Lots of guild nominations today! These don’t go a long was toward predicting the Oscars, where American Hustle and Bad Grandpa (I know, right!) seem to be the likeliest bets. After that it’s more uncertain, though The Lone Ranger was the only film to manage more than one nod from the guild today.
This branch, possibly more than any other (except maybe the costumers) seem to delight in going their own way, picking films that may excel in their crafts even if they were not exactly very good films. In case you don’t remember, they’re the reason we can say “Academy Award Nominee, Norbit.”
Here’s the guild’s nominees…
FEATURE LENGTH MOTION PICTURE (FEATURE FILMS)
Best Contemporary Hairstyling
“Lee Daniels’ The Butler”
“One Chance”
“Unfinished Song”
Best Contemporary Makeup
“August: Osage County”
“One Chance”
“Prisoners”
Best Period and/or Character Hairstyling
“American Hustle”
“Jobs”
“The Lone Ranger”
Best Period and/or Character Makeup
“Dallas Buyers Club”
“The Great Gatsby”
“The Lone Ranger”
Best Special Makeup Effects
“Bad Grandpa”
“Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters”
“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”
TELEVISION and NEW MEDIA SERIES (Episodic Television)
Best Contemporary Hairstyling
“Bates Motel”
“Breaking Bad”
“The Voice”
Best Contemporary Makeup
“Breaking Bad”
“Glee”
“Super Fun Night”
Best Period and/or Character Hairstyling
“Hell on Wheels”
“Key and Peele”
“Vikings”
Best Period and/or Character Makeup
“Boardwalk Empire”
“Hell on Wheels”
“Key and Peele”
Best Special Makeup Effects
“Longmire”
“Vikings”
“The Walking Dead”
TELEVISION MINI-SERIES or MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION (M.O.W) – CABLE NETWORK/M.O.W.s
Best Period and/or Character Hairstyling
“American Horror Story: Coven”
“Behind the Candelabra”
“Killing Lincoln”
Best Period and/or Character Makeup
“American Horror Story: Coven”
“Behind the Candelabra”
“Game of Thrones”
THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS (LIVE STAGE – LIVE THEATER)
“Falstaff”
“Magic Flute”
“Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels”
COMMERCIALS
Best Contemporary Makeup
“Wash the Day Away (Kohler)”
The Screen Life 
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