2021 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING (October)

With word that Coming 2 America is planning a somewhat surprising 2020 bow (after Paramount sold it off to Amazon) and is apparently chock full of enough makeup and bodysuits to fill out multiple Norbit sequels, the Eddie Murphy starrer makes a huge debut on this month’s chart.

Hillbilly Elegy moves up the #1 spot after the first trailer dropped this week and new entries include The Witches (if HBO Max can squeeze eligibility) and the new Cinderella starring Camila Cabello and Billy Porter set for February.

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

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

1. Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix)

Nominees TBD

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

3. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)

Nominees TBD

4. Coming 2 America (Amazon Studios)

Nominees TBD

5. Mulan (Walt Disney Pictures)

Nominees TBD

Other Contenders (alphabetical)

Ammonite (Neon)
Nominees TBD

Cinderella (Sony Pictures)
Nominees TBD

Death on the Nile (20th Century Studios)
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

Respect (MGM/UA)

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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