2023 Oscar Predictions: MAKEUP and HAIRSTYLING (December)
Oscar shortlists will be revealed on December 21, giving us the 10 finalists for Makeup and Hairstyling, and members of the branch who attend special screenings cast preferential ballots with the top 10 vote-getters moving on to the second stage. Those members from the first stage and any other members who either attend screenings of excerpts from these semi-finalists or attest that they have seen them cast preferential ballots and the top five films are Oscar-nominated.
The Makeup and Hairstyling guild (MUAH) unveils its nominations in period, sci-fi/fantasy and contemporary categories on January 11.
Here are my 2023 Oscar predictions in Makeup and Hairstyling for December.
Green – moves up ↑ Red – moves down ↓ Blue – new entry ♦
1. Elvis (Warner Bros) ↑ – CCA
2. The Batman (Warner Bros) – CCA
3. The Whale (A24) ↓ – CCA
4. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Walt Disney/Marvel Studios) – CCA
5. Babylon (Paramount Pictures) ↑ – CCA
6. The Woman King (Sony/TriStar Pictures) ↑
7. Blonde (Netflix)
8. Corsage (IFC Films) ↑
9. Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24) ↓ – CCA
10. Emancipation (Apple Original Films) ↑
Other contenders (alphabetical)
All Quiet on the Western Front (Netflix) ↓
Bones and All (MGM/UAR)
Crimes of the Future (NEON)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (Marvel Studios)
The Fabelmans (Universal Pictures)
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (TriStar Pictures)
Men (A24)
The Northman (Focus Features)
RRR (Variance Films)
Thor: Love and Thunder (Walt Disney/Marvel Studios)
Three Thousand Years of Longing (MGM)
Till (UAR/Orion Pictures) ↓
White Noise (Netflix)
X (A24)
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