Before final voting for the Oscars began on February 12, we had heard from 8 of the 13 guilds (actors, art directors, casting directors, cinematographers, directors, film editors, producers and visual effects wizards). Four more — makeup artists & hair stylists, sound editors, sound mixers and writers — hand out their awards this weekend, in advance of the Feb. 19 deadline for academy members to cast their ballots for the 91st annual Academy Awards. The costume designers weigh in with their picks hours after that voting ends.
At the Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards on Saturday, two of the three Oscar nominees for Best Makeup & Hairstyling — “Mary Queen of Scots” and “Vice” — are up for a pair of prizes each. The third nominee, the Swedish film “Border,” was snubbed by the guild.
At Sunday’s Motion Picture Sound Editor Awards, the Oscar frontrunner for Best Sound Editing, “First Man,” contends in three categories as do two of its rivals for this Academy Award (“A Quiet Place” and “Roma”). The other two Oscar nominees — “Black Panther” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” — have two MPSE bids each.
At the Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, don’t look for the Best Original Screenplay Oscar frontrunner “The Favourite” to number among the winners. It was not eligible for consideration by the guild. Indeed only seven of the WGA Awards nominees in the original and adapted screenplay races are in the running here.
SEE 2019 Oscars guild awards scorecard: ‘Green Book’ leads heading into Academy Awards voting
The Academy Awards will air live on ABC on February 24. Below, we detail these key dates on the Oscars calendar. Note: Winners events are in gold
Feb. 16 – CAS Awards
Feb. 16 – MUAHS Awards
Feb. 17 – WGA Awards
Feb. 17 – MPSE Awards
Feb. 19 – Oscars: Final Voting Closes
Feb. 19 – CDG Awards
Feb. 23 – Independent Spirit Awards
Feb. 24 – Oscars
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