Visual Category Madness... and Guild Nominees for Makeup/VES

This just in. Here's a quick Oscar chart update on all the Visual categories... (You can see the index of Oscar Predictions here - we're almost finished -- but of course everything gets taken down and rebuilt tomorrow - whew). I have worked through the sadness as I removed predictions for Carol in no brainer should be easy get categories like Production Design (seriously sometimes Hollywood make-a-me-crazy). The one I left in that I'm very worried about is Cinematography. It's one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen. Watch them replace it with something basic like The Hateful Eight or The Martian (sigh). 

MEANWHILE... The Makeup and Hairstylists Guilds and the The Visual Effects Society, which have much larger voting bodies than their correlatives within the Academy released their nominations so we'll share those after the jump if you're interested with a few comments on each...

MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING GUILD

FEATURE FILM CONTEMPORARY MAKEUP
THE BIG SHORT
FURIOUS 7
PITCH PERFECT 2
SICARIO
YOUTH

FEATURE FILM CONTEMPORARY HAIR
EX MACHINA 
FURIOUS 7
PITCH PERFECT 2
SPECTRE
SPY

I was worried there for a second but The Big Short did not get a "best hairstyling nomination" Fun to see something light and fluffy like Pitch Perfect 2 and Spy in here because light and fluffy films sometimes have skilled craftsmen on them, you know? 

FEATURE FILM PERIOD/CHARACTER MAKEUP
FEATURE FILM PERIOD/CHARACTER HAIR
BROOKLYN
CAROL
CINDERELLA
DANISH GIRL
MAD MAX FURY RD

These two categories shared the exact same nominees so we've lumped them together. Delicious eye candy films they are

There's no escape from Depp's alien face in Black Mass !!!

FEATURE FILM SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS
BLACK MASS
EX MACHINA
HUNGER GAMES MOCKINJAY PT 2
MAD MAX FURY RD
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS 

TV/NEW MEDIA SERIES - CONTEMPORARY MAKEUP
DANCING WITH STARS
EMPIRE
HOUSE OF CARDS 
TRANSPARENT
THE WALKING DEAD

TV/NEW MEDIA SERIES - CONTEMPORARY HAIR
DANCING WITH STARS
EMPIRE
HOUSE OF CARDS
TRANSPARENT
THE VOICE -LIVE FINALE

TV - PERIOD/CHARACTER MAKEUP
GAME OF THRONES
KEY & PEELE
MASTERS OF SEX
PENNY DREADFUL
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: 40TH ANNIVERSARY 

TV PERIOD/CHARACTER HAIR
AGENT CARTER
GAME OF THRONES
KEY & PEELE
MASTERS OF SEX
VIKINGS

Penny Dreadful was SO good and creepy and scary this year

TV BEST SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS
THE KNICK
PENNY DREADFUL
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
VIKINGS
THE WALKING DEAD

TV MINISERIES CONTEMPORARY MAKEUP
SCREAM QUEENS
STRIKE BACK
WHITNEY

TV MINISERIES/CONTEMPORARY HAIR
WHITNEY

TV MINISERIES PERIOD/CHARACTER MAKEUP
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
BESSIE
FARGO
SECRET LIFE OF MARILYN MONROE
TRUE DETECTIVE

'Grace of Monaco is never going away is it?' - Nicole Kidman

TV MINISERIES PERIOD/CHARACTER HAIRSTYLING
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
ASTRONAUT WIVES CLUB
BESSIE
GRACE OF MONACO
THE SECRET LIFE OF MARILYN MONROE

TV MINISERIES SPECIAL MAKEUP EFFECTS
AMERICAN HORROR STORY HOTEL
FARGO
KILLING JESUS
SONS OF LIBERTY

COMMERCIALS AND MUSIC VIDEOS MAKEUP
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL PROMO
DIRECT TV "DEADBEAT DAD ROB LOWE"
DIRECT TV "MEATHEAD ROB LOWE"
KATY PERRY SUPERBOWL XIX HALF TIME
STATE FARM CONEHEANDS

COMMERICALS AND MUSIC VIDEOS HAIRSTYLINGS 
AFLAC INSURANCE
ARIANA GRANDE "FOCUS"
AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL
J'ADORE CAMPAIGN/CHRISTIAN DIOR/CHARLIZE THERON
2015 MTV MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 

I call shenanigans. Drom the very beginning of American Horror Story's run it's been gaming categories at awards show. How is it eligible for both its commercials and the show itself? I mean come on now. Play fair.

