2021 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING (November)

Birds of Prey moves back to the top spot and Hillbilly Elegy back to #2 this month with a single new entry on the chart, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, debuting at #4. But will voters be sick of seeing Trump by then once he’s out of office? Then again, maybe it’s the body suits and old age makeup of Bill & Ted Face the Music that captures the branch’s eye.

Any number of other contenders could find their way in here, from the 30s wig stylings of Mank, the period ‘do’s of The Personal History of David Copperfield or the gnarled limbs of The Witches (unless it’s more CGI than makeup). Don’t sleep on The Prom and Meryl Streep’s red fright wig either.

Coming 2 America will now debut on Amazon Prime Video on March 5, 2021, putting outside of the eligibility period for this season’s awards. Death on the Nile was pulled from Warner Bros’ release schedule with no word on when or where it will reappear.

Here are my ranked 2021 Oscar predictions in Makeup and Hairstyling for November.

Green – moves up; Red – moves down; Blue – new entry this month

1. Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (Warner Bros)
Nominees TBD

2. Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix)
Nominees TBD

3. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Nominees TBD

4. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Amazon Studios)
Nominees TBD

5. Mulan (Walt Disney Pictures)
Nominees TBD

Other Contenders (alphabetical by film)

Ammonite (Neon)
Nominees TBD

Bill & Ted Face the Music (Orion Pictures)
Nominees TBD

Cinderella (Sony Pictures)
Nominees TBD

Mank (Netflix)
Nominees TBD

News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Nominees TBD

The Personal History of David Copperfield (Searchlight Pictures)
Nominees TBD

The Prom (Netflix)

Nominees TBD

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Paramount Pictures)

Nominees TBD

The Witches (HBO Max)

Nominees TBD

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Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.

He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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