifted towards celebrating the uniqueness of each character. Ivana explained, "What's most beautiful is each person being the best they can be.

Filmmaker Greta Gerwig's inspiration for Weird Barbie came from her childhood experiences with used dolls, giving the doll a nostalgic and whimsical vibe. Weird Barbie's design, based on Kate McKinnon's wacky Barbie character in the movie, replicates the iconic pink baby doll dress, short blonde hair with pink and blue highlights, and unique facial features. Weird Barbie can recreate McKinnon's character's gestures and movements, such as hand and arm gestures and the ability to do the splits. The doll is available for pre-order until August 18th and will ship by May 31, 2024.

Filmmaker Greta Gerwig looked to the Barbie archives to bring the iconic doll's world to the big screen, but Mattel has also been taking cues from the hit film. The global toy company has announced the launch of Weird Barbie, based on Kate McKinnon's wacky Barbie character. The doll wears the same pink baby doll dress as McKinnon's,...

The original designs for the Barbie movie had to be scrapped for being too much like the original toys. Scrapping the plastic-style look was a wise move to maintain the overall message of the movie. Barbie can embrace her plastic nature without sacrificing creativity or realism, as shown by the character's viral arched feet moment.

The original designs for the Barbie movie had to be scrapped for being too much like the original toys. Based on the toy franchise, Barbie tells the story of Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling) as they discover the real world and the struggle of life outside Barbieland. With Barbie slated to cross $1 billion at the box office over the weekend, the movie has been dominating theaters since it first premiered alongside Oppenheimer.

While Barbie embraces its status as a movie about toys, it did need to branch out slightly to avoid an uncanny valley effect.

Exclusive: Here’s the striking first official image of Kate Winslet as Lee Miller in feature Lee.

The image, shot during filming on location in Croatia, shows Oscar winner Winslet as the pioneering American photographer who covered WWII in Europe for British Vogue.

Filming is ongoing on the directorial debut of respected cinematographer Ellen Kuras (Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind).

The film is not being called a biopic by Winslet and the producers, but it does explore the most significant decade of Lee Miller’s life. As a middle-aged woman, she refused to be remembered as a model and male artists’ muse and defied expectations by travelling to Europe to report from the frontline. There, in part as a reaction to her own well-hidden trauma, she used her Rolleiflex camera to give a voice to the voiceless. What Lee captured on film in Dachau and throughout Europe was shocking and horrific.

Exclusive: In a development that makes for as hot a package as you’ll find at the Virtual American Film Market, Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Andrea Riseborough and Josh O’Connor will join Kate Winslet in Lee, the Ellen Kuras-directed film about the wartime experiences of Lee Miller. Miller traded a glamorous career as a Vogue cover model and muse to artists like Man Ray for a dangerous career as a WWII photographer who chronicled the fighting on the allied front lines and exposed the atrocities that Hitler’s Nazi Germany perpetrated on Jews in concentration camps.

Rocket Science, CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group will broker deals at the market.

Winslet and Kuras — the cinematographer-turned-helmer whose docu The Betrayal was Oscar nominated and who is making her narrative directing debut — took time out to lay out for Deadline the beats of a sprawling film that touches on the power of feminism,...

“The Queen’s Gambit” and “The Mandalorian” were among the big winners Saturday as the Creative Arts Emmy Awards were handed out in downtown Los Angeles, kicking off the last lap of Emmy season.

This year’s Creative Arts ceremonies, held in a tent on the L.A. Live events deck in downtown Los Angeles, will be split into three events over two days, on Sept. 11 and Sept. 12.

The creative and technical achievement awards kicked off with a Saturday evening event centered around artisans categories including cinematography, costumes, hairstyling, production design, editing and sound mixing. The Sunday afternoon ceremony will feature categories like animated programming, reality/competition host, narrator, documentary filmmaking, and structured and unstructured reality program, while the Sunday evening ceremony will focus on the major categories, such as guest actor and actress, music and lyrics, short form series, TV movie, variety sketch series, variety special (live) and writing for a variety special.

“Darkest Hour” continued its march toward Oscar gold for makeup and hairstyling, winning period and special makeup effects honors Saturday night at the Muahs Awards at The Novo at L.A. Live. Oscar frontrunner Gary Oldman additionally earned the Distinguished Artisan Award for his remarkable portrayal of Winston Churchill.

Oldman lured Kazuhiro Tsuji out of retirement, and he responded with the greatest achievement of his career, sculpting from the inside out. The Japanese makeup artist would be the first Asian to win the Oscar in his category.

