Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020

The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706) announced winners of its 7th Annual MUAHS Awards in 23 categories of film, television, commercials and live theater, during a formal gala at the NOVO by Microsoft at L.A. Live Downtown on Saturday night (1/11). Winners in the...

Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020

The British Academy of Film and Television Art (BAFTA) has announced the nominations for the British Academy Film Awards in 2020. Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, Feb. 2, at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Joker leads the way with 11 nominations, followed closely by ...

Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020

Costume designer Mark Bridges is a three-time Oscar nominee, twice winning Academy Awards--in 2012 for The Artist, and in 2018 for Phantom Thread. His other career nod came in 2015 for Inherent Vice. The Artist was directed by Michel Hazanavicius while both...

Monday, Dec. 16, 2019

The Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) has unveiled the nominees for the 67th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards. 

Among the feature films to receive nominations are Joker, 1917, Toy Story 4, The Irishman, Rocketman, Ford v Ferrari, The Lion King and Jojo Rabbit.

TV...

Friday, Dec. 13, 2019

This issue’s installment of our Road To Oscar Series includes a DP and an editor affirming the importance of doing justice to a character--whether fictional or real. On the latter score, editor Nat Sanders, ACE reflected on Just Mercy (Warner Bros.), directed by Destin Daniel Cretton....

Monday, Dec. 9, 2019

The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) unveiled nominations for the 24th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos and animation features. Winners will be honored at the 2020 Awards at the InterContinental Los...

Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019

The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (MUAHS, IATSE Local 706) has unveiled nominations for the 7th Annual MUAHS Guild Awards honoring outstanding achievements in make-up and hair styling in motion pictures, television, commercials and live theater. Winners will be honored at a black-tie...

Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019

Don’t judge a clown by his makeup--or a book by its cover--would be a prime lesson learned by production designer Mark Friedberg whose brilliant work on Joker (Warner Bros. Pictures) might not have been if he hadn’t overcome his initial reluctance to take on what from afar seemed like...

Monday, Oct. 28, 2019

The "Maleficent" sequel has overtaken "Joker" for the weekend box-office crown in North America.

Final figures released Monday showed "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil" earned $19.4 million, pulling ahead of "Joker" by a mere $122,000.

"Joker" had been the top film on Sunday based on...

Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019

Put on a happy face. "Joker" is No. 1 again.

Todd Phillip's R-rated comic-book hit regained the top spot at the weekend box office in its fourth week of release, narrowly besting "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil." The Warner Bros.' sensation, starring Joaquin Phoenix, took in $18.9 million...

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