THEATRICAL PRODUCTION -MAKEUP
ABUNDANCE
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
BREAKING THROUGH
THE GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES
MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT

THEATRICAL PRODUCTION - HAIRSTYLING
ABUNDANCE
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
GHOSTS OF VERSAILLES
MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT
ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN

I honestly don't know what these are. They aren't Broadway things. Are they touring companies and if so how do they decide which tours of the dozens of variations for various shows? 

CHILDREN AND TEEN PROGRAMMING -MAKEUP
GAMERS GUIDE TO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING
GAME SHAKERS
GORTIMER GIBBON'S LIFE ON NORMAL STREET
HENRY DANGER
LIVE AND MADDIE

CHILDREN AND TEEN PROGRAMMING HAIRSTYLING
GAME SHAKERS
GAMERS GUID TO MASTERING JUNIOR HIGH
GORTIMER GIBBON'S LIFE ON NORMAL STREET
HENRY DANGER 

DAYTIME TELEVISION MAKEUP
BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL
THE DR PHIL SHOW
THE REAL
THE TALK:  BEYONCE CHANNELED
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS

DAYTIME TELEVISION HAIRSTYLING
BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL
DAYS OF OUR LIVES (12596)
DAYS OF OUR LIVES (12749) 
THE REAL
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS 

VES SOCIETIES 

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
FURIOUS 7
SAN ANDREAS
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE MARTIAN

Interesting that San Andreas and Furious 7 made their nominee lineup here since neither made the finals for the visual fx oscar. There are only ten films remaining that the Academy can choose from tomorrow morning for the 5 visual fx nominations which are Ant-Man, Age of Ultron, Ex Machina, Jurassic World, Mad Max, Martian, Revenant, Star Wars, Tomorrowland and The Walk. 

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PERFORMANCE IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, Maz
THE REVENANT, The Bear
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, Hulk
CHAPPIE, Chappie

More after the jump...

Everyone's favorite supporting actress "Judy" from the Revenant is nominated here. Wouldn't it be weird if that single scene netted the film an Oscar nomination? I suppose it's possible given how crazy some are for that movie. And that scene is startlingly convincing all told. 

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE
NEZLAMNA, Sea Dogfight
CHILDHOOD’S END, Night Three
JONATHAN STRANGE & MR. NORRELL, Arabella
THE STRAIN, Identity
GAME OF THRONES, The Dance Of Dragons

Have i ever told you how much i love Agent Carter? Favorite superhero show on TV this side of Daredevil (with The Flash a distant third) even though it's not exactly a superhero show

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE
VIKINGS, To The Gates
BLACK SAILS, XVIII
PENNY DREADFUL, And They Were Enemies
DAREDEVIL, Speak Of The DEVIL
AGENT CARTER, Now Is Not The End

You guys the Peanuts movie is soooo cute. Did you see it?

OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
THE PEANUTS MOVIE
INSIDE OUT
ANOMALISA
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2
THE GOOD DINOSAUR

"Spot" really needs to win this prize, amirite? But also why is Sadness not nominated from Inside Out?OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PERFORMANCE IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
THE PEANUTS MOVE, Snoopy
THE PEANUTS MOVIE, Charlie Brown
INSIDE OUT, Joy
THE GOOD DINOSAUR, Spot

OUTSTANDING COMPOSITING IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
SAN ANDREAS, Los Angeles Destruction
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
TOMORROWLAND
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD
THE REVENANT, Bear Attack

OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, Toxic Storm
AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, Hulk vs Hulkbuster
SAN ANDREAS, Hoover Dam / San Francisco Tsunami
SAN ANDREAS, Los Angeles Destruction
STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS, Starkiller Base

OUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN ANIMATED FEATURE
INSIDE OUT
THE PEANUTS MOVIE
THE GOOD DINOSAUR
HOME

Comments

[Charles O]

Carol deserves this and the Make-up Oscar for Cate's manicures alone.

[par]

how did simone's post-coital boob-obscuring farrah hair and mike milligans's tight afro on fargo miss the tv miniseries period hairstyling category??

[Glenn Dunks]

I'm predicting THE REVENANT for visual effects for the HEREAFTER effect of one scene superbly done. Of course, there's also the bison heard, which I assume was CGI, the horse-over-the-cliff scene had to have had some in there, too.