Meanwhile, “Pitch Perfect 3” won the contemporary makeup award, “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2” scored contemporary hairstyling, and “I, Tonya” grabbed period hairstyling. TV winners included “Game of Thrones” (period and special makeup effects), “The Crown” (period hairstyling). “Big Little Lies” (contemporary makeup and hairstyling), “Feud: Bette and Joan” (period makeup and hairstyling), and “American Horror Story: Cult” (special makeup effects).

In addition,...

Winners For Feature Length Motion Picture (Feature Films) 1. Best Contemporary Make-up Pitch Perfect 3 Melanie Hughes-Weaver, Judy Yonemoto, Erica Kyker 2. Best Contemporary Hair Styling Guardians Of The Galaxy-vol. 2 Camille Friend, Louisa Anthony, Jules Holdren 3. Best Period And/Or Character Make-up Darkest Hour Ivana Primorac, Flora Moody 4. Best Period And/Or Character Hair

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At the Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards on Feb. 24, Oscar frontrunner “Darkest Hour” won two of its three races: special makeup effects and best period/character makeup. It lost best period/character hairstyling to “I, Tonya.”

Among those films that “Darkest Hour” edged out for best special makeup effects was “Wonder,” one of its two Oscar rivals for Best Makeup & Hairstyling. That film contended on the contemporary side here and lost its bid for hairstyling to “Pitch Perfect 3″ and makeup to “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2.” The third Oscar nominee, “Victoria and Abdul,” was snubbed by the guild.

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While each of the five guild races has five contenders, members do not always nominate those films that made the shortlist for the Best Makeup & Hairstyling Oscar. Likewise, it often cites films that failed to make the cut with...

Winners of the 2018 British Academy Film Awards (the BAFTAs) were revealed on Sunday February 18 (two days before final voting for the Oscars begins) in a ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall in London. Joanna Lumley (“Absolutely Fabulous”) takes over emcee duties from Stephen Fry, who hosted for the last 12 years running. Ridley Scott receives the BAFTA Fellowship from BAFTA patron Prince William. Read the full report on the 2018 BAFTA Awards.

The roster of presenters includes: Gemma Arterton, Orlando Bloom, Sam Claflin, Bryan Cranston, Natalie Dormer, Taron Egerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rebecca Ferguson, Karen Gillan, Naomie Harris, Salma Hayek, Edward Holcroft, Nicholas Hoult, Isabelle Huppert, Lily James, Jennifer Lawrence, Gugu Mbatha Raw, Lupita Nyong’o, Sergei Polunin, Will Poulter, Andrea Riseborough, Sir Patrick Stewart, Mark Strong, Hayley Squires, Tom Taylor, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rachel Weisz and Letitia Wright.

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Winners of the 2018 British Academy Film Awards are revealed on Sunday, Feb. 18 in a ceremony at Royal Albert Hall in London. The 71st annual Baftas hosted by Joanna Lumley (“Absolutely Fabulous”) is likely to be a preview of next month’s Oscars. Final voting for the 90th annual Academy Awards begins on Tuesday (Feb. 20).

As at the Oscars, “The Shape of Water” leads all films here with 12 nominations. “Darkest Hour” and “Three Billboards” are tied for second place with nine nominations each. “Blade Runner 2049” and “Dunkirk” are in contention for eight apiece, “I, Tonya” is up for five and both “Call Me by Your Name” and “Phantom Thread” vie in four races.

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Darkest Hour topped the feature competition at the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards on Saturday at The Novo by Microsoft at L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles.

The film won two trophies, for best special makeup effects, which was awarded to Oscar nominees Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick for the transformation of Oscar nominee Gary Oldman into British Prime Minster Winston Churchill; and for best period and/or character makeup, which was presented to Ivana Primorac and Flora Moody.

Darkest Hour is nominated for the hair and makeup Oscar, along with Wonder, which stars Jacob Tremblay as...

The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (Muahs) have announced nominations for outstanding achievements in motion pictures, television, commercials and live theater during 2017. Winners will be announced on Saturday, February 24 at The Novo by Microsoft at L.A. Live.

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This year’s nominees include six of the seven films short listed for the Best Make-Up and Hairstyling Oscar, including “I, Tonya,” “Ghost in the Shell,” and the Netflix tentpole “Bright.” The only Oscar shortlisted film not to earn a Muahs nomination is “Victoria & Abdul.”

The full nominations list is included below.

