Mad Max Tops Makeup & Hairstyling Guild Awards; American Horror Story Bests TV Wins

Mad Max: Fury Road took home two awards from the Makeup & Hairstyling guild Saturday night, for Best Period and/or Character Makeup and Best Special Makeup Effects. The second one is more crucial to its correlating Oscar nomination as the Oscars often go for the most elaborate makeup for its win. That said, Mad Max won against competition not up for the Oscar (that would be The Revenant and The 100-Year Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared) and the Oscars combine all makeup and hairstyling into a single award, versus five like the guild does. That race should prove to be very competitive.

In television miniseries, American Horror Story: Hotel destroyed all competition, winning every award it was nominated for, five in total. For regular series, Game of Thrones, Dancing with the Stars and The Walking Dead took home wins.

During the ceremony, Johnny Depp presented Lifetime Achievement Awards to Oscar-winning makeup artist Ve Neill (The Hunger Games, Face Off) and Oscar-winning hair stylist Yolanda Toussieng (Insurgent).

Here is the FULL list of nominees and winners in Motion Picture, Television and New Media, Commercials, Theater, Children’s Programming and Daytime TV:

Feature Motion Picture: Best Contemporary Makeup
Furious 7 (WINNER)
The Big Short
Pitch Perfect 2
Sicario
Youth

Feature Motion Picture: Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Pitch Perfect 2 (WINNER)
Ex Machina
Furious 7
Pitch Perfect 2
Spectre
Spy

Feature Motion Picture: Best Period and/or Character Makeup
Mad Max: Fury Road (WINNER)
Brooklyn
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl

Feature Motion Picture: Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
Cinderella (WINNER)
Brooklyn
Carol
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road

Feature Motion Picture: Best Special Makeup Effects
Mad Max: Fury Road (WINNER)
Black Mass
Ex Machina
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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Television and New Media Series: Best Contemporary Makeup
Dancing with the Stars (WINNER)
Empire
House of Cards
Transparent
The Walking Dead

Television and New Media Series: Best Contemporary Hairstyling
Dancing with the Stars (WINNER)
Empire
House of Cards
Transparent
The Voice: Live Finale

Television and New Media Series: Best Period and/or Character Makeup
Game of Thrones (WINNER)
Key & Peele
Masters of Sex
Penny Dreadful
Saturday Night Live: 40th Anniversary

Television and New Media Series: Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
Game of Thrones (WINNER)
Agent Carter
Key & Peele
Masters of Sex
Vikings

Television and New Media Series: Best Special Makeup Effects
The Walking Dead (WINNER)
The Knick
Penny Dreadful
Saturday Night Live
Vikings

Television Miniseries: Best Contemporary Makeup
Scream Queens (WINNER)
Strike Back
Whitney

Television Miniseries: Best Contemporary Hair Styling
Whitney (WINNER)

Television Miniseries: Best Period and/or Character Makeup
American Horror Story: Hotel (WINNER)
Bessie
Fargo
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe
True Detective

Television Miniseries: Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
American Horror Story: Hotel (WINNER)
Astronaut Wives Club
Bessie
Grace of Monaco
The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

Television Miniseries: Best Special Makeup Effects
American Horror Story: Hotel (WINNER)
Fargo
Killing Jesus
Sons of Liberty

Commercials and Music Videos: Best Makeup
American Horror Story: Hotel Promo (WINNER)
Direct TV: “Dead Dad Rob Lowe”
Direct TV: “Meathead Rob Lowe”
Katy Perry — Super Bowl XLIX Halftime
State Farm Coneheads

Commercials and Music Videos: Best Hair Styling
American Horror Story: Hotel (WINNER)
Aflac Insurance
Ariana Granda “Focus”
J’Adore Campaign/Christian Dior/Charlize Theron
2015 MTV Video Music Awards
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Theatrical Production: Best Makeup
Alice in Wonderland (WINNER)
Abundance
Breaking Through
The Ghosts of Versailles
Monty Python’s Spamalot

Theatrical Production: Best Hair Styling
Alice in Wonderland (WINNER)
Abundance
The Ghosts of Versailles
Monty Python’s Spamalot
One Night with Janis Joplin
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Children and Teen Programming: Best Makeup
Henry Danger (WINNER)
Gamers Guide to Pretty Much Everything
Game Shakers
Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street
Liv and Maddie

Children and Teen Programming: Best Hair Styling
Henry Danger (WINNER)
Game Shakers
Gamers Guide to Mastering Junior High
Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street
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Daytime Television: Best Makeup
The Young and the Restless (WINNER)
The Bold and the Beautiful
The Dr. Phil Show
The Real
The Talk: Beyonce Channeled! Rocktober Halloween Spectacular

Daytime Television: Best Hair Styling
The Real (WINNER)
The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of Our Lives (12596)
Days of Our Lives (12749)
The Young and the Restless

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