Feature-Length Motion Picture – Best Contemporary Make-Up

Baby Driver

Fionagh Cush, Phyllis Temple

The Big Sick

Leo Won, Kirsten Sylvester

Ghost In The Shell

Deborah La Mia Denaver, Jane O.Kane

Pitch Perfect 3

Melanie Hughes-Weaver, Judy Yonemoto, Erica Kyker

Wonder

Naomi Bakstad, Jean Black, Megan Harkness...

Soldier, artist, hero…

“Do not let us speak of darker days; let us rather speak of sterner days. These are not dark days; these are great days—the greatest days our country has ever lived; and we must all thank God that we have been allowed, each of us according to our stations, to play a part in making these days memorable in the history of our race.” Winston Churchill, 29 October 1941.

If you’re a British history aficionado as well as a film buff, 2017 is your year at the cinemas.

Their Finest, Dunkirk and now Darkest Hour starring Gary Oldman as Sir Winston Churchill have or will be filling the theaters. Check out the brand new trailer for the film below.

Focus Features will release Darkest Hour in select cities on November 22, 2017.

Oldman’s look as the statesman is nothing short of amazing!

Here’s a list of the team...

Working tirelessly on Netflix’s Golden Globe- and BAFTA Award-winning series The Crown—which recently wrapped production on its second season—makeup and hair designer Ivana Primorac has been responsible for recreating some of the most significant and studied figures in modern history, crafting looks for characters in an elevated world where appearances are of utmost importance. The first two seasons of The Crown span nearly two decades, meaning that Primorac was…...

Gary Oldman stars as Winston Churchill for director Joe Wright in Darkest Hour, which has begun production in the U.K. Focus Features holds worldwide rights to the Working Title Films production as part of the company’s renewed global initiative.

Focus will release Darkest Hour domestically on November 24th, 2017 in the U.S. and Universal Pictures International (Upi) will distribute the film globally, beginning with the U.K. on December 29th, 2017.

The original screenplay of Darkest Hour is by Anthony McCarten, an Academy Award nominee and BAFTA Award winner as screenwriter of Focus and Working Title’s Best Picture Oscar nominee The Theory of Everything. Mr. McCarten and Academy Award nominee and BAFTA Award winner Lisa Bruce (The Theory of Everything) are producing Darkest Hour with Working Title co-chairs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, and BAFTA Award winner Douglas Urbanski (Nil by Mouth), reteaming with Focus and Working Title following Tinker,...

Watch the brand new official trailer for Alan Rickman’s gorgeous romantic drama, A Little Chaos.

Academy Award winner Kate Winslet stars as a strong-willed and talented landscape designer, who is chosen to build one of the main gardens at King Louis Xiv’s new palace at Versailles.

In her new position of power, she challenges gender and class barriers while also becoming professionally and romantically entangled with the court’s renowned landscape artist André Le Notre (Matthias Schoenaerts).

(via Apple)

The creative artists on this gorgeous period piece include James Merifield (Production Designer), Joan Bergin (Costume Designer) and Ivana Primorac (Make-up & Hair Designer).

Also starring Alan Rickman (King Louis Xiv), Helen McCrory (Madame Le Norte) and Stanley Tucci (Philippe, Duc d’Orleans), Focus Features will release A Little Chaos on March 27, 2015.

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Keira Knightley, Matthew Beard, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Charles Dance and Benedict Cumberbatch star in the brand new trailers for The Imitation Game.

The film will open the 58th BFI London Film Festival on Wednesday, October 8.

Norwegian filmmaker Morten Tyldum, 2012 BAFTA nominee for Headhunters, directs from a screenplay by Graham Moore, based on the book “Alan Turing: The Enigma” by Andrew Hodges.

The Imitation Game will be in theaters on November 21st in the Us; UK cinemas on November 14.

In The Imitation Game, Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Alan Turing, the genius British mathematician, logician, cryptologist and computer scientist who led the charge to crack the German Enigma Code that helped the Allies win WWII.

Turing went on to assist with the development of computers at the University of Manchester after the war, but was prosecuted by the UK government in 1952 for homosexual acts which the country deemed illegal.

Behind-the-camera talent...

The Imitation Game, which began principal photography in the UK yesterday, is a dramatic portrayal of the life and work of one of Britain's most extraordinary unsung heroes, Alan Turing.

The pioneer of modern-day computing, Turing is credited with cracking the German Enigma code and the film is a nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team at Britain's top-secret code-breaking center, Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II. Turing, whose contributions and genius significantly shortened the war, saving thousands of lives, was the eventual victim of an unenlightened British Establishment, but his work and legacy live on.

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Fifth Estate, Star Trek Into Darkness, and TV's Sherlock) and Keira Knightley (BAFTA nominee for Atonement, Oscar nominee for Pride & Prejudice) will star as Alan Turing and his close friend and fellow code-breaker Joan Clarke, alongside a top-notch cast, including Matthew Goode (Stoker, A Single Man), Mark Strong (Tinker,...

Alan Turing (1912 – 1954) was a British mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst, and is considered the father of computer science. He committed suicide at age 42 after being chemically castrated for the “crime” of being homosexual. The Imitation Game, which began principal photography in the UK yesterday, is a dramatic portrayal of the life and work of Turing, one of Britain’s most extraordinary unsung heroes. He will be portrayed by actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

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Alan Turing, the pioneer of modern-day computing, is credited with cracking the German Enigma code and The Imitation Game portrays a nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team at Britain’s top-secret code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II. Turing, whose contributions and genius significantly shortened the war, saving thousands of lives, was the eventual victim of an unenlightened British Establishment, but his work and legacy live on.

Benedict Cumberbatch...

The Imitation Game, which began principal photography in the UK yesterday (September 15th), is a dramatic portrayal of the life and work of one of Britain's most extraordinary unsung heroes, Alan Turing.

The pioneer of modern-day computing, Turing is credited with cracking the German Enigma code and the film is a nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team at Britain's top-secret code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II. Turing, whose contributions and genius significantly shortened the war, saving thousands of lives, was the eventual victim of an unenlightened British Establishment, but his work and legacy live on.

Benedict Cumberbatch ("The Fifth Estate", "Star Trek Into Darkness", and TV’s "Sherlock") and Keira Knightley (BAFTA nominee for “Atonement”, Oscar® nominee for "Pride and Prejudice") will star as Alan Turing and his close friend and fellow code-breaker Joan Clarke, alongside a top-notch cast, including...

WWII code-breaking drama underway in UK; FilmNation handles sales.

Principal photography has begun on Second World War code-breaking drama The Imitation Game.

Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Rory Kinnear and Charles Dance are among the cast of the drama, which follows the life and work of Alan Turing, the mathematician credited with cracking the German Enigma code.

Headhunters director Morten Tyldum makes his English-language debut on Graham Moore’s script, based on the book Alan Turing: The Enigma by Andrew Hodges.

Black Bear Pictures’ Teddy Schwarzman is producing alongside Nora Grossman and Ido Ostrowsky, with Moore as executive producer and Peter Heslop as co-producer.

Behind-the camera talent includes director of photography Oscar Faura editor William Goldenberg, production designer Maria Djurkovic, hair and make-up designer Ivana Primorac, casting director Nina Gold and composer Clint Mansell.

FilmNation Entertainment is handling international sales, with CAA representing Us domestic. StudioCanal has all rights in the UK.

Ben Affleck's "Argo" is not only being celebrated in the U.S., it has also been receiving love abroad particularly at the recently concluded BAFTA Awards (British Academy of Film and Television), the U.K. equivalent to the Oscars.

"Argo" took home the Best Film of the Year trophy, as well as the Best Director Award for Affleck. Once again, take that Academy -- the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, that is...

In the acting categories, Daniel Day-Lewis won for "Lincoln" (surprise, surprise), while Emmanuelle Riva (love her!!!!) won the Best Actress award for "Amour." Now, call me crazy, but I have a sneaky feeling that Riva will win the Best Actress Oscar as well. She's beloved, a classic, an icon, a legend -- everything a Best Actress Oscar winner should be!

In the supporting acting categories, my favorite, Anne Hathaway took home the Best Supporting Actress...

On Sunday the Ee British Academy Film Awards were held at London’s Royal Opera House and hosted by the always delightful Stephen Fry. The show was televised here in the States on BBC America. In a continuation of what Awards watchers have witnessed over the past weeks, Argo was named Best Film, Ben Affleck won the Director BAFTA and the film also took the Editing award.

Les Misérables did win four BAFTAs for Production Design, Sound, Make Up & Hair and Supporting Actress for Anne Hathaway.

Amour won the award for Film Not in the English Language and Emmanuelle Riva won Leading Actress. Leading Actor was awarded to Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln. Christoph Waltz won Supporting Actor for his performance in Django Unchained and the film’s writer/director Quentin Tarantino won the Original Screenplay BAFTA.

Outstanding British Film and Original Music were awarded to Skyfall. Life of Pi won...

Honoring the best in the biz, the 2013 Orange British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) took place in London, England earlier this evening (February 10).

During the event held inside the historic Royal Opera House, many stars walked home with big trophies including the cast and producers of "Argo" who took home the award for Best Film.

Meanwhile, Emmanuelle Riva was names Best Actress for her role in "Amour", while Daniel Dawy-Lewis took home Best Actor for his work in "Lincoln."

Other winners included "Skyfall" taking home Best British Film and Anne Hathaway taking home the award for Best Supporting Actress, while Juno Temple took home the Rising Star Award and Ben Affleck took home the prize for Best Director.

See below for the complete list of 2013 BAFTA winners:

Best Film

Winner Argo Grant Heslov, Ben Affleck, George Clooney

Les MISÉRABLES Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra Hayward, Cameron Mackintosh

Life Of Pi Gil Netter,...

The ceremony is over here in London, bringing together some of the finest and most talented people in the film industry under the same roof for one night. The BAFTAs are this country’s highest honour in film, and they have handed out their awards for the 66th time to those whom they deem the most deserving in the past year in film.

And since Ben Affleck is one of my favourite filmmakers of all time, I have been in a brilliant mood tonight, because he’s won (and very much earned) Best Director for Argo, and taken home the Best Film prize alongside his co-producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov. If you haven’t yet seen Argo, I can’t recommend enough how much you should see it as soon as possible.

If you were following Jon’s liveblog, or if you watched the BBC’s almost-live coverage of tonight’s proceedings,...

'Skyfall' has taken the first Award of the evening at the 2013 Baftas, currently taking place at London's Royal Opera House.

This caps a thrilling year for the James Bond franchise, celebrating its 50th year, with a record-breaking box office taking for 'Skyfall', which has become the most successful British film ever.

All The Winners Below... As Soon As They're Announced!

But the evening's big winner remains very much undecided, with awards being shared out between 'Argo', 'Life of Pi' and 'Les Miserables' - and nothing yet for the nominations leader 'Lincoln'.

Pictures just in from the press room at the Royal Opera House, where the winners go straight after collecting their gongs..

Sam Mendes' 007 film beat Tom Hooper's 'Les Miserables' to take the first gong of the night. And 'Skyfall' has just taken another award, for Best Original Music.

But...

The winners of this year's Ee British Academy Film Awards were unveiled tonight (February 10) at London's Royal Opera House, in a ceremony hosted by Stephen Fry. Argo emerged as the big winner on the night taking home three awards, while Les Miserables and Skyfall also took home BAFTAs.

> BAFTAs: The winners in pictures

> BAFTAs: Red carpet pictures

Digital Spy presents the winners in full below:

Best Film

Argo - Winner

Les Misérables

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Zero Dark Thirty

Outstanding British Film

Anna Karenina

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Les Miserables

Seven Psychopaths

Skyfall - Winner

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Bart Layton (director), Dimitri Doganis (producer) - The Imposter - Winner

David Morris (director), Jacqui Morris (director/producer) - McCullin

Dexter Fletcher (director/writer), Danny King (writer) - Wild Bill

James Bobin (director) - The Muppets

Tina Gharavi (director/writer) - I Am Nasrine

Film...

The Guardian film team predict who will win what at this year's ceremony

On Friday Xan Brooks assessed the field of this year's Bafta contenders and found it "a hazy huddle of frontrunners, all seemingly bobbing back and forth in front of the finish line".

Lincoln is first among equals with 10 nominations. Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Skyfall and Argo all crowd in behind.

The awards momentum has swung from Life of Pi to Lincoln to Argo over the past few weeks. In a competition this close there could be upsets. There should be tears. There must be winners.

So here's what we think will take home scary award masks this year. We've listed all the nominees. Our predicted winners are in bold.

Best picture

Argo

Les Misérables

Life of Pi

Lincoln

Zero Dark Thirty

Best British film

Anna Karenina

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Les Misérables

Seven Psychopaths

Skyfall

Best director

Ben Affleck,...

The 66th annual British Academy Film Awards are here! And there was much rejoicing.

We’re here at the Royal Opera House in London to bring you all the up to the minute news on who won, who looked really annoyed when they lost, and who knows what else will be in store for us tonight?

Lord Stephen of Fry is leading proceedings once again and I’ll be updating you fine people with the winners as they are announced.

The full list of awards and nominees can be found here, and as the awards are announced I’ll update the liveblog below with the nominees and the winners.

The ceremony is due to start at around 7pm and if you’re hungry for all the red carpeting then head over here to see the arrivals from around 5pm.

Updates will be added at the top…But not anymore as we’ve finished.